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• Recruited by the North American operation to assist in launch activities for new products; rapidly promoted to Production Manager for paint systems in 2014 and later served as a Training Auditor.
• Directed more than 350 employees (including supervisors and the maintenance department) across 3 shifts; owned a $10.5M annual budget and oversight for all materials and stores.
• Oversaw hiring, interviewing, and training for department-level staff.
• Led safety and ISO compliance efforts, including 5S and kaizen projects that reduced costs and improved safety.
• Enhanced capacity volume, achieving 47 complete jobs per hour, and increased first time quality to 98%.
• Managed cost reduction activities and two paint plants and developed a check book system to control costs of direct and indirect material expenditures; achieved cost savings and overall budget requirements as a result.

• Recruited as an Operations Manager for a startup facility with the Technical Fabrics Division in Wichita Falls, TX; managed approximately 250 employees across 3 plants, including materials, manufacturing, and building.
• Setup a complete inventory control and cost reduction process that facilitated reducing on-hand inventory from $27M to $15M while overseeing a $7.5M indirect materials budget.
• Promoted and influenced the development of a cohesive team environment in order to increase plant output; established loom targets for each operation in the facility and drove teams to achieve those goals.
• Achieved ISO certification at three locations and reduced safety incidents 75%.
• Initiated a high visibility 3A program in two buildings; set and communicated goals to all employees.

• Contracted with Allgeis to serve as a Business Manager for the General Motors body operation in Shreveport, LA.
• Improved manpower KPI performance and enhanced safety results despite needing to reduce headcount.

• Recruited to establish and develop a US operation and assembly process; personally managed the setup of the entire production process for assembly, start to finish, including material flow process.
• Managed 126 employees in the production process, delivering on a 20 job per day target with capacity to increase volume to 40 jobs per day; traveled to China and Taiwan to validated processes and build solid.
• Proved vital in delivering on a $10M government contract for trucks used at US air bases.

• Promoted to Senior Supervisor and held multiple leadership roles, including Senior Lead Manager for the Body Operations at the Shreveport Assembly plant in Louisiana.
• Recognized as Senior Supervisor of the Month and Senior Supervisor of the Year for the Oklahoma City operation.
• Served on a special assignment, traveling nationwide to evaluate plan efficiency and profitability in order to determine if the operation should remain open or close down.

• Worked across multiples leadership roles for General Motors, working mostly in Oklahoma City, OK, Shreveport, LA, and the corporate headquarters in Michigan.
• Drove professional accreditation for high value, low impact thesis implementation by Engineering ALBS (Area Line Balancing System) engineer’s association; the accreditation is now standards at all GM facilities.
• Contributed to the labor relations process as a contract negotiator for local and national negotiations.
• Achieved the President’s Award for product launch activities, the Vice President’s Award for the establishment of a central office, and a special award for improvements made to the throughput process.
• Led the team that established the first 54-minute per job certification of department efficiency companywide.
• Recognized for the establishment of a Volunteer Input process and initiation of Team Concept.

Coursework, Accounting & Business

Negotiation Training Course