Scott C. Wodrich

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South Bend, IN 46615

Cell 630-***-****

ac91q2@r.postjobfree.com

SUMMARY

Engineering and management professional with experience in manufacturing with multi–plant organizations. Positions I have held include: Industrial/Process Engineer, Continuous Improvement/Process Engineering/Quality Manager/Plant Manager and Director of Operations. Formal training in Lean Manufacturing from The Kaizen Institute of America. Strong communicator with the ability to interact with and motivate all levels and types of individuals.

Key Strengths and Skills:

Extensive training/experience in Lean Manufacturing, VE/VA/JIT/5s/Poka Yoke workshops./

Formal Lean training from the Kaizen Institute of America. Received certification in Kaizen Blitz/5s/SMED/Poka Yoke/VEVA

Experience in Plant and Corporate environments.

Managed union and non-union facilities up to 350 employees, $80 Million in sales and 325,000 sq. ft.

Team Leadership for shop floor and salaried personnel.

Productivity Improvement.

Plant layout and Assembly Line start-ups

Accomplishments:

Schaumburg Specialties Reached 2017 sales Sept 1 2018 – expected 30% increase in sales

Best sales year in company history due to capacity improvements

Bretford Mfg. Productivity Improvements OT Cost Improvements Quality Improvements

2010 vs. 2009 - 14% 2010 vs. 2009 - $275K 2010 vs. 2009 - 60%

2014 vs. 2013 - 20% 2011 vs. 2010 - $120K 2017 vs. 2016 - 20% YTD

Terra Group Used Lean Manufacturing techniques to combine two assembly plants.

Atwood 40% reduction in floor space for existing assembly lines within three months.

25% productivity improvement after one year as Plant Manager.

200% productivity improvement on two struggling assembly lines.

Excel Industries Lead Kaizen workshop on Ford Aerostar rear quarter window that resulted in 33%

labor improvement and 40% floor space reduction.

Facilitated workshops that improved shop floor efficiencies and floor space (using

lean techniques), enough to double a single plant’s sales over a three years.

Worked as part of a team that launched a small plant in Juarez, Mexico (from plant

layout to run-at-rate) in less than 3 months.

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

Schaumburg Specialties Schaumburg, IL 12/17 – Present

Manufacturer of baking racks, food transportation racks and specialty items for the food industry.

Director of Operations

Responsible for Plant Safety, Human Resources, Production Quality, On-Time Delivery, Production Efficiency, Capacity Planning, Purchasing, Capital Expenditure, Plant Layout and implementing Lean Manufacturing tools to improve Safety, Quality and Productivity.

Bretford Manufacturing Franklin Park, IL 8/09 – 11/17

Manufacturer of educational furniture and laptop charging carts/trays

Quality and Continuous Improvement Manager

Responsible for outgoing quality, incoming inspection, internal CARs, Returns, External Audits, Productivity improvements, Standard Work, Kanban and System Maintenance.

Plant Manager

Responsible for plant safety, quality, on-time delivery, productivity. Direct reports include production supervisors, shipping and scheduling. Bretford Mfg. has two manufacturing plants and annual sales of $100 million. Bretford has 350 employees and is a 3 shift operation.

Terra Group Nappanee, IN 03/06 – 09/08

Manufacturer of products for the RV industry.

Quality/Lean Manufacturing Manager

Industrial Engineer in March of 2006 and was promoted to Quality/Lean Mfg. Mgr. in May of 2007.

Established Quality Standards and developed Quality Procedures.

Responsible for product quality and Lean Manufacturing Training.

Implemented Lean concepts on shop floor which improved productivity and quality and with suppliers to free floor space and improve inventory turns.

Developed work standards which resulted in process improvement.

Atwood Mobile Products Creation Windows Division Elkhart, IN 05/98 – 01/06

Manufacturer of windows for manufactured housing industry.

Plant Manager (Promoted from Process Engineering Mgr. to Plant Mgr.)

Responsible for Plant Safety, Quality, On-Time Delivery, Productivity, Shipping/Receiving, Scheduling, Scrap and B.O.M.s. Direct reports include Production Supervisors, Ship/Rec Supervisor, Scheduling and Inside Sales. The Creation Windows division had annual sales of $200 Million. The Manufactured Housing Window plant had annual sales of $10 Million on 1 shift with 60 employees.

Excel Industries Elkhart, IN 07/90 – 05/98

Tier 1 automotive supplier of windows and window regulators.

Project Engineer

Successfully implemented Lean Manufacturing in the plant by facilitating workshops for:

J.I.T. (Kaizen)

Poka Yoke

5s

Lead-time Reduction

Quick Die Change

Provided Value Engineering/Value Analysis, including:

Facilitated and participated in VE/VA workshops

Successfully implemented workshop ideas into production

Productivity improvement and IE functions

Packaging

Assembly line improvement

Plant to Plant Assembly line relocation

Plant Layout

EDUCATION

University of South Florida, BSIE

REFERENCES

Jo Duke H.B. Fuller Technical Manager

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