Bret Homer Email & Phone Number

Greater Denver Area

Greater Denver Area

Plant Manager – Denver Facility (7/2006 – 2/2015)– Led a team of 35 employees, including five direct reports. Managed a $10M facility that manufactures premium roof tiles in the Rocky Mountain region. Emphasis is on safety, quality, and cost. Company runs on SAP platform.– Reduced OSHA recordable injuries from an average of four per year to zero for the past 24 months.– Increased overall equipment effectiveness (OEE) from 74% to 85% in four years ($150K annually).– Led a quality initiative that reduced customer complaints by 80% and saved $120K annually for six-plus years.– Reduced total cost of manufacturing by 15% using Standard Work, TPM, and 5 Whys. Cut internal rejects by 50%.– Developed a safe and streamlined on-boarding process for temps as our production volume grew by 300% in three years. This process is now used companywide.– Earned top-rated Lean scores 4:5 times, and quality scores 2:4 times, among the 11 manufacturing locations.– Earned the designation of “Divisional Lean Auditor” within the company.Regional Quality Manager (9/2003 – 7/2006)– Managed a quality system development and implementation project to meet the requirements of the International Code Council. This included standardizing test equipment, developing test methods, and training quality techs. – Obtained ICC recognition for all tile profiles at each plant.– Developed a quality manual used by all 13 (at the time; two have since closed) manufacturing sites. – Developed and conducted product, process, and quality system audits. – Led cost reduction projects using the Shainin Red X methodology and 8-D. – Reduced the cost of customer complaints nationally by $500K per year.

Three Rivers, Michigan

– Led a team of 26 employees, including eight direct reports. This is the same team as below, plus two Black Belts.– Responsible for overall plant quality system development and improvement, supplier quality assurance, Six Sigma, Lean Manufacturing, and all testing, layout, and inspection for both the mirror and transmission product lines. – Developed and implemented quality systems to obtain Ford Q1 status.– Managed two Six Sigma Black Belts whose combined cost savings were $300K in 10 months.Key Words: VP Operations, VP Manufacturing, General Manager, Director, Plant Manager, Industrial Products, Consumer Products, Automotive Products, Profit and Loss, Global Operations, International, Multinational, Manufacturing, Multi-Plant, Customer Service, Distributors, OEM’s, Supply Chain, S&OP, Start up, Lean Manufacturing, Toyota Production Systems, Kaizen, 5S, TPM, Balanced Score Card, Quality, ISO 9001, TS 16949, 6 Sigma, 8D, Logistics, Distribution, Warehouse, OSHA, Product Development, New Product Launch, Sales and Operations Planning, ERP Systems, SAP, JD Edwards, Oracle, Microsoft

Three Rivers, Michigan

– Led a team of 24 employees, including six direct reports.– Responsible for developing and implementing quality systems and procedures for Tier 2 mirror actuator supplier. Drove improvement to product quality and customer relations. Held overall responsibility for quality functions of a product launch for a new transmission module for the Ford Motor Company. – Obtained Eaton Business Excellence Certification – leading the “Results” category.– Earned the internal qualification of “Eaton Business Excellence Examiner” (Malcolm Baldrige Criteria).– Reduced customer reported defects from 2000 to 25 parts per million.

Three Rivers, Michigan

– Developed and implemented reporting methods, selected Six Sigma projects, and then tracked them. – Assisted Green Belts with use of the Six Sigma tools. – In one of my three personal Six Sigma projects, reduced assembly line scrap by $70K annually.– Led a multi-plant project in The Netherlands that saved $400K annually in rejects and customer returns.

Three Rivers, Michigan

– Led a team of three direct reports. Responsible for quality engineering on automated assembly lines. – Responsible for all quality reporting, gauging, and quality system improvements. Actively involved with the QS 9000 registration of two sites, including one international site. – Created a quality technician development program to enhance skills and improve advancement opportunities.– Developed customer approval system (PPAP) for storing and linking customer approvals.– Developed complaint tracking system that linked complaints, returns, and problem resolutions.– Served as Quality Engineer (5/1995 – 3/1996) on four automated assembly lines.

Elkhart, Indiana Area

Elkhart, Indiana Area

Bachelor Of Science (B.S.), Industrial Technology

Activities and Societies: Sigma Phi Epsilon

Education record

Education record

– ASQ Certified Quality Engineer – ASQ Certified Quality Auditor – Six Sigma Black Belt – Sigma Breakthrough Technologies – Global 8-D.

Education record