Gregory Mccray Email & Phone Number

Augusta, Georgia

Operations Manager (Standard Fibers)

Columbia, South Carolina Area

• Lead and drove the cost performance for the Surefit and Aftermarket Product Lines
• Lead and manage Production Leader, Team Leader, and hourly associates to achieve improved cost performance for the Surefit and Afternarket value stream.
• Achieved a 10% reduction in coil standard hours within 6 month time frame using various lean and six sigma methodologies.
• Sustained and maintained successive safety metrics for LTIR, TRIR, and Severity Ratings.
• Supported and drove a 5% reduction in Inventory levels to achieve targeted inventory turn metric established by company corporate objectives.

Columbia, South Carolina Area

Louisville, Georgia

• Lead and drove the Profit / Loss performance for the Bus HVAC Product Lines
• Lead and manage Production Supervisor, Manufacturing Engineers, Buyer Planners, and hourly associates to achieve improved Profit / Loss performance for product.
• Achieved a 10% reduction in unit standard hours within 3 month time frame using various lean and six sigma methodologies.
• Sustained and maintained successive safety metrics for LTIR, TRIR, and Severity Ratings.
• Supported and drove a 5% reduction in Inventory levels to achieve targeted inventory turn metric established by company corporate objectives.

Louisville, Georgia

• Lead and drove the Profit / Loss performance for the Louisville Plant Operations for all product lines and feeder departments within the plant.
• Lead and Managed the Plant Management staff to achieve the plant Profit / Loss performance for all products.
• Drove the product release and implementation for the Bus Athenia and T14 products.
• Successfully achieve product launch targets for the new bus product platforms for safety, cost, on-time delivery, and inventory turns.

Louisville, Georgia

• Lead and drove the Profit / Loss performance for the Components and Compressors Product Lines.
• Drove a 5% reduction in the standard hours of the Reciprocating compressor product lines.
• Sustained and maintained good safety performance with the implementation of our Ergonomics and Safety teams.
• Were able to assess and evaluate the value stream in implement 2 Ergonomic improvements that reduce injuries from repetitive motion by 2%.
• Implemented and support the STOP audit safety program for continuous improvements in our safety metrics on TRIR, LTIR, and Severity.
• Initiated and performed quarterly developmental dialogues and employee developmental plans.

Greater Minneapolis-St. Paul Area

• Supported and managed the manufacturing phase of the New Product Development to achieve successful product launch in all Bus HVAC plants domestically and internationally.
• Successfully launched the training and utilization of pFMEAs, Control Plans, Standard Work Instructions and Design for manufacturing initiative in all Bus HVAC plants domestically and internationally.
• Improved the New Product Development Launch Cycle for the Bus HVAC product from an average of 25 weeks to an average of 12 weeks.

Louisville, Georgia

• Lead and manage the Proof of Build Production line established to validate engineering designs, establish the appropriate assembly sequence of events to achieve targeted standard hours metrics, and validate the.
• Validate over 25 new unit BOMs to achieve unit cost and standard hours target within 5% of the established project target.
• Worked with Design Engineering to make changes that support the standard hour target.
• Lead and managed the phase out of the NWE products for the Thermo King Product team.
• Minimize potential Obsolete and slow moving inventory to less than 0.5% of the product cost.
• Lead and managed to coil production lines.

Louisville, Georgia

• Supported the Trailer unit production and BUS HVAC production assembly lines.
• Provided Cost Reduction improvements for the Bus HVAC and the Trailer product lines by evaluating the value streams and removing waste from the product and process.
• Developed assembly work instructions for the assembly lines.
• Fielded Corrective Action Request from the customer using 8D and six sigma methodologies to get to the root cause of the issues.
• Managed and facilitated engineering changes needed to improve the unit standard hours and cost reduction initiatives.

• Supported the mechanical aspects of overall plant designs. Aided in the development of the plant piping and hydraulic systems.
• Performed minor pump and pipe sizing calculations.
• Developed Equipment Specifications for various hydraulic arrangements needed for plant start ups.

• Developed General Arrangements and Process and Implementation Diagrams.
• Developed Working and Assembly drawings.
• Specified equipment needed for plant and piping requirements
• Performed minor pump calculations and Energy and Mass balances.