Bruce Roles

Advisory & Fractional Services

Manufacturing/Operations Executive with over 30 years in a variety of manufacturing industries making a wide range of products. Fractional COO / Director / GM support leverages leadership experience in Manufacturing, Scheduling, Quality, Engineering, EHS, Procurement, Warehousing, and Maintenance. Providing the Fractional leadership necessary to support the business leader’s ability to visualize, focus, implement and drive the changes necessary to support continued growth of the business.

As a strong and effective leader and builder of strong, collaborative teams, Bruce brings the ability to….

• quickly acclimate & assess the current state

• create a vision of changes needed to support growth

• effectively work with leadership team to develop and set corporate strategy & objectives

• translate corporate objectives into a unified vision & strategic plan of implementation

• use of EOS® (Entrepreneurial Operating System) tools to attain the traction leadership teams need

• support and lead the changes in culture and internal operations needed to support sustainable growth

• deploy an Operational Excellence mindset, empowering others to lead change

Let Bruce's experience of leading extensive change go to work for you...

He has

Successfully led the journey to become a Lean Enterprise at Mate Precision Tooling culminating in the selection of Manufacturer of the Year by the Manufacturers Alliance

Successfully completed a transformation of manufacturing operations at Midwest Rubber Service & Supply that created uniform flow throughout the shop, a distinct warehousing operation, and set the stage for continuous flow in all departments

Successfully ran EOS® in-depth in Manufacturing Operations at Midwest Rubber Service & Supply

SUMMARY of EXPERIENCE:

More than 20 years of Technical Leadership

Midwest Rubber Service & Supply,
Director of Plant Operations (2014 – 2019)
Elk River Machine Company,
Manager of Operational Excellence (2011-2014)
Mate Precision Tooling,
Lean Coordinator/Sr. Mfg. Engineer (2006 – 2011)
Lexington Manufacturing,
Sr. Manufacturing Engineer (2003 – 2006)
Boston Scientific,
Engineering Supervisor (1997 – 2002)

EDUCATION / CERTIFICATIONS:
• BS, Mechanical Engineering, Univ. of Minnesota
• Manufacturers Alliance (MA): High-Performance Leader Certification
• MA: Lean Leader Certification
• MA: Lean Practitioner Certification