Manager Engineering

Keith B. Rupert, MBA, SSBB

**** ***** ******** ****** ************, IN 46241 317-***-**** **************@*****.*** http://www.linkedin.com/in/keithrupert

Strategic Planner Sales/Business Analysis

Project/Program Management Six Sigma Black Belt Consultant/ Business Development

Sales and Marketing professional who delivers innovative strategies to drive organizational growth and seizes competitive advantage in changing markets. Six Sigma Black who provides continuous improvement and process improvement initiatives. Builds revenue, control cost, empowers employees and is a team player.

Team Leadership/Organizational Development:

Led a team of 14 direct reports and 300 indirect reports over a three shift operation.

Led several Six Sigma Black Belt projects that saved the company at least $150,000 minimum.

Revenue/Market Share Growth:

Initiated communication with one of the major utility companies to sign on one of the major utility companies in the state.

Led and was involved in over 30 product launch from concept to the production, from the marketing concept to the production release.

Engineering skills/Marketing Strategies:

Lean leader, driving change, Strong Business Acumen, Manufacturing expert, Quality Guru, Hardware and Software integrator, Led complex Engineering teams to solve problems and have thought out the box for over 20 years while adding to the general ledger simultaneously.

CAREER PROGRESSION

2013-2014-Baron Sign Company-Plant Manager-West Palm Beach, Florida

Aluminum and Steel Fabrication of signs, LED, non-illuminated and illuminated.

Create and maintain an effective manufacturing plan for the products and installation services.

Managing, leading, motivating and controlling the vision and direction of resources through strategic planning.

Overseeing Quality, Engineering, and the Materials department

2011-2013-IMPCO Automotive-Manufacturing Engineer/Manager-Union City, Indiana

PFMEA, Standard Work Instructions for Cells producing Certified Natural Gas Conversion Vehicles and Trucks for General Motors, Chevrolet, GMC, Ford, Isuzu.

Downloading Software onto the General Motors and Ford Vehicles for all aftermarket products.

Coordinate with office staff on pricing and purchasing stock items and custom orders

Overseeing Quality, Engineering, and the Materials department

2007--2010-Contract position:

Tipton Engineering-Sales Manager-Tipton, Indiana

Develop a client/customer base in order to establish a level consistency in accounts receivable.

Create and maintain an effective marketing plan of sales of products and services.

Coordinate with office staff on pricing and purchasing stock items and custom orders

Eutectic Resources-Plant Manager-Brazil, Indiana

Aerospace industry dealing with Rolls Royce as the major customer

Writing procedures for ISO/TS16949 compliance

6Six Sigma experience using continuous improvement initiatives.

2005-2007- Project Launch Manager-Daimler Chrysler-Indiana, Wisconsin, Illinois, Missouri

Ramping down of the Dodge Neon and ramping up the Dodge Caliber, Jeep Compass, and Jeep Patriot

Familiar with aluminum alloys, stainless steel alloys, engineering polymers, casting, thermoplastics, plastics which were cut using Danley Machines, Heat Exchangers and Hot zones

Powertrain division transmissions-heat treat, electric and gas ovens, Foundry experience gears, clutches, valve bodies, pumps, etc

Manufacturing Engineering Supervisor, Escient (1997-2002) Product Engineer, Hewlett Packard [2003-2004]

MBA, Indiana Wesleyan University Bachelor in Business, Indiana Wesleyan University Associate of Science in Electrical Engineering Technology, Purdue University

Six Sigma Black Belt 09

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