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Nashville, Tennessee, United States

Leads a maintenance department that includes front line supervisors and a team of mechanics. Responsible for people and team development, motivating the team and ensuring quality performance. Responsible for cost efficiency, continuous improvement on processes, service, and safety for an entire business unit across 4 shifts of operations. Accountable for achieving site performance for uptime, equipment reliability, overall equipment effectiveness, and building/grounds maintenance. Coaching team members to utilize the processes and facilitate problem solving on the floor.• Empowering supervisors and teams within the business unit are developed and held accountable for achieving individual, team and business unit goals• Solving day-to-day operational issues and reach short- and long-term performance goals• Delivering effective change leadership while driving business changes and minimizing people impact• Building people capability through effective employee relations, hiring, training, and communication for front-line hourly and salaried personnel• Communicating and collaborating cross-functionally to assist team to solve operational issues• Working closely with suppliers and internal customers to deliver expected results• Conducting presentations and formal training programs

Spring Hill - Smithville, Tennessee, United States

Spearheaded up to $300M annual revenue plant operations focusing on collaborative team leadership to implement technological solutions and continuous improvement initiatives, enhancing operational efficiency and safety. Cultivated a team-first culture, overseeing a diverse team of up to 475 members, driving significant growth and community involvement. Adopted advanced manufacturing technologies, resulting in a $4M reduction in annual costs through continuous improvement initiatives. Charged the development and execution of a multi-year capital investment plan, successfully enhancing infrastructure and production capabilities. Championed safety and quality, achieving industry-low incident rates and exceptional compliance with EPA and OSHA standardsKey Achievements:• Executed a major customer business transfer from the Jeffersonville Tenneco Plant with no delivery or customer issues, increasing annual revenue by $60M while successfully adding one hundred new team member positions.• Launched new “P3” operating system focusing on lean manufacturing standards and methodologies. Participating on the steering committee to help launch the successful global initiative to standardize four divisions. • Received the Toyota Supplier Quality Award in FY2023 for zero non-conformances.• Received five Tenneco “Best-in-Class” awards for overall safety, quality, and cost performance in North America region.• Received the original site-level ISO 14001 Certification for the Spring Hill facility with minimum audit findings.

Spring Hill - Smithville, Tennessee

Leader for a management team with accountablity: • EHS (ISO 14001): Promoting “Safety 1st” culture via job risk assessment, achieved less than 1 TCR rate - the lowest at the plant since 2016.• QMS (IATF 16949): Driving system exectution, achieved less than 5 PPM on overall customer scorecard.• Operations: Focusing on cost KPI's, achieved the lowest labor & scrap $/std hour rate in the US region in 2023. • CI: Facilitating the effectiveness of operations through utilization of process improvement through lean manufacturing kaizen events, strategies, and workshops (VSM, 5S and Kanban) resulted in over $4M of savings in 2023.• Mfg and Launch Engineering: APQP activities, capital expenditures, process improvements and A3/8D problem solving in a highly automated lean environment. Recognized by Corp as the benchmark plant for new product launch for 2023. • Maintenance: CMMS (SAP) Total Productive Maintenance (TPM) program including preventative, predictive, and autonomous systems. Recognized by MET as the “Reliability Benchmark Plant” for the US region in 2023. • Facilities: Managing the execution of major re-design transformations including landscaping, traffic flow, restrooms, breakrooms, conference rooms as well as facility infrastructure such as air compressor and PIV systems. Recognized by Corp winning consecutive Tenneco NA Earth Day Platinum awards and hosting several corporate events. • MP&L: Controlling inventory levels by utlizing PFeP (SAP) production control in order to meet operating budget. Maintaining 100% on time delivery metric to ensure customer satisfaction. • HR: Collaborative effort to create a team-first winning, positive work culture resulting in a 20% improvement in 2022 engagement score (74% favorable); the highest score in the US region. • Finance: Focusing on KPI’s, managed the day to day operations to meet the annual operating plan resulting in a 6% gross margin, and the lowest 4-wall rate in the US region.

Spring Hill, Tennessee, United States

Responsible for all activities – Manufacturing Engineering, Capital Projects Planning and Management, Continuous Improvement, New Product Launch, Maintenance and Facilities Teams for a multiple customer, Tier1 automotive supplier.Key Achievements:• Key contributor to the opening and launching of the one hundred and twenty thousand square foot facility including all processes and facilities preparation and installations. • Led transfer of C1XX business from the Tenneco Smithville Plant to create a JIT operating structure to improve strategic support to the customer resulting in annual logistics savings of over $3M• Managed the transfer of the GM sequencing process for C1XX exhaust systems shipping directly to the GM assembly line which resulted in an increased annual revenue of $2M• Implementation SAP CMMS maintenance system monitoring D/T, MTTR, MTBF, MRO inventory and PM / PdM indicators. • Implemented the Tenneco Ten-Plus New Product Launch system and managed four successful program launches with multiple customers; all receiving Tenneco launch awards.

Shelbyville, Tennessee, United States

Responsible for all activities – Manufacturing Engineering, Capital Projects Planning and Management, Continuous Improvement, New Product Launch, Maintenance and Facilities Teams for a multiple customer, Tier1 automotive supplier.Led manufacturing / new model launch engineering, capital improvement projects and lean manufacturing based process optimizations and standardizations. Focused on enhancing machine design and tooling upgrades, significantly improving operational efficiency and quality compliance. Spearheaded plant equipment installations and process upgrades, including the integration of automation and control systems.

Shelbyville, Tennessee, United States

Supported new product launch preparation and implementation and continuous improvement manufacturing activities.

Loudon, Tennessee, United States

Led facility operations including maintenance, capital improvements, and ensured adherence to safety and quality standards. Managed multiple capital and R&M projects, consistently delivering them on time and within budget. Implemented technology solutions that enhanced facility operations and maintenance efficiency.

Clinton, Tennessee, United States

Rockwood, Tennessee, United States