Operations Director, VP, Manager (248344) Masters, Black Belt, Patent Holder / CNC Machining, Forging, Extrusion, Stamping, and Injection Molding / Single and willing to relocate
Operations Leader with 20+ years of experience in the metals industry. He has a Masters degree and is a 6-Sigma Black Belt, patent holder, and operations leader. He has led teams in CNC Machining, Forging, Extrusion, Stamping, and Injection Molding operations. He is known for driving operational improvements, reducing inventory, and maximizing on-time delivery for his employers.
This versatile Game Changer is skilled at arranging temporal, spatial, human, material, and equipment resources to generate bigger earnings! If the operation is broken, he will fix it! If it is running, he will improve it! He is also experienced with leading teams in a union environment. He is currently working on a contract basis but is very interested in exploring permanent leadership roles. He has the skills, experience, and operations leadership experience you are looking for. He is single, renting, and is willing to relocate for the right challenge. His notable experience includes:
• Managed customer delivery requirements (100% on-time delivery, No quality escapes).
• Integrated the operations to the existing organization, expanded the facility, refitted it, and performed full material inventories with less than 1% variance in book values.
• Regained the pace and deliveries and reduced back orders (known as delinquencies at PCC) to virtually $0 after 4 months.
• Redesigned manufacturing processes with operations to increase inventory turns from below 3 to over 8 and increased on-time deliveries from below 70% to over 98%.
• In Santa Ana, developed manufacturing processes that increased deliveries from $700K monthly to $3.2M monthly.
• Corrected a “behind schedule” condition to be ahead of schedule in four months (737MAX Titanium Wall).
• Completely refitted a manufacturing facility whilst continuing and improving manufacturing throughput.
• Led 150+ personnel and achieved $70M annual revenue to include new product and process qualifications, and supply chain management ($40M).
• Facilitated the recertification to AS9100C.
• From September 2013 through July 2014, set four monthly shipping records for the facility with EBIT above plan.
• Installed and operated two 7” aluminum extrusion presses, heat treatment line, and powder paint line for epoxy, urethane, and polyester powders.
• Installed and operated an integrated fabrication facility consisting of CNC Machining, Robotic Welding, GTAW and GMAW Welding capabilities, computer-assisted and manual high-volume sawing operations, and press operations up to 100 Tons, including design and implementation of all tooling.
• With the objective of gaining a higher market share in the automotive hardware industry, developed teams that designed and implemented several innovative manufacturing processes that resulted in an increase of revenues from $5 M/year to more the $25M while generating a 25% gross profit margin.
• Nurtured an environment that demonstrated fair-handed, tough management that brought about a 17:1 vote ratio against unionization by the United Steel Workers
• With P/L responsibility drove EBIT above corporate goals by removing operational constraints and Designing for Manufacturability (DFM)
• Improved On-time Deliveries by establishing daily goals as predictive indicators.
• Championed DFM, Continuous Improvement, and Lean Manufacturing events by engaging cross-disciplined teams for process development and improvement.
• Improved throughput and margin through continuous process improvement
• Led IPT and NPT to launch new aerospace products.
• Certified and maintained ISO9000/AS9100/R2Rios
• Experienced in PDR/CDR to develop KPIs that were parallel to customer product expectations, profit goals, and operational gates.
• Experienced in ITAR and defense procedures.
• Program management for facility transfer while maintaining customer deliveries for a civil airframe.
• Advanced Composites, metal forming and machining.
• High Volume CNC Machining Operations
• Forging Operations
• Extrusion Operations
• Stamping Operations
• Adjusting Production Schedules
• Welding Operations
• Assembly Operations
• Fabrication Operations
• Coating Operations
• Forming Operations
• Thermoforming Operations
• Injection Molding Operations
• Fabrications Operations
• Pressing Operations
• Manufacturing Operations
• Cell Manufacturing Operations
• Batch Manufacturing Operations
• Shipping / Receiving Operations
• Automotive / Component Manufacturing
• Aerospace / Component Manufacturing
• Fabricated Metal, and Machinery Manufacturing
• Establishing Production Sequences
• Managing Safety Stock
• Meeting Manufacturing Delivery Targets
• Increasing Production Capacity
• Increasing Throughput
• Reducing Scrap
• Union Operations – Machinist Union
• Holding Kanban Events
• 5S / 6S Methods
• Implementing Lean into Manufacturing
• Production Layouts
• Prioritizing Jobs
• Production Planning
• Identifying Capacity Requirements
Education:
The Ohio State University:
Master of Arts, Training and Development through US Army Top 5% Fellowship, Phi Delta Kappa
Bachelor of Science, Biological Sciences
Georgia Institute of Technology:
Post graduate work in computer simulations.