Peter Rodriguez
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Professional Profile
~ Overall career cost savings over 12.24 Million Dollars/Annually utilizing expertise in lean manufacturing, kepner
Trego, and six sigma techniques.
~ Experience in managing the improvement of P&L in critical facilities with initial losses exceeding 20 Million Dollars/
Annually.
~ Experience in program management through the launch of an $8M exterior automotive trim program.
~ Documented record of developing, Value Analysis/Value Engineering, driving large scale cost savings of $1.9
Million Dollars.
~ Implementation of key engineering and planning systems such as capacity/ manning analysis, and MODAPTS/
standard rates.
~ Creation of new product launch system to help reduce plant floor downtime by 25% and foster successful
launches of new products with yields above 95%.
~ Utilized as a critical part in the launch of a new company wide MRP system (Oracle EBS) with my focus being
manufacturing floor implementation.
Relevant Work Experience:
Faurecia Feb, 2014– Present
Autonomous Production Unit Manager (Operations Manager)
• Lead production and improvement activities/ Key Process Indicators for JIT Instrument panel line value stream (Foam In Place
until Final Assembly).
• Responsible for P and L improvement of JIT Instrument Panel Line Value Stream.
• Responsible for 150 direct employees.
Faurecia Excellence System Regional Manager (Sr. FES Specialist)
• Responsibility over continuous improvement initiatives of two facilities exceeding $600 M/ annual sales.
• Implementation of warehouse and production control and logistic systems.
• Lead labor reduction project yielding 2.5 M/ annual savings.
• Key member in the improvement and facilitation of Faurecia Excellence System.
• Indirectly managed 3 Faurecia Excellence System Managers across two facilities.
Johnson Controls Inc, McCalla, AL/ Romulus, MI May, 2012– Feb, 2014
Regional Continuous Improvement Manager
• Implemented On-Boarding process for plant Continuous Improvement Managers and Black Belts.
• Facilitated Top 5 Cost of Poor Quality activities for 6 plants.
o Improvement of Cost of Poor Quality from $20 Million/ Annually to $12 Million/Annually across 5 facilities with sales over
$500 Million dollars combined.
• Responsibility over six facilities with focus on manufacturing systems implementation, and KPI improvement.
• Facilitated regional cost savings activities:
o Monthly Goal: 1.33M/ Month
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Average Actual: 1.86M/ Month
Continuous Improvement Manager
• Lead daily tasks and direction of 1 black belt, 1 lean implementer, and 2 special projects employees to support plant
improvements, monthly cost savings goals and visual management projects.
• Facilitated cost savings activities:
o Monthly Goal: 216K/ Month
o Average Actual: 239K/ Month
• Key member in improving machine utilization (O.E.E) from 39% to 75%. Accomplished through focus on escalation of issues,
enhanced start up procedures, cycle time reductions, and quick changeover events.
• Key member in improving scrap % of sales from 8.5% to 4.49%.
• Key member in the improvement of JCIM System audits
o Business Operating Systems score improvement from 451 to 661
o Johnson Controls Manufacturing Systems score improvement from 7% to 87%
• Key member in implementation of new layered process audit system for facility focused on product and process focused audits.
• System and Process Implementations:
o MODAPTS labor saving tracking and implementation of MODAPTS kaizen event.
o Scrap procedure with smaller scrap totes to force escalation.
o Priority run boards, and a mold change tracking board for enhanced molding communication and escalation activities.
o Set-up and Implemented Assembly O.E.E (Machine Utilization) on all assemblies.
o Implemented daily 5S check lists for cleaning and organization of work cells.
o Value Stream Mapping boards focusing on top projects within the plant to show opportunities.
o TPM check sheets to allow for better preventative measures against equipment failures.
o CI Project management system to better utilize special projects employees on visual management projects.
o Facilitator of glide path improvement of all KPI’s(Scrap, Labor Efficiency, Containment, Prem Freight, RPPM)
Consolidated Metco, Bryson City, NC October, 2011– April, 2012
Continuous Improvement Manager
• Directly managed two engineering technicians while indirectly managing two manufacturing engineers.
• Key member in TS recertification.
• Lead many cross functional kaizen events and “train the trainer” events yielding significant cost and space savings.
• Key member in launch of two new dash platforms for Peterbilt and Kenworth OEM’s.
WKW Erbsloeh North America, Pell City, AL October, 2010 – October, 2011
Program Manager- General Motors
• Key member in the launch of the company’s first global program with a supply chain spanning three regions.
o Management of Buick Verano aluminum trim components yielding in $8 million dollars in sales revenue annually.
o Coordinated teams from engineering, quality, manufacturing, design, tooling, and purchasing in common purpose of
maximizing profitability of program during launch.
Manufacturing Engineer
• Key team leader in Coordination of cross functional team from engineering, maintenance, logistics, and manufacturing in the
transfer of $800K of capital assembly equipment to an off-site production facility and off site shipping warehouse.
• Developed capacity management tool in excel to manage monthly and yearly capacity.
• Developed labor management tool in excel to improve manning efficiency.
o Savings of $60K/year.
• Lead a cross functional team in the improvement of newly launched program with many launch issues.
o Reduced defective products by 45% through use of six sigma/DMAIC principles.
• Worked with supplier to improve manufacturing processes.
• Improved productivity of supplier production line by 15%.
o Through reduction of defective products and improved relations with customer’s containment reduction and cost
savings of $240,000 annually was achieved.
Gentex Corporation, Zeeland, MI May, 2007–September, 2010
Industrial Engineer
• Utilized as a critical part in the launch of a new company wide MRP system (Oracle EBS) with my focus being manufacturing
floor implementation.
• Used lean manufacturing techniques to improve manpower efficiency and lower inventory levels plant wide.
o Lead multi-functional kaizen group to implement cost saving project with savings over $300k.
• Supervised and managed a shift consolidation project resulting in an annual savings of $4 million dollars.
o Lead cross-functional team of 8 people in line moves, machinery changes, and worked with scheduling to better level
scheduling techniques to accommodate shift consolidation.
• Implementation of level scheduling methods for an annual savings of $500K dollars.
• Organized and supervised the launch of new mirror platforms with multiple OEM’s (Ford, GM) with an emphasis on plant floor
implementation.
o Successfully launched 5 different platform mirrors with yields of 90% and efficiency of 95%.
Technical Team Leader (Supervisor)
• Managed a team of 20 people with the common purpose of a lean quality production.
• Trouble shooting equipment problems trying to eliminate downtime.
Training/Knowledge
• 3D Design Programs (Solid Works, Catia)
• AutoCAD
• Microsoft Applications (PowerPoint, Excel, Word)
• Microsoft Visio applications.
• MRP Systems Knowledge: Oracle EBS, SAP, MFG Pro
• Kepner Traego Problem Solving- Certified. Through Johnson Controls.
• Red X Problem Solving: Trained through Johnson Controls.
• MODAPTS(MODular arrangement of predetermined time standards)- Certified through Johnson Controls.
• Lean Manufacturing- Certified. Through Lear Corp and Johnson Controls.
• Six Sigma Green Belt- Certified. Through Johnson Controls
• Six Sigma Black Belt- Trained. Through Johnson Controls
• PFMEA/Control Plan Certified through Ford Motor Co.
Education:
Troy University, Troy, AL Aug, 2010- December, 2012
Master of Business Administration
Concentration in General Management
Central Michigan University, Mt. Pleasant, MI Aug, 2003-
May, 2008
Bachelor of Science of Industrial Technology Management
Concentration in Manufacturing/Production