Manager Plant
Resume:
Jeff Aker
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SUMMARY
Proactive Manufacturing Leader with more than 25 years experience in fast paced, competitive world-class benchmark industries including: 1st tier automotive, aerospace, and architecture. Leader in driving continuous improvements in safety, quality, production, cost, delivery, and morale in both union and non-union facilities. Possesses manufacturing expertise in the following areas:
Safety
STOP, Ergonomics. Stand Downs, Job rotation, Safety Stoplight
Quality
Six Sigma, 5S, QS-9000, TS-16949, Poka-Yoke
Production
Lean Manufacturing Leader, Kaizen, TPM and O.E.E, Visual Goals and Objectives, Standard Work
Cost
Value Stream, S.M.E.D., 7-Wastes, MRB Teams, Hourly Cell Sheets
Delivery
J.I.T, MPS, Kanban, One Piece Flow, Supply Chain Management
Morale
Cross-functional Teams, Union Avoidance, Team Building, Team Systems, Succession Planning
WORK HISTORY
SOUTHERN WESLEYAN UNIVERSITY, Central, SC 2011– Present
Business Professor
Instruct College of Business Adult Degree Program classes at the Columbia, North Augusta, and Charleston branches. Classes instructed are as follows:
Management Policies & Strategies 4053
International Business Management 4203
Production & Operations Management 5033 (MBA class)
Principles of TQM 3363
Quantifiable Methods for Managers 2203
Integrated Studies in Management 5823 (MBA class)
Management & Leadership 3013
Managing for Quality & Excellence 5443 (MBA class)
PURE POWER TECHNOLOGIES, Columbia, SC 2011 – 2012
Manufacturing Coach
Instrumental in implementation of planning, organizing, leading, and coordinating Valve Unit Value Stream.
Received 2011 “Manufacturer of the Year” in South Carolina.
Developed work environment that is conducive to productivity and high morale. Accomplished by extensive communication, training, and continuous follow-up.
Scheduled and facilitated all 24/7 Assembly builds. As well as coordinated new product builds including PPAP.
Coordinated wall to wall implementation / sustainment. Using 6S”POWER”.
PRECISION COMPONENTS INTERNATIONAL, Columbus, GA 2010 – 2011
Manufacturing Cell Leader
Managed a 3-shift Finishing Department aerospace jet engine manufacturing facility.
Directed all aspects of safety, quality, production, cost, delivery, and morale, resulting in 8%
improvements in monthly sales and 10% quarterly cost reductions.
Developed and communicated an annual site vision. This site vision contributed to the facility achieving Gold Supplier status in regards to quality / delivery.
FEDERAL MOGUL, Smithville, TN 2008 – 2009
Operations Manufacturing Manager
Managed a 1st tier automotive 4-shift $300M Friction Products 300,000 square ft. facility.
Supervised 3 Business Unit Managers, 20 supervisors, and 1200 hourly employees which developed and communicated a successful annual site vision.
Performed Aggressive Lean Implementation which resulted in 12% reduction in operating expenses within 3 months and 90% Plant productivity indexes.
5S “wall to wall” implementation / sustainment.
COOPER HAND TOOLS, Sumter, SC 2005 - 2007
Operations Manager
Total P/L responsibilities of all manufacturing and maintenance operations of Wrench, Compound Action, HKP, Pliers, and Drivers product lines.
Successfully managed 3-shift operation including 4 Business Unit Managers, 15 salary supervisors, and 500 hourly value added employees.
Directed 289,000 square ft. facility with production processes including CNC, Chrome Plating, Black Oxide, Sulfuric Acid Phosphates, Heat Treat, Assembly, and Robotic Grinding.
EAGLE PICHER (WOLVERINE GASKET), Blacksburg, VA 2002 – 2005
Operations Manager
Managed 1st tier automotive job shop operation, 3 shifts, $110M budget and 300 employees.
Installed basic lean manufacturing systems including visual factory, build-to-order, six sigma, and Kaizen. with over a $750K cost savings.
Improved safety and 5S housekeeping score over 25% with improved workplace organization.
Established plant productivity records resulting in record customer sales while reducing manufacturing scrap more than 20%.
FEDERAL MOGUL, Orangeburg, SC 2000 – 2002
Plant Manager 2001 – 2002
Operations Manager 2000 – 2001
Managed 1st tier automotive 3-shift $90M Powertrain Piston 75,000 square ft. facility. Duties including 5 supervisors, 8 salary, and 180 hourly. In addition CNC "U" shape work cells, skilled trades, continuous improvement teams, P/M, production control, UAW relations, engineering, and overall P&L.
Reduced operating expense by 15 % while improving bottom line by 17%.
Achieved 20% O.E.E. increase in 18 months.
Obtained UAW support for "U" shape lean work cells in 6 weeks.
YALE SECURITY GROUP, Charlotte, NC 1997 – 2000
Plant Manager
Direct report to V/P of operations with multiple Plant responsibilities
Served as Project Leader for "State of the Art" Chrome Plating department in Sao Paulo, Brazil. Promoted from Production Manager to Plant Manager.
Appointed Project leader in charge of closing / relocating a 130,000 square ft. facility, reducing supervisory staff by 50% in 7 weeks and increasing production by 27% within 6 months.
VALEO CLUTCHES, Hampton, VA Production Shift Manager 1995 – 1997
BFGOODRICH, Troy, OH Production Foreman 1992 – 1995
YOTEC, INC., South Charleston, OH Production Supervisor 1989 – 1992
EDUCATION
MBA, Central Michigan University, Mt. Pleasant, MI, 1991, 3.09 G.P.A.
BA, Industrial Management, Capital University, Bexley, OH, 1989, 3.68 G.P.A.
Faculty / Staff Member, School of Business, Southern Wesleyan University, Central, SC
Both degrees earned at night while working full time
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