Global Engineering Manager Isg Division
Mayfield Heights, Oh, Us
Administered the annual budgets while directing engineering operations for a division with 6000 employees across 8 international sites including the US, Mexico, Brazil, Holland, Spain, France, South Africa, and China.*Guided and collaborated with managers of regional business, manufacturing, process engineering, EH&S, and R&D to ensure proper design and successful execution of production plans and improvement strategies.*Established Asian footprint. Led equipment design, production qualifications, interviewing, hiring, and systems development for 60K + sq. ft. manufacturing facility in Suzhou, China in 2005. *Boosted operating profit by facilitating between manufacturing, engineering and R&D while serving as the lead project manager transforming porcelain enamel batch process to an automated continuous milling system. Increased productivity by 200% or2.5K lbs per hour, improved safety, and improved product quality for leading appliance manufactures including GE, Maytag and Whirlpool, by the automated process.*Met all production and shipping obligations and facilitated seamless transfer of 600MT or 200 products during a 12-week process integration acquisition operations.**Enabled the company to exceed its goal of $3M in annual savings with an IRR of 137.6% and payback of 0.9 years, by delegating to 30 cross-functional professionals with 5 teams including MIS, EH&S, supply chain, and manufacturing.