Gary Marshall Email & Phone Number

South Carolina, United States

Anderson County, South Carolina, United States

Anderson, South Carolina, United States

Anderson, South Carolina, United States

Anderson, South Carolina, United States

Anderson, SC

As part of the Purchasing team, I identify opportunites to reduce unit cost and then implement them into any of the 3 plants associated with our group.

Lean ProjectsLed efforts to implement lean building block of 5S throughout the entire facility with 5 main processesCreated and maintained all 5S related documents and materials; purchased all 5S suppliesConducted targeted kaizen events to improve area effectiveness Met the deadline to raise internal assessment scores by 80% in only 4 monthsPerformed all.

Performed daily process improvement activities to increase the parts per labor hour (PPLH) metric, improve safety, and reduce waste associated with electromechanical assembly machinesFacilitated the reorganization of 75 assets in the Assembly department Purchased and installed modular offices within plant for use by plant supervisionCertified TS-16949.

Interfaced directly with customers in Tier I/II/III applications for both aesthetic and structural injection molded plastic products in automotive and consumer goods (appliance) arenasLed APQP events and assisted in PPAP preparation and presentationCoordinated injection mold tool builds and design change modifications with multiple vendorsInvolved in part.

Led project to launch significant weight savings in window regulator mechanisms by increasing plastic content, including new product development, process design and production implementationMet deadlines for product testing and creation of customer specific mockupsInterfaced with Ford Atlanta & Chicago high volume assembly plants (D-186 Taurus/Sable.

First Mechanical Engineer hired to assist with new product and process developmentImplemented new processes by purchasing and installing all R&D lab equipment ($3M+)Involved heavily in facility layout (Greenfield site build @ $45M+)Led a technical development team with 8 members, inspired creation, ingenuity and originality through sound technical.