CRChad RoyerOperations · Curiosity · Bees

Operations executive · Milwaukee, Wisconsin

Good work
takes a hive mind.

I’m Chad Royer. I bring people, process, and purpose together to make complex operations work better—and help teams keep improving long after the plan is finished.

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Multi-site operations · Lean improvement · Team development
PEOPLE
PROCESS
CAPACITY
QUALITY
SAFETY
GROWTH
✳BETTER
TOGETHER
A system is only as strong
as the connections within it.
PEOPLE ✳ PROCESS ✳ PURPOSE ✳ CONTINUOUS IMPROVEMENT ✳ PEOPLE ✳ PROCESS ✳ PURPOSE ✳ CONTINUOUS IMPROVEMENT
01 / THE APPROACH

A leader who likes the details

Big results start with connected work.

Across manufacturing, packaging, fulfillment, and consulting, I’ve led multi-site operations and complex change. My focus is to understand how the work really happens, find the constraint, and bring the right people together to improve it.

That means balancing strategy with the floor-level details: developing capacity, guiding capital projects, strengthening safety, improving service, and building teams that can solve the next problem themselves.

The way I workListen closely.
Connect the pieces.
Make progress visible.
HOW I LEAD

Three habits.
One stronger system.

01

See the whole system

Connect the details across production, engineering, supply chain, service, facilities, and finance.

⬡
02

Make work flow

Use Lean methods, value-stream mapping, and practical problem solving to uncover capacity and reduce friction.

⬡
03

Build with people

Create clarity, coach leaders, and help teams take ownership of better ways to work.

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02 / SELECTED RESULTS

Improvement you
can point to.

Selected outcomes from roles at Bentley World Packaging, Brenntag, Rytec, Archway, and Omni Workspace. Each number reflects a different team and operating challenge.

⬡Brenntag
$75M

advanced blending and packaging plant

Delivered on time and under budget

⬡Brenntag
100+

jobs created in the first year

At the new manufacturing site

⬡Rytec
+100%

finished-goods throughput capacity

After a manufacturing layout redesign

⬡Rytec
+300%

annual door production

At a new facility, without adding a second shift

⬡Rytec
$500K

annual procurement savings

Alongside 25% annual top-line sales growth

⬡Archway
$8.9M

annual savings

From consolidating three facilities

⬡Omni Workspace
76%

fewer recordable incidents

With a certified safe-member training program

⬡Omni Workspace
+11%

sustained gross-profit growth

Across five operating units

Results shown as described in my professional experience; scopes and time periods vary by role.

03 / EXPERIENCE

A career built
around making work better.

From multi-site leadership to Lean consulting, the through-line is helping people and operations do their best work.

2023—Present
✳

Bentley World Packaging

Director of Operations

Executive leadership responsibility for operations across Wisconsin and Maryland, including production, engineering, warehousing, logistics, shipping and receiving, and facilities.

2016—2023

Brenntag Great Lakes

Vice President Operations

Led production, packaging, laboratories, engineering, transportation, quality, safety, service excellence, and facilities for nine plants in seven states.

2012—2015

Rytec Corporation

Executive Vice President Operations

Owned day-to-day operations, P&L, and manufacturing growth; led facility development, an SAP implementation, and new product launches.

2010—2012

CliftonLarsonAllen

Senior Consultant

Built Lean practices and Kaizen capability inside the firm and developed its Lean healthcare consulting practice.

2004—2010

Omni Workspace Company

Vice President Operations

Led five Midwest operating units, introduced Lean methods, and built a culture of rapid continuous improvement.

Earlier

Archway Marketing Services

Senior Director, Operations

Led operations, fulfillment, and distribution across 11 facilities in the U.S. and Mexico.

GROUNDING & PRACTICE

B.S. Management Information Systems and Business Administration · University of Wisconsin—Eau Claire

Kaizen Lean Training, Shingijitsu · Vistage 318 member

04 / OUTSIDE WORK

Still learning, one season at a time

The real hive mind.

Beekeeping is a fresh reminder that good systems depend on observation, timing, and care for the whole—not just one moving part. I’m learning the craft one inspection and one season at a time.

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Backyard beekeeperSeven years in · always learning · Wisconsin
FIELD NOTE 001THE BACKYARD
OBSERVE
LEARN
ADAPT
REPEAT
🐝
“The best next step starts with noticing what’s happening now.”

A lesson that works in the apiary—and on the production floor.

LET’S CONNECT

Have a complex operation
or an interesting challenge?

I’m always glad to compare notes on leadership, continuous improvement, and building systems that last.

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