MICHAEL GRIFFIN
**** ***** **** ****, ********, Utah 84664
**********@*****.***
PROFESSIONAL QUALIFICATIONS
Over twenty years’ experience with various companies, ranging from consulting, research and development, Lean and Six Sigma, Project Management and Executive positions, demonstrating consistent record of increasing profits, improving quality and improving manufacturing efficiency and productivity. Instrumental in cost reduction, JIT, plant layout, and management. Strengths include computer literate, from design to office software, automation, customer focused (internal and external), capital improvements, quality, safety and environmental and P&L.
EDUCATION, PROFESSIONAL REGISTRATION
Mechanical Engineering Completed one year of Master’s at Idaho State University
Business Administration Completed Accounting and Statistics classes for MBA program
B.S., Design Engineering Technology Brigham Young University; Minor in Spanish
Passed Fundamentals of Engineering Exam
Member of the American Society of Mechanical Engineers since 1993
PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE
Operations Manager
2007-Present
AMICO, Orem, Utah
Manager of the Orem facility generating annual sales in excess of $28 million. Accountability extends to financial statements, profit flow/cash flow analysis, plant budget, capital projects, management of 103 employees, including four direct reports. Responsibilities include: scheduling, planning, inside sales, estimating, engineering, quality, safety and environmental, credit, supply chain, purchasing, and shipping.
Vice President of Operations
2006-2007
ACC Concrete LLC, West Jordan, Utah
Direct report to the Chairman of the Board. Responsible for the scheduling and planning of all manufacturing operations. Manager responsible for the reduction of Cost of Goods Sold. Our team realized over $400,000 in cost savings. In charge of direct expansion of the facility; doubling the square footage, and increased plant productivity 7% with an effective U-shaped plant layout.
Research and Design - Mechanical Hardware Manager 2005-2006
Linux Networx, Bluffdale, Utah
Engineering Manager in charge of new product development, BOM creation, cost analysis, drafting and design, scheduling, PCB, industrial design, and HVAC. Generation and maintenance of Gantt charts used for scheduling, risk analysis, and prioritization. Responsible for the scheduling, budget, and daily production of eight engineers. The team was in charge of rapid prototyping, proof of concepts, vendor selection, manufacturing documents, material selection, fabrication notes, proper tolerance stack up and final production specifications. Directly responsible for the
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Approval of purchase requisitions of spending, PTO, electronic time cards, product presentations and status updates to the Executive team.
Manufacturing Engineering Manager 2003-2005
Icon Health and Fitness, Logan, Utah
Manager responsible for tooling and engineering of medium volume health and fitness equipment for Fortune 500 companies, as well as their own private labels. In charge of new product development, including BOM’s, process and cost improvements, root cause analysis and re-designs. Realized over $1,000,000 in annual cost savings due to lean/six sigma projects targeting the elimination of waste and process variation. Supervised ten manufacturing personnel; Manufacturing, Electrical and Mechanical Engineers.
Continuous Improvement Manager 2002-2003
AutoMeter Inc., Pleasant Grove Utah
Line manager in charge of continuous improvements, automation projects, new product development, BOM’s, research and development, root cause and profit analysis. “Green Belt” achieved within Six Sigma. Realized $880,000 in cost savings. I helped increase new sales revenue from $100,000 to over $2,000,000 in the OEM group.
Operations Manager / Consultant 1993-1998
JP Redd, Salt Lake City, Utah
Operations Managers for projects ranging from product development to $10 million dollar projects; including bid proposals, scheduling, BOM’s, submittals, fab drawings, training, quality/budget control, start-up and commissioning. Consultant for “World Class” facilities, including life cycle analysis, JIT, total quality management, continuous improvement, Six Sigma, and cellular layout. Member of the steering committee which generated multi million dollars in annual revenue in new business. Direct Report to the CEO.
TECHNICAL SKILLS
Computer literate with extensive experience in Micro Soft Office, Project, Oracle, Solid Works and AutoCAD.
Involved with all aspects of management, including P&L statements, budgeting, cost analysis and scheduling.
Proven results in cost reduction and continuous improvement.
Consulting experience working with various executive teams.
Management and leadership skills, including direct reports, budgeting, and P&L’s.