Manager Management

Daniel Fisher

Plant Manager/Production Manager

Toledo, OH 43612

**************@*****.*** - 1-419-***-****

Willing to relocate: Anywhere

Authorized to work in the US for any employer

WORK EXPERIENCE

Plant Manager

LKQ - Toledo, OH - September 2014 to Present

Responsibilities

Direct and Maintain Toledo's newest LKQ facility, Directing Teamwork and Supervisor Responsibilities. In Charge of P&L/Budgets, I am the Operations Manager of a Fortune 500 Company located in Toledo, Ohio. Accomplishments

Took a Failing Company that was set up poorly to a prosperous new facility. Skills Used

Six Sigma, 5s, Toyota Way, Lean Manufacturing

Leadership Management Trainer & Consultant

Teamwork Inc. - Bowling Green, OH

Responsibilities

With over 20 years of Management behind me I have developed and implemented several Supervisory training programs. If your looking to make a change in your Company and believe in the power of "Teamwork" then I am the Consultant for you.

(Management Book)

I am presently working on my first Management book that I hope to publish in 2015 dealing with the importance of people and a New Management technique that is sure to take notice. Accomplishments

Every Company I have worked for I have improved Production numbers by 15-20% Skills Used

Supervisory Consultant

Production Supervisor

Guardian Automotive - 2013 to 2014

Production Supervisor over a Tier 1 Automotive Facility. Direct Supervisor over two production lines. Initiated

& Implemented a new QC standard on our final line which cut defects by 22%. Both production lines also set two Company production records. I also initiated a fork truck lean production philosophy which improved our raw parts to production line by 45 minutes daily.

* 600+ Employees

Plant Manager

Michiana E Company - 2003 to 2013

Plant Manager over two facilities. When I took the roll as Plant Manager we had a Six Sigma customer rating of 92%, within our first six months we had revamped our shipping department along with our retooling production department and achieved a milestone Six Sigma rating of 99.9%

• Analyzed and prepared production budgets along with timelines required to complete production projects.

• Ascertained production did not exceed Lean manufacturing principles and setup a new layout for the facility that improved production time by 33% and production yield by 44%.

• Implemented a Waste Management Program that saved the Company 250,000. Set up and introduced a new Quality Control System that saw a decrease in Quality issues by 45% Production Manager

Topp Industries - 1998 to 2003

In direct charge of over 600 employees. Launched a lean manufacturing philosophy in a non lean environment. I setup and developed standardized work practices. We saw a Plant wide increase in Production yield by 33%. I implemented a factory wide production line to production line cross-training program and eliminated downtime by 17%. I also setup and managed a standardized basin weights and measures program that in turn saved the company $250,000 the first year of implementation. Production Manager

Bremen Technologies - 1996 to 1998

Production Manager over a direct 200 employees. I launched a Lean Manufacturing philosophy and Waste Reduction thinking program into the Automotive running board plant. We saw an increase in both production and yield by 20%. The waste management program was a success and eliminated waste by 50%. RV Production Supervisor

Holiday Rambler - 1990 to 1996

I was promoted from line worker to Production Supervisor where I had direct report of 18 Employees. Milestones at Holiday Rambler were I initiated a cross-training program that increased production by 15% & yield by 13%

EDUCATION

SCI Business College

2006

PhD

St Luke Bible College - Biblical Philosophy/ Metaphysics 2004

Heavy Equipment Operators School

1988 to 1990

North Wood High School Nappanee - Nappanee, IN

1982 to 1986

MBA(Presently Working Towards)

Villanova University

ADDITIONAL INFORMATION

EXPERTISE

* Six Sigma Program Planning * Continuous Improvement

* Toyota Way & Lean Management * Forecasting & Inventory Control

* ISO/TS 16949 & Shainin Red-X * 5 Whys/ 6S & Root Cause Expert

*Maintenance Heavy Equipment * Supervisor Training & Mentoring

* Waste Management * Setup & Layout of Production Lean Facilities

* Risk Performance Management * Employee Mentoring & Team Building

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