Rod Baker

**** ******* **** **** • Loveland, OH 45140 • 513-***-**** (H) • 513-***-**** (C) • acuyaw@r.postjobfree.com

Executive Profile

A driven executive offering outstanding integrity, communication and cross-cultural team management skills, with passion. High energy, results-oriented leader with an entrepreneurial attitude approach in high and low model mix environments that enjoys coaching and mentoring the team to new limits.

Skill Highlights

Strategy development/execution

Multi-site operations

Process Implementation

Quality systems development/implementation

Communications at all levels

Lean Six-Sigma Project Champion

Project management

Materials Management

Budget Oversight

Kaizen Facilitator

Core Accomplishments

Operations Management: Multi-plant responsibilities for manufacturing including all support processes and management of daily operations to budgets, production requirements, and required quality levels while improving on-time delivery to 100%. Year over year improvements achieved in Quality, Delivery and Cost for several years running.

Six-Sigma: Oversee/conduct raining and related projects to completion in manufacturing and transactional environments resulting in improved efficiencies, cost reductions and improved customer satisfaction.

Lean Manager: Lean strategy development and deployment throughout operations, where success led to joining corporate team for Powertrain division driving standardization across plants (17) in North America. Conducted kaizens, utilized lean tools and constraint theory to overcome bottlenecks.

Quality Manager: Responsible for Quality Operating System, encompassing manufacturing quality, ISO certification, developed and championed QOS blitz for new product launch of CVT transmission (replicated at other plants).

Purchasing: A key assignment having one of the largest buying decks in corporation at $1.4 billion. Responsible for procurement, cost savings, supplier development and quality performance for all stampings on S-Truck (Four assembly plants), plus all bumpers and fuel tanks for North America.

Professional Experience

Atri-Cure

Director Process Engineering Mason, OH

Responsible for the design and implementation of manufacturing processes and equipment, efficient plant design and the assurance of continuous improvement in process, cost, quality and production. Responsibility includes fixture development, process analytics for preemptive defect control, process documentation and process layout and material flow.

Intelligrated Mason, OH

Sr. Director Manufacturing, D&F Div.

Multi-plant responsibilities for manufacturing involving metal fabrication, weld, paint and assembly for material handling systems for DC’s. Successful driving efficiencies, quality and delivery in positive trends YOY. Prior assignments include Continuous Improvement Manager, Plant Manager and Director of Operations.

Ford Motor Co. Cincinnati, OH

Lean Manager & Quality Manager

Responsible for driving lean principles and behaviors throughout the plant while developing standardization via 5S, visual factory, kaizens, and scoreboards for work cells. Implementation of key lean metrics to confirm traction and waste reductions. Critical role in improving and sustaining manufacturing quality levels and performance for Ford Escape transmissions.

Team USA Mansfield, OH

Vice-President

Coach, consultant and training role delivering Quality Systems and Business development service to variety of automotive suppliers (Goodyear, Federal Mogul, Tower, The Ohio State University, etc.). Master Trainer in ISO/TS16949 (via AIAG) for registrar auditor certifications, including ISO and Internal Auditor training.

HSA Automotive Mansfield, OH

Director of Operations

Multi-plant responsibilities for Tier One automotive supplier to Ford, GM and Chrysler of metal stampings, assemblies, tool and die shop and paint facility. Major responsibilities included daily operations, JIT implementation and ISO certifications and overseeing growth of 150%.

General Motors

Purchasing Agent, Reliability Engineer, Supplier Quality Engineer, Plant Statistician and Production: A variety of assignments as part of career path process. Co-developed Supplier Self-Certification process for GMT&B, key role in quick change over success and replicating at other sites,

Education

University of Detroit Detroit, MI

MBA – Management

Miami University Oxford, OH BS – Acc/Fin

Miscellaneous:

Certified Six-Sigma Master Black Belt (Villanova)

Certified Lean Coach & Black Belt (Ford Motor Co.)

Adjunct Professor – Miami University (since ’02 - current)

TWI – Job Instruction Trainer

ASQ: CQE, Certified Quality Engineer

References – Available upon request

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