Manager Manufacturing

Wilfred Wright

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Objective

To lead, develop and motivate teams in manufacturing, quality, service or overhaul operations utilizing my Senior Operations Management experience and abilities in strategic planning and solving problems to achieve world class performance and maximizing ROI.

Key Competencies

- International Relations - Negotiations

- Product Development - Market Assessment

- Change Management - Continuous Improvement

- Organizational Development - Quality Management

Qualifications and Accomplishments

A successful Senior Operations Manager with over 25 years of experience in high quality manufacturing companies, a B.Sc. in Mechanical and Production Engineering and an MBA, strong knowledge of MIS and ERP systems and an excellent record of meeting or exceeding corporate objectives, leading to the following selected accomplishments:

• Developed teams as part of a new start-up (inclusive of facility) by keeping the teams objective and encouraging open communication across the teams and keeping the teams focused. This provided earlier start up of the operation, minimized the delays and provided a set of budget controls for supervisors and managers as the organization grew.

• With rapid growth the challenge of higher quality was required and by applying Lean methodologies we provided a plan that provided project managers with shorter project closing rate on the lower value projects below $50k by 40% and the number of projects in the system was reduced by 35%. This resulted in the increased customer focus and the revenue increase of 15%, plus put an increase on the bottom line of 5% and represented $315k.

• There were issues with manufacturing being on 3 sites. We linked all locations together and provided a reporting system for the locations. This gave the business unit management control of inventory and operating costs whilst providing the ability to review the overall from the corporate office. This also resulted in better utilization of equipment, lowered the cost of inventory by 5% and reduced inventory by 11% over 2 years.

• One challenge at the company was that they required a new system that would replace a legacy system and provide for new links to new products. We implemented a plan that saw removal of demarcation lines, use of Lean manufacturing methods, and included the use of concurrent manufacturing techniques. This resulted in improved reporting of the operations parameters, increase in production of 30% and the introduction of new products within shorter launch times( by 15%).

• Due to increased competition, one development was to develop a manufacturing and special part supply department that consisted of engineering and manufacturing operations for field and service sales. This allowed the penetration of the modernization market and provided increased branch profits and operational contribution to the full manufacturing facility. This resulted in the increase of sales by 12% and contribution to costs of 18%.

• Due to increased costs we started to review international suppliers. After extensive research, and by utilizing the consular services, a line of communication was established that provided for a set of contract specifications to be identified and drawn up. This provided a set of supply/performance criteria that protected the company from increased warranty costs and lead-time / delivery delays, plus allowed for quality guarantees . This generated a reduction of product and warranty costs by 16%.

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PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

SVP Operations and Engineering, Pro-Bel Enterprises, Toronto 2008 - 2012

Operational responsibility of the overall Project management, engineering and installation inclusive of the management of the service and subcontractor / distributor group. Operating out of the headquarters for the corporation with responsibility for the bottom line of the projects, operations and manufacturing of the corporation.

VP Manufacturing and operations, Tractel, Swingstage Div., Toronto 2001 – 2008

Operational responsibility of the overall manufacturing, Engineering, Quality, production and Inventory control departments, inclusive of the technology transfer of electronic hoist manufacture. With Multi site manufacturing with the primary North American manufacturing location situated at the headquarters for Tractel North America.

General Manager, Northern Elevator, Toronto 1998 – 2001

Operational responsibility for multi site manufacturing, Engineering, Quality, production and Inventory and cost control departments, inclusive of the corporate technology transfer of Hydraulic elevator, sales, engineering and manufacturing from Mexico and the subsequent closure of the operation. The increase of production for the transfer of the manufacturing and the capacity increase at the multi-plant operations at Toronto. 650 employees

Consultant for Operations, Northern Elevator, Toronto 1997 - 1998

Installation of new ERP system for the organization and the changes to engineering to suit the introduction of a new manufacturing system addition of selection and business unit based accounting and with development of HR policies. Practical lean and TPS Methodologies applied and Instituted in the CNC machine business unit.

Regional Managing Director - Eastern Region, Escalator Handrail Co., Whitby, ON 1995 - 1997

Developed and implemented a plan of setting up Manufacturing and operations in the Asian region, utilizing my knowledge of the Chinese business culture to expand market share in a time of increasing competition. Increase in sales of 32% - 320 employees

General Manager, OTIS Elevator Company, Guangzhou, China 1992 – 1995

Responsible to the Joint Venture Board of Directors ( comprising of 4 overseas directors and 3 local directors ) for a US$123 Million construction and manufacturing project. Completed on budget and on time. ISO 9001 / environmental accreditation was also being completed using the international company DNV. 1200 employees. After spending 1988 – 1992 in a role of engineering and manufacturing support for tech transfer, Operations development and capital expenditures. Based out of Hong Kong

Departmental Manager, Otis Elevator Co., Liverpool, U.K. 1986 – 1988 Machines Manufacturing Quality Manager.

Operations Manager, Otis Elevator Co., Liverpool, U.K. 1984 – 1986 Field support and manufacturing

EDUCATION

B.Sc.- Mechanical and Production Engineering - Liverpool Polytechnic UK. 1984

MBA - Manchester School of Business, U.K. 1988

Masters Black Belt - Certificate in lean, Six Sigma – Schulich School of Business -Toronto.

COMPUTER LITERATE- Great Plains, Visual Manufacturing, MS Office Suite, BAAN, Oracle MRP, SalesForce

INTERESTS - Jogging, Sailing, Golf and Investments.

REFERENCES – Available upon request.

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