DARRIN BALDINELLI

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

Inman, SC 29349

810-***-****(CELL)

abl7ow@r.postjobfree.com

SUMMARY OF EXPERIENCE: Fourteen (14) years of diversified

manufacturing experience in automotive power train,

stamping, welding, machining, injection molding, and

thermal component operations. Extensive background

in Lean Manufacturing, 5's, production planning,

budget forecasting and planning, capital investment,

employee development and production management in

both union and non-union environments.

EMPLOYMENT HISTORY: SPARTANBURG STEEL PRODUCTS, INC., Spartanburg, SC

2008-Present

OPERATIONS/ENGINEERING MANAGER, 2009-Present.

Multi-Site responsibility for Tool and Die

Engineering, Manufacturing Engineering,

Facility/Manufacturing Maintenance, and

Stamping/Welding Operations. Budget responsibility

for $210,000,000 in sales. Direct reports include 1

Manufacturing Engineering Manager, 1 Tool and Die

Manager, 1 Tooling Engineering Manager, 1 Operations

Superintendent, and 1 Maintenance Manager. Indirect

reports include 90 operators, 20 Engineers, 10

Supervisors, 40 Maintenance Technicians, and 20 tool

and die makers.

> Blank Reduction Savings Totaling over

$1,500,000

> Lighting Upgrades Saving $800,000/yr

> Tool Room PM Program Launch

MANUFACTURING MANAGER, ASSEMBLY. 2008-2009.

Responsible to the CEO for Operational budget for

responsibility of the Welding/Assembly product

lines., which has $160,000,000 in sales. Direct

reports include 1 Assistant Assembly Manager, 1

Engineering Manager, 1 Maintenance Supervisor, 2

Welding Engineers, 4 Manufacturing Engineers, 1

Controls Engineer, 1 Production Coordinator, 1

Production Superintendent, and 5 Production

Supervisors. Indirect reports include 200

operators/assemblers, 10 production leads, 30 weld

technicians/ multi craft technicians, and 8 fork

truck operators.

KEY ACOMPLISHMENTS:

> 5's transformation of the entire Plant

> WIP/Finished Goods marketplaces

established

> Error Proofing implementation

> Cost savings totaling $1,300,000/yr

> 85% improvement in Customer Concerns

BORGWARNER, Sallisaw OK/ Fletcher NC 2006-2008:

MANUFACTURING/PRODUCT LINE MANAGER II, Thermal

Division 2007-2008. Responsible to the Plant Manager

for operational budget responsibility of the fan

drive product line, which has $130,000,000 in sales.

Direct reports include 1 Manufacturing Engineering

Supervisor, 3 Manufacturing Engineers, 3 Quality

Engineers, 6 Production Supervisors and 1 Production

Facilitator. Indirect reports include 100

machinists/assemble test operators, 6 quality

technicians, and 6 material handlers, and 6 Set-up

operators.

KEY ACOMPLISHMENTS:

> Implemented visual factory and 5's tools

resulting in a 22% improvement in external

PPM's.

> Transformed rework program resulting in

$190,000 annual cost saving.

> Instituted obsolete material program

resulting in a $100,000 cost saving.

> Rebalanced direct labor resulting in an

$80,000 cost saving.

DARRIN BALDINELLI

344 S Woodfin Ridge

Drive

Inman, SC 29349

810-***-****(CELL)

dbaldine@hotmai

l.com

EMPLOYMENT HISTORY CONTINUED:

MANUFACTURING/PRODUCT LINE MANAGER I, Morse Tech

Division 2006-2007. Responsible to the Plant Manager

for operational budget responsibility of the oil pump

product line, which has $61,000,000 in sales. Direct

reports included 1 Facilitator, 1 Engineering Section

Supervisor, 7 Supervisors, 1 Maintenance Manager, and

1 Maintenance Supervisor. Indirect reports included

83 Machinist/Assemblers, 15 Maintenance Mechanics,

and 5 Set-up operators.

KEY ACOMPLISHMENTS:

> Rebalanced labor resulting in a cost savings

of $200,000/yr.

> Eliminated temporary labor resulting in a

savings of $180,000/yr.

> Implemented visual factory and 5's tools

resulting in a 45% reduction of lost time

cases and a 36% improvement in external

PPM's.

> Implemented linear scheduling resulting in

the elimination of weekend overtime and a

cost savings of $300,000/yr.

> Launched a Continuous Improvement Program

resulting in a 5% improvement in overall

equipment effectiveness.

> Led Kaizen event resulting in an external PPM

reduction of 15.

