James Michael Milner

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Loudon, TN 37774

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Career Overview

A seasoned, energetic and profit-minded manufacturing manager with a proven

history of initiative and innovation in optimizing plant operations.

Recognized for exceptional skill in organization development, profitability

improvement and customer satisfaction. Over 30 years of manufacturing

leadership, including 20 years in an automotive environment. Accomplished

leader with demonstrated success in the following areas:

Plant turn around

Building lean, responsive management teams.

Driving cost reductions.

Mentoring and developing leaders.

New program launches.

Lean manufacturing.

Injection/compression molding, extrusion, class A painting, metal

fabrication and powder coating

Professional Experience

SRG Global, Warren, MI September 2009 to

present

Leading producer of plated plastic trim and nameplates for all major

automotive assembly operations.

Contract Employee

Assigned to multiple plants to fill personnel voids and resolve

manufacturing and quality issues.

CVG, Vonore, TN March 2008 - May 2009

The leading producer of seating and mirrors for the heavy truck industries

with annual sales of $900M.

Plant Manager

Provided leadership to a staff of fifty-nine salaried and three hundred and

fifty hourly employees.

Initiated culture change to tear down longstanding walls by improving

communication and accountability.

Revitalized lean manufacturing initiative.

Implemented $4.5M in cost saving ideas.

Improved delivery performance on aftermarket business to 98%.

Improved plant safety by 15%.

Maintained external quality below 36 PPM.

Reduced inventory by 30%

Plastech Engineered Products, Inc., Winnsboro, SC May,

2000 - March 2008

Top five producer of interior and painted exterior trim for the automotive

industry with sales in excess of $1.2B.

Plant Manager

Led plant turn around to regain customer reputation, profitability,

employee satisfaction and initiate growth strategy to secure on-going

operation of the plant.

Led all Plastech plants in safety.

Successfully launched fifteen major programs over a four-year period.

Launched new interior trim molding business unit (involved

installation of 27 molding presses and 105 tools)

Drove $8.5M in cost savings to the bottom line.

Improved paint yields above 92%.

Reduced scrap costs by 65%.

Maintained top delivery and quality records with all customers

Cambridge Industries, Grabill, IN (currently Meridian Ind.) May, 1997-

May, 2000

A leading producer of painted, compression molded SMC components for the

automotive and heavy truck industries.

Plant Manager

Led 550 employee, $77M plant to maximum output, customer satisfaction,

continuous process improvement and profitability improvement.

Achieved and maintained QS9000 certification.

Reduced external PPM's from 7500 to 200.

Reduced scrap costs by 72%.

Reduced labor costs by 20% through implementation of Lean

Manufacturing.

Venture Industries, Inc., Fraser, MI August, 1996

- May, 1997

Producer of compression and injection molded SMC for the automotive

industry.

General Plant Manager

Provided leadership to three molding plants and one painting facility with

sales contribution in excess of $150M.

Plasti-Line, Inc., Knoxville, TN June, 1990 -

August, 1996

The leading producer of outdoor illuminated signage.

Plant Manager

Led 500 employee plant to achieve on-time delivery while controlling costs

and quality in a union environment.

Director, Product Engineering

Led high performance design team and estimators in the development of new

product designs to meet aggressive re-imaging targets.

Rockwell International, Lenoir, NC (currently, Meridian Ind.) January,

1983 - June, 1990

Producer of compression molded components for the Automotive Industry.

Quality Manager

Jensen International, Lumberton, NC. Quality Manager

Clark Equipment Company, Skyland, NC. Quality Engineer

Rola Company, Dubois, PA. Quality Manager

American Components, Hayesville, NC. Quality Manager

Education

B.S. in Industrial Technology, Western Carolina University

A.S. in Pre-Engineering, Lees McRae College

Specialized Training

Keptner Tregoe Problem Solving Executive Decision Making

Financial Budgeting and Reporting R. D. Garwood, MRPII

SPC and Design of Experiments Lean Manufacturing Facilitator

Training

DDI Interactive Management Project Management

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