Manager Project

SHEILA DOWNS **** Cincinnati Rd Sadieville, Ky. **370 *******@*********.*** 502-***-****

Program Account and Production Management

Proficient in building and managing vendor and customer relationships for service and products, production and cost planning. A reputation for exceeding corporate objectives while controlling cost and improving efficiencies.

AREAS OF EXPERTISE

Project/Program Management, Customer Relationship, LEAN Manufacturing, Strategic Planning, Budget Planning, Kaizen, Six Sigma (green belt), Process Analysis, Quality Assurance, Production Deployment, Manufacturing Manager, Production Planning

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

Dana Corporation Dry Ridge, Ky 2011-current

Material Planner and Expeditor: Automotive Axles. Customer assembly plant contact to determine customer needs and changes. Monitor customer website to determine our performance, requirements, etc several times a day. Monitor Dana's MRP system to ensure production material releases to meet Dry Ridge's build plans to the customer. Create daily build schedules to assembly lines. Regular physical inventory counts on items not part of MRP system. Prepare the load sheets for the shipping department to ensure that the right product is shipped to the customer, in correct quantities and on-time.

Inoac Group North America Springfield, Ky 2010-2011

Production Control Supervisor: Plastic injection molding automotive. Planning process that leads monthly and yearly plan that accurately forecast demand, supply and inventory levels. Communicating and negotiating lead times and inventories with supplier production scheduling and execution. Managing international and domestic inventories to assure customer satisfaction and minimize capital impact. Reducing and eliminating excess obsolete inventory.

TSS Technologies West Chester, Oh 2008-2010

Program Account Manager: Provided high level support to General Electric in developing and implementing products and manufacturing initiatives. Oversight of all sales and business development functions for manufacturing execution systems including new strategic roll outs, key service account management, customer relationship development, and project management. Supervised and motivated engineering, production, purchasing, ECI, document control and quality departments to provide cross-functional team training, coaching and mentoring. Monitored, balance and managed departmental budgets. (Medical equipment)

ZF Boge Elastmetall Hebron, Ky 2005-2008

Project Account Manager: Directed the execution of products and manufacturing development projects, from conception through production. Provided customer care, analyzed processes, developed project plans, coordinated resources, supervised project teams and controlled budgets. Led cross functional project implementation teams. Developed project documentation and trained users on solution implementation. (Injection molding automotive bushing) Ford, GM, Chrysler, Nissan and Toyota

Johnson Controls Georgetown, KY 2001-2005

Program Manager: Directed the successful start-up and exceeded customer expectations on multiple programs/projects. Integrated new methods of manufacturing complete seats for Toyota. Supervised cross-functional teams to achieve key performance indicators in production, quality and budget. Direct interaction with customer. Improved manufacturing efficiency by 15% through Kaizen. (Complete seats) Toyota

Technotrim Maysville, Ky 1989-2001

Production/Program/Business Unit Manager: Directed 15 successful new projects, achieved $220,000 cost reduction and instituted a 100% on time delivery standard. Managed and supervised safety, quality, delivery, efficiency and manufacturing. Production Manager responsible for overall production growth from 250 to 680 employees. Supervised and motivated 15 supervisors, provided team training, coaching and mentoring. Cut and sew automotive seating and tool and die for Honda, Toyota, GM, Nissan and Chrysler

KEY PROJECT SUCCESSES:

• Lead numerous Kaizen sessions with cross-functional teams and successfully improved manufacturing productivity by 35% in injection molding unit.

• Implemented a customer relationship process that involved the customer and production team, which resulted in satisfying design and manufacturing conflicts.

• Managed a Green Belt project that successfully completed and generated a 68% reduction in scrap by redesigning the component.

• Managed overall production growth from 250 to 680 employees.

EDUCATION & TRAINING

Diploma-American School, Carnegie Management, PIP Program Management certified, TS16949 certified auditor, Six Sigma Green belt certified, professional leadership certification, safety training, problem solving, lean manufacturing, standardized work and value engineering.

TECHNICAL SKILLS

MS office (Word, Excel, Access, Power Point), Microsoft Project, Visio, SAP, Share point and Visibility

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