G. TIMOTHY BROCKHOUSE

Sycamore, IL 815-***-****

abl20x@r.postjobfree.com

SUMMARY OF QUALIFICATIONS

Experienced plant manager grounded in lean manufacturing principles, team

leadership and skilled in strategic planning, implementing and integrating

systems without service disruptions. Data driven, hands on leader with a

consistent record of operational excellence and sustained year over year

financial results. Proven ability to drive change, continuous improvement

and reduction of waste through all levels of the organization. Expertise

includes safety, quality, delivery, cost, continuous improvement and team

building. Utilizes creative, innovative approach to problem solving and

decision making processes; identifies and meets profit goals.

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

DANAHER MOTION, Thomson Marengo, IL

2001- 2010

Plant Manager 2009 to 2010

Responsible for a 146 person, (reduced by 40% in Q1 2009), two-shift

manufacturing plant, producing low-volume, high-mix make-to-order linear

actuators, stepper motors, and custom ball screw/nut business for three

separate business units. Responsible for plant operations and driving P&L

results through the use of the Danaher Business Systems (DBS).

. On time delivery improvement from 87% to 95% to customer request date

and reduced past due from 1.3 days of to <0.3 days.

. Net inventory reduction of 53%, inventory accuracy improvement by 33%

through use of phantoms and cycle count process development while

increasing low cost region sourcing projects yielding in year PPV

savings of 7%.

. Successfully relocated two major stepper motor product lines into the

plant delivering 92% OTD and past due of <0.3 days within 60 days.

Continued improvement to 98% OTD and <0.1 days of past due within 120

days of relocation.

. Productivity improvement (DL spend to revenue) of 6% and warranty

return reduction of 47% to 4,540 DPM through use of kaizen and process

improvements.

. Increase inventory turns from 7.3 to 12.4 turns, a 5.1 turn improvement

through inventory reduction, use of integrators, supply chain and

kanban process improvements.

. Recognized as the highest performing plant among 50 facilities for

achievement in the area of inventory turns, inventory reduction,

purchase price variance and low cost region content.

Plant Manager, Kollmorgan Rockford, IL 2006 to 2008

Full P&L responsibility for a $63 million, 168 employee (reduced from 257)

manufacturing business. Three shift manufacturing plant producing high

mix, low volume make to order AC stepper, servo and DC brush motor

business. Used Toyota Production System based lean tools to drive

operational excellence, financial goals and support the voice of the

customer.

. Safety recordables reduced by 50% and warranty returns reduced from

13,540 to 3,000 DPM.

. Increased operational profit by 12.8% through aggressive cost reduction

projects focused on material, productivity / labor improvements,

variable manufacturing expenses as well as fixed expense reductions.

. Improved plant OTD from 92% to sustained 98% to customer request date

and reduced past due backlog from 1.2 days to sustained < 0.1 days

through manufacturing and kanban process improvement.

. Productivity improvement of 17.2% ($ labor spend / revenue) with

substantial visual 5s improvements. Published lead times for any size

order reduced by 50% for AKM, Pac Sci Steppers, PMDC, Rediline, and

Superior Electric Motors.

. Responsible for staff and skilled resources acquisition. Successful

mentoring led to multiple promotions through staff level and exporting

talent to outside facilities within Danaher.

. Net inventory reduction of 42% and 4.3 turns improvement while

increasing low cost materials to 40%.

. 100% of cells (62) Danaher Lean Converted: Counter clockwise single

piece flow, standard work implemented, point of use inventory, all

components including expense items on kanban, visual management in

place and used every day.

DANAHER (cont'd)

Manufacturing Manager 2004 to 2006

Responsible for leading Permanent Magnet DC motor business with a team of

74 direct employees, two manufacturing engineers, buyer / planner and

supervisor. Three shift operations and two major product lines of

vertically integrated manufacturing operation including machining,

painting, winding and assembly. Improvements driven through practice of

DBS lean manufacturing tools including value stream mapping (VSM), standard

work (SW), total productive maintenance (TPM), SMED, Danaher material

process (DMP) and 5s.

. Reduced past due backlog from 3.4 days to 0.2 days, increased on-time

delivery to 96%, reduced net inventory 38%.

. Successfully relocated major production line from Mexico to Illinois

record time including staffing and training of 50 new hire direct

labor employees. Production lines running within two weeks, full past

due recovery of $1.1 million in five weeks and OTD improvement from

82% to 94% in eight weeks; warranty claims reduced by 60%.

. Relocated sister company business to Rockford and then led plant

closure of small facility resulting in an annual cost reduction of

$280,000 after costs in the first year.

Production Supervisor 2003 to 2004

Senior Manufacturing Engineer 2001 to 2002

IDEAL INDUSTRIES Sycamore, IL 1997- 2001

Manufacturing Engineer / Business Unit Manager (acting)

Responsible for make-buy decisions and developing cost effective methods to

manufacture products in house that lead to improved margin. Negotiated

pricing and lead-time with vendors to minimize inventory levels and to meet

aggressive market introduction dates. Developed new process to lower

manufacturing costs through new technology and methods improvements.

. Manufacturing project leader for new Reflex T-Stripper product

introduction bringing newly designed wire strippers to market in

shortest lead-time, grossing over $1 million in the first year

. Reduced cost of T-Strippers and associated tools by $500,000

annually.

GENERAL SIGNAL PUMP GROUP, North Aurora, IL 1996-1997

Manufacturing Engineer

Responsible for quality improvements and process development focusing on

cycle time reduction for new and existing products. Developed down draft

system for impeller finishing increasing throughput by 11%.

ATWOOD AUTOMOTIVE, Stockton, IL

1994-1996

Production Supervisor / Project Engineer

. Tier III automotive component manufacturer.

EAGLE WINGS INDUSTRIES, Rantoul, IL

1989-1994

Senior Production Engineer / Production Engineer

. Tier II Japanese automotive component manufacturer.

EDUCATION

Master of Business Administration Northern Illinois University

DeKalb, IL

Master of Science, Industrial Technology Western Illinois University

Macomb, IL

Bachelor of Science, Industrial Technology Western Illinois University

Macomb, IL

TECHNICAL SKILLS

Microsoft Excel, Word, Outlook, PowerPoint, Oracle 11i

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