Plant Manager (76566) Green Belt / Automotive, Metals, Lighting / Forming, Heat Treat, Welding, Coating, Assembly, Fabrication / Will Relocate

Results-oriented Manufacturing Leader with a strong track record of delivering performance improvement! He is a Six Sigma Green Belt and a Certified Trained Team Leader in Standard Work, 5S, SMED, and TPM! He has 18+ years’ of experience in plant operations leadership and implementing lean manufacturing principles. He has an impressive track record of driving improvements in OEE, Safety, inventory, and EBITDA and has been recognized with awards several times by both employers and OEMs. He is actively seeking new opportunities after his position was eliminated in a reorganization. He also has experience working with union workforces.

This is your chance to put this’ Game Changer’s” impressive skills and experience in lean manufacturing principles, problem-solving techniques, financial analysis, team building, and change management to work for you! He is willing to relocate for the right opportunity. His notable skills include:

• Improved plant Safety to Achieve 1.5 years OSHA recordable free
• Improved Plant Margins and EBITDA by increasing labor efficiency and OEE
• Improved inventory accuracy from 85% to 98.5%
• Improved plant Safety Metrics from TIR of 16.55 in 2013 to 2.04 in 2017
• Sales growth from $33 million to $92 million over the past 3 years
• Cooper Standard Gold award for 2014, 2015, 2016, and 2017.
• Received General Motors Quality Achievement Award for 2015, 2016, 2017.
• 4 programs rated Cooper Standard Perfect Launch
• Cooper Standard launch of the year in 2017.
• Reduced labor cost 15% through process improvements resulting in less overtime.
• Reduced customer complaints by 65% from 2011 through 2013
• Reduced plant scrap 22% through the implementation of a scrap review team that evaluated and tracked daily scrap driving corrective actions back to all shifts for both man and machine.
• Led plant cost savings initiative to exceed 2011, 2012, and 2013 goals of $2 million each year.
• Increased equipment efficiency from 58% to 72% through better Preventive Maintenance systems along with involving line operators in the Preventive Maintenance process.
• Reduced duration of line Preventive Maintenance from 14 hours down to 10 hours.
• Reduced plant scrap by over 2 full points from 6.03% to 3.87% resulting in a $2.5M savings.
• Improved on time delivery from 75% to over 90%.
• Improved units per paid hour 36%.
• Reduced backlog from $3.5 million to under $250 thousand.
• Reduced lost time incidents from eight in 2005 to four in 2006 and to one in 2007.
• Reduced plant DPMU 70% in 2006 & 2008.
• Improved on-time delivery to customers from 80% to 95%.
• Improved plant productivity 10% over two years.
• Led Kaizen and Continuous events for plant and office.
o Led 20 kaizen events (led three Shingijutsiu Events), six Value Stream Mapping events, 12 Standard Work /Kanban events and numerous process improvement projects.

• Forming Operations
• Heat Treat Operations –
• Metal Finishing Operations
• Welding Operations
• Assembly Operations
• Fabrication Operations
• Coating Operations
• Adjusting Production Schedules
• Establishing Production Sequences
• Manufacturing Operations
• Cell Manufacturing Operations
• Batch Manufacturing Operations
• Fabrications Operations
• Automotive / Component Manufacturing
• Coatings Manufacturing
• Equipment Parts / Component Manufacturing
• Lighting / Component Manufacturing
• Fabricated Metal, and Machinery Manufacturing
• Pulp / Paper Manufacturing
• Calculating Production / Labor/ Material Costs
• Continuous Improvement Projects
• Process Optimization
• Process Troubleshooting
• Implementing Lean into Manufacturing
• Increasing Production Capacity
• Increasing Throughput
• Reducing Scrap
• Creating/Implementing Operations Metrics
• Using Visual Systems
• Running Operations on Metrics
• Demand Planning
• Inventory Staging
• Driving Cost Reduction
• Ensuring Future Material Availability
• Ensuring Optimal Inventory
• WIP Inventory Management
• Inventory Controls
• Meeting Manufacturing Delivery Targets
• Holding Kaizen Events
• Holding Kanban Events
• 5S / 6S Methods
• Production Layouts
• Identifying Capacity Requirements
• Preparing Production Schedules
• Resolving Production Bottlenecks / Problems
• Controlling Labor Costs
• Improving Manufacturing Processes
• Scheduling Materials / Labor
• ERP Systems / MRP Systems
• Root Cause Analysis
• Statistical Process Control SPC
• Maintaining Production Paperwork
• Value Stream Mapping

EDUCATION:
• Bachelor of Business Administration, Graduated Cum Laude / Mount Vernon Nazarene College, Mount Vernon, Ohio
• Drafting & Design / Hocking College, Nelsonville, Ohio

CERTIFICATIONS / TRAINING:

• Six Sigma Green Belt: University of Michigan, College of Engineering
• Certified Trained Team Leader in Standard Work, 5S, SMED and TPM through Acuity Brands University Lean Training Program
• Mistake-Proofing: Eastern Michigan University
• Advanced Product Quality Planning (APQP): Eastern Michigan University
• Internal Auditing: Eastern Michigan University
• TS16949; QS-9000
• OSHA 10 Hour Card
• People Skills and Conflict Management presented by the Ridge Group
• Lean Manufacturing Overview and Simulation: Georgia Tech