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Connersville, In, Us

Perrysburg, Ohio, United States

Bringing value of Business Integration to our organization through aligning synergies of various Business team leaders that confirm our sustainability and growth commitment for safe and optimized manufacturing practices across America's North. Fostering strategic partnerships with internal and external project stake holders to drive positive impact and enhance our operational efficiency. Spearhead initiatives across manufacturing facilities, collaborating closely with Subject Matter Experts and support functions to ensure timely and on budget execution of projects of strategic business priority. Identify and implement innovative solutions that promote environmental responsibility, workforce engagement, financial stability contributing to the investment and growth of American O-I factories and workforce. Working strategically with our customers to develop and implement global sustainability including key initiatives to eliminate green house gases, sustainable energy reduction, and cost conscience activities improving market share.

Perrysburg, Ohio, United States

Actively lead plans of performance improvement, training, process efficiency by re-implementing Global MFG standards for sustainability activities in 18 MFG facilities yielding improvement MoM and YoY. Developing and leading actions identified and developed with Senior Directors in annual planning processes. Collaboration across Americas North manufacturing facility plant leadership, Subject Matter experts in Engineering, IT/OT Technology, People and Culture, Finance, Regional Quality, C.I. and functional leadership plant workforce to influence focus, change management transparency, and understanding of the underlying work required to achieve priorities.Coordinate with global and regional management leads, updating them on plan progress.Lead primary team of 18 SME's (Discipline Network Leaders) in order to develop the plant technical capabilities generating more safe packed Tons of Glass for our customer base.

Usa

Led a new team of salary, full, & temporary workforce, to transition warehouse to mfg facility with diverse cultures. Managed P&L, Set strategic planning targets to exceed or meet budget. Developed team to be visionary, innovative and results driven. Managed Capital Projects. Developed Key Performance Indicators to measure and make improvements. Forecasted/annual planning, implemented material flow & reduced Working Capital. Weekly multi site performance reporting, cost reduction planning and engage team for Brain Storming activities. Reduce turnover and create environment of success to promote from within. Budget preparation & analysis, implement Information Systems, lean tools training, Floor Communication, Engagement and Team development.

Columbus, Ohio Area

Responsibility to Champion Training and Continuous Improvement (CI) events within the North America Automotive Operations of NSG/Pilkington. Leading the training initiatives in the areas of Lean, 5S, Six Sigma, ME 360 and OCS. Work with manufacturing facilities to develop training activities. Additionally, monitor and track training activities and lean events (VAA%, MMPP) for Advanced Assembly sites.Primary Duties: • Mentor the manufacturing team members on the standard Lean/ME processes• 5s• Lean Kaizens• Kanban• Problem Solving• Six Sigma• ME 360• Gemba Walks• Coordinate process and technology training with R&D, Engineering and other functional departments • Insure all global ME Reporting is submitted on time and completely• Project management and tracking of key ME/CI initiatives• Modify and develop new global manufacturing standards• Annual Metric Target Setting – Bonus Tracking• Lean and Process Training Coordinator• Lead the team in utilizing the 10 Key Safety Leadership Behaviors to Do Right through actions in safely producing quality parts at world class yields.• Provide a safe and healthy working environment implementing improvement systems in order to eliminate• Key Focus site coordination in target improvement areas• Participate in NMI reviews to insure efficiencies are built into programs prior to launch thru product and process training.

Franklin & Shelbyville In, Lexington Kentucky, Austin Texas

Manage: sustain the 4 Advanced Assembly (A.A.) manufacturing operations. Achieving Senior leadership strategic volumes by leading each sites personnel for engagement and standardization of communications. Benchmarking across group and developing skill sets to create innovation, ownership, and financial objectives. Support change management across diverse group stemming from these 4 facilities. Promoting people, process ownership at floor level, and introducing improved communications.

Usa

Coordinating the Business units performance measurement and reporting efforts. Monitor, evaluation of costs, quality, and service, identification of areas of improvement programs to eliminate waste. Defining priorities, setting objectives and devising improvement plans to meet or exceed Group Manufacturing expectations. Ensure and guarantee total satisfaction of all customers, both internal and external.Accountable for Inventory Control Specialists teams, including accuracy for day to day issues with inventory balance problems. Lead Group Leaders and team leaders to resolve acute or chronic problems with material flow and manufacturing SOP adherence.Facilitate, train, and audit usage, review best practices, implementations of new and existing systems within the OE(original Equipment) business divisional manufacturing sites: Indiana, Ohio, Michigan, Kentucky, Texas, and Alabama. Integrate with other staff members to manage timely population of Key performance indices; daily and Monthly report out data that supports manufacturing. Implement continuous improvement processes in manufacturing and in Information Systems teams. Assist management team to achieve effective and efficient use of computing environment resources. Integration with Group Developer to assess the real gaps in Salaried employee ranks. Responsible for Employee Safety communications Systems, Real Time Quality measurement and reporting Systems, and MFG floor to desktop Camera improvement monitoring systems. Primary Information Technology contact for Systems Technology.

