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Benton Harbor, Michigan, US

Irving, Texas, US

• Accountable over a facility producing transmissions for Caterpillar medium-sized construction equipment, with direct management of a team of 170 employees and a 250K square foot assembly and paint manufacturing space..
• Achieved four promotions throughout tenure due to focus on delivering exceptional results and leading highly-performing teams.
• Manage the initiative to plan, announce closure, and ramp down Dyersburg Transmission Facility, in alignment with corporate restructure, while meeting budget within 2% of established target.
• Maintained world-class safety record of zero recordable injuries in operations, ensuring compliance with organizational safety standards.
• Closed 2018 with best quality ratings since the plant opened in 1996 due to attentive management.
• Met established project objectives while manufacturing reassigned high-margin products as single-source of production from closing facilities.

Irving, Texas, US

• Directed operations for a team of 80 employees throughout 300K square foot assembly and paint manufacturing facility. Spearheaded restructuring initiative in assembly to ramp down Winston-Salem facility through.
• Implemented a proactive safety process with recognition point rewards for risk identification to mitigate hazards, resulting in a world-class safety record ranking, with six value streams recordable injury free for.
• Delivered operating budget within 2% of target.
• Led regular employee communication meetings to respond to team concerns with empathy, providing details as permitted without violating non-disclosure agreements.

Irving, Texas, US

• Managed a technical team of 12 onsite and nine offsite staff including Manufacturing Engineers, Technicians, and Continuous Improvement Leads to produce axles and front wheel assemblies for large mining trucks. Ensured.
• Benchmarked workflow, expenses, and productivity to contain costs significantly, transitioning data entry process from offshore team to internal employees, decreasing employee related costs by seven staff members.
• Spearheaded internal business unit culture form one of reactivity to proactive and metrics focused, aligning people and processes to drive performance and simultaneously increase employee satisfaction and retention.
• Successfully launched seven new products within established plan timeframe.
• Interviewed, hired, trained, managed, and developed entire manufacturing team and hourly workforce, focusing on succession planning and enhancing employee strengths.

Irving, Texas, US

• Led team of ~30 cross-functional members to plan an assembly facility focused on manufacturing axles and front wheel assemblies for large mining trucks. Built consensus across team consisting of Manufacturing.
• Upon identifying inconsistencies in cycle time data, collaborated with management to conduct time study project, thereby reducing costs associated with purchasing high-dollar equipment by $5M+, delivering significant.
• Completed project, leveraging robust time study data, including tooling, process time, and labor requirements, thereby projecting accurate budget, and meeting costs within 1% of target by month to forecast.
• Seven product models were successfully transitioned to new facility in alignment with project milestones.
• Benchmarked internal and external plants to incorporate best practices into planning.

London, England, GB

• Engineering Manager responsible for labor levels, cost reduction, and hours per vehicle metrics.
• Develop annual labor level forecast and work with accounting to incorporate in business plan.
• Develop forecast for labor hours per vehicle and implement plans to meet forecast.

London, England, GB

• Team lead over engineers for projects to improve manufacturing operations efficiency for facilities in division.
• Gather baseline data, evaluate and identify opportunities for productivity improvements.
• Recommend improvements to plant staff and provide business case to support.
• Assist in training exercises to support corporate lean initiatives.
• Executed efficiency improvement projects in 5 assembly plants resulting in over $14m in annual cost savings.

London, England, GB

• Support launch of two high volume automotive engine plants
• Design layout and workflow for new toolroom for new engine plant.
• Identify capital requirements and design process flow for cutter grind department for plant expansion.
• Interview, hire and onboard new skilled employees.
• Supervise new employees, track and report facility metrics, and run projects to improve equipment uptime.
• Responsible for all plant cutting tools, budget and cost control for high volume engine plant

London, England, GB

• Machining, preventive maintenance, troubleshooting, spindle/fixture alignment of dedicated transfer production lines for engine components: Blocks | Crankshafts | Connecting rods | Pistons | Camshafts | Cylinder Heads.

Bachelor Of Science - Bs, Manufacturing Technology

Associate Of Applied Science, Manufacturing & Production Planning

Certification - Toolmaker/Gages - U.S. Department Of Labor