Manager Sales

MARCUS T. WHITEHEAD, PE

Current Address:

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Louisville, KY 40205

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740-***-**** (M)

SUMMARY Over 18 years of diverse experience in various manufacturing

environments. Areas of expertise include process

engineering and lean manufacturing. Promoted to positions

involving increasing levels of responsibility within

multiple organizations. Motivated to demonstrate and learn

creative management skills. Self-starter who is effective

in both individual and team oriented projects.

PROFESSIONAL Fabri-form Company, Pekin, Indiana (August 2010 to

Present)

EMPLOYMENT Plastics thermoforming facility producing components for heavy

duty Class 8

HISTORY vehicle platforms as well other industrial and commercial

products with annual sales of $60 million.

Plant Manager

Responsible for all operations within the Pekin Facility. Directly

manage all P+L metrics as well as budgetary and capital

investments. Supervise plant staff consisting of 13 direct

reports and 65 hourly employees.

. Managed growth of sales increase from $9 million to

$25 in 2 years

. Developed and implemented nontraditional work shifts

to accommodate customer requirements

. Initiated lean journey with quarterly kaizen events

generating average savings of $25K

. Rolled out Quarterly "State of the Business" meeting

to improve communication with plant floor

. Reduced internal scrap by from 3.8% to 2.9%

increasing cash flow by $100K

. Initiated hour-by-hour boards and daily

Accountability Walk to improve visual management cues

. Championed the ISO 9000 surveillance audit with 0 non

conformances

. Chair of Safety Committee. Organized employee

appreciation day for 405 consecutive days without and

OSHA recordable injury

. Assisted in the startup of new FF facility in Ramos,

Mexico

Sypris Technologies, Louisville, Kentucky (November 2008 to May 2010)

Forging and machining facility producing axle shafts for automotive

platforms

With Annual sales of $33 million

Operations Manager

Responsible for the daily operations of 110 union employees with 7

direct reports. Point of contact for all manpower,

quality, equipment, and production related issues.

Responsible for training and new employee orientation.

. Given responsibility of both forging and machining

departments after 6 months of employment

. Established weekly scheduling meeting to coordinate

production, maintenance, engineering and materials group

. Developed and implemented a web based SQL for data

storage and retrieval

. Implemented Material Review Board to identify root

cause of nonconforming material. This process has

reduced scrap material to < .05%

. Championed the T16949 surveillance audit with 0

nonconformances for 2 consecutive years

. Chair of Safety Committee. Initiated weekly Safety

walks. Reduced Recordable Injuries by 60%

. Reduced backlog of rework parts from 7,000 to 0 in a

9 month period

. Lead the reallocation of 90,000 OEM production parts

from NC to KY

US Manufacturing, Warren, Michigan (February 2008 to July 2008)

Extrusion facility producing axle assemblies for automotive platforms

with

Annual sales of $350 million

Area Manager

Responsible for the daily operations of 140 union employees with 5

direct reports. Point of contact for all manpower,

quality, equipment, and production related issues.

Responsible for training and new employee orientation.

. Set weekly manpower/scheduling requirements to

satisfy customer demands

. Led TS16949 certification update process

. Initiated daily "Focus" cell meetings to identify

down time causes and corrective actions improving OEE by

6%

Loc Performance Products, Inc., Plymouth, Michigan (May

2007 to Feb 2008)

Machining facility producing military as well as commercial

components with

Annual sales of $40 million

Production Manager

Responsible for the daily operations of 130 nonunion employees with 6

direct reports. Point of contact for all manpower,

quality, equipment, and production related issues.

Responsible for training and new employee orientation.

Coordinate both tool room and maintenance activities.

. Launched 1 new program increasing Annual sales by $2

million dollars

. Initiated 1st kanban card pull system for machined

TRW components

. Initiated daily production meeting with Assembly area

to "pull" material and reduce backlog on past due

material by 20%

FormTech Industries, Detroit, Michigan (April 2006 to March 2007)

Operations Manager

Axle Alliance Company, Detroit, Michigan (May 2003 to March 2006)

Manufacturing Engineering Manager

Delphi Corporation, Home Ave/Vandalia, Ohio (January 1996 to May

2003)

Industrial Engineer/Lean Manufacturing Leader

EDUCATION Wright State University, Dayton, Ohio

M.S. Systems Engineering, 1999

B.S. Human Factors Engineering, 1996

PROFESSIONAL Professional Engineer - 2001

CERTIFICATIONS Serial Number 65544

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