Clayton D. Huber

An international supplier of pumps for the fire, municipal, industrial, flood control, plumbing, and HVAC markets.
General Manager Commercial Plumbing & HVAC | 2009 – 2021
Manage strategic planning and program implementation, business expansion, and daily operations of the HVAC pump and plumbing booster systems business unit through a multi-disciplinary staff of 27 direct reports and a department budget of $10 million. Hold P&L and product quality responsibility.

• 12% unit-volume gain realized by using field input to guide the redesign of existing products.
• Grew the business unit from startup to $11 million by increasing the number of finished goods and accessories offered and expanding the size of the field sales organization. Product upgrades and designs in compliance with revised Department of Energy standards expected to double volume.
• Led a ten-month development program of smaller-sized municipal booster systems selling for up to $125,000.
• 10% top-line growth produced as a result of enhanced product line marketability developed by changing designs to meet customers’ installation requirements.

• $350,000 in annual production cost savings delivered by managing the replacement of manual processes with robotic equipment and guiding redesign of affected products to maximize machine efficiency.
• $340,000+ savings expected as a result of orchestrating controversial material changes in component parts.
• Provided customers with access to directly mounted variable frequency drives in anticipation of upcoming Department of Energy regulatory changes.
• $34,000 yearly rework expense avoided and 5% of assembly time eliminated by substituting specialized components for traditional welding.

• 30% shrinkage of assembly time accomplished by identifying problems and replacing some of the components.
• Brought out-sourced production in-house eliminating vendor stockouts and improving on-time shipments.
• Communicated goals, expectations, and job responsibilities to employees within multiple departments driving down product defectives 60%.
• Expanded the customer base by using root-cause analysis and field input to guide the redesign of existing products opening the door to previously unapproachable markets.
• Mentored workers concerning improvements in the quantity and quality of work. Instituted preproduction job reviews resulting in fewer critical errors and reductions warranty costs and lead times. Pushed on-time shipments to 98%.

HVAC Manager | 2005 – 2009
Oversaw fabrication, quality, product design, selling activities, and supplier and customer relations.

• Reduced slow moving inventories by 15% by adjusting inventories in response to predicted purchases.
• Applied knowledge of production processes, equipment, and personnel to prevent or mitigate work stoppages. Cross-training allowed shifting of the labor force resulting in uptime of 97%.
• Developed standards and work procedures for the product line.
• Established and maintained relationships with priority customers and expanded the number of company representatives to include 22 international companies.
• Utilized lean and six-sigma concepts and procedures to achieve 40% reduction in time to pick component parts.

Additional Experience:
Export Administrator
Assisted International fire protection and international water and waste-water sales in analyzing international markets and potential markets for sales opportunities.

• Prevented potential equipment damage by reducing the time finished product remained idle waiting to ship.