Manager Engineer

WILLIAM D. PALTE

*** ****** ****** ( Columbus Grove, Ohio 45830

419-***-**** ( abkyvi@r.postjobfree.com

INDUSTRIAL ENGINEER / PROCESS IMPROVEMENT ENGINEER

Recently Certified Six Sigma Black Belt, with over 15 years of engineering

experience, providing the strategic vision and leadership that drive

operational process, productivity, efficiency and bottom-line improvements

for manufacturing organizations. Expert in combining financial and business

planning with tactical execution to optimize long term gains in

performance, revenues and profitability. Customer and quality focused

business executive who provides vision and leadership that drive

operational process, efficiency and bottom-line improvements for

manufacturing organizations.

Certified Six Sigma Black Belt, Previously MTM1 Certified, Proficient in

Access, MicroSoft Office, Plexus, Outlook

Areas of expertise:

Operations Management ( Engineering APQP Management ( Continuous

Improvement ( LEAN Manufacturing

Product Development ( Team Building ( Root Cause Analysis ( Project

Management ( Production Engineering

Budgeting & Cost Control ( Training Development ( Problem Solving (

Facilities Management

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

FINDLAY INDUSTRIES, Findlay, Ohio ( 2008 - 2009

Manufacturer of automotive interior components for major car and commercial

vehicle manufacturers in the U.S. Annual revenues over $660M.

Senior Industrial Engineer: Primary leadership role for all industrial

engineering functions for North American operations including 4 facilities,

reported to COO. Administered direct labor quotes and new products,

monitoring of planned vs. actual labor costs, facilities cost saving

program and incentive program. Conducted time and process studies for

continuous improvements.

. Initiated operations improvements resulting in direct labor savings over

$456K per year.

GLOBAL SUSPENSION SYSTEMS, Bryan, Ohio ( 2007

Company manufactures automotive control parts for Chrysler, GM and Ford

with over 175 employees. Annual revenues over $36M.

Manufacturing Engineering Manager

Primary leadership role for all engineering and maintenance of production

equipment, managing 18 direct reports including 14 floor technicians.

Indirect reports included 8 maintenance technicians and 11 tool room

technicians. Conducted plant level APQP management, budget control, MRO

inventory, capital equipment recommendations, plant layout reviews and

purchase order approvals. Coordinated the planning, scheduling and control

of Continuous Improvement Projects. Ensured production / maintenance issues

were resolved. Track engineering projects schedules plan vs. actual to

ensure on time delivery.

Financial/Operational Highlights:

. Spearheaded a SS Black Belt project resolving a major quality issue -

resulting in total savings of over $756K.

. Led teams in creative problem solving contributing to organizational

success.

HILLSDALE AUTOMOTIVE, LLC, Jonesville, Michigan ( 2006-2007

Manufacturer of machined drive component parts and assemblies for GM, Ford,

Toyota, Chrysler, Detroit Diesel and Caterpillar with over 220 employees.

Annual revenues over $30M.

Engineering / Maintenance Manager

Directed 7 manufacturing engineers and 2 maintenance supervisors, with 17

indirect reports, ensuring all production and manufacturing deliverables

were met on time and on budget. Reported to the Plant Manager. Directed

capital equipment recommendations and justifications. Implemented LEAN

manufacturing concepts to increase cost savings. Updated facility metrics

on a monthly basis.

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HILLSDALE AUTOMOTIVE, LLC continued

Financial/Operational Highlights:

. Boosted equipment uptime from 88% to over 96% by implementing a "Fix it

Right the 1st Time" policy.

. Reduced downtime on repaired machines to less than 5% of runtime.

. Implemented a machine upgrade resulting in savings over $29K in overtime

cost avoidance

NK PARTS INDUSTRIES, Sidney, Ohio ( 2004-2005

Honda Transmission Service division rebuilds return transmissions for Honda

North America. Annual revenues over $13M with 148 employees.

Engineering / Maintenance Manager: Oversaw 2 year capital plans including

proposal and justification of future projects, reporting to VP of HTS

Operations. Guided a team of 3 direct and 6 indirect reports through

successful completion of engineering and production goals. Addressed

facilities management issues. Maintained ISO compliance, processes and

documentation for the maintenance and engineering departments.

. Reduced downtime by 85% on 4 machines resulting in significant cost

savings.

. Drove process improvements resulting in cost savings of over $833K and

cycle time reduction.

. Attained cost reductions of over $162K by implementing continuous

improvement changes for high volume production.

FINDLAY INDUSTRIES, Findlay, Ohio ( 1998-2003

Manufacturer of automotive interior components for major car and commercial

vehicle manufacturers in the U.S. Annual revenues over $660M.

Corp Industrial Engineering Manager

Primary leadership role for all industrial engineering functions for North

American operations including 12 facilities, reported to VP of North

American Operations. Administered direct labor quotes and new products,

monitoring of planned vs. actual labor costs, facilities cost saving

program and incentive program. Conducted time and process studies for

continuous improvements.

. Initiated operations improvements resulting in 15% production increase

and total savings over $268K per year.

. Decreased assembly line time resulting in annual savings over $76K.

. Implemented floor layout change resulting in $86K cost savings.

SAINT MARY'S FOUNDRY INC. St. Mary's, Ohio ( 1989-1998

Manufacturer of technical compression cylinder castings for OEM machine

industries. Annual revenues over $15M.

Industrial Engineering Manager: Coordinated new product quotations

compiling labor and material costs. Produced material handling studies.

Calculated capital equipment justifications for new purchases. Developed

RFQ's. Maintained ISO processes and documentation.

. Designed and implemented a database scheduling system increasing on time

delivery to 98%.

. Created quotation database resulting in 70% reduction of process time.

. Increased quote capture rate from 5% to over 12% during 3 year span.

CAREER NOTE: DANA CORP ( 2003-2004 ( Industrial Engineer: Directed and

implemented process improvement projects leading to cost savings of over

$39K. Reviewed production changes, maintained staffing levels. PLASTECH

ENGINEERING ( 2005-2006 ( Engineering / Maintenance Manager: Supervised 12

direct and indirect reports in industrial and mechanical engineering

functions. Established repair requirements resulting in yearly cost savings

of $220K. TRI-WALL WEYERHAEUSER ( 2005 ( Quality Engineer: Provided

Quality Management leadership for 2 technicians. Oversaw production quality

checks, ISO system management, lab quality and customer quality visits.

EDUCATION / TRAINING

Bachelor of Science, Manufacturing Engineering Technology, Bowling Green

State University, Bowling Green, Ohio

Associate of Applied Science, Industrial Engineering Technology, Rhodes

State College, Lima, Ohio

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