Manager Management

Michael Huxhold

515-***-**** ********@***.*** Peru, IA

General Management • Plant Management Executive

Outstanding record of driving organizational performance utilizing the best elements from Lean Methodologies to attain consistent and significant improvements in cost, delivery, satisfaction, and profitability

Strategic manufacturing executive using an holistic approach to aligning teams, processes and technologies through application of world-class principles and fiscal discipline with a clear focus on quality control and productivity initiatives

Highly skilled at implementing proven methodologies focused on

business transformation, change management and project management with a broad international exposure to Europe, Asia and the Middle East

Experience & Accomplishments

Aerospace Manufacturing

Assembly Line Setup

Auditing methodologies

Business continuity plans

Business development

Business diversification

Capital projects & purchasing

Change management

CNC Machining

Continuous improvement

Contract negotiation

Cost improvement

Distribution center management

Equipment management

Facility engineering

Government contracts

Injection molding

Leadership development

Lean manufacturing

Manuf. resource planning (MRP)

Medical Devices Manufacturing

Operations management

Organizational structure

OSHA compliance

P & L management

Partner relations

Physical plant layout

Planning, development, monitoring

Plant safety

Process evaluation and integration

Product and packing materials

Product development

Project management

Quality management

Raw materials management

Requirements analysis

Research & development

Risk management

Six Sigma

Strategic alliances

Strategic planning

Supplier performance

Teambuilding / Mentoring

Technical Integration

Vendor relationships

Accomplishments in continuous improvement and seamless execution in all aspects of the manufacturing supply chain, designing and implementing total quality management programs for manufacturing divisions

Proven ability to plan, analyze and lead efforts to ensure maximum utilization of logistical resources

Thriving in high-pressured, fast-paced environments, with supreme multitasking and problem-solving abilities, seamlessly handling competing priorities, providing continuous, intensive training to maintain the highest morale

Extensive experience with highly engineered systems, which require deep understanding of critical business drivers across multiple markets

Highly skilled in all phases of the Project Life Cycle from feasibility and business case definition through final implementation

Extensive experience and expertise in facilitating new product development through all phases of the product lifecycle from concept to launch to production

Record of continuous improvements in overall production scheduling, plant efficiency, warehouse management, and customer service ratings

Constant improvement. Always finding new ways to improve the business. Known for finding pragmatic, high impact solutions, and incorporating innovative product design and enhancements to compete in today’s ever changing marketplace

Planned and led a successful complex international site transfer. Explored prospects for overseas outsourcing in Turkey, South Korea, Thailand and Israel

Career Milestones

Developed an innovative line of successful products combining several popular add-ons also developed a co-patented laser guidance feature for future product

Orchestrated a complex, legally intensive international transfer-relocation of an entire plant operation from Canada to the US, closing the Canadian plant and selling all assets

Successfully handled all government regulations and procedures with the county, regulatory agencies, the Labor Board, etc.

Trained and supervised an entirely new staff of 85 with no experience in the product on assembly and manufacturing which yielded 66% higher productivity than the former limited-capacity facility

Planned and led a Canadian plant relocation to a much larger site (72k vs. 32k sf), completing the layout design and the complex equipment installation of all machinery and components to enable a return to full schedule after only 7 down days

Launched a new more economical and faster in-house process to meet manufacturing demands, for the only plant of its kind in Canada

Introduced a complete MRP system, including all parts and machine operations for critical production planning and inventory control to optimize productivity and efficiency, materials availability and timely delivery to customers, growing from 200 parts to 2,200

Experienced with CNC (Computer Numerical Control) machinery improving overall part production quality and dramatically reducing average unusable non-spec product leading to improved part tolerances and cutting lead times in half

Successfully negotiated with difficult vendors and installed machining cells to supply assembly demands, achieving smaller footprints and a more efficient use of space

Designed and implemented a new product series priced about one-third lower than competitors, became a mainstay for overseas sales and a flagship product adding $5 Million in sales annually

Improved productivity and volume for SciCan by 500% at relatively small cost, realizing maximum return with a modest $250k investment for system changeover and redesigned manufacturing and assembly line

Started and led MIM Technologies to supply metal injection molding products and services, a new factory operation, to immediate and growing profitability year after year

Helped drive revenues from about $10M to $15-17M, stimulated by a 50% increase in production

Career History

Allor/Plesh Manufacturing Inc. 2016 to present

Plant Manager

AEC Enterprises 2014 to 2016

Plant/Operations Manager

Huxhold Consulting Inc. 2003 to 2016

Owner

MIM Technologies 1999 to 2012

President

Para-USA 2007 to 2012

Chief Operating Officer

Para-Ordnance/Eastern Mold & Die 1993 to 2007

General Manager

SciCan 1990 to 1993

Manufacturing Manager

Earlier Positions

Production Manager, H&H Custom Work

Planner Engineer, Treco Machine and Tool

Education

Humber College – 4 years - Tool & Die Making

Seneca College – 4 years - Mechanical Engineering Technology

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