James R. Wiggins

Indianapolis, In. *****

Cell: 850-***-****

acspl9@r.postjobfree.com

TOOL AND DIE MANAGER

Innovative Tool and Die Manager with over 20 years of experience in stamping / manufacturing industry. Skills encompass all disciplines of tool design, build, preventative maintenance, die construction (progressive, transfer, deep draw, blanking etc.), gage development and build. Ability to use a process-leadership approach to implement time and cost saving initiatives through design and production phases. Highly successful in providing the technical direction for the design of new and existing tooling with a very high success rate of sustaining disruption free production. Ability to provide ideas and solutions for continuous process improvements in quality, efficiency, costs, safety and delivery.

Areas of Expertise

Tool & Die Management

Cost and Design Evaluation

New Product Launches

ISO 9002 / QS 9000

Six Sigma / Kaizen / 5S

Team Building / Leadership

Preventative Maintenance

Budget / Cost Management

Cost and Design Evaluation

Performance Improvement

Vendor Negotiations

Lean Manufacturing

Training and Development

Apprenticeship Training Program

Tool Design

EXPERIENCE

Goodyear Tire and Rubber 2009 to present

Machinist/Mechanic and EPA Building facilities operator

■ Manufacture replacement parts for equipment

■ Troubleshoot and repair production equipment

■ Operate liquid and solid waste EPA facilities

■ Key member of the Fire brigade and rescue squad

Key Contributions

■ Became plant certified in the operation of the waste treatment facilities

■ Became qualified to work as an electrician or craftsman in the plant.

■ Responsible for Hazardous Material conditions

ELKAY SOUTHERN MANUFACTURING, Lumberton, NC 2007 to 2008

(Largest U.S. manufacturer of stainless steel sinks)

Tool and Die Manager

Directed a staff of 6 skilled tradesmen while maintaining all tooling and dies to support the production schedules

■ Manufacturing of tooling and new dies

■ Successfully managing and delivery of tooling projects

■ Schedule tool and die shop workload to meet or exceed expectations

■ Procurement of raw materials and components for die building and maintenance

■ Successfully managed a three-shift operation while maintaining less than 1% downtime

Key Contributions

■ Developed procedure reducing die change over times by an average of 15 minutes resulting in a significant

savings

■ Project Manager for QDC clamping achieving an 8-minute reduction per die set up

■ Designed and implemented preventative maintenance programs to minimize unplanned downtime

GOODMAN MANUFACTURING, Houston, TX 2004 to 2007

(One of the industries largest top manufacturers of heating and air conditioning units.)

Tooling/Maintenance Manager

Directed all start-up initiatives for tool and die operations of a 3,000 employee facility. Hired and trained 22 skilled tradesmen / tool and die makers.

■ Develop and qualify sheet metal tooling projects from design specs through production until product obsolescence

■ Lead supplier teams and tool builders with tool design approval of specifications

■ Interface with mechanical designers to provide overall product evaluation with consideration to quality, costs and

production requirements

■ Coordinate timely production trials to ensure final completion runs meet scheduled timelines

■ Proactively resolve die/manufacturing problems and address quality issues

■ Frequent travels to nationwide tooling vendors to approve and monitor the build of new product line tooling

■ Purchasing raw materials and components for die building and maintenance

Key Contributions

■ Delivered more than 160 new dies valued at over $65 million on schedule, 100% to specification and under budget

■ Integrated over $1.5 million in cost savings in 2006 with thorough cost analysis and re-designing tactics, utilizing

automated tooling requiring less manpower and equipment

■ Built and launched a $1.1 million state-of-the-art tool and die department saving approximately $1million a

year in outsourcing

■ Designed and implemented training programs and preventative maintenance programs to minimize downtime

HONDA LOCK AMERICA - HL-A, INCORPORATED, Bremen, GA 2003 to 2004

(A state-of-the-art manufacturer of automotive components solely for the Honda Motor Company)

American-Die Maintenance Manager

Directed 18 skilled tradesmen and completed acquisition of equipment for tool and die shop in a facility of 600 employees

■ Interfaced with engineering to provide support for plastic injection, zinc and magnesium casting,

troubleshooting/maintenance, building of dies and qualifying new parts

■ Wrote plans for purchasing raw materials and components for die building and maintenance

■ Successfully managed the launch of all new dies for the casting and plastic injection departments

