Manager Quality

Chris Fenton

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Darien, CT *****

e-mail: **************@*****.***

cell - 914-***-****

SKILLS SUMMARY Skilled, strategic for-profit and non-profit global leader with

extensive background in leading large and small organizations to

enhance stakeholder value at all levels. Seeking a senior role

with a dynamic, growth-oriented organization in the areas of

operations, manufacturing, quality, continuous improvement, or

business development. Seeking to leverage my extensive

international experience in Asia, Europe, North Africa and

North/South America (international expatriate assignments in

Germany/Thailand). Looking to relocate to Southeast Michigan

(Brighton) and willing to telecommute and/or travel up to 80%.

EXPERIENCE The Leukemia & Lymphoma Society, White Plains, NY

May 2012 to

Present Vice President, Team In Training, May 2012-Present

Reporting to the Senior Vice President, Campaign Development,

this role provides senior organizational leadership for the TNT

(Team in Training) campaign; the world's largest endurance

sports-based fundraising program (annual gross revenue >$70M).

The role has overall management responsibility for the TNT

Campaign Development national organization. Major areas of

responsibility are organizational strategy development, new

product and market extensions for campaign, chapter consulting

and support, and campaign operations. Additionally, the role

provides senior leadership for Corporate Sponsorship and

Corporate Team cultivation and development, cultivation and

management of strategic campaign relationships, and management

of partner/supplier relationships.

EXPERIENCE

March 2007 to Kohler Company, Kohler, WI

May 2012

Director of Quality - Kitchen & Bath Americas, February 2007 -

May 2012

Reporting to VP of Operations, responsibilities included Field

Quality (Voice of Customer), Warranty Financial planning and

Program Management, Corrective Action Processes, Quality

Engineering, Global Quality Systems, Six Sigma/Shainin project

selection, Product Development APQP programs and Supplier

Quality Management.

Director, Manufacturing Systems Engineering, Corporate

Operations Support, March 2007 - February 2012

Reporting to Vice President, Corporate Operations Support,

provide corporate level leadership to all Kohler Co. business

units globally in the planning and execution of the production

launch/ramp process, primary focus India/China

(Greenfields/Brownfields). Responsible for developing and

executing site selection /land acquisition process.

Driving the deployment of standard quality processes (D/PFMEA,

Controls Plans, MSA, Capability, Process Feedback, Lean, etc)

across business units globally to raise quality/through-put

results

Integral to setting strategic direction for global Operations

Support organization

Corporate-wide strategy development for factory

compensation/structure (classifications, job requirements,

EXPERIENCE pay-for-skills, etc.)

November 1994 Assist business units with manufacturing engineering analysis

to March 2007 and improvements, industrial engineering techniques associated

with engineered time analysis, ergonomics and workflow.

Strategic project management activities supporting business high

impact key projects

TRW Automotive, Livonia, MI (including legacy companies; Kelsey

Hayes, VarityKelsey-Hayes, LucasVarity)

Director, Supply Chain Value Management, Global Purchasing,

April 2004-March 2007

TRW Automotive, Livonia, Michigan

Development of new functional group within global purchasing

with responsibility for developing a Value Management

(VA/VE)/Lean Sigma Program within TRW's global supply base.

Interface with purchasing product line and commodity directors

to develop opportunities for supplier engagements (lean, VA/VE,

six sigma) and utilize/leverage company resources to execute

plan.

Manage ongoing development and deployment of Business Excellence

process within purchasing.

Involvement in strategic low cost country (LCC) activities

relating to sourcing, purchasing resources, and business

opportunities.

Director, Purchasing Strategic Sourcing, Global Purchasing, July

2003 - March, 2004

TRW Automotive, Livonia, Michigan

Responsible for executing short-term initiative aimed at

restructuring existing global purchasing spend focused on

supplier consolidation, low cost countries (LCC), and strategic

supplier identification and sourcing. Interfaced with global

commodity and product line directors to phase implement program

throughout NA, Europe, and Asia.

Director, Program Management, NA Braking & Suspension, October

2001-June 2003

TRW Automotive, Livonia, Michigan

Responsible for managing all NA Braking & Suspension business

programs from contract award to SOP (Business unit revenues $2

billion). Tasks include adherence to company standard new

business process, milestone management, customer interfaces,

program financial objectives, and quality.

