David J Donovan Email & Phone Number

Cape Coral, FL

Fort Myers, Florida Area

• Manage all aspects of a retail operation with over $1 M in sales. Directly responsible for opening/closing the store, hiring/firing of personnel, cash management/accountability, and maintaining customer relationships.
• Ranked in the top 5% of all Dollar General Stores for Overall Performance & Customer Satisfaction, while delivering a 20% sales increase in 2015 as well as an in stock percentage of 96% and a shrink of 1.3%.
• Promoted to District Store Training Manager after only 2 years in the company. Successfully trained 13 of the District’s current 18 Store Managers including 1 internal promotion within the last two years.

Fort Myers, Florida Area

Ft Myers, FL

Temporary position delivering mail for the US Postal Service. Hoping to be hired full time.

Saline, MI

Operations management for 12 interior trim product lines shipping up to 15,000 parts daily to seven customer locations. Managed 11 line supervisors, 4 engineers, and over 250 employees working multiple shifts.Responsible for all aspects of safety, cost, quality and delivery of the subject assembly lines. Continuously working to improve production.

Saline, MI

Promoted to upper management responsible for overseeing all facets of the quality department and then later a production area responsible for the manufacture of products to Ford Motor. Became an integral member of the plant operating committee responsible for policy decisions, personnel changes and hiring/firing of employees. Managed 80 salaried and 700.

Saline, MI

Responsible for 10 manufacturing engineers who worked on production lines and were responsible for maintaining and improving the quality, cost, safety and resolution of customer issues. Also implemented new model launch changes as well as resolution of customer concerns.

Saline, MI

Managed several Instrument Panel assembly lines on multiple shifts to provide the best quality lowest cost product to Ford Motor. Responsible for 7 salaried and 130 hourly personnel. Continuously worked to improve Safety, Quality, Costs as well as interface with the customer.

Saline, MI

Responsible for up to 16 salaried engineers and 30 UAW skilled trades personnel responsible for supporting the molding production operations by maintaining injection molding tooling to produce interior trim parts for the manufacturing assembly lines. Implemented design & quality changes as well as following new tooling for new product lines coming to the.

Saline, MI

Responsible for maintaining the flow of quality parts from over 800 suppliers to the Saline plant. Oversaw sorting operations for defects, quality improvement meetings with suppliers and interfacing with the production operations to keep clear lines of communication and understanding of issues. Managed 16 salaried and 8 hourly employees.

Wayne, MI

Worked as a Customer Liaison inside a Ford Assembly Plant representing the Plastics Products Division (6 parts plants) who supplied major interior trim components to the plant. Daily meetings with the plant manager to assist in customer issues (quality, design and customer related). Various engineering meetings for product improvement and warranty concerns.

Dearborn, MI

Responsible for the design, feasibility and styling of exterior lighting for the Mazda Navajo. Provided design direction to CAD personnel and production sources to create production capable lighting components.

Sandusky, OH

Responsible for the design, feasibility and production follow up of plastic injection molding tooling for exterior lighting. This included launching them at the plant, trouble shooting, maintaining on-going production/quality issues as well as design changes throughout their life cycle. Also responsible for designing and procuring the necessary production.

Kane, PA

Did research to find a new formulation for a flexible magnet for small motor applications like door lock switches.

Dracut, MA

Held various positions from cashier to cook, and maintenance, working up to Shift Manager responsible for closing and opening shifts. Worked an average of 30 hours per week to put myself through college. Duties included managing a crew of 6, closing out cash drawers at night, customer relations, inventory controls, weekly ordering of food & supplies.

Master'S Degree, Engineering Management

Bachelor'S Degree, Plastics Engineering

High School Diploma, College Prep