Kathy Dolan Email & Phone Number

Flexible

High-energy passionate individual who can make an immediate impact in any field. Have a diversity of skills and have worked in the automotive industry in both operations and commercial. Ability to transition core skills to any field and make a positive contribution to your organization.

Belleville, Mi

Positive contribution in collection of outstanding money, as well as was able to close some new business unexpected to help the organization. Worked well with colleagues and focus was always for the well-being of the organization's success.

Farmington Hills, Michigan

• Facilitated a joint workshop with Nissan to identify cost savings for the upcoming year to ensure the objectives for MZK/VO are achieved. Immediately made a positive impact from the outputs of the workshop by moving company from all red to all yellow, with a roadmap to move the company to 100% green by year end 12/31/2018.• Handled customer relationship and account daily with to ensure all quotations and engineering challenges were addressed in a timely manner.o Engineering… Show more • Facilitated a joint workshop with Nissan to identify cost savings for the upcoming year to ensure the objectives for MZK/VO are achieved. Immediately made a positive impact from the outputs of the workshop by moving company from all red to all yellow, with a roadmap to move the company to 100% green by year end 12/31/2018.• Handled customer relationship and account daily with to ensure all quotations and engineering challenges were addressed in a timely manner.o Engineering Changeso Cost Savings Concepto Bump Chart Analysis and Reconciliationo Account Management of the P42M Muranoo New Model Year Quotationso Cost Walk of all activity on the programo Documented financial impact on all changeso Engage with Account Engineers to review drawings, data and changes and lend expertise when needed.• Participating in numerous meeting as a leader on both Account Management as well as MZK/VO Leader to ensure the team was all kept to date on open issues, or customer upcoming requests.• Ensured customer satisfaction by making strategic changes when necessary to assist with efficiency in the job.• Put in place a Workshop to assist both companies with the identified of cost savings to achieve customer’s annual expectations.• Trained two new employees one of handle P42M Account Management and the Account Analyst assisting them with learning the facets of their jobs, showing them where everything is located and how to complete the expected tasks for the position.• Assume Commercial Responsibility direct with Nissan to ensure Tachi-S could achieve the defined expectations, Work with engineering and program management teammates to have a committed focus on MZK. Kept track of all concepts from the workshop (approximately 400) for the two programs. Daily worked with key members of the MZK Team to provide samples, solutions and timing to ensure the customer was satisfied with our focus in this critical area. See Full Resume Show less

Troy, Michigan

Business Development Manager• Develop strong relationship with customers.• Accomplished getting brand new business from Faurecia over a 5-year contract valued at over $300M for the life of the programs. Also, worked closely with Faurecia Interiors and other key business units obtaining $12M in new business.• Built relationship with Recaro Automotive becoming their single source supplier of all molded foam, awarded $5M in new business.• Ensure trust is established and negotiate… Show more Business Development Manager• Develop strong relationship with customers.• Accomplished getting brand new business from Faurecia over a 5-year contract valued at over $300M for the life of the programs. Also, worked closely with Faurecia Interiors and other key business units obtaining $12M in new business.• Built relationship with Recaro Automotive becoming their single source supplier of all molded foam, awarded $5M in new business.• Ensure trust is established and negotiate new business opportunities.• Built relationship with Recaro Automotive becoming their single source supplier• Won a business contract in China with our relationship in the United States, coordinated engineering resources to have same design and manufacturing processes for the Cadillac OS1L.• Facilitated negotiations for a partnership agreement with Faurecia to become their Supplier of Choice.• Management of all aspects of the customer’s accounts (including pricing, engineering changes, margin improvement and replacement business).• Face and voice of the customer, key point person for all activities.• Conduct review of business potential evaluating cost/profit model.• Lead key members of team to ensure cost model was developed that met with Woodbridge objectives and was acceptable to key customers.• Maintain statistics on customer that include cost, sales, margin and engineering history.• Be a key drive in APQP and leadership with all departments to ensure the customer’s expectations were achieved. This included Risk Assessment, FMEA and control plans.• Ensure technical portfolio is updated to display diversity of products to existing and potential customers.• Managed various customers focused on building a strong relationship, fostered by trust to win business awards that were sustainable and to keep our manufacturing plant running at full capacity.• Worked closely with Product Manager to build a Cost/Price model that achieved expected metrics.(See Full Resume) Show less

Romulus, Michigan

Plant Manager• Provide leadership to staff and teammates.• Clarify to team desired strategies to achieve objectives year over year.• Plant was Top 5 in the world for ten (10) consecutive years• Benchmark Plant based on Best in Class Performance• Improvement in key metrics (Efficiency in operation from 93% to 98%;• Health & Safety in operation from 33.5 to less than ½%;• Lowest Cost Per Meter for nine (9) consecutive years; Customer• Satisfaction Quality TRPPM… Show more Plant Manager• Provide leadership to staff and teammates.• Clarify to team desired strategies to achieve objectives year over year.• Plant was Top 5 in the world for ten (10) consecutive years• Benchmark Plant based on Best in Class Performance• Improvement in key metrics (Efficiency in operation from 93% to 98%;• Health & Safety in operation from 33.5 to less than ½%;• Lowest Cost Per Meter for nine (9) consecutive years; Customer• Satisfaction Quality TRPPM reduced from 495 to less than 25;• Maintenance Downtime Best in Class less than ½% for over twelve (12) years.• First Off Quality improved to 95% RFT from 91%.• Compliance of legislative requirements in all disciplines including corporate defined TQM and Goals.• Build solid relationship with all ship to locations and have periodic reviews with Plant Managers.• Key metric focus must ensure compliance to Legislative; Health, Safety and Environmental, TS and ISO-14001. Ensure plant is prepared for annual audits (TS, ISO and HS&E).• Negotiate UAW contract in a positive manner with a focus of maintaining costs.• Housekeeping is to be maintained in showcase manner.• Monitor and sustain key metrics of operation and drive continual improvement to meet BIC (Best in Class) monthly.• Use continual improvement with all teammates to eliminate waste, elevate safety, housekeeping, customer satisfaction, cost per meter, downtime, productivity, efficiency and discipline specific metrics.• Ensure all teammates are hired through the Orientation Process and assign a Trainer to new hires that will impact hiring. Show less

Romulus, Michigan

Operations Manager• Leadership and development of Production and Materials Management.• Ongoing training of departments and engagement in Continual Improvement.• Compliance of legislative requirements in all disciplines.• Audit disciplines for proper PPE and following of Job Safety Analysis.• Engage all disciplines to drive down costs by the elimination of non-value-added work.• Production line scheduling and management of inventory.• Vendor and ERP monitoring to… Show more Operations Manager• Leadership and development of Production and Materials Management.• Ongoing training of departments and engagement in Continual Improvement.• Compliance of legislative requirements in all disciplines.• Audit disciplines for proper PPE and following of Job Safety Analysis.• Engage all disciplines to drive down costs by the elimination of non-value-added work.• Production line scheduling and management of inventory.• Vendor and ERP monitoring to ensure inventory levels bring best return at month end.• Financial monitoring of overtime, key costs areas to ensure forecast and budget are achieved. Show less

Master Of Business Administration (M.B.A.), Management, 4.0

Bachelor’S Degree, Business Administration And Management, 3.78

Activities and Societies: Group Leader, Team Lead team through all assignments and ensured assignments were turned in a timely basis.

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