Thomas C. Zgoda

? Huntersville, NC ***** ? T: 716-***-**** ? acemrl@r.postjobfree.com

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CAREER SUMMARY

20+ years of manufacturing supervisory experience managing diverse groups

of people ranging from the inexperienced to the highly experienced well

seasoned employee, in both union and non-union environments. Expertise in

facilitating change in a work force to support operating, financial, and

quality objectives of the organization. Demonstrated ability to motivate

teams in order to maximize productivity, control costs, and enhance quality

through the most effective uses of manpower and available resources.

Highlights of Experience

. Product Launch: led new model Launch Teams for the Ford Taurus and

Crown Victoria

. Capacity and Budgetary Planning: Built automated production report

applications for die set, 5-year Business plan

. High and Low Volume Manufacturing

. Process Budgetary Planning Performance Metrics

. Six Sigma Green Belt: Utilizing Six Sigma eliminated scrapping a large

cutout on a body side blank by using the piece for a small part we

were buying blank steel. Also by changing the gauging in the small

part die, this resulted in $250,000 of savings in the first year of

implementation.

. Cost Saving Initiatives Continuous Improvement Methodologies: had

press parts stored in basement, had parts labeled to what presses they

were for and found many parts for presses we no longer had. Sold

parts back to suppliers at lower amount, company received almost

$1,000,000 from the sales.

. Increased production by 50% on select jobs with a program change in

the press exit conveyor system to double stack parts which increased

workflow changes with no increase of manpower requirements.

. Improved and maintained the customer on-time rate goal of at least 95%

from the prior rate of less than 80%. Accomplished by forming teams

that analyzed inventory lead times, cycle/setup times for product

mixes, and customer demand, to develop a more organized and

streamlined process.

. Accomplished 95% decrease in hand cuts by utilizing Kevlar gloves in

areas that were determined as high risk areas during accident

investigations.

. Enhanced morale and shop floor/union relationship with the company.

Conducted one-on-one personal computer training sessions with direct

reports this alleviated many computer related frustrations and

misconceptions. Setup shop floor computers and associated high use

forms (i.e. time sheets, inspection sheets, and quality check sheets),

to be more accessible and user friendly.

. Experienced in metal stamping from very small parts to large vehicle

body-sides, and assembly using Lean Manufacturing Principles and Six

Sigma for Continuous Improvement, used SPC to track performance of

product assembly process.

. Leveraged my supervisory skills in Product Development, Budgeting,

Cost Control, Inventory Management, Value Stream Mapping, and 5S, to

improve costs.

. Accomplished Quality Management using Quality Systems processes for

Process Improvement, ISO, Supply Chain Management, Root Cause Analysis

and Six Sigma.

Education

Bachelor of Business Administration in Business Management

Fort Jones University

Specialized Training:

. Six Sigma

. Leadership training for managers

. Safety Systems Training

. Microsoft Office Applications certification

. Management courses in Supervision

. Lean Manufacturing Courses

. Trained in Statistical Process Control (SPC)

. Ford Production Systems

Professional Experience

GENERAL MANAGER/ PLANT MANAGER at LKQ Corportion - October 2012 to January

2014

. Managed the largest vehicle recycle yard in North Carolina, from

buying vehicles, retail sales, to processing of vehicles to scrap.

Changed the process of vehicle recycling using lean principles.

GENERAL MANAGER/ PLANT MANAGER at Li-ion Motors Corp - March 2006 to

December 2011

. Managed the Research and Development Facility for designing and

building Electric Vehicle systems.

. Multitasked performing all Management facets of running the company.

Responsibilities included HR, financial, planning and facility

building projects.

. Lead the project of relocating the company to its present location and

managed the renovation project of a new building. Successfully kept

costs within budget.

. Wrote and implemented a project to install and configure a mail and

file sharing server using Exchange server and terminal server.

Configured the Exchange server using active directory and using MS

Management Console configured permissions and e-mail for the company.

. As this was a startup company, I wrote and implemented process and

procedure manuals for Accounting, HR, Facility, Production, Marketing,

Sales department, and Research and Development.

. Oversight of the Accounting function encompassed payroll, inventory

management, building maintenance, and project planning from facility

to electric vehicle projects.

. Oversight of Facility management included Maintenance during day to

day operations, building repairs and renovations.

Ford Motor Company - September 1970 to June 2005

. Previous to R & D management, was a supervisor and then superintendent

in the metal stamping Division for Ford Motor Company.

. Excelled in managing and supervising most successfully in a variety of

unusual situations, including the initial application area for the

Ford Production System which we achieved Level One and progressed to

Level Seven. In each of these situations, the problems or

opportunities differed greatly.

. All of such situations required an ability to size up the situation,

assess the reasonable alternatives and execute a plan of action

swiftly. Record of accomplishments demonstrates my capabilities to

make decisive actions under high stress situations.

. Managed over twenty years in metal stamping and assembly operations,

obtained an in-depth exposure to production problems and solutions.

Plant Superintendent, Stamping Supervisor, Ford Motor Company - June 1983

to June 2005

. Began my career at Ford as an hourly employee in Production which

included experience in Stamping, Assembly Welding, Material Handling

and Quality Systems.

. Received a promotion from Production to Supervisor overseeing

manufacturing and production, and within 3 years was promoted to Plant

Superintendent.

. Supervised and coached team leaders and teams in the pressroom.

Special Assignments at Ford included:

. Built Computer applications for Production reporting purposes

. Built automated production report applications for die set, 5-year

Business plan

. Production Quality Review book including Effective output, Downtime,

and yield Improvement matrixes and reports.

. Built automated application across computer network to collect data

for Harbour Report

. Established and installed software for all production computers

. Set up peer to peer network for production computers and maintained

the network.

. Trained supervisors on use of windows applications and production

reporting

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