Manufacturing Executive
Resume:
Frederick Joseph Pfirrmann, Jr. ● Email: **********@***.*** ● Web: www.josephpfirrmann.com ● Phone: 513-***-**** 1 F. Joseph Pfirrmann, Jr. www.josephpfirrmann.com
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Management Executive
METRIC DRIVEN - PERFORMANCE RECOVERY - RAPID GROWTH I am a passionate, technology-oriented executive with more than 20 years of experience in high technology manufacturing environments across diverse markets and working in international environments. My detailed hands-on involvement in operations combined with long term planning success and P&L experience has provided results where they count. I have significant experience building revenue through new product development and introduction, strategic marketing and sales agreements. Accomplishments
• Increased revenue by > 17% per year at GKN and > 40% per year at Frecon Technologies
• Restored profitability to products that resulted in savings of $3.1 Million annually
• Scrap reduction resulting in annual savings of $250k
• Reduced manufacturing lead-time by from 18 weeks to six weeks
• Improved quality metrics on average by 50-100%
• Improved on time delivery on average from < 40% to > 95%
• Implemented ISO-9001 at two facilities
• Led three companies through transitions to Lean Manufacturing
• International process transfer experience
• Developed and transitioned over thirty new significant revenue generating products into manufacturing
• Patents: US5915581, D392882, D383033 and WO9743183 Professional Experience
GKN Aerospace, Cincinnati, Ohio 07/14 – 05/17
GKN Aerospace is a first-tier supplier to the global aviation industry. A leader in the manufacture of highly complex metallic engine products. The business is equally focused on military and civil markets. Plant Manager
At GKN, I successfully manage a campus of 2 plants with a combined P&L portfolio exceeding $30M. Our operations consist of two complete integrated product teams with a total of 112 team members across all business functions
• Built strong team of people and systems infrastructure to enable a successful business turn-around
• Increase and sustained OTD from < 40% to > 95%
• Increased margin from -23% to 18% through lean waste reduction initiatives
• Increased revenue > 17% per year from 2014 through 2016
• Manage and coach plant operations team consisting of Purchasing, Planning, Production Management, Finance, Commercial Maintenance, Quality, and Engineering.
• Full P&L responsibility for all plant product lines, with responsibility for revenue generation, profit, cash flow, inventory, commercial operations, plans and budgets.
• Changed the plant from a factory driven by ‘gut feel’ to a successful, metric-driven lean manufacturing organization supported by fact through data collection, root cause analysis and corrective action.
• Remove waste and constraints from the production process to improve efficiencies and enhance productivity.
• Work closely with the Environmental Health and Safety Manager to ensure all members of the manufacturing team are aware of safety policies to provide a safe workplace for our employees.
• Implemented and maintained predictive and preventative maintenance programs.
• Incorporates shop floor organization and plant cleanliness through a 5S system. Frederick Joseph Pfirrmann, Jr. ● Email: **********@***.*** ● Web: www.josephpfirrmann.com ● Phone: 513-***-**** 2 Frecon Technologies, Inc., Cincinnati, Ohio 10/09 – 04/14 Frecon Technologies is a manufacturing company offering a full range of machining and fabrication services to companies throughout the United States.
Vice-President
At Frecon, I successfully managed a small family owned business with 17 employees in all departments from sales to shipping.
• Increased revenue by 278% from 2009 to 2014
• Maintained margins at > 16%
• Maintained cash conversion > 90%
• Successfully developed shop floor supervision and lower level management from internally scouted talent
• Improvement of operational systems, processes and policies in support of organizations mission
• Manage and increased the effectiveness and efficiency of Support Services (Sales, IT, Finance, Engineering & Manufacturing), through improvements to each function as well as coordination and communication between support and business functions.
• Led regular meetings with Board of Directors focused on financial planning and results.
• Develop and manage annual budget
• Drove monthly and quarterly assessments and forecasts of organization's financial performance against budget, financial and operational goals.
• Drive initiatives in the management team and organizationally that contribute to long-term operational excellence. Williams International, LLC, Ogden, Utah 8/01 – 8/09 Williams International is the world leader in the development, manufacture and support of small gas turbine engines. Cell Manager – 9 manufacturing cells in the compression group At Williams, I successfully managed 9 manufacturing cells with over 270 support staff and cell team members. Coached and developed up to 27 direct reports including shop floor supervision, engineers, purchasing and production control.
