Manager Manufacturing

John H. Jessup

*** ***** ***** *****. * Crystal, Michigan 48818

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CAREER OBJECTIVE:

To lead an organization successfully, utilizing, my skills and experience, to advance manufacturing

operations, in a global and progressive company.

FORMAL EDUCATION:

BS: Psychology & Sociology

Central Michigan University 1975

WORK EXPERIENCE

11/07 thru 6/08 * Metex Corporation * Edison, New Jersey

Manufacturers of Automotive seals and exhaust system components, air bag components, and diesel

fuel filters. Aerospace & Department of Defense Electronic Shielding, Steel wire knitting machines,

Resistance & Mig Welding, Hydraulic forming presses (Compound) from 5T to 100T

11/7 thru 6/08 Vice President Operations; Lead, manage and coordinate all activities in two

manufacturing facilities (U.S and Mexico) 30 million, 150 employee.

KEY RESPONSIBILITIES:

Profit & Loss Strategic Planning Annual Operating Plan/Budget

Manufacturing Mfg. Engineering Product Quality/Systems

Materials/Logistics Purchasing Supply Chain Management

Kaizen/Lean Culture Maintenance Facility Management

ACCOMPLISHMENTS:

Reduced commodity acquisition cost by $300,000. Established Purchasing Strategy of Long Term

Contracts w/ New Asian steel mills, including U.S/Mexico based warehousing to support J.I.T.

Delivery. Reconfigured, plant manufacturing equipment (lay-out) to support proper work flow.

Eliminated off site warehouse. Improved inventory turns from 4 per year to 8. Trained all

management personnel in lean manufacturing principals and practices. Created 4 assembly cells

(existing jobs) to single piece continuous flow from batch processing. Established proper

operational metrics, including; O.E.E., Downtime, Inventory Turns, Kaizen Projects, Die Set-up

time, Monthly Acquisition Cost Savings, Customer and Supplier delivery performance.

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05/06 thru 3/07 * SKD Inc. * -Troy, Michigan (Contract Position)

Manufacturers of automotive structural steel underbody assemblies and steel structural body

components. Robotic Resistance & MIG welding 1500T-2500T transfer presses. 200T-800T

Progressive Presses.

5/06 thru 3/07 General Manager - Milton, Ontario, Canada

JOB DUTIES: Lead, manage and coordinate all activities of this 120Million, 300 employee,

150,000 square foot manufacturing facility.

KEY RESPONSIBILITIES:

Profit & Loss Strategic Planning Annual Operating Plan/Budget

Manufacturing Engineering Product Quality/Systems

Materials/Logistics Accounting Human Resources

Kaizen/Lean Culture Maintenance Facility Management

ACCOMPLISHMENTS:

Reduced Fixed and Variable Cost $500,000 under budget per month

Established Kaizen work shops to reduce non-value added activities

Created Preventive Maintenance Schedule from Downtime data to improve OEE

01/97 thru 3/06 * Oxford Automotive Inc.* Troy, Michigan (Company Closed)

Global Manufacturers of automotive: Steel closure panels, suspension systems, closure

Mechanisms, transmission components, structural body panels, and underbody systems.

20 manufacturing facilities, in eight countries with 1billion in revenue. Oxford automotive’s

bankruptcy proceedings were finalized in 2005.

11/04 thru 03/06 Plant Manager - Oxford Automotive/Nissan Corp. Canton, Mississippi

JOB DUTIES: Lead, manage and coordinate all activities of this non-union, 30Million, 70

employee, 40.000 square foot manufacturing facility. The product was all modular assemblies all

stamping’s were purchased or provided by other Oxford facilities. Nissan procured this plant out of

bankruptcy in 01/2005. After Nissan purchased the facility they asked me to stay on and manage the

plant until they could sell the facility to another supplier

ACCOMPLISHMENTS:

2.5million in annualized cost reduction by dramatically reducing non-value added activities

External PPM 7

Inventory Turns 56

OEE 94

Delivery Performance 99

Safety Incident Rate 1

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1/02 thru 10/04 General Manager Southern Division – Canton, Mississippi & McCalla

Alabama, The facility in Alabama produced products exclusively for Mercedes USA.

