STEVE FOLI
12031 Holly Court	[Send email using form at bottom]
Lemont, IL 60439	Phone:   [Send email to request phone number] 43-9130

SUMMARY

Management professional looking for a full or part time position utilizing
business analysist and visual basic skills.   Successful experience reducing and
controlling inventories and leading customer service to record high performance. 




PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE


ISAGENIX INTERNATIONAL, LLC , Chandler, AZ
A rapidly growing producer and distributor of nutritional products. 

INDEPENDENT CONSULTANT (2006 – 2008)
Provided purchasing and office systems support at their Chandler, AZ production
facility.

•	Member of team which implemented Microsoft Business, bringing the purchasing
and MRP elements to operational status.
•	Developed purchasing support tools which led the way to a four-fold increase
in throughput.
•	Installed an Excel based maintenance work order, preventive maintenance
management, and maintenance reporting system providing management with visibility
and control.
•	Provided hands-on purchasing support as revenue grew from $30MM to over
$200MM.



VISKASE COMPANIES, Willowbrook, IL	

A division of Union Carbide until 1986, a leading global manufacturer of
casings, specialty packaging and other allied products serving the meat, poultry
and processed foods industry.   

VICE PRESIDENT OF OPERATIONS (2003 – 2005)
Managed 24/7 production operations, Quality Systems, Planning, Engineering,
Environmental Affairs, Distribution and Purchasing activities, with a total of
1,150 employees, at six manufacturing facilities located in U.S., South America,
and Europe.   

•	Exceeded financial targets.  Consistently lowered unit product cost faster
than the inflation rate.
•	Participated in the development of quality systems which performed
consistently at a high level with quality related returns at 0.1% of revenue.
•	Nurtured excellent employee safety and health programs with system wide
experience achieving OSHA recordable rates (RIIR) of less than 1.5.
•	Provided leadership for the top management team in the development and
implementation of strategic plans, successfully uniting the enterprise and
coordinating efforts at all levels.
•	Improved service level to a competitive difference.  Frozen lead-times, and
constantly improving operational flexibility resulted in sharply improved ability
to respond to unanticipated demand with very short leads (half the normal), for
six to ten thousand SKU’s, most of which were customer specific.



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VICE PRESIDENT ORDER PROCESSING AND FULFILLMENT (1998 – 2003)

Managed purchasing, IT, customer service, production and inventory planning, and
distribution staff of 44 professionals utilizing JIT, lean manufacturing and
components of other quality management systems to drive change throughout the
company.   

•	Drove customer satisfaction to unprecedented 98% level, up from the historic
85%.    Weaknesses such as lead-time and on-time delivery were addressed with
innovative techniques and policies, improved communications, clever tools, and
effective incentives.
•	Achieved a four-fold Improvement in inventory turns was achieved by employing
lean manufacturing techniques. 
•	Reduced obsolescence by more than half to 0.6% of revenue.   
•	Produced decision-support ‘dashboard’ for management and functional personnel.
  
•	Successful SAP upgrade, consolidation of two instances into one for the
world-wide enterprise, and a business unit divestiture.    
•	Established financial performance review for non-financial management and
staff, strengthening the alignment of purpose.

VICE PRESIDENT REGIONAL SALES  (1995 – 1998)

Head of sales and customer service in the western US servicing beef, pork,
poultry and cheese processors, successfully developing and maintaining top-level
relationship selling at such accounts as Gallo, Bar-S, IBP, Excel, Foster, Zacky,
Tyson, and Pilgrim’s Pride.    Unit was approximately $70MM in sales and
one-fifth of the enterprise. 

•	Achieved 10-12% increases in revenue each year for the western region.
•	High expectation, accountability, encouragement, support, feedback, and reward
resulted in successful staff.   Two salespersons were promoted, and the customer
service staff had the highest satisfaction ratings in the company.   All 25 staff
members achieved turnover growth targets.
                                                                                
                      

OPERATIONS AND MARKETING POSITIONS with  VISKASE AND UNION CARBIDE  	

Challenging international and home office assignments.

Director of Corporate Planning – Chicago  (1990 – 1995)
Marketing Manager – Chicago  (1987 – 1990)
Plant Manager – Arkansas and Illinois  (1981 – 1987)
Manufacturing Manager – Puerto Rico  (1979 – 1981)


EDUCATION

BSME Purdue University
University of Chicago, MBA program 50% completed

OTHER ACTIVITIES

President of local United Way 
President of community Main Street Program associated with the 
National Trust for Historic Preservation

REFERENCES

Excellent professional and personal references available