David J Hirdes

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Spring Lake, Michigan 49456

616-***-****

ablj0f@r.postjobfree.com

Profile: Qualified Operations and Materials Manager

with years of

experience in

operations and inventory management.

Objective: Find a home with a good company where I can use

my experience and

energy to make a difference with new colleagues

and friends.

January 2007 to March 2009 Han-Nic Metal Manufacturing - Grand Rapids

Michigan

A supplier of metal stampings, welded assemblies,

and powder coating services to the automotive,

furniture, appliance and retail industries.

General Manager: Business was only a few years

old when I started, only had a basic job shop

accounting system, and was struggling

to become a well run production facility.

Achievements:

. Developed improved production planning and

reporting.

. Implemented several improvements to

production processes.

Including material flow, handling,

storage, job set up, manpower

utilization, and an overall focus on

production.

. Improved overall efficiencies by 20% a

year.

. Major overhaul of plant organization and

cleanliness.

. 75% improvement (over two years) of on time

delivery

to 100% on time for the last five

quarters.

March 1982 to January 2007 Tower Automotive, Inc - Greenville

Michigan.

Tower Automotive grew from a privately held

single plant operation to a multi-national

corporation with over 30 manufacturing sites and

three billion in sales. Producing automotive

stampings and assemblies, the primary customer of

the Greenville plant was the Ford Motor Company,

with significant experience with the big

transplant companies (Honda, Toyota, Nissan,

Subaru, and BMW).

1992 to January 2007 Operations and Materials Manager

Responsibilities:

. Production Control

. Shipping

. Purchasing

. Plant Maintenance

. Tool Room

. Special Projects

. MRO Crib

Achievements:

. Yearly average of between 97 and 100 in

production delivery scores as rated by the

customer. 100% on time delivery.

. Improved inventory turns from the low teens

to the mid 40's and maintained inventory

accuracy for a 80 million dollar plant.

. Attended Ford Lean Training classes,

implemented dock to dock evaluations of

product flows, and participated in many

continuous improvement groups.

. 98+% accurate cycle counting numbers. Less

than a $15000 swing in a 4 million dollar

year end physical inventory. Over 400 end

items, 1000 component items, and 200

purchased parts.

. Successfully overcame a corporate challenge

to reduce a December year end inventory

from 2 million to $800,000.

. Outsourced over 10 million dollars (in

sales) work for a lower net cost than

making it in house.

. Developed a combined 24 hour scheduling and

inventory reporting system to increase

communication and accurately count

production and scrap.

. Developed and implemented a system to plan

and track preventative maintenance for both

the equipment and production tooling.

. In-sourced over 40 million dollars in

resourced work.

. Developed a cross trained and efficient 15-

person team for Materials and Operations.

. Helped with a team effort to convert from a

IBM Mapics to an integrated QAD system.

. Helped to implement both the 5S system and

the "Stop" system of safety in the plant.

. Evaluated and selected outsource partners.

. Extensive visits to customer plants,

quality, new product launch, and customer

relations meetings.

. Established and controlled budgets for

multiple departments.

. Negotiated union contracts for the

Greenville Plant.

1987 to 1992 Assistant Production Control Manager

1985 to 1987 Production Control Scheduler

1982 to 1985 Production Supervision

1978 to 1982 AP Parts of Grand Haven Michigan

Production supervision of automatic presses and

production lines.

1972 to 1978 Middle School Teacher - Spring Lake

Michigan

Math, Science, History.

Education: Western Michigan University - Double degrees

Secondary Education and Political Science

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