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Manager Plant

Location:
East Amherst, NY, 14051
Posted:
March 09, 2010

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GEORGE ROBERT CROZIER

**** ******* ***** **** - 716-***-****

East Amherst, NY 14051 abnwlu@r.postjobfree.com

CAREER HISTORY

Dec 2005 to SITE SHIPPING MANAGER

May 2008 Production Control and Logistics

Delphi Corporation

Thermal and Interior, Lockport NY

Responsibilities: Manage and lead job activities for site shipping and logistics functions. Manage

customer contact activities and coordination of customer material and information flow. Administer Delphi

safety programs. Champion departmental continuous improvement and lean manufacturing activities.

Budget performance responsibility

Accomplishments: Identification of continuous improvement opportunities. Developed implementation

plans for cost saving initiatives. Reduced salary/contract staff from 16 to 11 people and hourly employees

from 47 to 23 workers utilizing lean manufacturing principles.

June 2003 to SERVICE and AFTERMARKET MANAGER

Nov 2005 Production Control and Logistics

Delphi Corporation

Thermal and Interior, Lockport NY

Responsibilities: Provide leadership and support for the Divisional Service and Aftermarket Value Stream.

Coordinate material and information flow between Aftermarket customers, Delphi and Jamestown Container

(3rd party packager). Engage Delphi PC&L and Jamestown Container in continuous improvement activities

in logistics, information and material flows. Improve and maintain customer delivery ratings and metrics.

Accomplishments: Successfully completed ongoing transition of Service and Aftermarket Packaging

operations from Delphi Lockport to Jamestown Container. Implementation of SAP enterprise system in the

Service and Aftermarket Value Stream. Development of various scheduling and performance monitoring

systems. Coordination of intra departmental data cleansing activities.

March 2002 to HVAC PC&L VALUE STREAM LEADER

May 2003 Production Control and Logistics

Delphi Corporation

Thermal and Interior, Lockport NY

Responsibilities: Manage and lead job activities for staff of 26 salary employees and 119 hourly

employees. Manage all scheduling, follow-up and material flow along with shipping and receiving dock

activities. Administer Delphi safety programs. Champion continuous improvement of in plant material flow

systems. Responsible for budget performance.

Accomplishments: Development and implementation of central supermarket and tugger delivery system.

Successful transition of blower motor supply from North America to Korea. Coordinated material flow and

break points for several major supplier caused quality spills with no production interruption to GM Assembly

Plant customers. Reduction of substantial safety and fire risks through consolidation of empty container

storage and cardboard disposal. Exceeded LIFO inventory reduction targets.

March 1997 to GLOBAL PC&L MANAGER

February 2002 Production Control and Logistics

Delphi Corporation

Thermal and Interior, Lockport, NY

Responsibilities: Global PC&L activities for all locations outside of North America and Europe. Primarily

Asia Pacific, India and Brazil. Engage and lead global PC&L teams through cross-functional meetings,

workshops and other activities to maintain and improve production and supply chain capabilities, logistics,

planning and scheduling

Accomplishments: Successful startup of PC&L operations for a newly constructed plant in India.

Developed lean material flow plan for supply of HVAC products to GM Thailand facility. Flawless

implementation of new product launches for Korean sourced supply of compressors. Pioneered usage of

FCA Incoterms with TTOP (Transfer Title Our Plant) terms, which resulted in reduced inventory levels and

delivery risk for products supplied to North American facilities.

July 1994 to GENERAL SUPERVISOR

February 1997 Production Control and Logistics

General Motors Corporation

GMPTG – Flint Mi. Component Operations (Plant 83/84)

Responsibilities: Supervise and lead job activities for immediate staff of three employees. Manage all

scheduling, follow-up and material flow along with shipping and receiving dock activities. Administer

GMPTG safety programs. Champion continuous improvement of in plant Synchronous Material Flow

Systems. Responsible for budget performance.

Accomplishments: Reduced hourly headcount from 62 to 48 employees. Eliminated departmental

overtime by 30%. Developed and implemented material lightboard system and centralized bulk material

storage. Achieved implementation of supermarket parts delivery system. Expanded scheduled window and

shipping and receiving. Completed Change Management Program

April 1991 to GENERAL SUPERVISOR

June 1994 Production Control and Logistics

General Motors of Canada Limited

St. Catharines Components Plant

Responsibilities: Coordinated west plant material flow for production material in excess of $200 million per

annum. Supervised and led job activities for immediate staff of 8 employees. Budget performance

responsibilities.

Accomplishments: Reorganized departmental functions through decentralization of regional office while

reducing departmental staff by 38% without negative impact. Controlled and reduced overall plant

inventories levels from $47 to $34 million dollars. Achieved $400,000 reduction in annual transportation

budget. Pioneered development and implementation of Synchronous Manufacturing Strategies for

transportation and material handling within plant. Managed design and implementation of supplier external

pull system.

EDUCATION BIA. Bachelor of Industrial Administration

General Motors Institute, Flint Mi.

CMA, Certified Management Accountant

Society of Management Accountants, Ont. Canada



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