{"id":541,"date":"2020-09-15T17:10:51","date_gmt":"2020-09-15T21:10:51","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/mriomega.com\/?p=541"},"modified":"2025-09-05T01:43:14","modified_gmt":"2025-09-05T05:43:14","slug":"money-machine-plant-manager-164269-multi-site-automotive-packaging-chemicals","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mriomega.com\/index.php\/engineering\/money-machine-plant-manager-164269-multi-site-automotive-packaging-chemicals\/","title":{"rendered":"VP \/ Director Global Engineering (164269) Automotive MONEY MACHINE"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"color: #0000ff;\"><strong>Have you ever wished you had a money machine that was legal?<\/strong> <\/span><strong>Well, look no further, because we have one added one to our stable of Game Changers!<\/strong> <strong><span style=\"color: #0000ff;\">His professional history looks like a never-ending waterfall of EBITDA improvements, cost savings, process improvements, productivity gains, and quality enhancements!<\/span> What more remarkable is that he is has achieved this track record across multiple industries!!<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #0000ff;\"><em><strong>MONEY MACHINE &#8211; VP \/ Director Global Engineering (164269) Automotive <\/strong><\/em><\/span><\/p>\n<p><strong>This \u201cGame Changer\u201d is exploring new leadership opportunities!&nbsp;<\/strong> <span style=\"color: #0000ff;\"><strong>Move quickly to stake your claim on this Manufacturing Money Maker with an impeccable track record of accomplishment.<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p>\u2022 Have had up to 1<strong>3 Direct Reports and responsibility for ~1400 employees.<\/strong><br \/>\n\u2022 <strong>10 years of Plant Management<\/strong> experience<br \/>\n\u2022 <strong>14 years of experience in Driving Lean Manufacturing\/ Continuous Improvement<\/strong><br \/>\n\u2022 <strong>4 Lean Implementation<\/strong>s using TPS Methodology<br \/>\n\u2022 <strong>4 Successful Plant Transformations<\/strong><br \/>\n<strong>\u2022 14 years of experience with the Toyota Lean Management<\/strong><br \/>\n\u2022 17 years of experience with High-Speed experience YOY<br \/>\n\u2022 14 years of experience overseeing TPM<br \/>\n<strong>\u2022 Multi-site responsibility<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>\u2022 Largest OpCo in the organization \u2013 $1B in revenue<\/strong><br \/>\n\u2022 <strong>Improved First Pass Yield by 38% YoY<\/strong><br \/>\n<strong>\u2022 Improved DPU by 27% Plant wide YoY<\/strong><br \/>\no Added stop gate inspections within the process takt time to keep defects from reaching next operation<br \/>\n\u2022<strong> Improved delivery to the customer by 33%<\/strong><br \/>\no Improved schedule compliance by the same %<br \/>\n\u2022 <strong>Improved Cost (HPC) by 12.2% YoY<\/strong><br \/>\n<strong>o Improved productivity in Fab by 22%<\/strong><br \/>\n<strong>o Improved productivity in Tank and Canopy (bottleneck of the plants by 26.7%)<\/strong><br \/>\n<strong>\u2022 Increased equipment reliability by 11.5%<\/strong><br \/>\n\u2022 I<strong>mproved Employee Engagement by 39%<\/strong> (measured by employee suggestion and kaizen participation) yoy<br \/>\n\u2022 Improved Supervisor\/Manager development (lead leadership development classes)<br \/>\n\u2022 <strong>Responsible for $3.5M in cost savings, efficiency (productivity) improvements<\/strong><br \/>\n\u2022 Established and Standardized metrics and business operating system for all 3 plants<br \/>\n\u2022 <strong>Increased equipment reliability by 33% in Plant 1 and Plant 2 by 25%<\/strong><br \/>\n\u2022 <strong>Improved productivity in Plant 1 by 11%, Improved efficiencies by 5% in plant 2<\/strong><br \/>\n<strong>\u2022 Improved profitability by 22% in year one<\/strong><br \/>\n<strong>\u2022 Decreased CONQ by 14% (<\/strong>utilized engineering team as well as employee suggestions for improvements)<br \/>\n\u2022 Implemented a robust TPM process to improve equipment reliability and <strong>improved plant OEE in a short period of time from 65% to 73%<\/strong> <strong>OEE.<\/strong><br \/>\n\u2022 <strong>Improved MTBF by 19%<\/strong><br \/>\n<strong>\u2022 Improved MTTR by 6%<\/strong><br \/>\n\u2022 Implemented scrap reduction programs plant-wide \u2013 <strong>cost savings of $30K\/month.<\/strong><br \/>\n<strong>\u2022 Initiated, with the plant leadership team, cost-saving programs of $1.1M<\/strong> for 2016 to hit the bottom line<br \/>\n\u2022<strong> Increased EBITDA Performance by 9% in less than 22 months<\/strong><br \/>\n\u2022 <strong>Reduced Plant PPM from 970 PPM to 187 PPM in the first year<\/strong> (improvements sustained)<br \/>\n\u2022 Reduced Safety IR from 4.6 to 1.87 (most significant improvement in the corporation)<br \/>\n\u2022 <strong>Improved Delivery from 64% to 95% while reducing Premium Freight by $125K<\/strong> (Plant had run $400K &#8211; $500K past due for years \u2013 we became current within 3 months and sustained).<br \/>\n<strong>\u2022 Reduced overtime by 85<\/strong>% and labor cost by increasing efficiency in all cells across the plant<br \/>\n\u2022<strong> In the first year achieved $1.7M in Value Creation Projects<\/strong> (Savings headed straight to bottom line)<br \/>\n\u2022 <strong>Improved productivity by 20%<\/strong> by implementing Lean Principles and methodologies as well as visual management<br \/>\n\u2022 <strong>Reduced scrap by 58%<\/strong> by challenging and pushing our engineering department for Poka Yokes and more operator<br \/>\n\u2022 <strong>Reduced tool crib inventory by $350K out of $1.1M<\/strong>Achieved year over year improvement in ALL plant metrics and increased machine OEE<br \/>\n\u2022 <strong>Achieved 99% on-time delivery improved from 42% while reducing overage inventory by 30%<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>Education<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Course work in Masters Mechanical Engineering program &#8211; &nbsp;ILLINOIS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGYB.S. in Mechanical Engineering &#8211; IOWA STATE UNIVERSITYPre-Engineering \u2013 SOUTHEASTERN COMMUNITY COLLEGE<\/li>\n<li>Six Sigma Green Belt<\/li>\n<li>Lean Certified<\/li>\n<li>TPM Certification<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Have you ever wished you had a money machine that was legal? Well, look no further, because we have one added one to our stable of Game Changers! His professional history looks like a never-ending waterfall of EBITDA improvements, cost savings, process improvements, productivity gains, and quality enhancements! 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