Management Manager

Steven C. Hanson

**** ******* ****

Turner, Michigan 48765

**********@*****.***

Cell: 248-***-****

Program, Project Manager, Manufacturing, Operations, Continuous Improvement, Quality

An industry professional with hands-on experiences in global program/project management, continuous improvement, advanced problem solving, materials and quality management. Other experiences are in process improvement, real time process analytics, quality systems, industrial network infrastructure, supply chain operations, plant floor systems deployment including RFID-GPS solutions, vendor analysis, global business development and dynamic production scheduling. Delivering manufacturing and production automation systems for; Automotive, and Aerospace and Defense industries, including global logistics and supply chain. Has global experience in program delivery, support, business development, process and product management and managing manufacturing along with quality systems deployment on a global scale, including plant subsystems.

GOAL AND OBJECTIVE

Utilize my real life continuous improvement, project and program management skills combined with my business experience to lead teams in successfully implementing production programs from initiation through customer acceptance to meet or exceed the agreed upon end-user requirements.

PRIMARY RESPONSIBILITIES

Program acquisition, personnel management, program/project management, plant managerial support in systems deployment, continuous improvement, and supplier quality assurance.

Program Launch Lead, APQP, PPAP, HSE&E compliance, TS-16949 implementation and support along with customer interface for all facets of the program including customer conflict mitigation and resolution. Interface with Supplier Quality Assurance OEM teams.

Work closely with internal and external launch teams (Including plant and area managers) to align objectives and drive goal attainment and adhering to lean principles in all phases of manufacturing.

Oversees and directs business opportunities, makes recommendations to Sr. Management for deployment of new manufacturing systems and support organizations.

Works with senior staff for the initiation and execution of corporate objectives, including contract negotiations with suppliers.

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

Minth Group Nissan Program Launch Manager/Manufacturing Engineering August 2013-Current

•Program launch manager (P & L responsible) of Nissan-Infiniti, BMW, Honda and GM current and future programs. Manage a staff of 2 engineers, 1 Sr. quality engineer, 1 quality engineer for 5 OEM customers. Work closely with customers on pre-launch coordination, overall plant responsibilities for PPAP, Control Plans, PFEMA, Error-proofing systems, RFID development and deployment, Run-at-Rate, document submission, Health and Safety team member, and manage team that provides advanced problem solving skills (PDCA's/A3's).

•Manage material optimization and 5 axis machining operations of aluminum extrusions for all BMW programs ANPQP SAR Certified for manufacturing and assembly operations. Fastening solutions expert for developing and managing torque operations, (real time fastening process analysis), welding, staking operations, behavioral mapping for molding equipment, welders, bending and sawing operations. Customer interface point for pre-launch, current and post launch activities. Leads team in all customer audit formats. TS 16949 contact for audit reviews, Nissan THaNKS review with Kaizen, GEMBA and Sochin audits.

•Duties include; provide plant level leadership for process development and launch for the customer and the product. Understanding of all customer requirements for the project, communicating them to the team, assign responsibilities along with expected completion dates, ensure the team meets or exceeds expectations. Manage budgeting and controlling all project costs, responsible for tooling progress, delivery, and conflict mitigation. Authorize and control any changes to the program.

•Hands-on leadership role, equipment troubleshooting, assessment, capital equipment purchasing and tooling run-off capability. High volume die-cast aluminum and magnesium machining (3 and 5 axis) for non-automotive and automotive applications, both turning and milling operations with work holding development.

Catalyst Solutions, Inc. (Formerly Avanti-Agentware Systems) VP, Business Development January 2007-August 2013

•Responsible for program, project management, and new program launches globally, assisted (in trusted advisor role) OEM C and V level strategy development and execution.

•I co-developed a real-time weld analysis solution utilizing software to produce a weld “signature” of every operation the robot (robot OEM agnostic) and tooling can record via weld controllers and plc’s. This, combined with engineering process data, from birth history record to final assembly, and is used as a predictive failure analysis tool of assembled (robot welded) components.

•As part of continuous improvement OEM project; Refined a track and trace application utilizing a variety of technologies to support the location of finished goods produced, (in plant, out to dealer locations) worldwide, including long range port solutions for final assembly of goods. Included active, passive RFID and GPS solutions for container management and asset location and work instruction distribution.

