Jeffrey P. Baechle is an operations professional with over 15 years of experience in manufacturing roles across industries such as food, chemicals, medical devices, and pharmaceuticals. He is currently working as a functional leader for 30 employees in a discrete manufacturing environment, where he focuses on training, coaching, and operations leadership. Previously, he was a department supervisor for a medical device company, overseeing 50 union assemblers and participating in process improvement and cost reduction teams. Baechle has a background in budgeting, team building, cost control, food safety, inventory management, and lean manufacturing. He has a bachelor's degree in business administration.

1. JEFFREY P. BAECHLE
2009 BENTLEY MANOR DRIVE
ST. LOUIS, MO 63026
314-651-0143
Highly-motivated, knowledgeable Operations professional skilled at supervision, quality control, and lean
manufacturing. Excels at training and problem-resolution while increasing efficiency and cost reduction.
Over 15 years of operations experience in both union and non-union manufacturing plants in industries
such as: food, chemicals, medical devices and pharmaceutical.
 Budgets
 Team Building & Coaching
 Cost Control
 Food Safety
 Medical Devices
 GMP
 Training
 Inventory Management
PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE
PROJECT CONSULTING ASSIGNMENTS 10/2013-CURRENT
Functional leaderof thirty hourly welders,assemblersand machinists. My job consists of training, coaching
and providing daily operations leadership in a discreet manufacturing environment while maintaining
safety, quality and productivity to meet customer delivery goals.
 Productivity is currently 2% greater than target goal
 Zero OSHA recordables
 Working to improve on-time delivery through enhanced communication of material needs; more
efficient line lay-outs and acquisition of better tools.
 Used root cause analysis, fishbone diagram and other techniques to resolve production issues.
 Taught Six S, Five Why, Fishbone and PracticalProblem Solving techniques to team members
 Planned and developed new process layout for high flow work cell using 2P methodology
 12% ahead of budget for first half of fiscal year
 Team leader for achieving PFMEA on existing product line
 Resolved severalRCCA issues
 Audited Process Control Plans
 Responsible for scheduling jobs on four vertical CNC’s and 12 other machines
 Set up machines by ensuring correct tooling and proper alignment of parts in fixtures
 Implemented scheduling plan which reduced machine changeover and increased through-put
Companies:
Marlo Coil
Watlow Electric
Megamet Solid Metals
General Motors
ALLIED HEALTHCARE PRODUCTS,INC. ST. LOUIS,MISSOURI 8/2007-7/2013
Department Supervisor
Oversee discreet manufacturing operations in 58MM FDA and ISO 13485 certified medical device
facility.
• Supervised 50 union assemblers of Class 3 and High Risk Medical Devices.
• Member of Process Improvement Team and Cost Reduction Team.
• Ran a 20% positive variance on a $2.1MM budget.

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Engineering: Worked to redesign parts for increased affectivity and improved process flow.
Marketing: Provided input to marketing for product design and ease of assembly.
Planning: Developed work schedules for assembly areas balancing safety stock needs and “rush” orders.
Efficiency: Set staffing levels to maintain profitable levels of hourly labor force.
Safety: Promoted safety culture through daily monitoring of work force as well as detailed weekly
inspections.
Lean Manufacturing: Familiar with Lean concepts and initiated severalsmall scale trials
Machining/Plastic Injection Molding: Possessed working knowledge of CNC machining including Swiss
and Mazak turning machines as well as 240 ton molding presses.
ADDITIONAL PROFESSIONAL ACCOMPLISHMENTS (in employment prior to 2007)
• Consistently exceeded production efficiency targets.
• Organized cross-functional team to increase level of inventory accuracy.
• Helped achieve ISO 9002 Certification for St. Louis facility.
• Achieved perfect safety record in terms of lost time and OSHA recordables resulting in several
safety awards.
• Posted consistent above-average production levels in severalareas through innovative
scheduling and employee utilization.
• Member of severalquality teams designed to implement solutions with regards to safety quality
or productivity.
• Participated on plant safety committee.
• Achieved superior quality and cleanliness certification for manufacturing facility.
EDUCATION
Bachelor of Science, Business Administration - Human Resources
University of Missouri - Columbia, Missouri
PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT
Nestle Leadership Development: Facilitative Leadership, Leading Teams
Willing to travel

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