Michael A. Meinholz Home: 770-***-****

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Acworth, Georgia 30102 Email: fwza0r@r.postjobfree.com

Professional Profile

Senior manufacturing executive with over 24 years of expertise that has propelled each company and the people who worked for them to new heights of performance, efficiency and quality. A dynamic and enthusiastic leader with proven track records of increasing margins, delivering revenue growth and instilling ownership, pride and responsibility to every person in the company. Exemplary strategic planning, process improvements and hands-on change management is a must as we together look to the future and take charge of our destiny.

Core Competencies

Expertise in overall business and P&L leadership, budgeting and forecasting

Business development, resource management and organizational restructuring

Excellent contract negotiation skills with international companies; Lockheed Martin, Cummins, John Deere, etc...

High standards in operational improvements, quality engineering, customer relations, and risk management

Innovative - Positive - Involved - Focused - Analytical

Professional Experience

General Manager, Torco Inc., Marietta, GA, 2005 – present

Championed and Rejuvenated a 56-year-old family owned company with about 100 employees that specializes in precision-machined screw machines, CNC & ground components for the automotive, agriculture, industrial, aerospace and fastener industries.

Responsibilities include Profit & Loss, cash flow, profitability of manufacturing, setting up sales force and increasing sales, replacing aging work force, updating equipment, develop bid model encompassing all company costs, and MRP system. Since 2008 have added tasks of scheduling and running factory, quality and all purchasing.

Accomplishments Thru cell creation, and strategic planning shipped 11% more product using 16% less labor. Increasing sales by 11% in first 3 years, and increased profitability 17% over 5 years. 100% on time delivery to all customer for 7 straight years.

General Manager, Hikari USA, Orangeburg, SC, 2003 - 2005

Oversaw Hikari USA Inc which was the first US facility for 61-year-old Hikari Seiko Co. LTD out of Japan. It is a Greenfield facility, which is a tier 2 supplier for Ford, Nissan & Toyota. Hikari supplies precision machined, heat treated (both batch & induction) and ground metal components.

Managed construction and renovation of a new facility responsible for P & L.

Set-up & executed all facets of company; writing policies & procedures and performing ALL Accounting, HR, Production Supervision, Quality, Insurance, 401K, Shipping/Receiving, Purchasing, Inventory functions.

Accomplished shipping over 250,000 pcs with a PPM of .0004. within the first year of construction being completed.

Milestone of shipping the one-millionth part at the fifteen month marker of starting production with a PPM of 4.00.

Manufacturing Manager, Scienda Building Sciences, Orangeburg, SC 2001 -2002

Scienda is a startup manufacturing facility that produces light gage steel wall panels and trusses with a proprietary shape for the residential and light commercial building industry.

Managed all production supervisors, welders, maintenance staff and machinists over 4 lines of equipment.

Prepared all budgets involving tooling, steel inventory and manpower.

Evaluated supervisory staff, clerks, welders, maintenance staff and machinists on a monthly basis.

Coordinated with the engineering, purchasing and quality department to ensure on time delivery of products.

Accomplished continuous improvements in manufacturing as production manager and production control manager.

Modern Machine Works, Inc., Cudahy, WI & Orangeburg, SC, 1992 - 2001

VP Sales Manager, December 1997 – November 2001

General Manager, December 1995 – December 1997

Operations Manager, June 1994 - December 1995

Division Supervisor, November 1992 to June 1994

Quality Engineer, February 1992 to November 1992

Modern Machine Works is a machine shop that supplies precision machined crank shafts and components

to General Motors, Thermo King, York International, John Deere etc.

Promoted from Quality Engineer to VP and Sales Manager within nine years.

Selected to organize and lead a move to a new 55,000 square foot facility, responsible for P&L.

Accomplishments

. Acquired four internationally known companies as customers, and

increased yearly sales by 13 per cent

. Orchestrated the move of 97 major pieces of equipment 950 miles, trained

50 operators, received sample approval, and shipped 5,500 crankshafts

per week from December 1995 through June 1996

. Developed and implemented a Job Evaluation Manual, an Operator

Training Manual and the Employee Manual

. Increased productivity 8% and decreased scrap 13% while staying within

all labor and material budgets

. Decrease employee turnover by 15%

. Updated quality manual to new QS9000 standards, Wrote and incorporate

quality procedures

Formal Education

University of Wisconsin 1980 BS ME

Marquette University High School 1975

References available upon request

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