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Resume:
MATTHEW SHEPHERD
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PROFESSIONAL SUMMARY
An accomplished production Manufacturing Director with 20+ years of experience in Manufacturing leadership. An effective leader skilled in enlisting the support of all team members in aligning with project and organizational goals. Have led a production department of over 800 team members responsible for $450 million in annual sales while leading initiatives for continuous improvement through Kaizen and TPS methodology.
CORE QUALIFICATIONS
0 25+ yrs. experience in manufacturing competencies of Welding, Machining, Heat treating, Plating, Molding, Stamping, Painting and Assembly.
oStrategic/Tactical planning including cascading Company objectives to department goals and acdvities o Leading continuous improvement based on TPS methods (Trained with Toyota TSSC) o Experience and core understanding in use of Industrial Engineelång, data driven activities o Implemented systems to control inventory/reduce and waste reduction in all value streams.
oExtensive experience with automotive customers: Ford, Chrysler, GM, Toyota, Nissan, Subaru & Honda
WORK EXPERIENCE
Feb 2022 - Present Summit Aviation Somerset, KY
Responsibilities, Day to day operations of the plant to meet customer demands. Led a staff of Engineering, Procurement, Manufacturing Management & Manufacturing Supervisor with decision making & direction to ensure monthly targets are made. Working with Sales team to increase revenue and cost margins. Tracking plant capacity and through put
•Responsibilities are Safety, Quality, Delivery, Expenses, and Plant KPI's
•Prepared annual and semiannual budgets cascading the company goals and objectives to my production managers and their respective groups
•Alumina Sheet Fabrication, Assemblies & Paint for Aerospace industries. OEM customers are Boeing, Northrop, Sikorsky, Lockheed Martin, Schweizer and Bell Helicopters
Nov 2019 - Dec 2021 Dr. Schneider Automotive Systems, Inc. Russell springs, KY Operation Manager
Responsibilities, Assembly, Injection Molding, Tool shop, Tooling/Process Technology, Paint Line, Production Control — Logistics, Engineering department and Maintenances.
Responsibilities are Safety, Quality, Delivery, Expenses and Labor Cost/Productivity (K?I's) for all the Manufacturing Plant
Prepared annual and semiannual budgets cascading the company goals and objectives to my production assistant managers and their respective groups
•Direct reports of 6 managers including with a staff of 386 direct and in-direct employees
•Oversight for launch of new products including introduction of new Active Dampening technologies
•Responsible for production realization to support average monthly sales of $10 million as a supplier to Mercedes, BiM\V, Audi, Subaru & Volkswagen for the US markets.
April 2018 - Nov 2019 (KDMK) Kyosan Denso Manufacturing KY Mt. Sterling, KY Senior Manufacturing Manager
Responsibilities are Safety, Quality, Delivery, Expenses and Labor Cost/Productivity for all Manufacturing Plant
Responsible for production realization to support average monthly sales of $20 million as a supplier to Toyota, Honda in US and Japan markets.
Responsible for 2 shifts production on 17 Final assembly lines and 14 upstream processes with daily volumes of 20k units per day . Check output daily and adjusted as needed to reach daily volumes on both shifts.
•Responsible for Injection Molding with 1.2 million parts monthly, POM material
Prepared annual and semiannual budgets cascading the company goals and objectives to my production assistant managers and their respective groups
Direct reports of 4 Assistant managers including 16 Team Leaders, 24 Sub Leaders and 216 team members
Oversight for launch of new products including introduction of new Active Dampening technologies
K_DNIK is the world largest SIFS manufacture (Simplified Integrated Fuel System).
May 2015 - April 2018 (KDMK) Kyosan Denso Manufacturing KY Mt. Sterling, KY Manufacturing Manager
•Responsibilities are Safety, Quality, Delivery, Expenses and Labor Cost/Productivity
Responsible for production realization to support average monthly sales of $17million as a supplier to Toyota, Honda in US and Japan markets.
•Responsible for 2 shifts production on 8 Final assembly lines and 5 upstream processes daily volumes of 16000 units. Check output daily and adjusted as needed to reach daily volumes on both shifts.
Prepared annual and semiannual budgets cascading the company goals and objectives to my production assistant managers and their respective groups
Direct reports of 4 Assistant managers including 16 Team Leaders, 24 Sub Leaders and 216 team members
Oversight for launch of new products including introduction of new Active Dampening technologies
K.DMK is the world largest SIFS manufacture (Simplified Integrated Fuel System).
