Manager Plant

RICHARD WAGNER

***** ***** *****

Canton Mi

****7

Phone no. 734-***-****

E-mail - **********@*******.***

EXPERIENCE:

**/****-****** ******** **** Management Teaching

T Consulting to Tower Automotive in Launch readiness, Lean

Manufacturing and 4 wall cost reductions

Worked for Simonton Windows in 5 of their plants teaching lean

principles. I also taught their management how to manage

effectively to help grow the bottom line (4 wall costs ).

Worked with several start-ups and well established Businesses

to help their Lean Processes in line with their bottom line.

Helped to reorganize management to drive lean Practices.

Helped to make flow diagrams to improve material flow.

Taught people to use 6 sigma

Names will be submitted on request

20% to bottom line on last three plants in 4 months

11/2006-10/30/ Plant Manager Maumee Stamping Plant, Maumee, Ohio

08 Responsible for all cost, quality, manning and shipping of

plastic and steel stamped parts.

This plant is being closed down as part of the Ford Motor

Company down seizing to become competitive in the market

place.

We currently have 400 people working at this plant that was

800 people.

This down seizing creates significant manpower and union

issues because we are converting to all part timers to send

people to plants that will continue to operate.

2/2005-11/2006 Lean Manufacturing Manager/Asst. Plt. Mgr., Woodhaven

Stamping, Woodhaven, MI

Responsible for all manufacturing and engineering activities

for a Stamping with 700 employees and moving 28 tons of steel

a week.

Responsible for shipping 55,000 parts/day with improving

quality. These parts are shipped to 7 assembly plants in

Canada, Mexico, and the United States.

My daily duties included driving lean manufacturing

implementation in all aspects of the plants operating system.

Responsible for developing the plants 93 million dollar budget

and in 2006 we made our budget and turned back 12 million

dollars.

10/2004-2/2005 Special Assignment, Ford/Aston Martin, Birmingham, England

Assigned to increase production by 20% without sacrificing

quality targets. (complete success)

While at Aston Martin I improved their quality by 20% by

working with their suppliers and increased their productivity

form 84 units a day to115 units per day.

I worked directly for the CEO Dr. Bezt with a limited amount

of resources.

5/2003-10/2004 Lean Manufacturing Manager/Asst. Plt. Mgr., Dearborn Stamping,

Dearborn, MI

The quality system was not operational and we were shipping

parts that was not acceptable to the Assembly Plants.

In the next 6 month I drove the change in the quality

operating system from being the worst of the stamping plants

to being the best and that year we received the Presidents

Award for Quality.

We were awarded the most improved in safety and productivity

that same year.

12/2002-5/2003 Millennium Launch Manager, Corporate Office, Dearborn, MI

Total responsibility for launch of the new Ford 500 Luxury

Platform in Chicago and Atlanta.

Negotiated with State of Georgia on incentive package for new

assembly plant.

Created supplier park to support new Chicago product line

including lean manufacturing process

I also have experience starting up the Toyota Paint Plant in Georgetown Ky.

I started that plant and helped train people in the Toyota production

system

12/2000-12/200 Plant Manager, Oakville Assembly, Oakville, Ontario, CA

2 Responsible for total site, 3,500 employees from design to

manufacturing of Windstar Van.

43% overall quality improvement by 12/2000.

4/2000-12/2000 Manufacturing Manager, Wayne Assembly, Wayne, MI

Responsible for total plant re-launch of Focus to improve

overall quality.

8/99-4/2000 Paint/Final Manager, Paint/Final Manager, Dagenham Assembly,

Dagenham, England

Responsible for Paint and Final areas to re-launch Fiesta.

(Assigned to culturally improve Union relations-accomplished.)

4/99-8/99 Plant Launch Coordinator, Wayne Assembly,

Responsible for launch of Escort.

3/97-4/99 Final Area Manager, Caultilan Assembly, Mexico City, Mexico

Responsible for improving Paint and Final Area quality--60%

improvement achieved.

9/96-3/97 Final Area Manager, Dearborn Assembly, Dearborn, MI

Responsible for Final Area and launch of SN-95 Mustang.

2/94-9/96 Paint Area Manager, Dearborn Assembly, Dearborn, MI

Responsible for planning and launching new waterborne paint

facility

5/ 5/89-2/94 Paint Area Manager, St. Thomas Assembly, St. Thomas, Ontario,

CA

Responsible for all assembly painting operations.

Took department from worse paint quality in corporation to JD

Powers Award.

4/87-5/89 Paint Plant Manager, TOYOTA MOTOR MANUFACTURING, Georgetown,

KY

Responsible for total start up of two shift paint operation.

Responsible for staffing and training of all management and

hourly personnel.

Buy-off of all equipment and development of maintenance

programs.

6/85-4/87 Project Manager, EI DuPont de NEMOURS & CO. INC., Troy, MI.

Responsible for directing all special marketing programs for

GM-10 and W-Car Programs.

Responsible for directing construction of DuPont's Fascia

Plant-Kansas City, MO and Application Facility-Troy, MI.

10/66-6/85 CHRYSLER, Began as an hourly employee in the Paint Department

at Belvidere Assembly and advanced through 11 promotions to

General Superintendent Body-In-White at Jefferson Assembly.

Complete details furnished upon request.

REFERENCES: References Benny Fowler, Executive V.P. Advanced Mfg., Ford

Motor Co.

Gary Johnson, Director Corporate Quality, Ford Motor Co.

Tom Hopkins

Plant Manager

Ford Motor Co.

(Phone numbers furnished upon request)

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