Toledo, Ohio Area

Responsible for specific technologies and project implementations including systems application's and hardware's throughout Global NSG's Business Units; manufacturing, distribution of products and warehousing sites globally.Primary responsibility includes Global RF Architecture and Bar-coding technologies, North American employee time keeping and payroll systems development and management (KRONOS), North American financial, production performance, and logistical supply chain Data Warehouse reporting for KPI's. Development and maintenance of remote hosted applications for Maintenance and Engineering support systems. Development, implementation and support of CCTV camera to mobile computing devices for remote monitoring of mfg production lines and processes. Secondary responsibilities include business process consulting. Directing 5s, Lean manufacturing, group development and training exercises and initiatives, including and not limited to business project development and assisting IT technical individuals with understanding needs of internal customers. End user process, hardware, and software direct support when contacted by various regional IT service center analysts globally for additional support.

Primary Information Systems contact to the North American Manufacturing organization Original Equipment business division. The OE manufacturing facilities were located in Michigan, Indiana, Ohio, & Kentucky, Although supported North American central IT services for all facilities North America all Business Divisions.Supporting areas in Communications Voice, Data, Infrastructure, Blackberry, Client / Server & printing hardware environment. Data backups and record retention with guidance to facilitate with human resources and global security the users data management. Cellular and RF mobile hardware & applications. Support to Global IS standardization team. (Back desk application, patch management testing and deployment.) Software roll out, implementation and project management for the USA Information Systems Service Center. Equally, support facility engineering teams with process equipment integration into group LAN and WAN networks systems.

Responsible for all Communication Systems. Support for Large Indiana near 500 personnel in 650,000 sqft Tier 1 automotive supplier facility.Managing local issues with remote support teams and improvement initiatives with regards to Voice and Data, LAN, HDW, SFTW applications in each dept; HR, Finance, Production, Quality and Safety and Logistics. Implementing projects for lean manufacturing and cost reduction goals.

Previous Systems Administrator position eliminated (GLOBAL IS Centralization - UK ) Global IS outsourced the systems Administrator role.Local company mgmt transitioned me to Site Data steward;Reporting financial metrics and manufacturing performance data.Second responsibility was to manage all production inventory as ShopFloor Administrator.Also to train and support the contractor who took my previous position.

Responsible for all aspects of Information Technology; user communication systems, (software and hardware), Comms Voice and Comms Data, Application integration and development, group standardizations.

Various roles from Production team member, Quality Assurance Auditing, Statistical Analysis, Logistics, Shipping, Purchasing.

Broadcast Television support engineer. specializing in equipment integration and systems operation, production and mangement for the television news reporting industry.

Transition of Fox Electronics Corp Division(Richmond offices) to Electrical Systems Company(Indianapolis).Dodge report review and blue print consulting customers with electronic installations on new & existing construction; System Designing, Implementing & Supporting Pyrotronics Fire Alarm, Card Access, LAN, Dukane Audio and Nurse call systems, Video systems in CATV, MATV and CCTV systems.

Strategic Consulting with customers on electronic installations of new & existing construction;Systems Designing, Implementing & training support. Pyrotronics-Fire Alarm, Card Access, LAN/WAN, Dukane Audio and Nurse call systems, Video systems in CATV, MATV and CCTV systems.

Bachelor Of Science (B.S.), Business Management Information Systems

Activities and Societies: Member of LEAP program

Bs Business Information Systems & Certificate Of Completion Dual Degree Criminal Justice., Criminal Justice

Activities and Societies: LEAP Program Studied Information Systems in Business and studied Criminal Justice

Associates, Telecommunications

Activities and Societies: Campus Student Senate, Freshman President Clark Hall 1984-1985 Residence Hall Staff, (RA)1985-1986 Shift manager.

College Prep., College Prep; English, History, Media

Activities and Societies: Student Government Class Councils, President Speech (Debate) Team, President Out-Door Sportsman (hiking.