Bob Garges Email & Phone Number

Greater Nashville Area

With offices in Franklin, Hillsboro Village, East Nashville, 12th South and West Nashville, the Nashville born firm, Village Real Estate, is perfect for anyone looking to buy or sell in Middle Tennessee. With access to one of the largest inventories of listed properties, I strive to find you the right home for your needs or quickly reach the buyer looking.

Franklin, Tennessee

DLM handles all the projects revolving around your home and lifestyle. Real Estate Services, Vendor Management, Organization, Emergency Management, Design Services, Project Management and more!

Greater Nashville Area, TN

• Reported to the COO, while on the Executive Team and worked to consolidate two organizations after a Private Equity Purchase
• Responsible for Manufacturing, Purchasing, Supplier Development, Material Control and Technical Customer Services with four direct reports and over 300 employees
• Relocated all manufacturing and office operations from a 65,000 square foot manufacturing facility located in Canton, MI to the existing US Headquarters in Murfreesboro, TN within a 4 month period
• Worked to consolidate two independent ERP solutions to one while producing record numbers for the organization and maintaining FDA regulated traceability of their six product lines
• Outsourced several in-house manufacturing assemblies to high quality, lower cost suppliers to improve EBITA and manufacturing efficiencies while maintaining continuous flow of product

Greater Nashville Area, TN

• Led an Operations Team of 39 while reporting to the CFO of this non-profit organization that was able to achieve a 35% increase in food distribution from FY2011 to FY2013
• The 19-vehicle fleet of tractor-trailer and straight trucks saw a 42% increase in tonnage from the 193 retail store locations spread over 46 counties of Middle Tennessee
• Able to increase inventory accuracy from 76.7% in FY2011 to 98.5% in FY2013 over all 7 warehouse locations, averaging $4.5M of inventory and turning at an annual rate of 13.1
• Transferred $1.5M of purchased inventory from a 3PL to a leased 35,000 square foot warehouse location to decrease operating expenses by 8% and directly manage inventory and customer orders

• Reported to the VP of Fuel Systems for ABC Group located in the main US facility supplying blow-molded fuel tanks to General Motors, Chrysler, Volkswagen, Honda and John Deere
• Direct Customer Contact for quality to all customers with 5 engineers and 13 hourly employees covering 3 shifts
• This 230,000 square foot facility had 5 two-cavity presses, handled over 25 end item part numbers with 280 employees and supplied 1.2 million fuel tanks in FY2011
• Achieved 4 consecutive Zero PPM months to all customers, with only 1 Zero PPM month achieved in the prior fiscal year
• Improved prevention versus detection quality methods with the use of true root cause analysis and counter measure implementation with an emphasis on fast response, communication at all levels and standardized work

Tuscaloosa, AL And Lavergne And Smyrna, TN

• Site Manager in Tuscaloosa for a 116,000 square foot Injection Molding, Reaction Injection Molding and Assembly operation with direction from Senior Management of Nissan Supplier Restructuring Group (NSRG) based out of.
• Responsible for all Key Performance Indicators supplying Cockpit Module, HVAC and Front End Module components to Nissan and Calsonic Kansei North America with 232 active part numbers and 30 suppliers
• Coordinated information flow between interested parties and conducted transition activities while preparing operations for the eventual sale to the new Nissan supplier, Faurecia (May 1, 2010)
• Reduced daily Scrap Costs by 50% in a two month period along with Controlling Over Time and Inventory Levels with a newly established Manufacturing/Inventory Management Plan
• Established new Safety Audit System to have Fast Identification and Resolution to potential issues
• Coordinated transition of 100 hourly and 20 salaried employees from Visteon to MSXI and on to one of four final full-time employers with the sale of the LaVergne /Smyrna assembly facilities

Durant, MS And Lavergne, TN

• Customer liaison for Nissan product lines handling Quality communication and reporting
• Responsible for 200,000 square foot manufacturing facility with injection molding, reaction injection molding, sequencing and assembly operations supplying Nissan and Honda vehicle components
• Reported directly to the Plant Manager with a team of 5 direct salaried and 150 hourly employees covering two shifts
• Implemented scrap reduction plan rendering a 40% improvement in seven months ($40,000/mo)
• Facility Lead for initial planning and implementation of equipment relocation for Honda MDX soft panel line from Durant, MS to Highland Park, MI

Gallatin, TN

• Responsible for supplier and customer quality for this 230,000 square foot manufacturing facility specializing in blow molded fuel tanks and filler pipes for domestic OEMs
• TS16949 Facility Champion and Environmental Management Representative
• Acquired initial facility certification for ISO14001 in a 5 month period and TS16949 certification
• Managed manufacturing of prototype fuel systems and new model manufacturing launches
• Project Manager for Launch of Epsilon fuel system manufacturing line