April. 2012 - 2015 Hitachi Automotive Systems Americas Berea, KY
Production/Manufacturing Director— (3years)
•Responsibility to execute objectives for Safety Quality Delivery Productivity Cost control and continues improvement for the Production department. Responsible for production realization to support average monthly sales of $38 million as a Tier one supplier to Ford, Chrysler, GM, Nissan, Toyota
•Prepared annual and semiannual budgets cascading the company goals and objectives to my production managers and their respective groups.
Established and maintained a department monthly expense budget of $1.2million
Direct reports of 6 Managers and a team including 6 assistant Mangers, 36 supervisors and 800 team members.
Oversight for launch of new products including introduction of new Active Dampen-Ing technologies Reported directly to Vice President of Operations
Apr. 2010 - April 2012 Hitachi Automotive Systems Americas Berea, KY Production Sr. Manager (2years)
Reported directly to Production Director with Direct reports of 4 Managers of 4 core business units.
Led 4 core business units in Suspension production departments including Strut, Shock, Machining and sub assembly departments.
•Executed actions to support Department goals for Safety Quality Productivity and Cost reductions.
•Worked on cross functional team that led investment of $64 million to improve the plants Quality and capacity with focus on standardizing new equipment with introduction of new automation.
•Realized and supported an increase in sales/production of over 30% over a two year period through recovery of the auto industry and new products expanding market share.
Oct. 2005 - Apr. 2010 Hitachi Automotive Systems Americas Berea, KY
Industrial Engineering / Kaizen Manager (5years)
Established an independent IE/Kaizen group including 3 Industrial Engineers and 7 Kaizen technicians with responsibilities to
1.Evaluate and maintain Production Standard times
2.Lead continuous improvement plant wide
3.Create Capacity analysis/ forecasting system to point out capacity risk for the next 6 months.
4.Create Data collection system to monitor Production KPI
5.Lead company Best Practice activities
Reported directly to the of operations
Tasked to support PE whth year over year Standard time/cost
Worked on joint activities with both suppliers and customers for cost reductions
Rotated and trained supervisors on TPS method for continuous Improvement
Oct. 1999 - Oct. 2005 Hitachi Automotive Systems Americas Berea, KY
Production Manager (5years)
Reported directly to Production Director with direct reports of 6 supervisors, 4 technicians, 135 team members and responsibility for the Strut Welding, Painting and Assembly departments.
Responsibility to meet goals for Safety Quality Production attainment and cost.
Successfully led cross function team for defect reduction
April. 1994 - Oct. 1999 Hitachi Automotive Systems Americas Berea, KY Production Supervisor (5years)
Responsible for meeting objectives for Safety Quality and Production.
Led team of 22 Team members
Responsible for two weld and two suspension assembly lines and one paint line
ADDITIONAL SKILLS AND ACCOMPLISHMENTS
• Manufacturing training in Yuki Japan 7/20/2018 2 week training on floor management, Lean floor control, DNA quality training and many process improvement
Leadership week: 2 week training cores at the Denso plant in Marysville Tenn.
Eastern KY University Training
Leadership Excellence for Middle Managers (2008)
1.First Line Supervision Training/ Certification (2003)
2.Front Line Supervision Core 1 (2000)
3.Training and development for Time Management (2000)
Toyota Production Systems / Kaizen TSSC (Toyota Production Systems Support)
Standardized Work TSSC/TMMK
Best Practice / Kaizen Hitachi Automotive Sawa, Japan
Ford 8D problem solving,
Hitachi 8Step Problem solving
EDUCATION
1984 - 1988 Rockcastle County High School Mt. Vernon, KY
1986 - 1988
Vocational Welding and Electronics
Mt. Vernon, KY
2005
EKU Leadership Excellence
Richmond, KY.
2010
rrxnvlc TPS (2 weeks)
Georgetown, KY.
2018
2 week Plant Operation Training
Koga, Japan
2018
(12 months ) (AFLP) Associate-focused Leadership Program
Maryville, TN
2016
Leadership Week at DENSO Manufacturing
Nlaryville, TN
REFERENCES
Michael Bargo Senior Director Hitachi Automotive, Berea, KY
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Rusty Ruble Sr. Director Operations Hitachi Automotive, Harrodsburg, KY
Don Hosinski HR Manager at KDNIK, Mt Sterling, KY
ad0v52@r.postjobfree.com
Roy Jean Todd, Owner Todd Builders, Berea, KY
Roytoddbuilder.com
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