Manager Engineering
Resume:
Bradford L. Rodgers
Lanett AL *****
Cell: 706-***-****
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Career Summary
AUTOMOTIVE MANUFACTURING MANAGEMENT Professional with over 20 years of experience in Automotive Manufacturing, Coatings and Maintenance Industries. Areas of expertise include Personnel Management, Lean Manufacturing, Health & Safety, Budgeting, Quality & Productivity Management and Improvement, as well as, Facilities Maintenance and Cleaning contracts. Proficient with the use of Microsoft Word, PowerPoint, Excel, and Project software.
Professional Experience
KIA MOTOR MANUFACTURING, GEORGIA (KMMG), West Point, GA
General Assembly Manager 2/2015 - Present
Oversee 750 Assembly Employees, along with 20+ Salary Team Members. Responsible for Assembly of 1500 units daily with a 3 Shift Operation. Developed and Implemented a Bumper Repair system that allowed the company a $300,000 annually savings. Mentor for future leaders in the company.
Paint Engineering Manager 6/2012 – 2/2015
Responsible for Large scale Paint Engineering staff of 8 Process Engineers and Production Support Capital project budget and Operating Budget Management for 3 shift 6 day a week production facility producing over 370,000 units annually, as well as, Environmental, Cleaning and Waste water operations, and store room inventory. Responsible for negotiating contract, to outsource waste water operations. Negotiated and oversaw transition of Industrial cleaning contracts while maintaining all Cleaning activities in the paint shop. Implemented Pilot launch program for paint shop succesful in launching two complete Model changes with no negative impact to quality or productivity indicators implementing operating budget and monitoring strategy
TOYOTA MOTOR MANUFACTURING, INDIANA, Princeton, IN 7/2000 – 6/2012
Assistant Manager Facilities Engineering and Maint. (7/2010 – 6/2012)
Responsible for Engineering of Large scale Automotive Facility. Oversight of All Plant Building and Grounds activities with 5 sight Engineers reporting directly. Have implemented Daily Maintenance Tracking and Follow up systems to determine Maint. Team efficiencies, improving Reported KPI’s by 45% in the First Year. Responsible for All Utilities tracking and budgeting, also Visual Daily reporting. Developed Plant wide Visual controls and targets using SPC (Statistical Process Control) to determine daily usage requirements and Out of Tolerance alarming. Responsible for Multi- Million Dollar Operating and Fixed Budgets, from Development to Monthly tracking and reporting. Have improved budget target achievement in first year.
Assistant Manager Paint Engineering (7/2003 – 7/2010)
Responsible for all engineering aspects of two large scale production Paint Departments. Responsible for 12 engineers covering all aspects of painting including Safety and Environmental aspects. Manage capital budgets and implement capital projects for Paint Department including major projects covering all aspects of the Painting process. Solvent Conversion, Building to Booth Implementation, Humifog Spray System (First globally for Toyota)
Selected as Toyota Product System problem solving trainer for entire paint group training covering all team members through upper management
Plant lead for Engineering Development responsible for implementation and development.
Implemented Working group and Strategy to Reduce VOC emissions from Average to Benchmark for all Toyota facilities World wide
Plant Wide Energy reduction team lead. Resulting in Best in Class Energy usage per-vehicle (Measured against all Toyota NA Affiliates, Nissan, GM, Ford Chrysler)
Management of two Cleaning contracts with two vendors over two full scale paint operations
Paint Top Coat Group Leader (1/2002 – 7/2003)
Responsible for daily production of two large scale production paint booths comprised of 30 robots and 24 team members. Initiated quality and productivity improvements. Managed paint mix room operations for entire Paint Department.
Successfully led pilot work for new model introduction, including robot teaching, environmental compliance, and Quality Standard achievement.