•Co-developed and deployed a global torque/fastening management quality system for automotive and other commercial companies, also provided global manufacturing systems support for levels 1, 2 and 3.

•Global powertrain program experience in machining and assembly operations, global torque quality verification management (all levels of fasteners), product quality verification and warranty management with OEM’s and Tier one suppliers

•Launched and managed interiors program for three North American Tier one’s (580 facilities worldwide) to North American and Asian OEM (averaged 5 million US dollars per production shift of revenue per facility) that included Build to Order (Broadcast driven) Instrument Panels, consoles, audio/navigation systems, steering columns on a mix product production line, 1180 assembled, tested and installed units per shift on demand.

Catalyst Project Assignment November 2006-January 2007

•Plant Floor Systems Consultant to OEM for continuous improvement of plant floor programs in regard to stamping operations, OEE measurement, die and coil tracking, automated welding systems, and material tracking for assembly operations along with quality system review and root-cause analysis of damaged components. Combined ROI assessment driven by dynamic scheduling (as opposed to forecast model) of stamping operations to reduce die changeover time and condense PPAP customer approval time delivered a decrease in plant operating cost by 4.8% in the first year, 6.3% in the second year.

Apriso Corporation Global Automotive Account Manager January 2006-November 2006

•Responsibilities were to manage new customer project rollouts and manage the installed Global Automotive accounts, for both OEM and their Tier 1 Suppliers.

•I was responsible for business development and project definition prior to team selection, utilizing both internal and external resources from concept; delivery to production, and systems support after project has been deployed (remote personnel scheduling).

Alta/Avanti Systems Worldwide (Now Catalyst Solutions) Director Automotive October 2001-December.2006

•Avanti was spun off from Alta in December 2003 as the global systems integration and production systems support firm for Visteon, Nissan, PSA, Hyundai-Mobis, and DCX for Supplier to OEM systems integration. Avanti's business model was based upon complete order traceability, acquiring build data from PLC's, managing the OPC layer, uploading parsed data to MES system, triggering real time back-flush to ERP, worked with OEM legacy applications for complete birth history records in the manufacturing process. Developed customer-centric 24X7X365 remote ‘Global Manufacturing Systems Support Team’ for level one, two and three layers of live quality production support

VW-gedas USA, Inc. Business Development Manager February 2001-September 2001

•Developed new business external to Volkswagen of America, utilizing internal resources for external SAP projects. Enterprise solution upgrades, SAP and PLM. Designed partner eco-system with complementing software, hardware and service providers for the domestic and international market. I developed reference materials targeted toward the U.S. Automotive telematics market, performed manufacturing process improvement studies for VWoA suppliers.

•Graduated from SAP Partner Academy and trained in Materials Management (purchasing, suppliers, inventory management, and contract administration) ASAP Methodology, SAP Automotive Template.

•Was Materials Manager on two full life cycle implementations. Trained in Solution Selling for the Automotive, engineering and construction, chemical and process industries, OEM and Tiered supply-base. SAP MM Consultant for manufacturing.

EDUCATION & CREDENTIALS

Attended Muskegon Community College, ITT Technical School and continuing formal education

Certificate in Dale Carnegie Training and Management seminars.

I was the managing team member in two major projects addressing environmental issues with industrial-base companies in the US. Both were for the United States Council for Automotive Research (USCAR). The first project was regarding “Design for Recycle-ability” issues and implementation for Detroit-based OEM’s. Program was conducted at the Vehicle Development Recycling Center in Highland Park, Michigan (objective was to create an efficient cost effective dis-assembly line to recycle vehicles and their associated fluids). The second program was the building and commissioning of the C.E.R.P. foundry in California (Casting Emission Reduction Program), the results of the program are benefitting the environment, and are thoroughly CARB compliant. These technological advances were used as a benchmark for water and air quality and productivity increases for other existing steel mills and casting facilities in the US.

I have been directly involved in advanced technology and its commercial application, deployment and global support (levels one, two and three), and have had many focused speaking engagements on global production process management for Financial Executives International, Detroit Chapter, AIAG (Automotive Industry Action Group) as well as University of Detroit Mercy, School of Business.

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