JOB DUTIES: Establish non-union, Lean Manufacturing, Enterprises, Lead a successful launch,

Exceed customer expectations for quality/delivery. Meet budget expectations. Lead manage and

Coordinate all green field start up activities of these two, new manufacturing facilities. Alabama,

150 million, 200 employee’s, 300,000 square foot facility. Press shop equipment two C-size 3000T

servo-drive, 3axis transfer presses. One 800T high speed, blanker with dual blank stacking capability

KEY RESPONSIBILITIES:

Profit & Loss Strategic Planning Annual Operating Plan/Budget

Manufacturing Engineering Product Quality/Systems

Materials/Logistics Accounting Human Resources

Kaizen/Lean Culture Maintenance Facility Management

DIRECT REPORTS: Plant managers at each facility. Press shop manager, human resources mgr.

Training coordinator, materials mgr, and a continuous improvement manager.

ACCOMPLISHMENTS; Development of a lean, pre-employment, training and testing manual.

Establishment of a plant conduct and policy manual. Successful product launch to both customers;

Nissan and Mercedes U.S.A. Successful establishment of lean manufacturing cultures. Budget

Conformance.

1/01 thru 12/01 Director Manufacturing Engineering, - Mechanism’s Division, Paris, France

The Mechanism’s Division was newly acquired by Oxford and consisted of four facilities . These

Facilities manufactured: Hot rolled steel, parking brakes, transmission parts, sliding door hardware,

Door hinges, rear compartment hinges, and hood hinges. The manufacturing operations consisted of

Metal stamping, fine blanking, steel rolling mills, machining centers, e-coating and assembly.

JOB DUTIES;: Train teams at three manufacturing facilities in the basic principals of lean

Manufacturing. Identify immediate opportunities for reduction in waste. Perform kaizen work shops

At each manufacturing location. Coordinate and manage cost reduction opportunities.

I also spent time formalizing or continuous improvement process with our manufacturing facilities in

Nagold, Germany. Which was an exclusive supplier to Daimler-Benz

KEY RESPONSIBILITIES:

Standardize Operational Metrics Cost Analysis of Kaizen Opportunities Train Teams

Project Plan Management Manage Implementation/Kaizen Events Report Results

ACCOMPLISHMENTS: Standardized Operational Metrics through out Global Organization.

Established continuous improvement managers at each manufacturing facility. Identified 7 million

In waste reduction opportunities: Successfully, implemented 3 million in waste reduction.

6/98 thru 12/00 Manager Continuous Improvement - Troy Michigan

JOB DUTIES: Perform Lean cultural transformation at the Alma, Michigan facility. Train and

and establish lean principals and practices at all North American plant operations. Identify and

select lean coordinators at each manufacturing facility. Develop standardized training manual for

lean process.

KEY RESPONSIBILITIES:

Standardize equipment and tooling Develop Lean Strategy Roll out Plan

Train/Implement Lean Foundational Tools: 5S,Standard Work Instructions,TPM, Flat Scheduling,

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1/97 thru 5/98 Advanced Manufacturing Engineering Manager - Troy, Michigan

JOB DUTIES: Review all customer quotations for manufacturability, quote manning and

production rates, Review of manufacturing process schemes and capacity requirements.

KEY RESPONIBILITIES:

Capacity Planning Work Flow Production Manning

Calculate Launch Costs Determine Capital Equipment Requirements

Minimize Capital Expenditures and Maximize Manufacturing Process Flexibility Standardization of

Die Shut Heights & Scrap Shedding, Establish Processes for Continuous One Piece Flow.

ACCOMPLISHMENTS: After job award from customer, created manufacturing processes that were

extremely robust. Standardization of processes, minimized training requirements for both production

and maintenance. Reduction of spare parts inventory.

1/76 thru 12/96 * Lobdell-Emery Mfg. Co. *- Alma, Michigan

(Company Purchased by Oxford Automotive)

Manufacturers of automotive, steel, structural body components and assemblies, underbody systems,

closure panels and assemblies, interior and exterior decorative trim panels & seat components.

