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Greenville-Spartanburg-Anderson, South Carolina Area

Lavonia Georgia

South Carolina

Contracted services designed to drive stability and growth within South Carolina businesses.Value Stream Mapping & Lean TransformationKaizen Planning & FacilitationLean TrainingSix Sigma Green Belt TrainingTPM/CMMS Implementation

Thermo King Division Of Ingersoll Rand - Hastings Nebraska

Provided leadership and daily direction to effectively manage a $500M P&L manufacturing plant. Lead daily management of plant wide SQDIP, Continuous Improvement, and Lean Transformation. Data analysis driven modifications to Behavior Based Safety program resulting in an 80% Reduction in total OSHA Recordable Incidents.Leveraged A3 Thinking to develop actions bridging short fall in productivity targets resulting in 200+% improvement in Productivity Pipeline health achieving planned cost reductions.Plant wide FPY improved from 70% to 83% through a PFMEA driven improvement plan coupled with daily A3 based problem solving.- Welding & Fabrication- Paint- Assembly

Davidson Nc.

Coached and mentored the transformation of seven manufacturing sites globally, ensuring SBU goal deployment and site alignment. Facilitated Value Stream Analysis, transformational planning and execution. Monitored and tracked continuous improvement through SQDIP and MDI.Collaborated with Product Management to develop strategic growth plans focusing on significant improvements in Quality & Delivery performance, this resulted in a 35% expansion of Value Streams under Transformation. Consolidated SBU On Time Shipment performance improved from 78% to 93% ultimately contributing to Revenue growth of over 35%. This was achieved through rationalization of component stocking strategies coupled with rationalization of finished goods SKU's.

Florence, South Carolina Area

Provided leadership and daily direction to effectively manage a $130M P&L manufacturing plant. Facilitate daily Gemba based KPI review, drive continuous improvement to the operation through MDI. Lead the Project Management of SAP system design and implementation.Rationalization of component inventory stocking strategies, resulting in 50% lead time reduction through the total Value Stream. 35% reduction in component inventory through lot size reduction and make Kanban implementation.70% assembly footprint reduction through the creation of Mixed model flexible assembly lines supported through move Kanban PULL to point of use.70% reduction in CNC machine center change over times through SMED process mapping and standard work development.- Engineered to Order- Welding & Fabrication- CNC Machining- Assembly

Puebla De Zaragoza Area, Mexico

Provided leadership and daily direction to all plant activities effectively manage (3) sites totaling $240M P&L. Facilitate daily Gemba based KPI review, drive continuous improvement to the operation through MDI. Successful launch of Next Generation Fuel System Technology within the Mexican operations (Kautex proprietary process)Planned & launched an incremental $57M Revenue project, on time within budget while meeting all customer expectations.50% reduction in mold machine change over time by planning and execution of a SMED Process Mapping and the creation of detailed Standard Work

Troy Michigan

Facilitated the creation, maintenance and continuous improvement of established manufacturing “Best Practices”. Lead a technical team driving the APQP process across the North American region. Continuously review evolving technologies for potential application within Kautex Value Streams.Facilitation of 100+ formal Kaizen workshops across 6 assigned factories, driving a standardized approach to Lean Transformation & Operating System Implementation.Creation and spread of Company SMED Standardized Work & Equipment Standards driving optimized capital equipment utilization. Change over times improved by over 200%.Project planning, budgeting, construction and launch of a 95,000 sq. ft. “Greenfield” manufacturing location in Silao Mexico, producing plastic fuel tank assemblies to the automotive industry.

Provided leadership and daily direction of a $120M P&L manufacturing plant. Conducted daily management of plant wide SQDIP KPI’s, Daily Continuous Improvement, and Lean Transformation. Functioned as the primary point of contact for 4 major Automotive OEM’sSuccessfully managed rapid business growth from $56M to $120M in revenue within 1.5 years including an 80000 sq. ft building expansion.40% reduction in direct labor through detailed standard work to TAKT time and effective labor balance35% reduction in maintenance expense through TPM based autonomous work implementation.- Blowmolding- Hot Plate Welding- Assembly

Newbern Tn.

Design, Planning and Execution of a "Greenfield" 400,000 square ft. automated Class "A" surface paint facility producing Plastic molded automotive exterior trim components. Successfully managed a planned $43M capital project both on time and well under budget.Recruited, hired and trained a non-automotive experienced workforce on Lean Basics, Kaizen and the daily use of Kanban. Successfully launched 15 unique Automotive Exterior Trim products with a 6 month period meeting all customer quality and delivery expectations.Development and implementation of all of TS16949 required documentation as well as training ultimately achieving site certificationSuccessful management of a $43M capital budget in the creation and launch of the factory.- Injection Molding- Robotic Paint- Assembly

Athens Tennessee

Plant Turn Around: Ownership of daily plant Operations, driving Continuous Improvement in Safety, Quality and Operating Efficiency through stategic targeted Kaizen activities.Rapid business growth in Convensional Injection Molding, equipment specification, purchase, installation and commisioning. Rapid Waste Elimination through an overall transformation to 1 piece flow workcell execution and Standardized Work development, Scrap Reduction, Labor Reduction and SMED performance improvement.- Injection Molding- Thermal Forming- PVC Cast Molding- Uretahne Molding- Paint- Assembly

Troy Michigan

Resident Engineer located at Flint Automotive Division - FADSite Manager - Program Manager- located at Dunton England Ford Motor Co.

Port Hope Ontario Canada

Rapid Problem SolvingStatistical Process ControlContinuous Improvement/KaizenNew Product Development & Launch

Mech Engineering Technology, Mechanical Engineering

Activities and Societies: Member Durham Hockey TeamPlastics Engineering Curriculum - Injection Mold Design and Plastics Processing

Six Sigma Black Belt Certification, Lean Six Sigma - Dmaic