Operations / Plant Manager (242128) MBA, Masters, BSME / Foundry, CNC Machining, Heat Treat, Extrusion, Blending, and Coating / Houston TX Area
Operations Leader with 20+ years of experience across multiple industries. He has an MBA in Technology Management, a Masters in Materials Science, and a Bachelors in Mechanical Engineering. This “Game Changing Leader” has a proven track record of increasing operating margins, return on assets, and revenue enhancement by implementing new technology and incorporating value-added services!
His operations experience includes foundry, CNC Machining, Heat treatment, Extrusion, Blending, and Coating Operations for Automotive and Aerospace clients. He is currently employed but is interested in confidentially exploring leadership opportunities in the Houston, TX area.
• Lead the plant in PACVD and PVD Coatings for Automotive, Aerospace, Industrial Components, and Decorative applications.
• Daily problem-solving using the Rapid Problem-Solving approach and 8D method.
o Improved First Time Yield for key customers from 85% to 95+%.
• Implemented Daily production schedules for all processes in order to achieve on-time delivery.
Implemented daily tiered meetings to focus the plant teams on priorities in the areas of safety, quality, delivery, and cost.
• Led high-performance teams in four different manufacturing plants consisting of 50-220 personnel using the Michelin Manufacturing Way approach (Lean manufacturing principles, based on the Toyota Production System)
• Successfully achieved key operating indicators in safety, quality, productivity, and employee morale.
• Foundry Operations included Aluminum Foundry, CNC Machining, and heat treating for mold manufacturing.
• Lead a team of engineers and technicians to implement key capital projects to improve productivity as well as quality.
o Quality results improved by over 50% after completion of the initiatives.
• Improved productivity in a highly challenging process through methodical use of Michelin Manufacturing Way techniques and tools (5S, RCA, Kaizen Events, Fast Changeover, Bottleneck Management, managing daily performance) resulting in
o Significant improvements in machine uptime
o Quality (right the first time and scrap)
o Reduction in costs
o Improved employee engagement.
• Project Leader for turnaround of Greensboro Coating Center.
o Under first year of leadership increased operating margin by 90% and achieved record revenue enhancement.
• Optimized process parameters that led to reduction in cycle times by over 40% for the high-volume tools and components processing.
o This yielded more machine capacity leading to 60% to increase Operations revenue. average of 94% in 1997 to over 98% in 2002 and beyond.
• Managed projects ranging from $500K to over $3 Million.
• Foundry Operations
• High Volume CNC Machining Operations
• Extrusion Operations
• Heat Treat Operations
• Adjusting Production Schedules
• Establishing Production Sequences
• Manufacturing Operations
• Cell Manufacturing Operations
• Batch Manufacturing Operations
• Blending Operations
• Assembly Operations
• Coating Operations
• Non Destructive Testing
• Shipping / Receiving Operations
• Automotive / Component Manufacturing
• Aerospace / Component Manufacturing
• Batch Manufacturing
• MOC Management of Change
• Budget Development
• Creating SOPs
• Calculating Production / Labor/ Material Costs
• Continuous Improvement Projects
• Process Optimization
• Process Troubleshooting
• Data Collection / Analysis
• Implementing Operations Metrics
• Using Visual Systems
• Running Operations on Metrics
• Driving Cost Reduction
• WIP Inventory Management
• Materials Management
• Managing Safety Stock
• Meeting Manufacturing Delivery Targets
• Increasing Production Capacity
• Increasing Throughput
• Reducing Scrap
• Holding Kaizen Events
• Holding Kanban Events
• 5S / 6S Methods
• Implementing Lean Into Manufacturing
• Production Layouts
• Prioritizing Jobs
• Production Planning
• Identifying Capacity Requirements
• Preparing Production Schedules
• Controlling Labor Costs
• Scheduling Materials / Labor
• ERP Systems
• FIFO Systems
• Identifies At Risk Shipments
• Improving Manufacturing Processes
• ISO Documentation
• ITAR
• OSHA Regulations
• ISO 9001 / AS9100 / TS16949
• Value Stream Mapping
• Managing Multiple Projects
• Measuring Forecast Accuracy
• Order Status Reports
• Plant Visual Systems
• Plant Maintenance
• 8 direct reports/350 indirect reports
EDUCATION
• MBA, Technology Management, University of Phoenix, Phoenix, AZ 2005.
• M.S., Materials Science & Engineering, University of Texas, Austin, Texas, 1993.
• B.S., Mechanical Engineering, University of Texas, Austin, Texas, 1991.
• Shop Management Qualification
• Activity Management Qualification
• Production Manager Qualification
• Business Unit Leader Qualification
• Michelin Manufacturing Way (MMW)