Patrick Wilks, Pmp, Mba/Msm Email & Phone Number

Auburn Hills, Michigan, United States

New Baltimore, Michigan, United States

Initiated programs through design to kickoff, validation, and production readiness for Automotive OEMs and tier 1. Maintained profit margins by monitoring financial metrics and engineering changes throughout the course of a program. Created and managed project timelines including customer deliverables and internal milestones and acted as the primary customer point of contact. Anticipated supply chain disruption for customer molds built in China during pandemic and worked with internal engineering to expediate trials and have the molds arrive 2 weeks earlier than anticipated which resulted in fast tracking opportunities that allowed customer milestones to be achieved and saved $20k in potential air freight costs.

Troy, Mi

Oversaw a team of 5 direct reports,1099 contractors, and managed $2M budget. Spearheaded all phases of projects from contract initiation through completion, and responsible for contractual obligations, invoicing, change orders, adjusting project scope to client needs, expectations and timelines. Generated high-profit margins by effectively reducing time-to-market and time-to-deployment by collaborating with automotive OEMs to optimize Model Based Systems Engineering capabilities.Saved the company $50k within 3 months by preventing cost overruns consistently happening with the human resources department by reviewing financials and utilizing earned value management (EVM) techniques to adjust strategy that developed more virtual meetings and less travel that increased profitability by 10%.

Auburn Hills, Michigan

Supervised and managed a team of nine engineers and designers. In charge of hiring, training and building diverse teams. Provided professional development through mentorship, quarterly meetings, and hands-on instruction. Successfully led and completed an anodizing line certification for General Motors in both domestic and Chinese locations. Facilitated roof rail anodizing and manufacturing projects with Chinese subsidiary and patented two products in this role. Resolved employee personnel issue by speaking directly with team member to assess the situation and learn details of uncompleted tasks that led to reorganization of position, and alleviated workload imbalance to help increase employee productivity. Developed and built a creative new product development team using six sigma methodologies to generate unique new product offerings, facilitated brainstorming meetings with customers, and used DFSS techniques to provide product offerings that competitors did not have, and resulted in increased competitiveness. Utilized sealing and aluminum extrusion experience to create a unique solution that allowed the roof rail to seal itself to the roof upon installation. The solution used less material and was completely invisible to outside observers, and saved $0.25 per rail, equating to $30k annual savings or $150k savings over the entire life cycle. Launched the most successful roof rail product that GM had seen in over a decade. There was ZERO redesigns required and ZERO warranty issues related to the product design.

Auburn Hills, Mi

Served as a direct point-of-contact for the client, and stationed onsite to communicate and be the liaison between client and company. Guided product development process from quoting phase to development and launch at customer plants. Conducted root cause analyses, identifying, containing, and resolving issues impacting production launch. Retained and utilized crucial knowledge of General Motors internal release systems as an expert in the industry.Solved weatherstrip push pin retention issues by running Taguchi DOE using 5 variables to determine which variables had the greatest impact on retention and determined hole diameter was the contributing factor. Once hole diameters were increased, warranty issues and plant complaints dropped significantly.

Rochester Hills, Michigan

Demonstrated industry experience as a product engineer, specializing in the design of Micro-V serpentine belts, processing equipment, and tooling. Utilized Six Sigma methodologies to proactively identify gaps in product line and provide process improvement recommendations. Review DOE results to create optimized designs and validate designs using a data-driven approach. Led a global team that developed a “global serpentine belt” that fit all automotive and aftermarket customers worldwide that resulted in a cost-effective product and increased sales 15% worldwide.

Dearborn, Michigan, United States

Wholesaled, rented, and rehabilitated residential properties. Secured turnaround times of less than 30 days to purchase, rehabilitate, and sell properties, minimizing investor exposure and maintaining low interest payments. Managed teams of contractors and real estate agents, including recruitment and training.Controlled and built business through creating a network of lenders, contractors and realtors to find below market price housing and reached $5M in sales and over 20% profit margin during time of operation

Mba/Msm, Business Administration, Management And Operations

Bsme, Mechanical Engineering

Master Of Business Administration - Mba, Business Administration And Management, General

Master Of Business Administration - Mba, Business Administration And Management, General

Master Of Business Administration - Mba, Business Administration And Management, General

Master Of Business Administration - Mba, Business Administration And Strategic Management