Manager Quality Engineer

Spring Grove, Illinois *****

ac0bbd@r.postjobfree.com 815-***-****

PROFESSIONAL OBJECTIVE

A plant/production management position capitalizing on success as both a quality and cost manager.

SUMMARY OF QUALIFICATIONS

Manufacturing Professional. Deep expertise in multi-line planning and production. Certified Quality Engineer. Created own model based on Toyota Production System (TPS) concepts to optimize return on capital and variable costs.

Passionate Bottom-line Driver. Turned around previous two years of red ink. Powered $1.2 million loss to +$2.5 million in first year. In 2010, profitably repatriated production of one model from China.

Corporate Culture Changer. Achieves high ROI on labor investment through respect-based relationship/leadership style. Maintains >2% turnover of key staff while reducing overhead costs $3 per hour.

Safety Focused.. Reduced accidents from 46 in 2001 to only 3 the last two years.

Open Communicator as Collaborator and Leader. Valued at all levels for integrity, good judgment, and sensitivity to the priorities, ideas, and concerns of others.

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

2002 to 2015 STACK-ON PRODUCTS COMPANY Wauconda, Illinois

& 1980 to 1998 Global sales $100 M of metal home, office, and industrial storage systems.

Pre-1998, worked up from Welder to Plant Manager.

Re-recruited by owner in 2002, after 3-month negotiation, to turnaround failing business.

PLANT MANAGER

Develops and manages $5.8 million budget.

Partners with Engineering, Materials Management, and Administration managers on continuous improvements to quality, costs, and on-time delivery of 100+ SKUs, including privately labeled Whirlpool Gladiator line.

Hires, coaches, leads, and retains 8 supervisors directing 250 employees plus seasonal workers.

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Oversees one manufacturing cell, roll forming, coil, punch, and brake presses, robotic, spot & MIG welding, four powder-coating lines, three assembly lines plus tool & die operations and maintenance.

On return in 2002, surveyed supervisors/leaders to find source of instability driving down brand’s reputation & bottom line.

Developed model covering all manufacturing processes and departments.

Introduced TPS Lean manufacturing techniques.

Devised performance matrix and benchmarked progress.

Sold plan and goals to owner, peers, leaders and staff.

Reduced manufacturing costs >30% in first year

Continues to reduce labor costs via continuous improvements and staff involvement.

Tracks and continually analyses each step of manufacturing process.

Actively listens and applies feedback to create sustainable changes.

Created and retains core of employees and temps, which lowers operating costs by $3 p/h; >2% employee turnover.

Stripped out labor costs of one product model and produced 200,000 units in last 2 years at $.01 less per unit than China.

Reduced cost of safety incidents. Worked with insurance industry experts on risk analysis. Fires-up workers through training, visual factory management, and new protective gear.

1998 to 2002 NU-WAY INDUSTRIES Des Plaines, Illinois

One of Chicago’s largest job shops

PRODUCTION CONTROL MANAGER

Promoted within first month from Production Planner; bonused after first 90 days of hire.

Hired/fired, trained, directed, evaluated, and developed six Production Planners.

Raised on-time delivery for 500-600 concurrent jobs from 60% to 96%. Justified hiring of more planners and initiated daily production management meetings with peers.

Replaced outdated, inaccurate MRP system with own Excel tracking system for orders, processes, and deadlines.

EDUCATIONAL BACKGROUND

MILWAUKEE SCHOOL OF ENGINEERING Milwaukee, Wisconsin

CERTIFIED QUALITY ENGINEER

Completed 20 credit hour, 2-year program

COLLEGE OF LAKE COUNTY Grayslake, Illinois

Completed 17 credit hours.

OSHA 30-hour training program + ISO & Train The Trainer programs

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