Coordinated relocation of TRW's European Slip Control Operations

in Netherlands to plantsite in Koblenz, Germany. Required 40%

of time spent in Europe. European production was relocated to

plants in NA while transfer of equipment, set-up, validation

testing, and relaunch occurred in Europe. Obtained all project

milestones without supply interruption or quality issues to

European and NA customers.

Plant Manager, May 1999-October 2001

TRW Chassis Systems, Rayong, Thailand (Expatriate Assignment)

Launched greenfield site in Thailand assembling chassis modules

for GM. Coordinated all activities with sales, purchasing,

engineering, advanced manufacturing to launch product on time

and on budget. Site generated approximately $50 million in

annual revenues.

Recruited/hired all local team members and trained/mentored them

to eventually take over management at assignment end.

After 18 months, consolidated module site with existing TRW

steering site to form one entity with approximately $60 million

in annual revenues, 150 people. Customers included GM,

Ford/Mazda (AAT), Nissan, and Koyo.

Six months prior to repatriation, held interim operation

director responsibilities for two additional Chassis System

sites in Malaysia. Total region revenues $120 million.

Area Manager, September 1998-May 1999

LucasVarity, Fenton, Michigan

Managed high-volume ABS manufacturing cells encompassing all

plant disciplines; materials, quality, operations, engineering,

and maintenance. Plant revenues exceeded $350 million.

Product Manager, March 1997-September 1998

LucasVarity, Wixom, Michigan

Full product responsibility for sales, marketing, program

management and strategy development for ABS product service and

aftermarket organization.

Area Manager, November 1994-March 1997

VarityKelsey-Hayes (Kelsey-Hayes), Fenton, Michigan

Managed high-volume ABS manufacturing cells encompassing all

plant disciplines; materials, quality, operations, engineering,

and maintenance. Plant revenues exceeded $350 million.

EXPERIENCE Robert Bosch Corporation, Broadview, ILL.

November

1986-November Unit Manager, May 1994-November 1994

1994 Sistemas Automotrices Electricos S.A. de CV (SAESA), Juarez,

Mexico

Responsible for all manufacturing planning, engineering, quality

and APQP activities for electronic control module production.

Senior Manufacturing Engineer, April 1992-May 1994

Sistemas Automotrices Electricos S.A. de CV (SAESA), Juarez,

Mexico

Participated in activities to launch new manufacturing facility

in Juarez, Mexico. Relocated manufacturing lines from SC plant

to use as initial production in Mexico.

Full responsibility for relocation of lines, set-up, run-off,

and customer release.

Manufacturing Engineer, November 1990-April 1992

Robert Bosch Corporation, Anderson, South Carolina

Returned from assignment in Germany to set-up, launch and manage

production lines in factory.

Manufacturing Planner, September 1988-November 1990

Robert Bosch GMBH, Stuttgart, Germany (Expatriate Assignment)

Worked in international production planning department to plan

assembly lines for NA ABS production. Studied German mother

plant technology and processes and developed optimized plans for

US.

Specified, quoted, planned, developed, planned and run-off

production systems for final installation in plant in South

Carolina.

Studied German language extensively/used as working language

during assignment.

Associate Service Engineer, November 1986-September 1988

Robert Bosch Corporation, Farmington Hills, Michigan

Acted as quality liaison between company manufacturing sites in

Europe (Germany) and NA customers. Responded to all quality

issues at customer sites and facilitated resolutions.

Developed sound customer satisfaction focus and customer

relation skills as well as problem solving techniques.

EDUCATION B.S.E. in Mechanical Engineering, Oakland University, Rochester,

Michigan (1986). Cooperative Education two years with GKN

Automotive, Troy, Michigan

Master of Business Administration (MBA), University of Texas at

El Paso (UTEP), El Paso, Texas (1994). Professional Report:

Quality Function Deployment (QFD)

LANGUAGES German - fluent (60%) Goethe Institute's "Zentrale

Mittelstufenpruefung" in April 1991

Spanish - basic conversational

French - basic

SPECIAL Travel, Running (marathons), Photography

INTERESTS

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