■ Proactively resolved die/manufacturing problems and addressed quality issues

■ Coordinated timely production trials to ensure final completion runs met scheduled timelines

■ Forecasted personnel requirements for new product lines

Key Contributions

■ Expanded tool and die department by acquiring key equipment necessary to return $312,000.00 annually of

outsourced work

■ Designed a tool and die apprenticeship training program

■ Developed and launched a successful die building program for new and existing product lines

NAVISTAR INTERNATIONAL TRUCK AND ENGINE CORPORATION, Indianapolis, IN 1996 to 2003

(A world class state-of-the-art manufacturing facility producing the ”Powerstroke” diesel engine for Ford Motor Company and International Truck Corporation)

Tool and Die Maker

■ Effectively provided comprehensive preventative maintenance on all state-of-the-art machining equipment

enabling disruption free production

■ Interfaced with engineering groups to provide support for machining and tooling utilizing PPAP and APQP to

qualify new parts in ISO 9002 and QS 9000 quality system standards

■ Indirectly led skilled tradesmen and machining personnel in troubleshooting and production runs

■ Proactively resolved manufacturing issues and addressed quality concerns

■ Produced tooling, fixtures and gauges required for the manufacturing processes

Key Contributions

■ Key member of critical repair team

■ Interfaced with a team of engineers to extensively research tooling and cutter life to improve speeds of

machining and increase production and profitability

■ Actively worked on black belt projects that resulted in excess of over $3 million annually in savings

KAUFFMAN PRODUCTS INCORPORATED, Carmel, IN 1992 to 1995

(A fully integrated manufacturer with state-of-the-art equipment and a full service tooling department serving Fortune 500 companies - automotive parts to Ford Motor Company, Isuzu, Toyota and television frames to RCA, Panasonic, Mitsubishi)

Lead Tool and Die Maker

Directed 16 skilled tradesmen in a 300 employee facility

■ Interfaced with engineering, quality and production management to ensure production readiness of tooling by

utilizing comprehensive die maintenance programs

■ Developed over 100 progressive and transfer dies consistently on schedule within budget

■ Directly led/trained skilled tradesmen in troubleshooting, repair and preventative maintenance

■ Implemented JIT schedules while utilizing Kaizen programs

Key Contributions

■ Ensured production readiness through comprehensive preventative die maintenance programs

■ Improved profitability by approximately $70k annually by implementing in-die tapping heads eliminating

secondary operations

■ Valuable team player that proactively assisted in the efforts to successfully become ISO 9000 and ISO 9002

quality certified

AB & S TOOL AND DIE, Indianapolis, IN 1987 to 1992

(A consolidation of contract manufacturing operations providing tooling, metal stamping, sheet metal fabrication, machining and roll form tooling for leading manufacturers, served Tool and Die apprenticeship here)

Supervisor/Tool and Die Maker

Directed 6 skilled tradesmen and operations of facility

■ Interfaced with the design engineer to plan the build of dies, machines and roll form tooling

■ Directly led/trained tool and die makers in building, repair and maintenance of dies

■ Built and developed many progressive and single station dies

■ Provided support to customers and vendors in house and at their locations

Key Contributions

■ Implemented an apprenticeship-training program through the NTMA

■ Improved profitability by $40,000.00 annually by combining two manufacturing processes into one die

■ Redesigned a key component of a major roll form process, resulting in a $300,000.00 annual scrap reduction,

allowing the company to retain the contract to produce the product

EDUCATION and TRAINING

Hull Maintenance Technical Training, US Navy, San Diego, CA

NT Basic Training – Computer Maintenance/Building, Ivy Tech State College, Indianapolis, IN

Certification in Welding, Lawrence North Vocational Training Center, Lawrence, IN

Zinc Die-Cast Process, Carroll Technical Institute, Bremen, GA

Tool and Die Apprenticeship, AB & S Tool and Die, Indianapolis, IN (4 year program)

CORPORATE SPONSORED TRAINING

Managing Conflict ● Machine Safeguarding & Lockout/Tagout Safety ● High Performance Leadership ● CPR/First Aid ● Press Maintenance ● SPC II, III, IV ● 5P Problem Solving ● Excel Module Version 2 ● Forklift Operation ● Motivating Employees ● Fein blanking ● Fireman RTM and NRCC ● OSHA Requirements

Computer Skills: Auto Cad ● Excel ● Access ● Microsoft Word ● PowerPoint ● Outlook Internet Communications

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