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Plymouth, Michigan, Us

Promoted in May of 2017 From General Plant ManagerOperationally responsible for 5 North American Metals Facilities - 2 in Michigan, 2 in Tennessee, and 1 in Alabama. $60M - $70M in average monthly sales, and in excess of 3000 employees total in the network. Significant focus on conversion cost improvement, launch success, forecasting, continuous improvement, and shop floor execution.Scope of responsibility includes full P&L accountability for the region, operational execution, plant engineering, quality, launch, continuous improvement, material control, HSE, and human resources.

Plymouth, Michigan, Us

Promoted in January of 2015Operationally responsible for the Battle Creek, Lakewood, and Athens Facilities. Total headcount of over 2000 employees between the 3 facilities. Areas of responsibility include Operations, Finance, Quality, Continuous Improvement, Engineering, Materials, HR, and Launch ManagementProcess disciplines include robotic fiber laser welding, GMAW, seat track / backframe / recliner assembly and testing, high tonnage stamping, rollforming, spot / resistance / projection welding, and a variety of fastening processes.

Cork, Ireland, Ie

Promoted to Plant Manager at the Lakewood facility in September of 2010, and transferred to the Battle Creek facility in April of 2011.Responsible for all facets of a 500+ employee manufacturing facility specializing in CNC (CO2) laser welding and robotic YAG (fiber optic) laser welding of front row seat frames, robotic spot and resistance welding, high tonnage / high volume stamping, high speed recliner assembly, and high speed frame assembly. Specific areas of responsibility include production operations management, material control, engineering, quality, human resources, finance, launch management, and continuous improvement.

Cork, Ireland, Ie

Responsible for all quality, testing, and laboratory activities for a two facility operation specializing in roll forming, high speed assembly, robotic gas metal arch welding, riveting, and many other aspects of metal forming.Core responsibilities included all facets of quality control, root cause analysis and corrective action implementation, TS16949 adherence, PFMEA and control plan creation and management, statistical process control, APQP, launch management, and overall process management and control.

Southfield , Michigan, Us

Responsible for creating detailed financial business cases for all new business for the division, and evaluating the manufacturing feasibility through analysis of capital expenditures, process, manning, overhead, and overall cost modeling. Implemented approved opportunities by serving as Platform Director and creating and managing cross functional teams from inception to completion.Additionally, identified, evaluated, and implemented cost save opportunities for in-source and outsouce activities, as well as internal equipment and process transfers. Results of these activities resulted in over $6.5M in annual repetitive costs saves to the organization.Served as the interim Plant Manager for the Piedras Negras facility during the recruitment and training phases of hiring a National for long term assignment. Spent 16 weeks in the Piedras facility in 2008 implementing lean strategies in the areas of process improvement, materials, and logistics.

Southfield , Michigan, Us

Responsible for all facets of the 450 employee Elsie Michigan facility, including Operations, Materials, Quality, Human Resources, Systems, Engineering, Maintenance, Continuous Improvement, and Finance.Core manufacturing consists of the assembly and test of power and manual seat adjusters, as well as robotic welding of seat frame structures.Full P&L responsibility for the facility, which obtained peak annual sales of $146M.

Southfield , Michigan, Us

Responsible for all Operations, Materials, and Maintenance for the Lear Walker facility, consisting of approx 450 UAW employees.Lear Walker was a producer of power seat adjusters for Chrysler products.

Southfield , Michigan, Us

Recruited as a materials management professional for the Lear Walker facility to evaluate the current production execution system and coordinate the implementation of additional systems and modules to futher automate the production planning process.

Bachelors, Technical Management

Strategic Leadership Series Graduate