Plant Manager
Resume:
JOSEPH C. HUGHES
Coldwater, Michigan 49036
*********@*****.***
Summary
Director of Operations with a proven track record building and leading
successful teams. Specializes in continuous improvement activities, team
building/engagement and turn-around operations. Broad experience includes
general management, manufacturing, marketing, strategic planning,
multinational manufacturing development, product development and
information technology management. Adept at optimizing global resources,
generating significant cost savings and promoting innovative solutions in
complex environments.
Expertise includes:
Operational Efficiency New Business Initiatives
Margin Enhancement Talent Development & Utilization
ERP Implementation Strategy Development/Deployment
Professional Experience
SEKISUI VOLTEK, L.L.C., Coldwater, MI
Director of Manufacturing 2011-2014
Directly responsible for operations at both of Sekisui Voltek's North
American locations, including:
. Receipt of Raw Materials
. Recruitment and retention of all plant personnel
. All manufacturing processes
. Process/Plant Engineering and facility Maintenance
. Quality of all material produced and shipped
. Inventory Maintenance
. Company Information Technology Management
Worked directly with Company Management Committee to develop/deploy
strategy.
Significant Accomplishments:
. Drove Operating Income from $6 MM in 2010 to $10.7 MM in 2013, by
focusing on cost reductions.
. Reduced fixed costs from 47% of revenue to 40% (2010 to 2013) by
introducing job sharing process which allowed even distribution of
operating personnel and reduction of overtime spending.
. Reduced lead time through improved scheduling techniques from 11 weeks
to 3 weeks in 2013.
. Secured $7 MM in funding for new process from parent company.
. Implemented Kaizen participation program which resulted in 75%
increase in employee involvement in Continuous Improvement Activities.
. Specified and prepared implementation of new Enterprise Resource
Planning System (MS Dynamics AX).
Director of Business Planning 2009-2011
Overall responsibility for developing and deploying organization's
strategic vision and coordinating a plan, in concert with the Management
Committee to realize the vision.
Additionally responsible for Corporate Purchasing, Marketing, and financial
estimating.
Significant Accomplishments:
. Streamlined product lines to refocus organization's resources on key
competencies, resulting in recovery of gross margin from -4.2% in 2009
to 26.0 % in 2011.
. Developed and implemented standardized merit review system for
salaried employees.
. Designed cost estimating tool to simplify and standardize pricing
offered to all customers (system is still in use today).
. Successfully trained Japanese expatriate on business plan development.
Coldwater Plant Manager 1998-2009
Responsible for all activities (Production, Engineering, Quality,
Logistics, etc.) at the company's Coldwater, MI facility.
Significant Accomplishments:
. Reduced MIOSHA Recordable accidents from 48 in 1998 to 7 in 2005.
Trained voluntary hourly wage workers how to identify, observe, and
approach co-workers about "at risk" behaviors.
. Utilized "Kaizen" (Continuous Improvement) methods to engage workforce
and improve process efficiency from 82% in 1998 to 89% in 2009. Over
the same period, utilizing many of the same techniques, successfully
reduced customer claims from 3.2% of revenue to 0.41% of revenue.
Education
M.B.A., Computer Information Systems, Western Michigan University,
Kalamazoo, Michigan
B.S., Industrial Technology, University of Lowell, Lowell, Massachusetts
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