• Promoted 5 times from project manager to Cell Manager
• Maintained production schedules while doubling manufacturing output from 2002 to 2005 and again from 2006-2007
• Maintained margins while managing over $30M in capital acquisitions and $10M annual operating budget
• Successfully developed shop floor supervision and lower level management from internally scouted talent
• Granted Material Review Board authority for all compression systems hardware
• Managed all aspects of a small business unit: Business plans, Capital Acquisition, Development Projects, Manpower Planning and Development, Staff Training, Mfg Scheduling, Quality Goals/Metrics, Purchasing and Engineering
• Direct supervision of 4 team leaders for 9 manufacturing cells
• Oversight of transition of 2 production cells to a Guaymas, Mexico facility
• Reduced product defects overall by 64% for all 9 cells.
• Led process development efforts to bring engine programs from R&D and test flight to full production status.
• As a project manager, I led a 12 member team to successfully meet our $1.4M 35K man-hour budget and 1 yr. completion time frame commitments for a 2 new cruise missile product launches. John Deere Commercial Products, Augusta, Georgia 9/99 – 8/01 John Deere produces and markets North America's broadest line of lawn and garden tractors, mowers, golf course equipment, and other outdoor power products.
Project Lead Engineer
I was initially responsible for developing and implementing a system of delivering assembly planning to the assembly floor. This project was to last 1.5 years and covered the 4000 and 5000 series compact utility tractors. The system included connection of the information flow from design to manufacturing and the conveyance of lean manufacturing concepts to the plant floor. My duties were soon expanded to management of a team of engineers responsible for creation and maintenance of the assembly planning while designing and implementing a $1.6M PC based Manufacturing Execution System in an 18 month time frame. Frederick Joseph Pfirrmann, Jr. ● Email: **********@***.*** ● Web: www.josephpfirrmann.com ● Phone: 513-***-**** 3 MIT - Lincoln Laboratory, Lincoln, Massachusetts 4/99 – 8/99 MIT Lincoln Laboratory is a federally funded research and development center chartered to apply advanced technology to problems of national security. Research activities focus on long-term technology development as well as rapid prototyping and demonstration. The Laboratory works with industry to transition new concepts and technology for system development and deployment. Manufacturing Engineer / NC Programmer
My primary responsibilities of this job were mentoring current staff in the uses of Pro/E as well as Programming 3, 4 &5 axis NC machine tools using Pro/Process for MFG and Pro/NC Advanced to assemble and build an advanced communications satellite. WNA Hopple Plastics, Inc., Florence, Kentucky 5/94 – 4/99 Waddington North America was a multi-site corporation with product offerings from reusable, heavy thermoformed plastic packaging for industrial transportation to injection molded products for the food service industry. WNA Technical Services Director
The primary objective of this job was the integration of technology into an engineering setting to produce the highest quality work in the fastest time possible with the highest return on investment to the customer as well as our organization. In this role, I setup a new prototyping department and developed and implemented rapid design to manufacturing technologies to enable 24 hour turnaround of new product prototypes for food service customers. This technology enables us to acquire and maintain many multi-million dollar accounts including: Fazoli’s, Boston Market and Chili’s. Art Technologies, Inc., Cincinnati, Ohio 9/92 - 5/94 Art Technologies is a manufacturer of non-precision grade thrust bearings and garage door rollers. Engineering/Quality Manager
At ATI, I was charged with design and development of formed metal products using concurrent engineering techniques while ensuring a small staff of 2 additional engineers focused on the proper business needs. Our team also designed all automatic assembly equipment to manufacture products quickly and cost effectively. Management responsibilities at ATI included strategic business planning, Just In Time system implementation and Co-op student employment program. Quality Management responsibilities involved statistical process control, product testing and verification, and implementation of ISO9000 quality standards. Education
Marquette University, Milwaukee, Wisconsin 9/86 – 6/90 Major: Bio-Medical Engineering: combines all core classes from Biology, Electrical Engineering & Mechanical Engineering Accomplishments & Interests
Southern Ohio Pro/Users Group, Inc., Dayton Ohio 9/94 – 4/99 Chairman of the Board / Founding Member
• This is a non-profit corporation created to establish and maintain a forum for the education and exchange of information among and between the membership and Parametric Technologies Corporation in the Southern Ohio area. Board of Directors – Frecon Technologies, Inc., Cincinnati, Ohio 6/88 – Present Professional Training
• More than 20,000 hrs. PRO/E Design and Manufacturing Experience
• Communications Seminars – Weber State University
• Management Seminars – Weber State University
• Lean Manufacturing – University of Kentucky
• Lean for Business Leaders – GKN Aerospace, N. America
• Leading Leaders – GKN Aerospace, Sweden
• Additional formal training includes: Six Sigma, Kaizen, Single Piece Flow, SIOP (Sales Inventory and Operational Planning), ITAR, Export Compliance 8D problem solving and SPC
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