Manager Manufacturing

Frank Piner

***** ********* **. 248-***-**** / 248-***-****

Southfield, Michigan 48076 ***********@*****.***

Qualifications:

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Global Operations Experience Manufacturing Leadership

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Six Sigma (Greenbelt) Shainin Apprentice Training

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O.E.M. & Tier 1 Supplier Experience Lean Manufacturing – Kaizens - 5s

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Organizational Planning Statistical Engineering Training

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Articulate Communication Skills Creative Problem Solving Skills

Experience:

Cadence Innovation Chesterfield,

MI

Production Supervisor Injection Molding Department 8/2008 –

12/2008

• Directed manufacturing personal to ensure completion of customer requirements.

• Coordinated manpower, materials, and machinery for daily production needs.

• Responsible for safety, quality, productivity, efficiency, preventative maintenance, cost savings.

• Implemented Operator Versatility training for hourly team members.

• Coached, counseled, mentored, trained and developed hourly employees.

Ford Motor Company Livonia,

MI

Production Supervisor Machining & Gear Department (Contract position) 3/2008 –

7/2008

O.E.M. Supplier of Transmissions

• Managed and dispersed work assignments to achieve productivity standards.

• Performed Quality Gage R&R test (Repeat Ability & Reproduce Ability) to maintain quality

standards.

• Inspected work areas daily to identify unsafe conditions and made corrections where necessary.

• Facilitated daily safety and communication meetings.

Dana Corporation Auburn Hills,

MI

Production Supervisor Current and Advance Drive Shafts 4/2007 –

1/2008

• Identified critical machines for set-up reduction and reduced set-up times.

• Collected / analyzed data to aid in problem solving and continuous improvements to production.

• Provided leadership and commitment in support of continuing improvements in quality,

productivity and delivery performance.

• Interim Production Manager for four months.

• Specified job assignments for manufacturing personal and monitor performance, to achieve

product delivery and cost requirements.

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ACH/Visteon Plymouth,

MI

Production Supervisor Injection Molding Department (Contract position) 1/2007 –

4/2007

• Assess performance indicators, and take appropriate actions, to ensure that schedule, and quality

goals are met.

• Monitored production efficiencies, downtime and scrap.

• Identified problems and implemented corrective actions.

• Coordinated all mold and insert changes with the Maintenance Department.

• Specified job assignments for manufacturing personnel and monitor performance.

Lear Corporation Southfield,

MI

Operations Manager Corporate Supplier Development 2/2002 –

10/2006

• Managed high risk suppliers for new product launches with the Seat Systems Division.

• Commodities included injection molding, metal fabrications, molded foam and substrate

assemblers.

• Audited core or high risk suppliers to determine if new business would be awarded.

• Resolved problems with quality and scrap using Six Sigma, Shainin Red X, and core

manufacturing principles resulting in cost savings and quality improvements.

• Identified individual supplier’s issues and utilized lean manufacturing principles to address them

resulting in continuous improvement and improvement in supplier status.

• Implemented Lear Quality standards at 37 supplier locations.

Operations Manager Paris,

France

• Managed French production team for launch and development of A08 Seating Program.

• Supervised a team of 375 hourly employees, supported by 5 Unions, 7 Production Supervisors

and 1 Superintendent over 3 shift operation.

• Coordinated and assist with manufacturing initiatives, participating on teams in order to drive

best practices across manufacturing.

• Developed and implemented Operations Display Board to monitor and communicate hourly

production efficiencies that led to increased plant efficiency.

American Axle & Manufacturing, Inc. Detroit,

MI

Production Supervisor I/R Ingersoll Rand Assembly 2/1997 –

2/2002

• Ensured department continuous improvement for efficiency, productivity, scrap, safety and

quality and increased production rate from 500 to 900 units per shift.

• Maintained defect free quality rate and scrap performance of less that 1.5% of material cost. Set

shop record in quantity of quality built product.

• Worked with Material Management to ensure proper material availability to meet production

requirements on just in time.

• Coordinated PPAP and run-@-rate activity with Quality and Engineering for new model launches.

Production Supervisor Shaft Job Process Development

• Worked with Engineering and Quality to develop a manufacturing process that would meet

customer requirements without requiring overtime.

• Improved productivity 25% within three (3) months.

Production Supervisor I/O Shift Fabrication Department

• Developed an alternative manufacturing process which increased productivity 100%.

• Increasing productivity eliminated all overtime, from 6 days 8 hours to 5 days 8 hours.

Education:

Associate in Business, Management, Henry Ford Community College, Dearborn, MI, 2010,

(Magna Cum Laude 2010, GPA 3.914)

CERTIFICATES:

Certificate of Achievement in Supervision, 2010

Management Training Program, Oakland Community College

Leadership Training, Oakland Community College

Six Sigma (Green Belt), Lear Corporation (France)

ISO 14001 Awareness, American Axle & Manufacturing

Lean Manufacturing Concepts, Oakland Community College / American Axle & Manufacturing

SPC for Managers, Oakland Community College / American Axle & Manufacturing

Leadership development III, Oakland Community College / American Axle & Manufacturing

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