Cedric Burden M.Ed, Msa, Cpcm Email & Phone Number

Reporting directly to the President of the AMBF, the General Manager: Develops and implements manufacturing strategies to meet production goals and objectivesSupervises production scheduling to ensure timely delivery of products while optimizing resource utilizationManages budgeting, forecasting, and cost control measures for the facility.Leads, mentors.

Irvine, CA, US

• Launched the Rivian Center of Excellence, hosted five training events that trained over 60 launch techs
• Led the Michigan Mobile Service Map planning, that led to all Service Centers in Michigan able to complete 50% of the recalls under 4 weeks

Irvine, CA, US

• Led four supervisors, eight value streams and 100+ team members in End Of Line processes that achieved over 24,000 units in FY2022
• Improved Electric Delivery Van process flow that led to the decrease of property damage incidents from 50 to 0 over 90 days
• Led and mentored 36 technicians to perform at MTTR under 3.5 that led to exceeding 9,500 units, our annual EDV delivery goals
• Led and motivated 130+ technicians, highlighting our success to exceed 2QTR EDV delivery goal by 130 units and 13.9k units factory ok

Southfield, Michigan, US

Southfield, Michigan, US

Responsible for meeting Just in Sequence production schedules and building a product in accordance with customer requirements while maintaining maximum production outputs at minimum costs. Directs, guides and motivates immediate leaders in attainment of projected goals and objectives to increase operational efficiency. Responsibility for over $500M in top.

Plymouth, Michigan, US

Responsible for meeting production schedules and producing a product in accordance with customer requirements while maintaining maximum production and minimum costs. Directs, guides and motivates immediate subordinates in attainment of projected goals and objectives to increase operational efficiency. Assist with the establishment and enforcing procedures.

Northville, Michigan, US

• Responsibility for $150MM in top line sales revenue for 7 manufacturing lines using robotic and manual welding to manufacture exhaust systems for the Ford F150 / Chevrolet Malibu. Staffing is comprised of 130 non-union.
• YTD General Motors OEM and Service delivery score 100. Ford OEM delivery score average over 87% YTD.
• Reduced TCR from 7.25 in 2017 to 0.0 in 2018
• Achieved 430 days without an OHSA recordable injury
• Improved Operational efficiency from 64.2% to 83.3%, a 19.1% increase in 180 days.

Northville, Michigan, US

• Planning, directing, and coordinating all aspects of manufacturing processes in accordance with company objectives and operating budgets to satisfy safety, quality, cost, and delivery requirements.
• Decreased scrap $20k by implementing fast response and morning market meetings
• Implemented $1.2MM in continuous improvement projects that improved material and value stream processes

Northville, Michigan, US

• Leading and directing the materials function in a high volume, team oriented, automotive environment providing long-term planning to support plant objectives for on-time delivery, inventory dollars, DOH, supplier.
• Decreased premium freight shipments for a saving of $98,000 in one year
• Leading timely and accurate outbound shipments as a clean air supplier for two Tier1 automotive companies for over 130,000 in finished goods monthly and 1.4 million annually
• Averaging 91 Ford OE score in 2017; 100 GM OE score 12 months in succession
• Decreasing negative inventory from $1.5MM to $30k under 180 days

Northville, Michigan, US

-Serves as trainer for Group Leaders and Team Leaders on Operations. -Projects weekly overtime schedules-Spearheads process improvement initiatives to decrease scrap and enable production efficiency

Northville, Michigan, US

Safety:Conducts daily and weekly safety inspection and training to ensure departmental operations and personnel are in compliance with OSHA and corporate safety guidelines.5-S Process:Champions the 5S process and ensures standards are maintained for your area of responsibility.Standardized Work:Confirms Team Members are trained to the latest revision of.

Arlington, Virginia, US

• Assisting chief executive trainer in all aspects of training, mentoring, and evaluating, with the responsibility of annual training for over 20,000-employee logistics organizations globally. Recognized for:
• Creating and teaching decision making and problem solving to more than 200 organizational and strategic staff members
• Observing and evaluating more than 25 senior executive level employees on crisis management and operational procedures

Arlington, Virginia, US

• Planning routine and contingency scopes of work for a 4,400 employee and 500+ vehicle fleet organization to conduct operations across Europe and globally. Recognized for:
• Formulating and supervised more than 100 strategic and contingency plans to respond under 48 hours after notification
• Ensuring project objectives and orders management were completed within a $300 million annual budget

Arlington, Virginia, US

• Assisting Chief Director in all aspects for training and operations for over 900-employee and 98 vehicle organization. Lead and managed 100 person staff operating within a $70 million budget. Recognized for:
• Supervising 24-hour revitalization operations on facilities and infrastructure projects more than $4 million dollars monthly
• Overseeing global movement of more than 470 pieces of heavy equipment and 500 metric tons of containers, completion under 90 days with 0 accidents

Arlington, Virginia, US

• Assisting Chief Director of Law Enforcement in all aspects for training and mentoring for over 300-employee and 60 vehicle organization over 3,000 square miles. Conducting strategic and governmental meetings with.
• Achieving recognition as the best Director out of 12 professionals during a 18 month employment period
• Directing 30 technical advisors and 2 law enforcement professionals to support operations more than 1,200 square miles

Arlington, Virginia, US

• Achieving recognition as the best consultant out of 18 employees during a 12 month employment period
• Attaining lead consultant and trainer as a part of a $3.9 billion training and testing prototype equipment event
• Achieving recognition for being selected as 1 of 2 positions out of more than 1,000 candidates a representative as a community relations specialist for the Office of the Secretary of Defense (OSD) for a 90-day.
• Achieving Outstanding Volunteer award for exceptional service to over 30 victims and more than 300 hours with Sexual Trauma Assault Response Services (STARS)

Master'S Degree (Msa), Administration

Graduate, Intermediate Level Education (Ile)

Master Of Education (Med), Criminal Justice/Law Enforcement Administration

Bachelor Of Science (Bs), Special Education And Teaching