Manufacturing / Engineering Manager - Master Black Belt

DALE GUTHRIE

**** ******** ***** ******* *****, NC 27104 Cell 336-***-**** Home 336-***-**** e-mail: acsy27@r.postjobfree.com

Engineering and Operations Professional

A results oriented organizational development professional that plans, communicates, and works cross functionally to develop systems necessary to make improvements in organizations. With a track record of increasing operational efficiency, Quality, revenue, and profit. Offering experience in Change leadership, Quality, Operations, Engineering, HR, Purchasing, Logistics and Quality areas of the organization.

BSME and MBA educated, Lean Manufacturing, 6-Sigma Master Black Belt, ISO9000, FDA GMP trained

RELEVANT EXPERIENCE

B/E Aerospace Winston Salem, NC Manufacturing Manager 2013- present

Recruited for the start up of a new division within B/E Seating Products Group. Responsible to manage the New Product introduction, from the design concept through to shipment to the customer. Took the start up from concept designs and zero dollars in sales to 8 products and 2 million dollars in revenue in two years.

Position scope included responsibility for: the design for manufacturability of 8 new products, part cost review, make / buy analysis, supplier selection, prototyping, manufacturing tooling, in process verifications, processes, reliability testing, final testing, packaging, shipping, quality system creation and audits to ISO / AS9100 standard, master scheduling and product launch.

COOK Medical Inc. Winston Salem, NC Operations Manager 2005-2013

Responsible for developing and improving the manufacturing operations and new product development for this medical device manufacturer including Assembly, Injection Molding, Sterilization, Shipping, Distribution, Production, Engineering, Purchasing, Quality Control and Logistics. Developed strategic plans to support 30+% growth for the operational areas. Trained staff and made changes to organizational structure, Quality System, data reporting, operation product flow, and inventory control system to successfully support growth, while improving efficiency, quality, and customer delivery.

Implemented Quality System changes that improved the product quality by 20%.

Developed operational efficiency tracking system - increasing efficiencies from 65% to 93%.

Implemented an operational scorecard and cost database to drive improvement to MPS of 10%.

Trained front line supervision and managers to improve employee relations, and FDA compliance.

Used 6-Sigma and Lean Manufacturing tools to reduce manufacturing waste and enable the operations to grow 30% in 3 years with no increase in manpower, production floor space, reducing cost.

Developed inventory and distribution plan for 4 new international distribution centers.

Collaboratively started wellness program - earned AHA award for Fit Friendly Work Sites for 3 years

INGERSOLL RAND Inc. Mocksville, NC Manufacturing Manager 2003-2005

Recruited to improve Manufacturing Operation, Quality systems, Production Planning, Engineering and Maintenance areas for this precision machining and assembly operation. Helped develop the company 6-Sigma program. Implemented systems that reduced operational spending and tracked area contribution. Developed and implemented the maintenance work order system, Production scheduling and tracking systems, engineering project tracking and performance review systems. Trained yellow and green belts in Six Sigma.

Championed 6 Sigma program - reduced throughput from weeks to hours - improved productivity 20%.

Implemented lean manufacturing - Improving machine uptime by 15% and reducing costs by 18%.

Developed a tool to assess the technical team and put a training plan in place to improve their skills.

Personally developed international suppliers - transferred machining operations to Turkey and India.

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DIEBOLD Inc. Lexington, NC Engineering Manager & Technical Team Leader 2001-2003

Responsible for the Technical Team development, and managing the multi-plant transition to implement JIT and Lean Manufacturing for this manufacture of ATM’s and voting equipment.

Implemented the production quality system and operator training programs to reduce quality defects from 155 K parts per million (PPM) to 35 PPM,

Using Lean tools - Reduced the required floor space of the assembly operations by 50%.

Personally conducted team training on Lean Manufacturing, DFT, 5S, Kaizen event training, and process control.

Lead manufacturing product redesign and new product introduction effort for 5 new products in 12 months, reducing manufacturing time per unit by 45% and hardware content by 50 %.

HERMES ABRASIVES LTD. Virginia Beach, Va. Manufacturing Manager promoted to VP 1998-2001

Recruited to transition the Manufacturing, Quality, Maintenance, Manufacturing, Production Control, and Shipping areas. Implemented SAP ERP operations, inventory control, and Production planning modules Managed an operating Budget of 5.5 million and 120 employees.

Transitioned a 20+ year work force to understand and accept Lean Manufacturing / continuous improvement initiatives while maintaining the existing core company values and culture – reduce throughput time by 25%.

Developed customer satisfaction programs to reduce lead times from 4 weeks to 24 hours.

Reduce shipping and distribution costs over 2 years by 12%. Set up a West Coast distribution system and plant.

Reorganized the material control department to reduce slow moving and dead inventory by 5 million dollars

TRW AUTOMOTIVE Greensboro, NC Engineering Manager 1995-1998

Recruited to help improve quality and processing of Automotive Steering Gears. Responsible for LRP, capital budgeting, operation budget development, and JIT continuous improvement. Managed the process development of a Mexico facility, transferred the processes and managed the closing of the Greensboro facility.

Developed the engineering and maintenance areas into self-managed teams, implemented pay for skills program.

Implemented QS 9000 procedures, cost management systems, reducing controllable costs by 15%.

Assisted the management team to defeat a union organization, developed employee suggestion recognition program

GKN AUTOMOTIVE DRIVELINE DIVISION Mebane, NC Production Manager 1989-1995

Managed the production area with a work force of 230 employees and an operating budget of $14.5M annually. Responsible for the P&L of the area, production of 40 drive shaft products utilizing 80+ machines in machining, heat treatment, grinding, painting, and assembly areas.

Developed the work force into self-managed teams and implemented operator performance and product traceability systems to improve accountability – reducing scrap 30% and increasing productivity 25%.

Trained by Toyota to implement kanban, and Kaizan - improving delivery performance by 20%

Penang, Malaysia Expatriate Operations/Engineering Manager 1991-1993

Selected to manage the project to build, equip and start-up plant to make constant velocity driveshafts. Responsible for all start-up activities, operating budget of $10.5M, hiring local staff, supplier development activities and adaptation of manufacturing methods, from Germany, Japan and England to Malaysia.

Education: Lean Six Sigma Master Black Belt Villanova University

Master of Business Administration Wake Forest University

Engineering Management Certificate University of NC at Charlotte

BS, Mechanical Engineering Technology University of NC at Charlotte

AAS, Mechanical Drafting Guilford Technical College

QS-9000 Certified Auditor Stat-a-Matrix Corporation

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