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Ayr, Ontario, CA

• Increased overall productivity by 5 % by changing scheduling of lines redeploying 11 operators to other value added area.
• Increased the awareness and knowledge of 5S techniques to team leaders using presentations and training
• Practice effectively the 8-D methodology using cross functional teams to solve department inefficiencies.
• Managed product group team to achieve 0 ppm and 100 % on time delivery

• Practice effectively the 8-D methodology using cross functional teams to solve department inefficiencies.
• Implemented pre- packaged kits to successfully improving productivity and material flow
• Assist in implementing turn table welding cells to increase productivity
• Customer Liaison for all customers

• Responsible for implementing and maintaining all quality systems
• Successful startup of a new facility and product line to General Motors
• Built strong relationships with customers

• Responsible for production, reporting, first aid reports, training, entering and submitting time sheets, disciplinary actions and performance appraisals of a 35-person shift
• Achievements
• Successfully utilized World Class Manufacturing techniques to improve productivity 15%
• Utilized Kaizan to reduce changeover time and improve set up with success
• Reduced indirect labour by 2 positions
• Implemented pre- packaged kits to welding stalls successfully improving productivity and material flow

• Managed a team of 2 supervisors and 6 team leaders in a day to day 3 shift operation of a 140-person automotive assembly department
• Achievements
• Increased overall productivity by 5 % per year
• Reduced indirect labour by 9 positions and direct labour by 5 positions
• Implemented one-piece flow concept using controlled work in process buffers.
• Reduced external PPM’s to zero in 2008

• Develop, coordinate implementation, and track Lean initiatives within the Brantford facility..
• Achievements
• Developed Kanban system with sister Dana facilities using visual cards
• Lead 3 successful Kaizan events in the facility
• Utilized OEE calculations to improve productivity and efficiencies with success
• Obtained cost reductions of $ 200,000.00 in 12-month period.

• Managed and developed a team of 3 supervisors and 6 lead hands in day to day operations of a 160-person facility
• Achievements
• Implemented master scheduling of assembly lines to increase productivity and reduce changeover time
• Implemented direct material handling to assembly lines with success
• Created visual management using count and scheduling boards
• Increased Lean awareness using presentations, and coaching

• Responsible for production reporting, disciplinary actions, performance appraisals, overtime planning, inventory management and internal scrap of a 60-person workforce.
• Achievements
• Obtained a 10 % productivity gain in final assembly
• Created and implemented new internal and vendor scrap systems

• Customer Liaison for Ford, GM, and Chrysler
• Responsible for investigating and resolving customer concerns at customer locations.
• Achievements
• Built strong relationships with customers
• Improved overall quality rating to 20 ppm with OEM customers and 0 ppm with service customers.
• Resolved several quality concerns to eliminate official quality concerns from internal and customer quality metrics.

• Responsible for analyzing, reporting and inventory of internal scrap and supplier defects
• Responsible for warranty returns, reporting and analysis.
• Achievements
• Reduced internal scrap dollars by analyzing and deferring costs to the vendor.
• Reduced warranty returns successfully through working with internal suppliers.Dana Canada/Long Manufacturing Division, Burlington, ONProduction Supervisor June 1999-July 2000
• Responsible for production reporting, first aid reports, entering and submitting time sheets, disciplinary actions and performance appraisals

• Dana Canada/Long Manufacturing Division, Burlington, ONProduction Supervisor June 1999-July 2000
• Responsible for production reporting, first aid reports, entering and submitting time sheets, disciplinary actions and performance appraisals
• Responsible for purchasing non-inventory materials and safety supplies.
• Achievements
• Reduced non-inventory material costs by developing a cycle count system
• Increased productivity 15 %.

Materials And Operation Management

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