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Michael A. Meinholz 770-***-****, home

**** ****** **** ** 770-***-****, cell

Acworth, Georgia 30102 *********@*********.***

Professional Profile

Senior manufacturing executive with 20 -plus years of expertise that has propelled each company

and the people who worked for them to new heights of performance, efficiency and quality.

A dynamic and energetic leader with records of continuous improvements, of increasing margins,

delivering revenue growth and instilling ownership, pride and responsibility to every person in the

company. Exemplary strategic planning, process improvements and hands-on change

management is a must.

Core Competencies

Expertise in overall business and P&L leadership, budgeting and forecasting

Business development, resource management and organizational restructuring

Excellent contract negotiation skills with international companies; Lockheed Martin, Cummins,

John Deere, etc...

High standards in operational improvements, (Lean, Kaizen, Six Sigma, Value Stream) quality

engineering, customer relations, safety and risk management

Innovative - Positive - Involved - Focused - Analytical

Professional Experience

General Manager, Integrity EDM Tipton, IN 11/13 - 1/14

Brought in to spearhead formalized training and communications throughout the two facilities

and the sales force for this expanding manufacturing company that utilizes the latest EDM

technology (contract)

General Manager/Plant Manager, Torco Inc., Marietta, GA 4/05 – 6/13

Championed and Rejuvenated a 57-year-old family owned company with about 100

employees that specializes in precision-machined screw machines, CNC & ground components

for the automotive, agriculture, industrial, aerospace and fastener industries.

Responsibilities include Profit & Loss, cash flow, profitability of manufacturing, setting up sales

force, increasing sales, replacing aging work force, safety, updating equipment, develop bid

model encompassing all company costs, and MRP system, lead lean manufacturing practices.

Since 2008, added tasks of scheduling and running factory, quality manager, and all purchasing.

Accomplishments Reduced setup times on 38% of products (225 part numbers) through

Lean/Kaizen by sales evaluation, product flow and setup reduction (reduced labor by over

15,000 hrs per yr). Thru cell creation, and strategic planning, shipped 11% more product using

16% less labor. Increasing sales by 11% in first 3 years, and increased profitability 17% over 5

years. 100% on time delivery to all customer for 7 straight years. Doubled our business with

John Deere by obtaining their highest supplier rating (Partnership), reduced overtime 80%.

Isolated specific and significant equipment turnaround issues; solved by setting up a 40 hour

Value Stream Mapping training program from John Deere & Georgia Tech; outcome was a 16K

labor hour savings and 90% reduction in overtime first year.

General Manager/Plant Manager, Hikari USA, Orangeburg, SC 12/02 - 04/05

Led Hikari USA Inc the first US facility for 61-year-old Hikari Seiko Co. LTD out of Japan. A

startup facility, which is a tier 1 & 2 supplier for Ford, Nissan & Toyota. Hikari supplies precision

machined, heat treated (both batch & induction) and ground metal components.

Led construction and renovation of a new 75,000 sq. ft facility, coordinated equipment shipped

from Japan through US ports, PPAP all products, responsible for P&L and personally

performed every aspect of all supervisory and management aspects of the operations.

Michael Meinholz, 1 of 2

Set-up & executed all facets of company; writing policies & procedures and performing ALL

Accounting, HR, Production Supervision, Quality, Insurance, 401K, Shipping/Receiving,

Purchasing, Inventory functions, Continuous Improvement Activities, and Safety.

Accomplished shipping over 250,000 pcs with a PPM of 4.0. within the first year of

construction being completed. 5 weeks of Kaizen training in Japan, TPS & 5S

Manufacturing Manager, Scienda Building Sciences, Orangeburg, SC 01/01 -12/02

Scienda is a startup manufacturing facility that produces light gage steel wall panels and

trusses through roll forming, stamping and welding, with a proprietary shape for the residential

and light commercial building industry.

Managed all inventory, production supervisors, welders, maintenance staff and machinists over

4 lines of equipment.

Prepared all budgets involving tooling, steel inventory and manpower.

Evaluated supervisory staff, clerks, welders, maintenance staff and machinists on a monthly basis.

Coordinated with the engineering, purchasing and quality department to ensure on time

delivery of products.

Accomplished continuous improvements in manufacturing as production manager and

production control manager.

Modern Machine Works, Inc., Cudahy, WI & Orangeburg, SC, 1991 - 2000

VP Sales Manager, December 1999 – December 2000

General Manager/Plant Manager, December 1994 – December 1999

Operations Manager, June 1993 - December 1994

Division Supervisor, November 1991 to June 1993

Quality Manager, February 1991 to November 1991

Modern Machine Works is a machine shop that supplies precision machined crank shafts and

components, from 3 plants in 2 states, to General Motors, Thermo King, York International,

John Deere, Allied Signal etc.

Promoted from Quality Manager to VP and Sales Manager within nine years.

Selected to organize and lead a move to a new 80,000 square foot facility, responsible for P&L

and everything within the four walls of the facility.

Accomplishments

• Planned & Led the move of 97 major pieces of equipment 950 miles to open and run a

80,000 sq. ft facility, hired & trained staff and 100 operators, installed QS9000 & PPAP

all product from new facility

• December 1995 through June 1996

• Developed and implemented a Job Evaluation Manual, an Operator Tr aining Manual,

the Employee Manual and Continuous Improvement Program

• Increased productivity 8% and decreased scrap 13% (Six Sigma) while staying within

all labor & material budgets through Six Sigma/Kaizen/Value Stream Mapping programs

• Acquired four internationally known companies as customers, and increased annual

sales by 13% in one year

Automotive Management - 1986 - 1991 2 years sales, 4 years pre-owned Manager, with

responsibility for $2MM in inventory

Quality Engineer - Gates Data Products - 1982-1986 - Injection and compression molding

Formal Education & Training

University of Wisconsin, Madison, Wisconsin

Mechanical Engineering: Completed three years of full-time studies on athletic scholarship.

Unable to finish due to major, temporarily incapacitating diving accident.

Michael Meinholz, 2 of 2

Eighty hours of Six Sigma and 8D training

Five weeks of Kaizen training in Japan

5S and the Toyota Production System Training

Michael Meinholz, 3 of 2

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