> Promoted to Manufacturing/Product Line

Manager II, Thermal Systems

FORD MOTOR COMPANY, Sterling Axle Plant 1996-2006:

MANUFACTURING SUPERINTENDENT, 2004-2006. Responsible

to the Business Unit Manager for the overall

planning, organizing and managing of axle tube

manufacturing. Direct reports include 240 hourly UAW

employees and 13 salaried employees which consist of

1 MPS, 5 production supervisors, 4 engineers, and 3

maintenance supervisors. Developed and implemented

policies using Lean/Six Sigma processes to improve

metrics in areas of Safety, Quality, People, Cost,

Morale and Delivery

KEY ACOMPLISHMENTS:

> Stabilized staffing resulting in a 10%

Improvement on Hours per 100 Parts

> Utilized a PM program resulting in a 13% OEE

Improvement

> Established a repair procedure resulting in a

33% reduction in scrap.

> Rebalanced staffing resulting in a year over

year labor improvement of 11%

> Integrated a vision system resulting in a

reduction of Customer Quality Resolutions from

24 to 9

> Maintained a rejected inventory of less than 1%

> Achieved year over year cost improvement task

> Re-sourced weld wire resulting in a material

cost savings of 800k.

MANUFACTURING PLANNING SPECIALIST, 1999-2004.

Responsible to the Superintendent for scheduling of

production and maintenance utilizing linear

scheduling for 8 departments (Quality, Material

Handling, Tube Mill, Welding, and Machining)

containing 240 UAW employee's in conjunction with

Manufacturing Advisor duties. Directed 10 salaried

supervisors, skilled in Lean Manufacturing concepts,

Visual Factory Champion.

KEY ACOMPLISHMENTS:

> Maintained 100% ECPL compliance

> Maintained 98.9% completion on Predictive

Maintenance

> Established a repair procedure resulting in a

33% reduction in scrap.

> Maintained a 99.2% Health and Safety Compliance

DARRIN BALDINELLI

344 S Woodfin Ridge Drive

Inman, SC 29349

810-***-****(CELL)

abl7ow@r.postjobfree.com

EMPLOYMENT HISTORY CONTINUED:

MANUFACTURING ADVISOR/GENERAL FOREMAN, 1997-1999

Responsible to the Manufacturing Planning Specialist

for supervising 166 UAW and hourly employees, in

addition to accountability for all UAW contractual

issues and discipline. Responsibilities include

scheduling, scrap, cost, quality, safety, manpower

and productivity. Launched the FN-145, UN-93, and

Mustang robotic weld cells. Also launched F.P.S.,

Q.P.S., and A.R.P.S. over 13 robotic cells.

KEY ACOMPLISHMENTS:

> Utilized lean tools resulting in a 30%

productivity increase

> Reduced rejected material by 24.3%

MAINTENANCE SUPERVISOR (TUBE BUSINESS UNIT), 1996-

1997.

Responsible to the Maintenance Superintendent for

crisis repair and predictive maintenance for all Tube

Business Unit machinery. Over 450,000 Sq. Ft.

including: a Yoder mill, 5 Lasalle/2 Tri-way pallet

transfer machining lines, 7 reducing lines, and 18

robotic/welding lines in conjunction with

Manufacturing Advisor duties. Directed 128 hourly

skilled trade Journeymen employees. Unit Champion

for Ford Total Predictive Maintenance program .

KEY ACOMPLISHEMENTS:

> Utilized predictive maintenance resulting in a

factory uptime increase of 15%

> Maintained a 97.6% PM Completion

EDUCATION: MBA, Clemson University, Greenville Campus, SC.

Expected Graduation, Fall 2011.

BACHELOR OF SCIENCE DEGREE,

Wayne State

University, Detroit Michigan, April 1995. 3.8 G.P.A. Cum Laude.

-Problem Solving (Koepner Trego) 2009

-Eureka Winning Ways New Product Launch 2008

-Leadership Flight School, Bartel and Bartel 2008

-Microsoft Power Point Certification, 2008

-Professional Selling Skills Training, 2008

-Understanding Financial Concepts Training 2007

-Plexus Lead Auditor Training, 2007

-Plexus Advanced Quality Product Planning, 2006

-Leadership training for Managers, 2004

-Salaried Supervisor Institute, 2003

-Lean manufacturing and linear scheduling training,

2002, 2003.

-Energy control and power lockout training, 2001.

-Chemical safety training for supervisors, 1999.

-A.B.B. Robotics training, S-3/S4 Programming, 1998.

-Visual factory training, 1998.

-Ergonomic training, 1997.

-Achieving win/win outcomes training, 1997.

-Hourly Supervisor Institute, 1997.

-Cultural diversity awareness training, 1996.

-Verbal Judo seminar, 1995.

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