Joseph Schmidt

**** *** ****

West Bloomfield, MI 48322

248-***-****

acrjy9@r.postjobfree.com

I am a Leader that focuses on quality business practices, Lean Manufacturing, and empowering their people through a participative continuous improvement culture. I am looking for an opportunity to showcase my experience, expertise and drive to build a world class organization.

STRENGTHS: Global Leadership, Architect and Implementation of Lean Operating Systems; Cert. Six Sigma Black Belt & Six Sigma Champion; Operational Turn-Around Specialist; Lean Mfg. expert, directing and leading global multi-plant initiatives; management of multiple product value streams; setting/achieving well-defined G&O; key note speaker at several professional Lean Mfg-focused seminars.

EXPERIENCE:

TriMas Corporation: 8/11-Present

Global Director of Continuous Improvement-Bloomfield Hills, MI

Architect and implementation champion of the TriMas Operating System (TOS) in 60 facilities 19 countries. Architect and Implemented Six Sigma Green Belt and Black Belt programs, Lead 2 Operational improvement turn-around efforts. Implemented Policy Deployment Methodology. Implemented business process improvement systems in Finance, Payroll, HR, and Sales. Implementation of global SIOP in all business units. Champion yearly global manufacturing excellence summit.

Rieter Automotive 8/03-8/11

Director of Continuous Improvement– Farmington Hills, MI

Defined/implemented Rieter Production System (RPS). Authored all RPS training modules. Directed/lead Continuous Improvement in all North American plants. Developed and Implemented VA/VE process, Strategic planning for acquisition/integration of Magee Carpet into Rieter. G&O and Policy Deployment Champion for North America. Champion of cost improvements. Developed metric-based audit system for measuring Lean Mfg. progress.

Plant Manager – Oregon, OH 10/04-7/05

(9 month assignment)Full responsibility for turn-around of $39M Tier 1 automotive supplier plant. Turned initial OEE productivity rating from 68% to 93% in 6 mo. through Lean Mfg. Zero PPM rating with Chrysler (60% of business), 100% delivery rating, converted $500K/Mo. loss to $400K contribution profit/month, $1.4M Continuous Improvement savings ($1M labor savings). Implemented cellular mfg.

Continuous Improvement Manager – Farmington Hills, MI 8/03 – 10/04

Responsible for CI activity for 5 mfg. facilities and corporate office.

Launched Lean Mfg. Initiatives in 5 facilities and implemented Policy Deployment methodology. Integrated concurrent engineering techniques with project launch initiatives. Initiated Global Lean Mfg. efforts to define/implement a standardized production system.

Collins & Aikman/Textron Automotive 8/00-8/03

Business Unit Manager/Continuous Improvement Manager - Westland & Troy, MI

Directed development/implementation of Corporate-wide Six Sigma initiatives. First two projects yielded over $1.3M savings. Full responsibility for two Business Units. Developed/implemented Lean Mfg. to attain SAE J4001 Lean Role Model Status in both Business Units. Achieved corporate defined Lean Mfg. requirements for 2001 & 2002. Achieved removal of secondary containment ($17k/week avoidance). Achieved $250,000/year savings from Six Sigma efforts.

Bosal Industries 1/00–8/00

Engineering Manager - Warren, MI

Full responsibility for start-up, development/implementation of TPM/PM systems, installation, start-up, PPAP, and management for $40M/yr production process.

Benteler Automotive 2/99– 1/00

Business Unit Manager - Kalamazoo, Michigan

Management of two Business Units of 150 associates, engineers, and skilled trades.

Facilitated the elimination of secondary containment operations. Established Continuous Improvement activities throughout the team. Developed/implemented a planning group responsible for all equipment relocations/installations/modifications and a plant support group responsible for CAD layout of all equipment in the facility.

Denso Manufacturing 1993 - 1999

Manager of Plant Engineering - Battle Creek, Michigan

Management of all tooling, machine building, contract maintenance, and prototype activity to support $700M/yr automotive component sales, 2000 Associates and a 1M ft2 facility.

Implemented a planning and scheduling group responsible for the fabrication of all tooling and contracted services.

Benteler Automotive 1991 - 1993

Plant Engineer- Kalamazoo, MI

Coordinated and managed all TPM, PM and facility/equipment improvements to support $48M in automotive component sales annually with 300 Associates and a 200k ft2 facility. Established and oversaw a planning group responsible for all equipment relocations/installations/modifications. Developed a plant layout group responsible for CAD layout of all equipment in the facility.

Maintenance Superintendent - Grand Rapids, MI 10/89 – 2/91

Management of machine and facility maintenance operations to support $63M annual automotive component sales, 500 Associates and 150k ft2 facility.

Haden Management Corporation 1986 - 1989

Project Engineer - Madison Heights, MI

North American based paint system design and build services

General Motors Corp. 3/82 - 4/86

Plant Engineering/Project Engineer - Flint, MI

Project manager of facility and production equipment modifications, capital additions, and paint system improvements.

EDUCATION:

Michigan Tech. University, BSME 1982

Six Sigma Academy, Black Belt Cert. 2003

U of M Executive Education Certificate, 50% Complete

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