Michael Holtz Email & Phone Number

Melbourne, Australia

Melbourne, Australia

Melbourne, Australia

Sunshine, Victoria

• Contributions and Achievements:
• Safety & Environmental- Chaired and led the site towards a Zero Harm safety goal. Currently 395 days LTI free, achieved an 86% reduction in recorded injuries, and lead McAleese group in implementation of Safety.
• Commercial- Export sales to Malaysia, Indonesia, Macau, Taiwan, Pakistan, and Vietnam – knowledge of varying regional commercial expectations.- Implemented Salesforce to facilitate commercial transparency.- Increased.
• Marketing- Lead name change and rebranding from Liquip Aviation to Refuel International – rebranding essential to distance the business from previous ownership and reenergize culture.
• Operations- Improved vehicle delivery DIFOT from 34% to 96% over 6 month period – critical to regaining customer trust. - Delivered $10 million SSB/Pertamina contract for Indonesian refuellers and hydrant dispensers..
• Financial- Delivered Revenue growth and EBITDA expectations.

Hallam & Campbellfield, Australia

• Contributions and Achievements:
• Appointed as part of the Executive Management team working in direct partnership with business leaders and managers. Challenged to manage across a multi site operation in Campbellfield and Hallam.
• Developed operational improvements resulting in a substantial increase in delivery in full on time outcomes. Increased Hallam from an annual average of 85% to in excess of 99% within 12 months.
• Aligned production schedules and operational targets to align with client demands and expectations. Saw this reduce premium freight overheads from AUD $900K per month to less than AUD $10K per month.
• Provided leadership and training to personnel through effective mentoring of supervisory and leadership teams. Enforced coaching and mentoring successfully delivering a more unified and productive environment.
• Saw increased team alliances deliver production improvements achieving in excess of a 75% increase in production outputs remaining at the same resource and labour levels.

• Contributions and Achievements:
• Challenged to provide operations leadership including full P&L accountability. Accountable across end to end business requirements including customer relations, sales, operations, parts and service.
• Directly led 4 direct reports with numerous indirect reports. Provided mentoring and training whilst actively maintaining performance management standards across the leadership and management team.
• Appointed as part of the Natural Gas Vehicles Australia (NGVA) Executive Committee. Utilised this opportunity to input into the organisations strategy and ongoing saturation across the industry.
• Supported national sales activities including representing the business as the executive on large-scale negotiations and opportunities. Assessed each opportunity from both a strategic and revenue perspective.
• Introduced and commercialised the Volvo Genesis EDGE 13L 460 HP Dual-Fuel™ system in Australia driving the introduction into the Australian market through:o Developing the commercial offering to ensure that margins.

• Contributions and Achievements:
• Achieved a steady improvement in performance efficiency (75% 2005, 78% 2006, 82% 2007), scrap reduction (5.9% 2005, 4.2% 2006, 3.0% 2007), and overtime ($2.1 Million 2005, $0.6 Million 2006, $0.7 Million 2008) in the.
• Raised customer delivery rating from 75% in December 2005 to a sustained 100% in July 2006 through implementation of visual scheduling and tracking.
• Led the successful integration of offsite tooling facility (Metro Tool & Die) to the Campbellfield facility and full integration of Craigieburn warehouse operations into Campbellfield and Reservoir operations.
• Drove a maintenance reorganisation to improve facility uptime and improve efficiency of scheduled maintenance. Achieved a reduction of maintenance and tooling spare parts inventory by $350k through introduction of.
• Established manufacturing systems and human resource processes at Venture’s Reservoir site (Greenfield) to reduce labour costs from $280k per week to $125k per week over a 3 week period. Saw labour costs further.

• Contributions and Achievements:
• Challenged to undertake full accountability and manufacturing responsibility for the Injection Moulding Production. Aligned and improved production reporting to eliminate an annual $1m write off of work-in-progress and.
• Used product based costings to identify and outsource non-profit generating products. Recommended the strategic direction relating to specific products utilising costings to obtain support from management teams.
• Managed numerous lean manufacturing activities ranging from labour savings to material substitution programs generating $2m annual savings. Provided leadership and training in lean strategies for all personnel to.
• Implemented automated de-moulding and assembly stations. Saw this initiative increase production targets whilst improving the quality and output for the organisation.
• Provided change management and personnel leadership across the implementation of new technologies, products, tooling and facility commissioning and overall business quality and production outputs.

Shanghai China

• Jiangyin Venture Interior Systems is a joint venture in Shanghai, China providing cockpit modules and other interior components for Shanghai General Motors and Jinbei-Brilliance.Contributions and Achievements:
• Led across personnel and processes specifically for project management, product costings, new technology implementation, new products and tooling. Appointed key focus for the Jinbei-Brilliance M2 Program.
• Implemented product based costings that were used to prioritise and lead customer and supplier negotiations.
• Led numerous successful contract negotiation with international suppliers including Chinese and Korean as well as with customers regarding the M2 program. Represented the business in numerous business communications.
• Managed a $1.4m tooling program in China, Korea, and the US to support M2. Provided operational and financial leadership ensuring the ability to maintain project and production targets.
• Delivered the M2 initial interior prototype program consisting of Instrument Panel module and Door Trim components. Provided technical and strategic leadership to support the delivery of program recommendations through.

• Contributions and Achievements:
• Appointed full manufacturing and cost responsibility for specific projects including the Ford Falcon Instrument Panel and Console units. Responsible for products forecasted to provide the business an AU $60 mil annual.
• Led across all aspects of product development and integration for future Ford and Toyota interior programs. Represented as a technical specialist and engineering leader on behalf of the organisation.
• Requested to operate as the liaison for product launches and current production maintaining strategic communications with key customer contacts. Directly liaised with senior executives and technical leaders within the.
• Delivered the product launch of BA Falcon managing the transition from AU production to BA over a one week ramp-down / ramp-up process. Project managed the production line conversion within 18 hours to suit the new.
• Project managed continuous improvement activities generating AU $925K savings for 2003 including a labour reduction of 12% and closure of off-shift production using lean and activity based costing techniques.

Mba, Strategy & Operations

Ba, Applied Mathematics & Mathematics

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