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Auburn Hills, Michigan, US

- Manage the Design, Estimation, Purchasing, Building, Acceptance Testing and Installation of specialized automated Capital Equipment used in automotive engine timing systems.- Oversee modifications to existing manufacturing equipment to meet new product requirements.- Proven record of bringing projects in on time and within budgte.- Titled as Site.

- Managing 4 sites involved with a variety of manufacturing processes; supervising quoting, sales, program management, manufacturing engineering, scheduling, and personnel.- Intimately involved with the design and layout of manufacturing lines to integrate the developmental disabled with production staff and maintain a cost efficient and productive.

- Manage 8 Departments, 5 Supervisors and upwards of 140 associates.- Oversee Executive Steering Committee which determines and implements activities, events and projects to reduce labor cost and increase efficiencies across the facility.- Manage Phase Gate Projects for Manufacturing Engineering.- Direct Safety Committee resulting in TCIR of 1.28 and last.

Primary customer contact for this contract manufacturer with responsibility for DO and DX rated military contracts for companies such as Lockheed MS2, Sikorsky, L3 Space and Navigation, L3 Ocean Systems and SELEX Galileo.Managed programs contracted for over 18 million dollars per year and responsible for organic growth sales over all assigned programs.

Responsible for all business functions including P&L for this contract machining and assemblies company servicing customers such as Lockheed, BAE, and the U.S. Military.Turned net income losses of 21% into an 8% profit within first 5 months of employment.Decreased lead-times by an average of 18% using 5S and lean manufacturing tools.Intimately involved.

Estimated, engineered and managed contracts for this contract manufacturer of metal fabrications.Developed and documented for production the processes for the manufacture of machined and fabricated parts using knowledge of material, equipment and labor.Implemented raw material usage and process changes that reduced manufacturing costs on one project by an.

Complete operations and P&L responsibility for this contract manufacturer including business planning, sales, project management, purchasing, proposals, resource management, programming, accounting as well as manufacturing.Working with sales department, developed marketing and strategic growth plan that increased company sales 300% in less than six.

Developed, documented and implemented procedures and processes required to manufacture fabricated components and assemblies.Managed fabrication projects up to 1.2 Million dollars that were shipped to Europe and Asia.Responsible for the successful combining of two separate manufacturing sites into one new facility with minimal impact to production and no.

Programmed all CNC equipment at the facility and supplied detailed prints.Researched, specified and purchased state of the art CAD and CAM software systems and computer hardware.Worked with customers on their designs to reduce materials and manufacturing cost while increasing manufacturability.