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Townville, SC *****

Phone 864-***-****

E-mail:aczd5f@r.postjobfree.com

Corey Braaksma

Objective

To secure a responsible and challenging position in the Automotive Industry as a Manager, utilizing skills I have acquired from experience in Engineering, Program Management, Continuous Improvement and Operations environments.

Education

8/92-7/98 Purdue University Lafayette, IN

Bachelor of Science in Industrial Technology

Professional experience

Plastic Omnium 7/11 – Present

9/14-Present Plastic Omnium Anderson, SC

Manufacturing / POMS Manager

Manager of three Production Shift Managers, seventeen Production Team Leaders and the indirect supervision of 150 hourly production employees. Responsible for leading the facility Continuous Improvement / Lean activities. Key duties included managing the day to day operations of the manufacturing plant floor, with a focus on employee safety, training, product quality and labor productivity.

7/11-9/14 Plastic Omnium Anderson, SC

Senior Process Engineer / Focus Factory Owner

Responsible for improving the performance of the blow molding department through the establishment of performance metric measurements and continuous improvement on those metrics, (OEE, Scrap, Downtime, Material Usage/Waste, SMED, Start-Up). Work with Focus Factory Leaders on launching new manufacturing equipment. Work closely with the Process and Maintenance Technicians on performance improvement. Conduct Kaizen events to increase metric performance.

TI Automotive 6/06 – 7/11

12/10-7/11 TI Automotive Hartwell, GA

Area Manager

Manager of four Production Supervisors and the indirect supervision of 150 hourly production employees. Responsibilities included managing the day to day operations of the manufacturing plant floor, with a focus on labor efficiency and OEE.

03/10-12/10 TI Automotive Hartwell, GA

Engineering Manager

Managed three Manufacturing Engineers, one Controls Engineer, nine Process Technicians and nine Maintenance Technicians. Provided direction to the plant technical group, in all aspects, including scheduling, project management, and performance evaluations while serving as a working Engineer for the BMW F25 program.

Worked closely with the BMW Program Team as the Manufacturing Engineer on the BMW F25 launch in Hartwell. Responsibilities included tank Design for Manufacturing, process development, procurement of all capital and tooling for the program and customer relations with the BMW Spartanburg and Munich team.

03/08-03/10 TI Automotive Ossian, IN

Process Engineering Manager

Charged with the direct supervision of three Process Engineers. Functions are to supervise the Process Engineering group, to establish, monitor and maintain the process parameters of the blow molding and welding processes, ensuring production and quality standards and customer requirements are met. I actively participated in the creation of global process standards for TI Automotive.

6/06-03/08 TI Automotive Ossian, IN

Manufacturing/Process Engineer

Served as primary manufacturing engineer for the Honda product line in the manufacturing facility, including product launch, capital equipment purchasing and program timing. Also charged with establishing, monitoring and maintaining the process parameters of the blow molding and hot plate welding process and ensuring production and quality standards were met.

Lear Corporation 4/04 – 6/06

2/06-6/06 Lear Corporation Wauseon, OH

Six Sigma Black Belt

Managed Continuous Improvement projects intended on saving money for the plant. Projects include Lean Manufacturing, design changes, process optimization and scrap/rework reduction. Tools used in the process are: DOE, Mini Tab, Kaizen and Lean principles.

4/04-2/06 Lear Corporation Wauseon, OH

Launch Manager

Managed new product launches, from the operations side of the business, from development until hand-off to production. Phases included design input, implementing and managing multiple project timelines, coordinating all prototype builds for the customer, determining labor standards and costs, managing the cross functional launch team at the plant, single point contact for the customer from the manufacturing site, manage all engineering changes for the product.

Inergy Automotive Systems 6/00 – 4/04

6/03-4/04 Inergy Automotive Systems Adrian, MI

Lead Process Engineer

Charged with the direct supervision of four process Engineers and six Process Technicians. Functions were to supervise the Process Engineering group, to establish, monitor and maintain the process parameters of the blow molding process, ensuring production and quality standards and customer requirements are met. Worked directly with the core team on design input, prototyping, scheduling, APQP process, product launches and reporting. I actively participated in Continuous Improvement and corrective action projects Six Sigma Green Belt projects and assisted in the training of facility personnel in the blow molding processes.

6/00-6/03 Inergy Automotive Systems Adrian, MI

Process Engineer

Monitored and maintained the process parameters of the blow molding process, ensuring production and quality standards and customer requirements were met.

9/98-6/00 Federal Mogul Camshafts Grand Haven, MI

Manufacturing Engineer

Defined and implemented improvements to product flow, machine capabilities, cycle times, tool life, and efficiencies. I was the main contact for the customer on any development, design, manufacturing, or quality issues regarding the product.

Significant Training

Toyota Kata

Standardized Work

Total Productive Maintenance (TPM)

Six Sigma Black Belt Training

Six Sigma Green Belt Training

Lean Manufacturing

Blow Molding

Hot Plate Welding

References

Available Upon Request

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