Education

****- **** ******* ***** ***** University Bowling Green, OH

Master of Business Administration

**** - **** **** ******** ********** Ada, OH

Bachelor of Science in Technology

Professional Experience

2007 - Current Reiter Automotive

Oregon, OH

Manufacturing Manager

. Report to Plant Manager. Directly supervise a salaried staff that

includes 9 Supervisors and 3 Maintenance personnel

. Responsible for the planning and execution of all shop floor

activities.

. Responsible for preparation of annual and monthly manpower budgets

. Responsible for all manufacturing KPI's and associated reporting.

Manage using Lean Manufacturing tools including 5S, OEE, TPM, Hour by

Hour boards, and Kanban.

. Responsible for labor relations with unionized hourly workforce.

Actively participate in all steps of the grievance process

. Participated in the planning and execution of hourly workforce growth

from 96 to approximately 225 starting in March 2008 due to new program

awards and business transfer from other facilities that have closed

. Participated in new business acquisition and transfer that introduced

new technology to the facility along with associated competency

development in supervisory, maintenance, hourly workforce groups

. Reduced IDL thru elimination of non-essential tasks and consolidating

job responsibilities

2005 - 2007 Textileather Corporation, Inc

Toledo, OH

Plant Superintendent - Print & Finish, Final Inspection, and Color Lab

. Reported to Senior Director of Operations. Direct staff of 13

salaried and up to 97 hourly personnel in the scheduling and

production of vinyl products in a 24 hour/day, 5 days/week operation

. Implemented "Ideal Workcenter" concept which included Lean

Manufacturing tools such as 5S, Visual Management, and SMED

. Responsible for all operating metrics and TS16949 compliance within

the departments.

. Implemented daily OEE reporting with communication back to hourly

workforce on their performance towards department objectives.

Improvement from 65% to 83% in four months.

. Eliminated overstaffing within the salaried workforce

2004 - 2005 Cooper Standard Automotive

Bowling Green, OH

Business Unit Manager - Hose Extrusion

. Reported to Plant Manager. Directed staff of 6 salaried and up to 50

hourly personnel in the scheduling and production of extruded rubber

hose products in a 24 hour/day, 5 days/week operation

. Responsible for the maintenance of Lean Manufacturing systems within

the Business Unit including 5S, TPM, Kanban, and Visual Management

. Responsible for all operating metrics, TS16949, and ISO14001

compliance within the business unit

. Served as a member of the plant's environmental management steering

committee. Maintained all environmental records and reporting for

business unit VOC usage

. Managed expense budget of approximately $2 million annually

1998 - 2004 Cooper Standard Automotive

Bowling Green, OH

Engineering Manager

. Reported to Plant Manager. Directed staff of 14 engineering and

clerical professionals in support of the plant's new business

activities. Included responsibilities for Process Engineering,

quoting, prototyping, tooling design and procurement, and PPAP

. Managed engineering efforts for workcell layout improvements and error-

proofing implementation to support transition from batch processing to

one-piece flow

. Developed and implemented training programs to develop new engineering

skills to support error-proofing initiatives in tooling design and

fabrication

. Lead monthly engineering meetings on error-proofing standards, tooling

cost reductions, lean initiatives, and new program reviews

. Trained as a Design for Six Sigma Project Champion. Responsible for

project identification and selection and resource allocation

. Utilized Value Stream Mapping and Kaizen processes to identify and

implement improvement opportunities in administrative and shop floor

processes

. Developed organizational structure to support new plant

responsibilities for quoting and prototypes as the result of the

relocation of the Divisional Product Engineering staff. Resulted in

quoting leadtime improvements of 60%

. Reorganized engineering responsibilities to improve on time PPAP

performance by 43%.

. Managed engineering projects resulting in cost reductions totaling

over $750,000

. Accepted responsibility for PPAP, tooling design and procurement,

quoting, and prototype functions since February 2000 as a result of

organizational changes due to growth through acquisitions

. Negotiated preferred vendor sourcing and pricing to consolidate

approximately $3 million annual tooling budget. Negotiated tooling

rebate of 15% in 2004

1997 - 1998 Cooper Standard Automotive

Bowling Green, OH

Assembly Engineer

. Developed new tooling methodology to support customer tolerance

reductions and cost of poor quality improvements

. Designed and implemented new error proofing process for constant

tension clamp application.

. Responsible for tooling design and procurement for Bowling Green, OH

and Mt. Sterling, KY facilities in support of new business launches

. Hired and supervised an Assembly Technician widely regarded as the

strongest performer of the Technician group

Contact this candidate