Dynamic, Results-Focused Leader Committed to Optimizing Engineering, Maintenance, Quality & Manufacturing Initiatives

Plant Management ￨ Quality / Manufacturing Management ￨ Safety / Quality Control

Strategic Analysis / Planning ￨ Trends Tracking ￨ Budget Control ￨ Expense Management

Team Building / Training ￨ QS QXXXXXX ￨ Multi-Process Optimization ￨ Six Sigma ￨ Lean Manufacturing

Customer Service ￨ Operations Set-Up ￨ Project Management ￨ New Product Development ￨ Compliance

Highly Accomplished Leader who drives companywide growth by promoting transformational plant, operations, and manufacturing initiatives to continually cultivate a strong employer image with superior quality. Top Performer who offers solutions-centric critical thinking for insightful, change-oriented results to align with a company s vision, including applying experience with leading manufacturers of automotive airbag inflators, automotive frame assemblies, injection molded components, carbon steel tubing, and automotive interior trim to meet goals. Six Sigma Black Belt who rises above challenges to improve the bottom line and achieve winning outcomes, including quickly adapting to evolving manufacturing scenarios. Excellent Communicator who develops synergistic relationships with executives, cross-functional operations teaxxxxxx, and customers, and who leads multidisciplinary peers by example and with ethics and integrity.

Plymouth Tube Company, Xxxxxx, XXXXXX

(2012 2018)

General Manager Xxxxxx Plant (2013 2018)

Capitalized on the opportunity to lead forward-thinking plant-wide operations, profit / loss, and balance sheet management, including directing all manufacturing, product quality, maintenance, cost, pricing, and materials to ensure the facility maintains a key leadership position within an extremely competitive market. Championed business-specific health and environmental and safety initiatives. Consistently drove high-value continuous improvement across all departments.

  Successfully drove revenue growth by $9 million from 2013 2017.

  Recognized as one of the years Top 3 profitable tube mills in Plymouth.

  Profitably added a new product line in 2016 to equal a 23% increase in sales on average.

  Launched multi-department Lean Daily Management meetings to review previous 24 hours operations.

Operations Manager Xxxxxx Plant (2012 2013)

Utilized broad scope of industry knowledge toward directing plant operations with overall responsibilities for quality, production and other production-related activities while ensuring the plant s #1 priority was safety. Managed plant-wide initiatives to develop a culture of excellence and retain top-notch talent. Consistently employed Lean manufacturing techniques, as well as visual controls and additional plant performance measures to meet and / or exceed goals.

  Successfully improved operations yield from 84.5% to 85.8%.

  Enhanced productivity from 26.5 feet / full-time equivalent to 27.2 feet.

Albea Packaging, Morristown, TN

(2008 2012)

Technical Director North America

Strategically steered a team of product engineers and project managers with responsibility for new product development and existing product changes per customer requests or value analysis improvements, including quoting all new business projects for the sales teaxxxxxx. Led a small-scale remote team in additionally quoting and coordinating all injection mold tool developments. Directed efforts to develop new automated and semi-automated assembly strategies.

  Profitably averaged quotes for 25 new products per month.

  Successfully completed all tooling projects on-time and within budget.

  Expertly budgeted for annual operating expenses and budget-specific compliance.

  Established a weekly milestone tracking program to monitor on-time delivery for projects.

ARC Automotive, Knoxville, TN ￨ Camden, AR

(1998 2008)

Team Manager Plant Relocation & Start-Up (2005 2008)

Led targeted decision-making among a top-performing team of 12 electrical, mechanical, software / industrial engineers, and maintenance technicians while relocating 9 high-volume automated assembly lines ranging in location from Camden, AR to Reynosa, MX. Directed successful installation of TS 16949 Quality Management System.

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Team Manager Plant Relocation & Start-Up (2005 2008)

  Achieved cost initiatives of $1.2 million per year.

  Led continuous improvement changes to existing plant products.

  Established scrap targets for start-up and met normal production goals.

  Successfully relocated all assembly lines for throughput to equal rates prior to transfer.

Team Manager Driver Production (Business Unit) (2002 2005)

Drove driver production success by training, mentoring, and managing the company s best-performing product team tasked with results-focused production, maintenance, scheduling, quality, systexxxxxx / industrial engineering and manufacturing engineering. Produced 8.5 million driver energetic assemblies of configurations annually. Managed profit / loss efforts across 180 employees, and handled all budgeting plans and compliance to budget for a Driver Business Unit.

  Improved delivery performance to 99%+.

  Restructured manufacturing work days from 24x7 to 24x5.

  Eliminating a production shift of 40 operators to save $900,000 annually.

  Led a Lean initiative to reduce product changeover from 45 minutes to 8 minutes per change (SMED).

Engineering & Quality Manager (2001 2002)

Expertly led all facets of quality control for fast-paced inflator energetic assemblies, including developing and implementing comprehensive automated quality checks for both product and process characteristics. Directed initiatives within a large-scale department of 8 quality and process engineers and 6 QC technicians. Directed internal / external quality concerns with comprehensive deep dive problem-solving and root cause analysis to align with critical objectives.

  Successfully received Six Sigma Black Belt training and certification.

  Led team in completing an $85,000 Black Belt cost savings for certification.

Manufacturing Engineering Manager (1998 2001)

Played a vital role in designing and purchasing 7 new automated assembly lines equal to $7 million in capital expenditures. Optimized manufacturing engineering productivity by recruiting, training, mentoring, and managing highly qualified manufacturing and quality engineers to promote efficient utilization of new equipment and relevant engineering processes.

  Consistently delivered new equipment on-time and within budget.

  Developed new preventative and predictive maintenance policies and procedures.

  Seamlessly transitioned manufacturing and quality control from manual to automated processes.

Irvin Automotive, Greenwood, XXXXXX

(1992 1998)

Technical Services Manager (1995 1998)

Applied strong leadership talents toward directing a solutions-oriented department of 10 process engineers, 3 quality engineers, and 20 QC technicians, including managing QC functions encompassing test labs and receiving inspections. Continually identified root cause and improvement opportunities. Expertly accounted for QS 9000 Quality Management System.

  Successfully developed targeted TQM goals and objectives.

  Cost-effectively managed a high-volume departmental budget of $1+ million.

  Saved $1+ million in annual costs via labor relations, material changes, and process improvements.

Supervisor Quality & Manufacturing Engineering (1992 1995)

Directed on-time new product launches and PPAP, including resourcefully initiating and leading all Kaizen activities within the injection molding plant while concurrently directing the TQM philosophy for the molding plant to meet goals.

  Reconstructed QC audits to encompass molding process parameters and physical product checks.

  Launched new material procedures to use multi-color material in non-visible molded components.

Bachelor of Science in Industrial Technology Xxxxxx State University

Six Sigma Black Belt SEQUA

Lean Manufacturing University of Tennessee, Knoxville

Talent Management SEQUA ￨ Finance for Non-Financial Managers SEQUA