Responsible for all Plant operations with 125 employees that manufacture automotive exhaust systems for Hyundai Kia. Utilize LEAN manufacturing principles to ensure the highest level of efficiency and cost-effectiveness.Select Accomplishments:• Identified machine issues and customer concerns and selected a management team to perform a root cause analysis which eliminated repetitive issues, improving client satisfaction • Focused on production efficiencies and reduced scraps, labor and stoppages that significantly increased productivity • Provided coaching for technical team members in day-to-day problem-solving utilizing 1649 Quality Systems, automating welding and assembly equipment that successfully produced 1,250 exhaust systems daily • Created and Implemented purchasing guidelines and improved vendor management of all MRO items, resulting in a 30% cost reduction across the board• Achieved certification in ISO 14001 by improving environmental issues; certified in OHSAS 180012007 for safety and health; finally, certified in IATF 16949 quality, ensuring all customer requirements were met correctly the first time• Through focusing on analysis of operations and employing LEAN methodologies, reduced labor cost by 30% by combining jobs; next focused on decreasing electrical consumption by 15%; improved welding wire by 15% and gas cost by 26% that significantly increased profits

Responsible for all plant functions in the manufacturing of custom aluminum clear span domes and structural covers in two plants. Implemented process improvements and LEAN principles, improving the manufacturing process that produced products faster, more efficiently and cost effectively through researching and procuring parts from an automotive supplier that changed the manufacturing process. Based on successes, promoted to Director within months.Select Accomplishments:• Initially employed as a Plant Manager and based on Implementing cost reductions and controls reduced direct labor hour cost by 12%• Implemented a manual tracking system to manage labor costs and once it was accepted, the application was automated and integrated into the computer system

Responsible for all engineering of the Value Stream One machining, painting and assembly operations, including scheduling, managing and coaching 175+ non-union hourly associates; managed a 3-shift operation and support groups, comprised of Quality, Operations, Planning, Engineering, Maintenance and Control that produced brake systems. Analyzed the manufacturing approach and processes using LEAN principles and implemented more innovative methods that improved the efficiency and cost-effectiveness of production.Select Accomplishments:• Engineered and maintained the operation of (9) machining lines, (2) paint lines and (6) assembly lines• Managed the Manufacturing and Control Engineers; established SOPs, communicated the new policy and developed continuous improvements for the tooled programs• Established a Quality team to analyze production issues and collaborated to resolve internal and external customers through error proofing (poka-yoke), standard work, ergonomics, and cycle time reductions that balanced and diagnosed assembly quality problems• Introduced 6-Sigma principles to the Manufacturing and Control Engineers that resulted in lower costs, faster and more reliable processes that significantly increased production