Oversee and supervise the implementation of manufacturing activities in a plastic injection molding operation. Ensure production goals, quality, and cost objectives are met. Prioritize production schedules based on product introduction, equipment efficiency and material supplies. Administer procedures and budgets along with making budgetary recommendations on capital expenditures and direct and indirect labor. Directly supervise skilled and/or semi-skilled non exempt staff.• As part of a cross functional team, was responsible for relocating entire Injection Molding Operation from Fullerton, CA to Indianapolis while maintaining critical production and customer service levels.• Provided start-up assistance on injection molding presses to insure production levels are met during manufacturing facility transition.• Recruited, hired and trained new production staff on product quality and machine operation to insure product quality and integrity was consistent throughout the relocation process.• Decreased scrap rates by 40% by introducing more efficient production methods and testing procedures. Introduced new procedures for air gauging, TIR testing, visual inspections, and sampling rates to decrease scrap produced between WIP sampling.• Designed and managed new warehouse setup and operations for WIP and finished goods products maintaining efficient material flow from production floor to shipping. • Designed inventory management system for accurately monitoring WIP and finished goods materials used in production. • Developed and implemented a 24/7 production schedule to effectively utilize production crews with minimal overtime. Reduced scrap rates on weekly machine start-ups by 35% by eliminating cold starts and wasteful start-up purge.

Provided management and leadership for daily operations, order administration, customer service, engineering, logistics, project management, purchasing, sales, service and technical support. Financial responsibilities included operational budget, profit/loss performance, monthly metrics reporting and sales forecasting.

Recruited, hired, trained, and developed supplier resources based on production capacity demands Managed contractor change notices, trade partner quality standards, and variance purchase ordersDeveloped ;bench resources to ensure minimal downtime at a corporate production rate Maintained all construction/purchasing accrual accounts Created and implemented strategic cost savings programs to maintain and control hard and variance costs

Managed new account generation and service of existing automation accounts using solution based selling techniques into target-segment accounts. Assigned to develop and manage an extensive Commodity Management & Integrated Supply Program at Visteon Corporation, an automotive supplier of power steering components. Provided on-site technical support for maintenance and engineering production teams. Supplied key metrics reporting to commodity buyers and plant management.