Manager Plant
Resume:
Ray H. Cunningham
Alamo Country Club #23
Alamo, TX 78516
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SKILLS:
• Bench die & mold design
• Plastic injection mold building
• Carbide progressive die building to Oberg Specs
• TS/ISO
• Tool & Die troubleshooting
• Training in ‘root cause’ analysis
• Training in ‘Continuous Improvement’
• Effectively managed large programs
• Teacher/Mentor
• Management/Supervision
• Owner/Operator ex
ACCOMPLISHMENTS:
• Served a 10,000 hour (5 year) Federal Tool & Die Apprenticeship receiving training on steel and carbide dies,
injection molding, design, development and metallurgy.
• By opening a tooling shop I gained a lean approach to controlling cost.
• Built a die for Mallory Timer which made 16 different interchangeable parts and was featured at the Nashville Tooling Show.
• Built a gage for the Navy which checked the missile hatch doors on their nuclear subs with tolerance of .0005 true position.
• Cut project cost by $40,000 with one phone call to Ford Motors.
• Designed and built a stamping die to run brass detonator ferrules at 250 parts per minute. Prior to this they were formed
by hand at 1500 per day.
• Graduated Morrison High School, Morrison, TN with majors in science and math and was the Beta Club
representative to Tennessee Boys State.
Experience:
Present Large Well Established Stamping Company in Reynosa, MX
• I work with the Tool & Die Department to solve production issues as well as the rebuild of damaged dies. This is an established
American company which does a variety of standard stampings including added value for a multiplicity of customers including
automotive.
3/14/2011 – 6/ 2/2011 Gill Industries; Trenton, GA.
Stamping & Tooling Manager ($72,000 yr.)
• Responsible for being a mentor to the Tooling & Stamping Supervisors. Objective was to bring budgets under control, solve on-
going issues which threatened future work, improve plant appearance to please customers and do this through my Supervisors so
they could be more effective. Tooling POs averaged $26,000/month before I started work with Gill. March-May was $7500/month
average with $11.000./month budget. BMW had several issues with Gill Industries and an additional $80,000,000.00 in expected
work was at risk. Quality, machines, tools and human error were addressed to solve these design, containments and Quality issues.
Customers statements upon visiting for the first time after the improvements which I set in place were they finally liked the facility.
I would like to have stayed with Gill Industries but issues which I could not address created a poor working environment which can
be discussed fully later.
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5/2005 – 12/31/2008; Universal Metal Products; Pharr, TX
(50 years of metal forming experience ranging from complex Fourslide and Multislide to light, medium and heavy
duty punch press operations. Specializing in high volume appliance, automotive and metal stampings)
Tooling Manager (5/2005-12/2008) Plant Manager (5/2005-5/2006)
• Responsible for all of the day to day functions of the Tool & Die Department including hiring, training, tool
development and PM program.
• Assisted in the running of the plant as a member of the Management Team.
• Worked with outside vendors to establish support services
• The first year I served also as Plant Manager until a full time Manager was hired.
• Worked with press operators to understand issues and implement solutions.
• Was directed to add sensors to all dies. This was a very expensive program which hurt the operating budget.
• A cheaper alternative wasn’t implemented.
• During my 3+ year tenure the Pharr, TX Division’s down time due to Tooling continually improved from a
yearly average of 14% to 9.8%.
• Net up-time improved from 29.9% to 57.57.4%, the highest of the 3 divisions. The Pharr Div. .had the
worst statistics in 2005 but by the end of 2008 had improved to the best statistics of the 3 UMP divisions
even with an increase of dies and customers.
Last Salary: $75, 396.00 yr.
July 2002-Nov. 2004; Orchid International; McAllen, TX
Tooling Consultant/Troubleshooter/Engineer
• Isolated and resolved press line issues to allow scroll line #2 to be operational.
• Participated in new product launches to resolve production issues resulting in 30% added sales.
• Served as Stamping Supervisor on second shift for 11 weeks resulting in this being the only one to reach the
stamping target while averaging 2.4% higher production than other shifts. Hourly return increased $2.94 and
• Scrap decreased 12.4%.
• Served as Tooling Supervisor on second shift 9 months in order to train personnel.
• During my contract the company showed the largest profit trend in its 9 year history.
1995 -2001; Orchid International; Mt. Juliet, TN
Tooling Improvement/Continuous Improvement Leader, Toolroom Superintendent, Tooling Supervisor
• Re-engineered and developed 6 of the high run dies to virtually eliminate press down-time by 90%.
fourteen more were improved by 40-60%.
• Hired, trained and resolved daily tooling issues for a 3 shift, 42 man toolroom.
• My efforts were key in solving customer shut-down issues.
• Worked with 8-D documentation.
• Worked with outside vendors on tooling repairs.
• Was responsible for the timely repairs of 600+ progressive dies in a JIT automotive facility. Orchid Int. provides metal
stamping for Johnson Control, GE, Emerson Electric, John Deer, Allied Signal, Merator Corp., Mercedes and was
the largest single supplier of automotive parts for Johnson Control.
1991-1993; Batton Corp.; Nashville, TN
Plant Manager
• Full P&L responsibility.
• Tier 1 supplier of Ford Motor Co.
• Large tool & die/stamping and machining facility.
• I lead the company into profitability by a better utilization of assets and expenditures.
• A contract change agreement with Ford Motor co. allowed us to save $40,000 with one phone call.
1990-1991; Jameson Tool & Die; Murfreesboro, TN
Lead Tool & Die Maker
• Lead toolmakers and machinists in the building of progressive dies for the automotive industry.
• I completed a large project of 21 progressive dies which were PPAP approved 100%
• Other Companies/Positions:
• ADA Mold, Inc. McMinnville, TN (Mold Maker)
• McMinnville Tool & Die, Inc. McMinnville, TN (Progressive Die Builder & Mold Builder)
• Pall Hydraulics Corp. Fort Myers, FL (Tool & Die Builder)
• Mid-South Tool & Engineering, Inc. Morrison, TN (Owner/Operator)
• Townsend Co., Div. of Textron Columbia, SC (Assistant Tool & Die Manager)
• GTE Automatic Electric Huntsville, AL (Tool & Die Maker/Tooling Inspector for new dies)
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