{"id":1875,"date":"2023-03-20T18:32:17","date_gmt":"2023-03-20T22:32:17","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/mriomega.com\/?p=1875"},"modified":"2025-09-05T01:40:44","modified_gmt":"2025-09-05T05:40:44","slug":"gm-plant-leadership-219255-tier-1-stamping-welding-machining-assembly-and-injection-molding-operations-certified-black-belt-pmp-tps-multi-site-turnarounds-will-relo-south","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mriomega.com\/index.php\/plant-manager\/gm-plant-leadership-219255-tier-1-stamping-welding-machining-assembly-and-injection-molding-operations-certified-black-belt-pmp-tps-multi-site-turnarounds-will-relo-south\/","title":{"rendered":"GM, Plant Leadership (219255) Tier 1 Stamping, Welding, Machining, Assembly, and Injection Molding Operations \/ Certified Black Belt, PMP, TPS \/ Multi-site \/ Turnarounds\/ Will relo South"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Tier 1 Manufacturing Professional with 20+ years of experience in providing parts, and components for Automotive OEMs like Stellantis, BMW, VW, Tesla, GM, Ford, and Chrysler. He has a Bachelors from Kettering, is a Six Sigma Black Belt, and is certified in Toyota Production Systems. He is also a Certified Program Mgmnt Professional PMP and has completed a Tool\/Die Apprenticeship early in his career! He has provided plant leadership for Stamping, Welding, Machining, Assembly, and Injection Molding Operations<\/strong>. He excels in strategic planning and superb execution in a fast-paced domestic or globally challenging environment. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

He has a legacy of taking lemons and making lemonade by turning operations around with limited or no capital investment, while reducing costs, and improving operational processes and morale!<\/strong> He also has multi-site leadership experience. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

This “Game Changer” just became available as he resigned from his current role just last week due to broken trust\/unkept promises from the company. If you move quickly, you might beat your competition to a Leader who can take your operations to higher company growth, image, revenues, and profits. and operational excellence! Don’t snooze or you lose! he is interested in exploring opportunities in southern climes! His exceptional experience includes:<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u2022 Increase capacity with no capital investment and update as needed for the growth of the business.<\/strong>
\u2022 Plant Absenteeism was at 45%, 3 shift operation, 6-7 days a week.
o Worked with the leadership team along with the union.
o Created better visual job instructions using videos and job instruction screens.
o Daily follow-up with new hires and follow up.
o Transparent communication on customer demand and send current job status board.
o Employee engagement, acknowledging the good performers and holding the poor performers accountable.
o We currently run at 6% absenteeism and 1.5% turnover.
o Controlling the absenteeism contributed to an increased OEE and less MOD to run the same jobs.<\/strong>
o This in turn also created stability for our engineering department to execute continuous improvement projects and drive the plant’s financial results at an 18% absolute gain.<\/strong>
\u2022 Brought them out of new business hold with Stellantis
\u2022 Improved thru-put by 18% without adding any capital investments or additional manpower.<\/strong>
\u2022 Launched BMW, VW, Tesla, GM, Ford, and Chrysler including Aluminum CCB, Aluminum heat shields, rear suspension modules, front grill reinforcements
\u2022 Winner of Global Kaizen Competitions<\/strong>
\u2022 Between $1.2M and $2M average yearly savings thru Kaizen Teams and continuous improvement efforts<\/strong>
\u2022 Top plants in north America for Safety. Set 758-day record for Sodecia North America
\u2022 Improved capacity 40% <\/strong>thru QDC and tooling investments
\u2022 Maximized process flow thru facilities for increased OEE
\u2022 Achieved TS certifications for all 3 facilities<\/strong>
\u2022 Managed several projects in addition to day-to-day operations, utilization of machines and utilities disposing of excess equipment, and lay-out for smooth workflow for increased operational efficiency and minimum material handling.<\/strong>
\u2022 Implemented a continuous improvement program resulting in significant cost savings.
\u2022 GM preferred supplier award for North America 2011,12,13 Ford Q1 status TS16949 certified Environmental
\u2022 Management of 195 U.A.W. hourly employees, production supervisors, engineers, direct labor and skilled trade employees.
