Scott Rugotzke
About
Scott Rugotzke is from Eau Claire, Wisconsin, United States. Scott works in the following industries: "Management Consulting", and "Furniture". Scott is currently Owner | Operations Specialist at CIL Consulting LLC | Scott Rugotzke | Founder and Operations Specialist, located in Ho Chi Minh City Metropolitan Area. In Scott's previous role as a Senior Vice President of Operations at Ameriwood Industries, Inc., Scott worked in Greater St. Louis Area until Apr 2017. Prior to joining Ameriwood Industries, Inc., Scott was a Senior Director of Operations at Ashley Furniture Industries and held the position of Senior Director of Operations at Arcadia, Independence, and Whitehall, WI / Leesport, PA. / Advance, NC. Prior to that, Scott was a Plant Manager, Domestic Case Goods Division. at Ashley Furniture Industries from Jan 2000 to Jan 2007. Scott started working as Plant Manager, Whitehall Finishing Operations at Ashley Furniture Industries in Jan 1995. From Jan 1993 to Jan 1995, Scott was Project Engineer / Production Supervisor at Ashley Furniture Industries.
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Scott Rugotzke's current jobs
Assist organizations in deploying a structured continuous improvement program, leadership hiring, promotion and development and general operations / manufacturing guidance throughout the entire supply chain. Head of Engineering, Quality Assurance and Innovation, Asia, for a large Montreal based manufacturer of fine vanities, lighting and plumbing products sold throughout the world. Most manufacturing is in China and Vietnam. Responsible for: - Quality Assurance and QC activity. - Quality testing. - Leading Engineering efforts and improvements. - Automation of process and controls. - Continuous improvement efforts with my team and the factory leadership. - Cost reduction efforts. - Productivity and efficiency improvement. - Compliance efforts. - Establishing a closed-loop QMS system with automation. - And the below... Lived in China for nearly six months recently on a consulting project for a large furniture company with oversight of offices in China, Vietnam, and Malaysia as acting Divisional Manager | Quality Engineering. - Led Quality Engineering and Operations teams in China, Malaysia and Vietnam. - Managed in-house testing lavatories in Vietnam and China and factory activity for all staff. - Assisted in sourcing and factory selection responsibilities. - Led construction method specifications and CAD teams. - Responsible for preproduction color panel and fabric swatch color standards. - Restructured leadership teams and performance improvement plans in China and Vietnam and developing QE team in Malaysia. - Directed ongoing testing protocol for in-line product. - Worked jointly with factory QAs and Leadership and participated in random product inspections. - Directed recruiting activity and personally interviewed all qualified candidates. - P&L responsibility. - Coordinated the movement of finished goods from China to Vietnam and Malaysia due to China teriff.
Scott Rugotzke's past jobs
Senior VP of Operations for Ameriwood, a Dorel company, with full P&L responsibility for operating and improving manufacturing and DC sites in the US, Canada and International Operations. Functional teams include: Planning and Manufacturing/Warehousing Execution, Corporate Procurement, Industrial/Product/Packaging Engineering, Continuous Improvement, Quality Assurance, Shipping and Receiving, Human Resources, Plant Engineering and Maintenance. Responsible for providing report-outs to the Ameriwood President/CEO, the Owner and Executive Vice President of Operations for Dorel and the Dorel Board of Directors.
Led operations and strategic direction with full P&L responsibility for manufacturing operations and operations support in WI, PA, and NC Manufacturing startup Q1, 2013. Provide experienced hands-on leadership, directing Plant Directors, Industrial Engineering, Continuous Improvement, Receiving, Production and Inventory Control, Quality Assurance, and general oversight of 4,000 employees and annual production requirements of $830MM MOL. Oversee day-to-day Human Resource decisions, including staffing decisions, succession planning, training and development requirements, all major disciplinary decisions, and personally review and approve all discharges. Applied Theory of Constraints planning logic, specifically drum-buffer-rope logic, to manage workflow and worked with the leadership teams to re-layout each facility to foster better flow and allow for appropriate inventory levels. Provide the CEO weekly updates and a thorough monthly financial appraisal of all sites along with business activity and operational improvement updates. Traveled domestically and internationally extensively, assessing competition, technology, finished goods and raw material suppliers to drive a blended international/domestic competitive model.
Assumed full P&L responsibility of AFIs Domestic Case Goods division. Operational oversight of Arcadia’s Plants 1, 2, 3, and a portion of Plant 4, Independence, and Whitehall.
Promoted to Plant Manager of AFI’s Whitehall 80K sq. ft. state of the art finishing facility.
Hired as a Project Engineer, eventually accepting responsibility of supervising multiple departments in the Plant 4 Finishing Operations, supporting AFIs Millennium polyester dining program. Promoted to Senior Plant Supervisor prior to accepting promotion to Whitehall Plant Manager.