Coached Team Leader group on robot teaching and basic robot language to raise skill level and move toward a self reliant team
Quality Planning Group Leader (7/2000 – 1/2002)
Responsible for in-process inspection for 34 team members in three separate departments (Stamping, Weld, and Paint). Maintained all drawings and specifications for two body styles. Ensured standardized work was correct and followed.
Developed standardized work processes for 300 individual parts encompasing Safety and Productivity, as well as Quality instruction for team members.
Lead Quality Advisor on Quality control reporting and Change point control for multiple departments
GENERAL MOTORS – NORTH AMERICAN OPERATIONS, Detroit, MI 4/1994 – 7/2000
Lead Supervisor – Paint (11/1998 – 7/2000)
Responsible for vehicle quality at the exit of the paint process, including body weld and paint repair. Maintained shop operational availability tracking ensuring daily production and quality targets were met. Payroll responsibilities for 200+ union employees including even distribution of overtime and fair labor relations.
Successful implementation of process and re-engineering improvements to increase quality and efficiency
Lead Supervisor for ISO 9002 implementation in Paint Department Developed Strategy and Implementation plan for 250+ Operations and over 1500 Document’s. Completed on time 1998
Paint Supervisor, Wentzville, MO (10/1995 – 11/1998)
Paint Process Technician Responsible for all Spray application in Primer and Top coat. Successful launch on 2k ISO Clear coat process.
Responsible for eliminating Interior Primer application for 12 person Manpower reduction.
Lead robotics instructor for all Maintenance Department team members
Lead on new robotics installations to eliminate interior hand spray reduction.
Supervisor in Paint, Flint, MI (4/1994 – 10/1995)
METOKOTE CORPORATION, Grand Blanc, MI 7/1990 – 4/1994
Production Coordinator / Assistant Plant Manager (4/1993 – 4/1994)
Responsible for planning daily shipping and receiving schedules. Ensured education and training for nine line supervisors. Implemented and scheduled preventive maintenance program. Managed production material inventory. Responsible for manpower coordination and human resource issues for 205 plant employees.
Line Supervisor (10/1990 – 4/1993)
Supervision of 12 line specialists
Improved production of parts, which resulted in greater output
Systematized an organized break schedule
Obtained knowledge of various chemicals involved in the coating process
Team Leader (8/1990 – 10/1990)
Product inspection upon arrival to department
Guided team members in properly filling out paper work and correct packaging for various products
Line Specialist (7/1990 – 8/1990)
Properly identified all incoming parts
Correctly completed shipper tags for product
Arranged packaging of parts for delivery to customer
Education
FONTBONNE COLLEGE, St. Louis, MO
Bachelor of Business Administration, 2000 (3.6 GPA)
Professional Training/Organizations/Certifications
KIA MOTOR MFG. GEORGIA
Problem Solving Trainer Certification
Mentor/Leadership Training Certification
TOYOTA MOTOR MFG. INDIANA
Groups:
Selected Plant DAC (DAVERSITY ADVISORY COUNCIL)
Self- Reliance Training Development Committee Lead (ALL NORTH AMERICA PAINT TRAINING)
Corporate Training:
TPS Problem Solving Training (First in plant to receive Certification)
GENERAL MOTORS NAO
Corporate Training:
Leadership training
Labor Relations
FANUC Robotics
Preventive Maintenance/Implementation Workshop
BASF Paint School
PPG paint training
METOKOTE
Corporate Training:
Vision Training – Implementation of Statistical Process Control
Skill Training – Pre-Treatment, Advanced Electro-deposition, Powder Coating Systems
Leadership Training I & II
UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN, Flint, MI
Completion, Statistical Process Control Training, July 1992
REFERENCES:
Barry Ratzlaff
Executive Director, Customer Connect and Service Business Development
Hyundai Motor America
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Chris McCoy
President/COO of CTA Acoustics – Corbin, KY
136 Swearengen CT
Shepardsville, KY 40165
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Richard Smith
Manager, Toyota Motor Manufacturing – Retired
12860 S. Sunset Drive
Haubstadt, IN 47639
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