HOWARD ORRINGER

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Fenton, Michigan 48430 Email:abmo1d@r.postjobfree.com

CAREER SUMMARY

Engineering and Management Professional with 12 years of diversified

experience in weld tool construction, sheet metal stamping, powertrain

assembly, and plastic injection molding. Solid background in operations

management, management consulting, manufacturing planning, industrial

engineering, and quality systems management. Highly developed ability to

manage large groups with demonstrated successes in production and

continuous improvement.

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

DEWOLFF, BOBERG AND ASSOCIATES, Dallas, TX 2010

Management Consulting

Management Consultant 2010-Present

Developed streamlined Management Operating Systems (MOS), coached

managers and supervisors on structured management techniques, held

managers accountable for savings generation from throughput improvement

and headcount reductions

. Coached supervisors / managers on goal oriented supervision practices

resulting in a 25% headcount reduction and a $2.8M annualized savings

at Iron Mountain UK - Central Region.

GENERAL MOTORS CORPORATION, Grand Blanc, MI 2001-2009

Global Automotive Manufacturer.

General Foreman 2nd shift 2008-2009

Managed four Salary employees, three Contract Employees, and 120 Hourly

employees in the Construction and Integration of General Motors Body Shop

Weld Tools.

. Acted as the 2nd shift mechanical engineer, design support, and

manpower planner for tool construction of the Chevy Cruz and Volt

ensuring schedule compliance toward launch.

. Reduced total construction timeline from 16 to 12 weeks by leading

continuous improvement teams to remove redundancy and decrease lead

time.

Processing / Design Support General Supervisor 2007-2008

Managed 20 employees ( both salary and hourly ) in the coordination of

weld tool construction.

. Oversaw design verification, design processing, steel / component

ordering, job / component tracking, and Unigraphics operations to

guarantee that manufacturing received all designs and materials to

meet launch timelines.

. Developed and implemented systems to decrease lead time from design

receipt to start of build by 50% through work with IT, suppliers,

design groups, and processors.

Project Manager 2007

Planned, organized and managed resources for body shop weld tool

construction.

. Led design review workshops including design, engineering and

manufacturing leaders which facilitated the successful launch of the

2009 Chevy Camaro.

. Streamlined purchasing, design groups and manufacturing resulting in a

20% decrease in timing for Design, Construction and Integration of the

body shop tooling for the Chevy Camaro.

GENERAL MOTORS CORPORATION ( continued )

Manufacturing Planning Administrator - Pittsburgh Stamping 2005-2007

Coordinated plant production and maintenance activities as well as

performed production shift manager duties as needed.

. Analyzed machinery downtime data to schedule a preventative

maintenance plan insuring Quality Network Planned Maintenance ( QNPM )

compliance.

. Increased throughput plant wide by 10% through the leadership of

weekly Continuous Improvement workshops and supporting the

implementation of business plans.

Manufacturing Planning Administrator 2005

Oversaw the Manufacturing Engineering Department including three salary

engineers.

. Developed and instituted a facility buildout plan including

reallocating or running long term buys for 423 die sets and assembly

cells and dispersing 926 hourly employees to other facilities as

manpower requirements decreased.

Industrial Engineer 2001-2005

Created production plans through manpower and budget analysis of current

and future volumes.

. As the subject matter expert for Continuous Improvement, trained 1200

employees to develop proficiency in lean manufacturing techniques and

implement lean strategies.

. Conducted cycle time evaluations, throughput analysis, delay studies,

trucking studies, and manpower studies to develop lean operations in

metal stamping and assembly processes.

Production Supervisor 2003

Supervised 25 production employees on six Conventional and two Transfer

press lines.

. Effectively managed employees to achieve goals in Safety, Quality,

Throughput and Cost.

. Attained 2nd Quarter 2003 most improved Conventional Press Line - MFD

C-Line.

TRIALON CORPORATION, Troy, MI 2000-2001

Technical staffing service to General Motors Corporation - Powertrain

Division.

Contract Lead Industrial Engineer 2000-2001

Analyzed manufacturing, safety, ergonomic, tooling, layout, and manpower

issues that arose as concern during the launch of the I-6 Engine

facility.

. Developed and standardized all operator work instructions ( Best

People Practices ) on the cylinder head and block machining lines

leading to increased quality and throughput.

. Eliminated the top 25 bottlenecks by performing time studies and delay

studies as well as monitoring throughput for the Assembly, Cylinder

Head and Cylinder Block departments.

AMERICAN PLASTIC TOYS, INC., Walled Lake, MI 1999-2000

Plastic injection molding toy manufacturer.

Quality Assurance Manager 1999-2000

Oversaw quality department including 16 quality technicians in four

plants nationwide

. Decreased yearly customer returns by 20% through the institution of a

quality system.

. Designed, instituted, and evaluated assembly lines using continuous

improvement philosophies to create more efficient manufacturing

outputs.

EDUCATION

B.S, Engineering Arts, 1998

Cognates in Business and Supply Chain Management,

Michigan State University, East Lansing, MI

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