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.
• 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.

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.
• 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