Ryan Birchler, Pmp Email & Phone Number

Kansas City, Mo, Us

Lenexa, Kansas, United States

Kansas City, Missouri Area

Led the operations for 250K sq ft of Lean manufacturing space. This included leading a team 24 engineering direct reports overseeing final vehicle assembly lines, powertrain assembly line, 3PL sub assembly area, administrating a $42M operating budget.• Accountable for assembly performance to daily metrics, working directly with front line leaders, team leaders, support areas and operators to deliver results.• Provided direction and coaching to engineers, supervisors, team leaders, and operators to set clear expectations regarding deliverables or operation decisions. • Acted as Area Manager for Assembly when he was out of plant, responsible for 250 direct reports including supervisors, contractors, and hourly employees.• Led assembly transformation for the largest new product launch in company history.• Combined 2 different production platforms on 1 line, integrating $3M AGC system with existing chain conveyance system to provide line capacity for new product.• Led project that successfully integrated the KC assembly operations to a new Enterprise Resource Planning system (SAP).• Improved product quality to drive customer warranty issues to a 20-year low.

Kansas City, Missouri Area

Led the assembly integration of an onsite 3PL operation to produce and deliver 88 sub assembly components to the final vehicle assembly areas. Led a team of 12 direct reports and ~$42M budget responsibility.• Drove manufacturing flexibility strategy within assembly to integrate another plant’s vehicle platform to KC assembly line.• Utilized new CIS system (TPS) focusing support for the value adder at every level of the organization• Implemented a Andon system within assembly to provide visual and audio indicators for where operator help was needed, and highlight performance metrics.

Kansas City, Missouri Area

Led a team implementing key strategic continuous improvement projects to manage complexity and improve balance utilization to create capacity for new content. This included leading 2 engineering direct reports and 3 hourly, union direct.• Created bill of process gap analysis to evaluate the feasibility to integrate all production platforms on a single assembly line for manufacturing flexibility.• Demonstrated capability for assembly to produce differentiated products on the same assembly line without an impact to delivery or quality.

Kansas City, Missouri Area

Led all planning and execution of new product build events and model year launches for the V-Rod motorcycle platform. This included leading 2 indirect reports and a $100K budget.• Facilitated build events to validate designs, process equipment, tooling, and build processes utilizing IPPAP methodology to document process readiness and approval.• Stimulated collaboration between plant operations and the product development to align on designs capable of being assembled safely, efficiently, and with quality.

Mba, Business

Bsme, Engineering