Lobdell-Emery consisted of 5 manufacturing facilities all U.A.W. 350 million in revenue with metal

stamping presses ranging in size from 150T-1000T progressive die presses, 250T to 1000T line

presses both automated and manual. Secondary manufacturing processes of painting, riveting,

welding (both resistance and mig) staking and machining. Lobdell-Emery was a family owned

company that sold to Oxford Automotive Inc. 1/97.

9/95 thru 12/96 Director of Manufacturing - Alma, Michigan

JOB DUTIES: Lead, manage and direct manufacturing performance for five manufacturing

facilities.

KEY RESPONSIBILITIES:

Labor Negotiation Strategy Profit and Loss Customer Satisfaction

Long Term Budgets Long Term Manufacturing Planning

Operational Metrics New Product Launch Long Term Capacity Planning

ACCOMPLISHMENTS: Successful in opening two labor contracts early, reduced work

Classifications and eliminating non-value add work rules. Successfully launched a series of

Major exterior door manufacturing processes for General Motors Corp. Received Supplier of

the year award from GM Truck & Bus Div. in 1996.

8/92 thru 8/95 Director Materials Management - Alma, Michigan

JOB DUTIES: Lead,manage and coordinated corporate purchasing, production control, shipping

receiving, plant scheduling, and inventory control

KEY RESPONIBILITIES:

Contract Negotiations Suppliers Inventory Management Delivery Performance

Service Parts Management MRP II Project Management Purchase Price Variance

ACCOMPLISHMENTS; Negotiated long term contracts with service providers, M.R.O. suppliers

And production part suppliers for annualized 5 million in cost reductions. Successful launch of

New MRP system Improved customer delivery performance to 98%

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1/92 thru 8/92 Plant Manager - Winchester, Indiana

JOB DUTIES: Lead, manage and coordinate activities of this 150,000 square foot 200 employee

manufacturing facility with 25million in revenue. I was initially sent to the Winchester facility to

close the facility and re-deploy the manufacturing equipment, due to prior year loss of 2million.

KEY RESPONSIBILITIES:

Profit & Loss Strategic Planning Annual Operating Plan/Budget

Manufacturing Engineering Product Quality/Systems

Materials/Logistics Accounting Human Resources

Kaizen/Lean Culture Maintenance Facility Management

ACCOMPLISHMENTS: Turned the Winchester plant to Profitability in two months of operation.

Annualized net manufacturing profit $750,000 by the 2nd quarter of 1992. Zero PPM with Ford

Motor Co. product which represented 30% of total sales.

8/88 thru 12/91 Plant Manager – Alma, Michigan

JOB DUTIES: Lead, manage, and coordinate activities of two manufacturing facilities on the same

campus. The total number of employee’s at both plants 600 and 1million square feet. Operations

consisted of 150T to 800T tandem press lines both automated and manual. 150T- 1000T progressive

die presses. Automated and hard tooled resistance welding and mig, painting, riveting and staking

were, secondary operations. Plant revenue 60million

KEY RESPONSIBILITIES;

Profit & Loss Strategic Planning Annual Operating Plan/Budget

Manufacturing Engineering Product Quality/Systems

Materials/Logistics Accounting Human Resources

Kaizen/Lean Culture Maintenance Facility Management

ACCOMPLISHMENTS: Customer awards from GM and Ford, T.F.E award and Q1. Labor

Negotiations resulted in co-pay on medical, and reduced job classifications. Scrap and rework

reduction in annualized cost of $600,000. Productivity improvements resulted in 2million cost

savings.

1987 Statistical Process Control Coordinator

1985/86 Production Supervisor Welding, Assembly and Stamping

1984 Tool Follow-Up Engineer

1981/83 Assistant to V.P. of Manufacturing Packaging engineering, cost estimating,

building expansion project mgt.

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1980 Purchasing Agent Capital Equipment,Tooling, Building expansions

1979 Assistant Purchasing Agent Production Fasteners, Steel, & Paint

1976/78 Buyer Machine repair and operating supplies

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Additional Fields of Study

Toyota Production System

Statistical Process Control

Design of Experiments

Quality Function Deployment

Financial Planning

Contract Negotiation

Program Management

Problem Solving

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