Guillermo "Bill" Calderon Email & Phone Number

Salisbury, North Carolina, United States

Sanford, Nc

Asheville, North Carolina Area

Diversified industrial Manufacturing company that operates a portfolio of engineered product businesses across multiple platforms including Alloy Components, Industrial Rubber and Power Transmission Products.Corporate Lean Six Sigma ManagerAsheville, North Carolina Responsible for managing and facilitating the site’s Lean Six Sigma initiatives and strategy.Support Management in the development, planning and execution of a lean enterprise transformation strategy and metricsProvide leadership, mentoring, training to all levels of the organization on the use and practice of Lean, Six Sigma methodology and tools (5S, Kaizen, SMED) Responsible for planning and assisting in the execution of various Lean Six Sigma transformation events targeted towards improving the business performance on safety, quality, delivery, and costFocus on business performance improvements that yield zero accidents, defect free products, on demand an on time delivery, at the lowest cost.Focus on business performance that constantly strives to eliminate waste, improve customer satisfaction, and increase market share via the use of Lean Six Sigma tools and continuous improvement methodologies• Reduced cost of poor quality by $280,000 by implementing process controls and TPM.• Led and completed visual management for the plants raw material.

Operations Excellence ManagerCleveland Plant, NC Matamoros Plant, MexicoProvided development and training of Value Stream personnel to ensure capabilities that drive operations excellence. In conjunction with the Management Team, created strategies to drive improvement and orchestrates annual Enterprise Excellence. Managed, planed, and administered Value Stream CI training. Monitored, prepared reports on, and presents operations results and metrics compared to financial objectives. Partnered with management team to optimize operations processes and ensure linkage to company's financial goals. Researched systems and processes, and developed analysis and recommendations to implement tools, processes and infrastructures to achieve best practices and optimize operational efficiencies.• Drove lean manufacturing transformation yielding a 15% improvement in OTD, reducing lead time from 4 weeks to 2 weeks increasing inventory turns from 6.5 to 9.5.

Vehicle system solutions for the heavy duty truck, construction, agricultural, industrial, marine and specialty industries. www.cvgrp.comLean Six Sigma Production Manager 2007– 2008 Kings Mountain Plant, NCInvestigated and evaluated potential areas for waste elimination related to plant processes, evaluated plant layouts, production machinery and space requirements necessary to meet changing production requirements while ensuring favorable material flow. Aligned processes to deliver value without waste, engaged people in a problem solving/continuous improvement culture. Worked with production management team on special projects with regard to labor, process, materials and machinery utilization. Coordinated Kaizen events and follow up implementation of projects. Lean Manufacturing/Engineering Manager 2004–2006 Trim Systems Statesville Plant NC QS 9000 facility, championed the transition to TS 16949. Managed and coordinated engineering and operation activities for a variety of processes between the Statesville facility and US & Mexican OEM’s customers. Developed and implemented standard cost for the facility.• Reduced change over time using SMED in the 3D molding process from 1.25 hrs. to 20 minutes reducing scrap by 20% resulting in an annual savings of $106K.