John P. Herold *** Berkeley Drive, Morristown, TN 37814

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Summary

Results driven Team Leader with extensive experience in Lean Transformation

and Six Sigma implementation in multiple environments. A change agent who

strives to engage everyone, everyday in cultural change to bring about

breakthrough improvements in a very short time. Adept at recognizing root

cause problems and instituting preventive actions while developing

empowered, high performing work teams.

Expertise

TPM Leadership Manufacturing

Optimization

Lean & Six Sigma Strategy Development

Project Management

SAP Asset Life Management

TS16949,ISO14000,FMEA,PPAP

DMAIC, PDCA Value Driven Maintenance &

Reliability Engineering

Major Accomplishments

. Launched SAP Asset Life Management software (CMMS) for a maintenance

team of over 60 skilled trades and associates. Re-wrote over 300

preventive maintenance tasks and introduced the concepts of Reliability

Engineering and Value Driven Maintenance. Reduced Breakdowns by 40% and

MTBF increased 50%.

. Lead a revolutionary change in implementing Lean and Six Sigma style

change in continuous improvement activities at a large food plant.

Engaged workforce to build cost savings projects from $0 to $3.46MM in

less than 8 months.

. At a Tier 1 Welding plant, delivered a $35MM Expansion Project on time,

on budget and on the leading edge of technology for robotic welding.

This Project tripled output with only 25% of the original labor.

. Spearheaded a lean renovation at a Mexican automotive supplier which

improved Quality and eliminated muda, reduced direct labor by 10% and

opened up 25% of the plant's floor space.

. Trained hundreds of associates in Lean Manufacturing to reduce cost of

the automotive supply chain. Worked with a team of lean professionals

to reduce OEE, improve Quality and Delivery so that significant shared

savings were delivered both to the supplier and the OEM.

Professional Experience

CONAGRA FOODS INC., Newport TN 2007-6/2010

TPM Leader & Focused Improvement Leader

Responsible for TPM development and culture change. Provided vision and

leadership to transform a reactionary mindset into a pro-active maintenance

organization

. Launched and implemented the SAP ALM

. Developed the maintenance portion of a three year strategic plan to make

revolutionary change in the plant's performance

LEAR Corporation, Morristown, TN 2004-2007

Technical Director

Directed the activities of Maintenance, Tooling, Engineering,

Plant Spending and Continuous Improvement for a plant of 640 employees.

Managed a budget of $5.6MM each year and a 25% plant expansion project

. Developed plans for installation and launch of three new product lines

simultaneously using a team of 9 salaried associates and 64 hourly

skilled trades.

TELEFLEX CORPORATION, Nuevo Laredo, Mexico 2004

Operations Manager

Led a plant of over 700 associates to manufacture Cable Assemblies for use

by GM, Chrysler and Ford.

. Re-designed the plant for Lean Operations

. Eliminated indirect labor by over 60 people and Improved quality metrics

by driving correction back into the production processes

. Eliminated expedite costs of $75K per month and Improved delivery to

100% on time.

VACUUM DEPOSITING LLC, Louisville, KY 2003-2004

Plant Manager

Partnered with an investment group in an $18MM venture to manufacture

metalized film for non-automotive use.

. Handled the start-up of a new plant with 42 people and developed new

processes from the ground up using Lean Principles and Six Sigma

Techniques.

FORD MOTOR COMPANY, Dearborn, MI 1996-2003

Lean Manufacturing Engineer (2000-2003 )

Selected to join a supplier training initiative to implement Lean

Manufacturing principles to drive down vehicle costs

. Coordinated with dozens of suppliers and led 5S.Lean.6-Sigma and SMED

workshops.

Production Supervisor ( 1999-2000 )

Supervised 85 people in three assembly departments. Coordinated the

logistics and labor required to assemble over 1200 transmissions each shift

by developing empowered, high performance work teams.

. Led team members to advance towards objectives in Lean Production, 6-

Sigma, and ISO 9000.

. Functioned as Team Leader for Kaizen events and implementing Error

proofing, Poka-Yoke and Quick Changeover.

Maintenance Supervisor ( 1996-1999)

Conducted expert troubleshooting and design recommendations required to

improve and sustain production machinery and logistics.

. Led skilled trades in the repair and maintenance of robotics, PLC,

hydraulic and electrical switchgear applications.

NALCO CHEMICAL CO., 1991-1996

Account Manager

Sales Representative

MILITARY EXPERIENCE

UNITED STATES NAVY 1985-1991

Senior Lieutenant

Submarine Squadron 18,SSBN 658 Gulf War Veteran Nuclear Trained Officer

Education

MS Manufacturing Management

MS Operations Management

Kettering University, Flint Michigan

Nuclear Engineer Officer Qualification (MS Equivalent)

Naval Nuclear Reactors, Washington, DC

BS Metallurgical and Material Science Engineering

Carnegie-Mellon University, Pittsburg, PA

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