Stellar Industries, Inc. is announcing the promotion of Steve Schnieders to Vice President Supply Chain and Operations. 聽Schnieders will be the first vice president position at Stellar since David Zrostlik assumed the presidency in 2000. 聽Additionally, Jim Fisk has been appointed as Director of Operations for both the Garner and Kanawha facilities. 聽The director of operations position will report to Schnieders. Schnieders has been a Stellar employee for almost 20 years. 聽He has held the position of engineering manager, in addition to the operations manager. 聽He has also been a member of the Stellar Industries Board for 11 years. 聽His duties in this position will be to oversee the supply chain and the overall operations of Stellar Industries by developing strategies that will align with the goals of Stellar on its continued path of growth and success. 鈥淪teve has been a valuable member of the Stellar Team for almost 20 years,鈥� says David Zrostlik, President of Stellar Industries. 聽鈥淗e was a key leader in helping us navigate through some rough economic periods both as Engineering Manager and as Operations Manager and has been pivotal in helping us become the successful company we are today. 聽In his newly appointed role as Vice President, Steve will be charged to align our Supply Chain and Operational strategies with our overall strategies for continued growth.鈥� 聽Zrostlik concludes, 鈥淭he addition of Jim Fisk to the Stellar team will free Steve from some of the more day to day issues of operations while leveraging Jim鈥檚 extensive knowledge and experience in operations to improve our performance short term as well as to help fuel our longer term growth strategies. 聽We are fortunate to have both these professionals supporting our mission to be a preferred supplier to our customers by being responsive in meeting their needs.鈥�
Fisk comes to this position with over 20 years of experience and success with Lean Manufacturing in various industries, including truck and trailer manufacturing and up-fitting. 聽He has a proven ability to develop empowered employees in a team environment, increase productivity and plant throughput through the use of innovative manufacturing methodologies, and has been recognized as a magnetic leader whose presence on the production floor inspires and energizes a commitment to success. 鈥淚 am anxious to work with Jim on our Stellar team to continue building the increasingly productive, positive and successful company that exists today,鈥� says 聽Schnieders. 聽鈥淛im brings a drive for excellence and a high expectation of a proactive plant culture, and I鈥檓 anxious to see him align his manufacturing methods with our overall goals at Stellar to see our productivity and our overall market share increase in the coming years.鈥�
鈥淢y expertise is in efficiency,鈥� Fisk says. 聽鈥淚 am very anxious and excited to start using my past experiences here to implement production improvements and adjustments to throughput that are necessary to keep up with increased market share and meet customer demands in a timely fashion, while maintaining the high expectation of quality the Stellar customer has always received.鈥�
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