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Fenton, Michigan, United States

United States

Program management responsible for scope of launching programs to Toyota, for interior product consisting of injection molding, assembly, & outsourced purchased components. • Responsible to ensure program meets launch gate deliverables and timeline. • Leader of program launch team consisting of tooling engineers, product engineers, advanced quality, procurement, assembly engineers, account managers, launch managers, controller.• Monthly reports to upper management on overall program status.• Spearheaded Capital Appropriation Request (CAR) approval through North America and China company leadership. • Ongoing communication with customer regarding program timing, engineering changes, testing results, price negotiations. • Collaborated with outsourced vendors on tooling builds, launch status, product changes, & pricing reviews.• Managed launch activities in three manufacturing locations in US and Mexico.

Wixom, Michigan, United States

Program management including overall program responsibility including, timing, quoting, design for manufacturability, tooling builds, validation testing, customer approval (AAR), launch phase, & full volume production. •Program Manager of successful launch of molded, painted and chrome plated interior door program to Toyota Boshoku America, worth $10 million in annual sales. •Program Lead of seven (7) programs simultaneously to Toyota as Tier 1 supplier, including Injection Molding with 16 Molds, Chrome Plating, Painting, 2nd shot Over-Molding and Assembly.•Team leader of multiple tier 1 & tier 2 programs launches guiding program from concept, quoting, tooling & process development through successful production launch. •Responsible for financial viability of programs including P&L budget reporting to management. •Skilled at project management including managing multiple programs simultaneously and keeping team members and tasks on schedule.•Spearheaded team through tooling design and build for injection molding, paint, chrome plating, and assembly equipment.•Managed in house and outsourced component testing per OEM requirements. •Leader of chrome plate & molding new facility audits with Ford, GM, Chrysler, & Toyota leading to facility approvals. •Instrumental member of successful new facility launches for chrome plating and injection molding, optimizing product flow. •Implementation leader of lean manufacturing practices and continuous improvement programs across multiple operations, including new manufacturing facility.•Successful in developing APQP documentation.•Key team member of chrome plate process development, production trouble shooting, and tooling design. •10 years’ experience managing program launches of new chrome grilles for commercial trucking industry.

• Trained as Green Belt in Six Sigma problem solving method, and team lead in six sigma projects resulting in substantial product improvements.• Developed plant wide scrap reduction program & leader of cross functional product improvement teams resulting in over $1 million in savings, responsible for reporting results to management team.• Production support for molding, painting, assembly and chrome plating departments.• Conducted D.O.E.’s to identify and correct root causes of molding, plating & assembly problems.• Extensive work on product improvement involving material handling, packaging improvement, employee training and error proofing.• Create & update APQP documents including, work instructions, FMEA, control plans & conducted training on new or updated instructions.

• Designed and implemented ISO 14001 environmental management system, successfully led plant through initial registration of ISO 14001 with outstanding results.• Extensive training in lean manufacturing including poke-yoke, developing flow lanes, minimizing part handling, cellular implementation.• Developed purchasing standards for machine purchases.• Production support for assigned production machines, including troubleshooting, process improvements & purchasing of improved tooling.• Leader of machine purchases from initial concept through implementation on plant floor.

Flint, Michigan, United States

Managed day to day activities & Maintenance projects of Skilled Trades team at General Motors- Flint Metal Center