\u2022 Developed and implemented short and long-term strategies to improve productivity including improvements that reduced material cost by 30% and labor cost by $500,000.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Education \/ Certification<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u2022 Bachelor of Science Industrial Management <\/strong>Kettering University
\u2022 Completed Tool and die apprenticeship program
\u2022 Six Sigma Green Belt \/ Six Sigma Black Belt
\u2022 Lean Certified
\u2022 Certified PMP Program Mgmt Professional
\u2022 Certified Toyota Production Systems<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Professional Training<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u2022 Imperial College Business School of Leadership (London England)
\u2022 TS 16949 Five weeks classroom training (Durham college)
\u2022 TPS classroom and hands on training, including the
\u2022 Just in Time Manufacturing Kaizen- Green belt
\u2022 T.O.P.S – Team Oriented Problem Solving
\u2022 SPC
\u2022 LEAN Manufacturing
\u2022 6S
\u2022 S.M.E.D
\u2022 Drill Deep GM
\u2022 5 Why
\u2022 Fishbone problem solving<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Core Competencies<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u2022 Tier 1 Automotive
\u2022 Automotive Parts
\u2022 Multi-Plant Experience
\u2022 Injection Molding Operations
\u2022 Stamping Operations
\u2022 Welding Operations
\u2022 Assembly Operations
\u2022 CNC Machining Operations
\u2022 Permanent Mold Casting
\u2022 Grinding Operations
\u2022 Non-Ferrous Metallurgy
\u2022 Raw Material Controls
\u2022 Minimizing Scrap \/ Rework
\u2022 Reducing Cycle Times
\u2022 3-axis, 4-axis, 5-axis, 6-axis
\u2022 Single Spindle CNC Milling
\u2022 Dual Spindle CNC Milling
\u2022 Machining Data Collection
\u2022 Building Team Morale
\u2022 Reducing Equipment Setup Time
\u2022 CNC Cutters, CNC Grinders, CNC Lathes
\u2022 Ensuring Dimensional Accuracy
\u2022 Reducing Material Costs
\u2022 Improving Throughput
\u2022 Unionized Workforce
\u2022 JIT
\u2022 Implementing Lean Manufacturing
\u2022 Manual, Hydraulic, and Pneumatic Fixturing
\u2022 Reducing Equipment Down Time
\u2022 Launching Production Line
\u2022 Prototype Builds
\u2022 Equipment Installation
\u2022 Reducing Recordables
\u2022 Optimizing Plant Layouts
\u2022 Setup Automation
\u2022 Increasing Operational Efficiency
\u2022 Minimizing Material Handling
\u2022 Creating Work Instructions
\u2022 Cleaning Operations
\u2022 Fatigue Testing
\u2022 Hardness Testing
\u2022 Heat Treating
\u2022 Inspection Fixtures
\u2022 Reducing Labor Costs
\u2022 Non Destructive Testing
\u2022 Polishing Operations
\u2022 Reducing Absenteeism
\u2022 Ford Q1
\u2022 Chrysler EBSC
\u2022 GM QSB+
\u2022 TS16949
\u2022 APQP
\u2022 PPAP
\u2022 Product Engineering
\u2022 Product Launch Activities
\u2022 6S Experience
\u2022 Achieving Cost Reduction
\u2022 Gage R&R
\u2022 Control Plans
\u2022 Value Stream Mapping
\u2022 Visual Systems<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Tier 1 Manufacturing Professional with 20+ years of experience in providing parts, and components for Automotive OEMs like Stellantis, BMW, VW, Tesla, GM, Ford, and Chrysler. He has a Bachelors from Kettering, is a Six Sigma Black Belt, and is certified in Toyota Production Systems. He is also a Certified Program Mgmnt Professional PMP and…<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[315,312],"tags":[34,64,117,118,145,148,151,162,269,502],"class_list":["post-1875","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-senior-leadership-vp-president","category-plant-manager","tag-automotive","tag-vp","tag-machining","tag-stamping","tag-molding","tag-cnc","tag-tier-1","tag-black-belt","tag-gm","tag-multi-site"],"acf":[],"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/mriomega.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1875","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/mriomega.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/mriomega.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mriomega.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mriomega.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1875"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/mriomega.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1875\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1876,"href":"https:\/\/mriomega.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1875\/revisions\/1876"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/mriomega.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1875"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mriomega.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1875"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mriomega.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1875"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}