Manager Manufacturing

STEVE HUBBLE

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South Lyon, MI 48178 Mobile: 734-***-****

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MANUFACTURING BUSINESS LEADERSHIP SUMMARY

Highly successful Division President and General Manager. Experience includes full P & L

responsibility for automotive electronics and electrical/mechanical component supplier with $180 million

booked annual revenue and 700 employees. Company awarded “Supplier of the Year” by both General

Motors and Ford Motor Company in 2006. Strong performance record in company branding and growth.

Proven history of applying global management capabilities, cross-functional leadership, and lean

manufacturing to impact bottom line profitability. Valued as a strategic thinker and problem solver with

excellent leadership and team-building skills. Accomplished public speaker. MBA and BSAE/ME.

Background includes:

• Catapulting German-based Hella Electronics N.A. from a relay manufacturer to full-blown

electronics supplier and formidable competitor in USA.

• Establishing Joint Ventures and Strategic Partnerships in China and Japan.

• Initiating / building world-class design and testing center.

• Five years of Plant Management, turning plant into company “flagship” operation.

• Lean Manufacturing / Six Sigma / Cost Improvement Strategies.

CAREER HISTORY

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HELLA ELECTRONICS, NORTH AMERICA DIVISION, Plymouth, MI 1994-2008

North American division of $4.1 billion, German-based Corporation. Supply electronic and electro-

mechanical components to automotive market, including electronics, memory seat and chassis control

modules, accelerator by wire pedals, rearview cameras, adaptive cruise control, relays, flashers, vacuum

pumps, actuators, rain light sensors, sun roof modules, and temperature controls.

Division President / General Manager 2005-2007

P & L responsibility for North American (NAFTA) division with $180 million annual booked revenue,

700 employees, manufacturing plant in Flora, IL and Engineering Tech Center and Test Lab in

Plymouth, MI. President of Hella Electronics Board of Directors. Reported to Global EVP and

Management Board in Germany.

• As COO / EVP and then President, drove strategy development and execution that catapulted

Hella Electronics in North America from a relay manufacturer in 2002 to full-blown electronics

supplier and formidable competitor of Bosch, Siemens, TRW and Denso. Secured significant

business with General Motors, Ford and DaimlerChrysler.

• Designed / initiated highly successful business development concept (Front Line Acquisition

Teams – FAT – one team per product line) that secured $700 million in accumulated incremental

new business contracts over six years. Company on track to be at $400 million revenue within

five years. FAT concept adopted by Hella Electronics in Germany.

• Received Supplier of the Year Awards from General Motors (2006, 2007) and Ford (2006).

• Improved overall product quality from 20 ppm to 5 ppm via Six Sigma and increased Statistical

Process Control utilization on 86 projects.

• Achieved $3.8 million inventory reduction in six months with consignment programs, just-in-time

deliveries, and reducing obsolete or slow-moving inventory.

• Implemented lean manufacturing using a Five-Star Continuous Improvement System. Achieved

1.5% productivity improvement in first year.

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• Achieved near-perfect launch of $300 million Memory Seat Module Program for General Motors

in 14 plant locations Hella’s first such program with General Motors.

• Increased company’s infrastructure to support growing electronics Tech and Design Center.

Established company’s first-ever advanced purchasing and advanced quality groups.

Chief Operating Officer / Executive Vice President 2002-2005

Responsible for Operations and Engineering design and testing, purchasing and quality with 550

employees and two manufacturing plants in Flora, IL and Guadalajara, Mexico.

• Persuaded Hella Corporate in Germany to transfer responsibility for design and testing of

memory seat modules and pedal sensors from Germany to Plymouth, MI.

• Established and built up design tech center and testing laboratory, which has become Hella

Corporation’s Center of Expertise for global design of memory seat modules. Tech Center

presently recognized by General Motors as a leader in this category.

• Maintained profitability and price competitiveness by spearheading cost reduction efforts across

all departments. Cost reductions have added $100 million to bottom line.

• Initiated and staffed Hella N.A.’s first-ever true project management program (12-gate program)

to support acquisition of 18 new electronics projects.

• Negotiated and established Chinese Joint Venture in 2004 to manufacture relays. Hella had

57% share. Served on Board of Directors for two years.

• Established strategic alliance with Japanese partner in manufacturing of PCB relays.

• Implemented all functional modules of SAP.

Vice President, Corporate 1999-2002

Responsible for Operations and manufacturing, engineering, purchasing and quality and inventory

control with 450 employees. Supported 20% annual growth.

Director of Operations – Flora, IL Plant 1994-1999

Responsible for plant operations, inventory control, purchasing, quality and logistics with 350

employees. Board member.

SPARTAN ELECTRONICS CORPORATION, Flora, IL 1981-1994

$130 million manufacturer of automotive components to DaimlerChrysler, Ford Motor Company, GM, US

Military, and IBM. Primary products were automotive and military, RV and aftermarket horns.

Vice President and General Manager, Automotive Horn Division 1988-1994

Responsible for annual sales of $24 million, 450 employees, and 3 manufacturing plants in Flora, IL,

Grayville, IL and Blytheville, AR. Grew sales from $14 to $24 million in six years.

Director of Purchasing 1983-1988

Buyer 1981-1983

QUAKER OATS CORPORATION, MI

Cereal manufacturer in the food industry.

Production Planning Manager for Cereals Division 1979-1981

Grain Buyer 1978-1979

Production Planner 1975-1978

EDUCATION

MBA, Operations Research, University of Illinois at Urbana - Champaign.

BS, Mechanical/Agriculture Engineering, University of Illinois at Urbana - Champaign.

OTHER ACTIVITIES

Former Board Member, Mt. Erie State Bank, Mt. Erie, IL.

Sponsor, FIRST High School Robotics Competition (three Illinois Counties). In second year, Robotics

team took 1st Place in regional competition and 2nd Place nationally.

Sponsor, Cancer Society, Walk for the Cure, Flora, IL.

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