R. Brian Kuney

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Email: ab29kv@r.postjobfree.com

PROFILE: Goal driven and motivated professional with Design Engineering, Manufacturing Engineering and Operational

Experience in both automotive and non-automotive industry.

Proven leadership in driving change within an organization; a systems builder and thinker.

Excellent in seeing the big picture and breaking it down into smaller and manageable action items

Experience developing, implementing, and managing multiple capital equipment and tooling projects to time and budget

constraints

- Excellent in building strong relationships with internal and external partners.

- Experienced in APQP/PPAP process

- Skilled in the development of DFMEA, PFMEA, and control plans

- Very skillful root cause analysis and problem solving skills knowledgeable in the A3 process

- Fluent in the principles of Toyota Production system, 5S, 7 Waste, TPM, SMED, Pull Systems, cellular

mfg, material flow techniques and statistical process control.

- Certified Lean Six Black Belt, skilled in the DMAIC process

- Proficient with Micro Soft office software, Mini Tab and Autocad software

- Knowledgeable in ISO/TS16949

- Efficient in use of GD&T

- Knowledgeable in Good Manufacturing Practices 21 CFR Part 110, 210, and 211

- Knowledgeable in the implementation of Self Directed Work Teams/High Performance Work Systems

EXPERIENCE:

2010 – Present First Quality Tissue SE

Flow Manager – Night Shift Operations) November 2010- Present

- Monitor and evaluate key KPI’s, PPM, first time yield and OEE then develop actions plans for

improvements – increasing productivity, and uptime 15% by mid second quarter 2013

- Develop and implement systems to become safe and self-managed work teams

- Manage Entire Value Stream of production from raw material to finish goods – focusing on losses

- Manage changeovers to maximize efficiency and quality of 18-20 different SKU’s SMED methodology –

reduced changer over time and increase machine availability by 25%

- Ensuring compliance to all safety systems, quality systems, and policies.

- Coach individual employees in development of technical skill qualification and leadership skills

- Manage process upsets and set direction to minimize customer impact

2008 – 2010 Silgan Plastics: Extrusion Blow molders of personal care products

Product Development Engineer November 2008 – November 2010

- Development of shuttle extrusion blow molded bottles for personal care and industrial products from

cradle to grave.

- Review all designs for manufacturability

- Prepare all documentation for release, create and maintain time lines during project creation until product

launch in manufacturing facility. Typical launch activity was 6 to 8 weeks to completion

- Development of product using various blow molded resin materials from HDPE, PP EPET, etc.

- Advise and approve all bottles design for blow mold capability per CPK & PPK requirements.

- Develop all financial requisitions to obtain needed funds for project tooling and capital equipment up to

$500K or more.

- Manage and procure tooling from design to commission.

2007 – 2008 Doosan Infracore International Attachments Bobcat Division (formally Ingersoll Rand) Attachments division:

Lean Operations Leader: March 2007 – November 2008 – Plant Closure

Interim Operations Manager January 08- May 08

- Manage Lean Six Sigma Activities for 3 North American plants to ensure each plant activities are aligned

to the AOP initiatives.

- Monitor KPI’s for key processes within the value stream, and then implement continuous improvement

activities. Examples of KPI’s, Inventory reduction, Cycle time reductions, Throughput, OEE, Cost of

quality, value added space, first time yield. Report financials savings to Finance Manager.

- Work with the Quality department to monitor and conduct RCA

- Facilitate and or lead in all Kaizen activities. 27 Kaizens performed in 2007 & 14 YTD in 2008

- Lead and facilitated 41 kaizen events resulting in mfg floor space up to 50%, operator and part travel up

to 73%, improved material flow using one piece flow methodology.

- Train and mentor Six Sigma Green Belts through project completion and certification. Using the DMAIC

gated process. 40% certified within the first year of training.

- Facilitated visual management throughout the entire factory, 5S, use of production boards to monitor

KPI’s

- Successfully served as Interim Operations Manager for Petersburg, VA facility 6 months with full P&L

responsibility.

2000 – 2007 Kautex Textron Automotive: Manufacturer of Blow Molded Fuel Systems and Washer Systems. Lavonia, GA

Certified Black Belt Sept 2005 – March 2007

Engineering Manager Feb 2004 – Sept 2005

Project Manager July 2001 – Feb 2004

Tooling Engineer Feb 2000 – July 2001

- Facilitate Kaizen events through the use of 5S, 7waste, safety, and other Lean practices.

- Black Belt project to reduce raw material usage, project resulted in $314K yearly savings

- Black Belt projects to reduce changeovers (SMED) on all production equipment which resulted in $250k

annually

- Delegate and manage 2 Design Engineers in all aspects of New Product Development from customer

technical requirements, product concept, product design and manufacturing process design, prototype,

design validations, product launch, and factory acceptance testing, following the APQP process and

assure an on time project delivery and zero defects upon product launch.

- Lead Team of 3 Project Engineers in the design of production assembly equipment using lean

manufacturing best practices.

- Responsible for supporting root cause analysis with quality of new products, through launch, and

effective hand-off to manufacturing.

- Coordinate and exercise functional authority for planning, organizing, control, integration, and

completion of engineering project within area of assigned responsibility usually 18 month from cradle to

grave.

- Review product design for compliance with engineering standards, and or best practices, customer

contract requirements, and related specifications.

- Introduction and implementation of up to date blow mold methods. Example: Bottom Blow, in mold

punching, shaped head tooling. .

2/90 – 3/00 Uniloy Milacron Inc., Manchester MI (Formally Division of Johnson Controls)

Engineering Supervisor- Tooling Group January 1999 – Feb 2000

Project Engineer March 1994 – January 1999

Design Engineer January 1990 – March 1994

Manage 10 Design Engineers in the design of extrusion blow molds and process tooling

- Prepare weekly schedules, to manage design back log. - Reduced engineering lead times 25%.

- Troubleshoot various manufacturing problems from mold manufacturing to final part processing.

- Interact with customer and Sales.

- Development and Implementation of Engineering standards

- Design of blow molds and process tooling for extrusion blow molding machines, reciprocation, wheel,

and shuttle technology

2/90 -2/03 Clinton Fire Department – Part paid 10 years, 7 years as Assistant Fire Chief

Lenawee County Ambulance – 7 years volunteer

Broadway Lake Fire Department – Volunteer system 3 years

8/87 – 2/90 R&B Machine Tool Company. Saline MI

Machine Designer of automated fixtures for rotary machining centers

8/85 – 7/87 Balance Technology Ann Arbor MI

Machine Designer of automotive wheel balancing machines

Education: Baker College, Jackson MI: Bachelor degree in Business. April 1999 GPA: 3.89 (Magna cum Laude)

Washtenaw Community College: Associate Degree Industrial Technology – Computer Aided Design

Developing Leadership Excellence, Coaching for Superior performance, Greenbelt training DFSS,

Lean Six Sigma Black Belt Trained & Certified DMAIC 2006

Project Management Professional Certification – Villanova University

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