Project Manager

Multi-disciplined highly organized manager with skills, knowledge, and a proven track record of increasing profits through efficiency, effectiveness, and cost reduction. Excellent people, problem-solving, and communication skills, including managing stressful and challenging situations. Detail and results-oriented. PMBOK, TS16949, and least total cost management education and experience.

Qualifications / Relevant Skills

Global Project / Launch Management:

Leadership of team members, utilizing personal and communication skills to facilitate results by identifying, assessing, organizing, and prioritizing key tasks, then securing resources and assigning tasks, overcoming obstacles/roadblocks, completing tasks, and meeting goals.

Manage team members and technical resources, in projects, launch, and continuous improvement activities, considering the key elements of timing, cost, and quality.

Excellent oral, written, and presentation skills.

Able to interact with engineering, manufacturing, quality requirements, and processes to manage resources efficiently.

Maintain professional working relationships with customers, suppliers, and internal personnel to ensure proper teamwork.

Communicate with customers to minimize problems and prioritize issues.

Proficient with Microsoft Project, Excel, Word, and PowerPoint.

Employment History

Motus, Battle Creek, MI. 2023

Launch Manager – 2023

Managed technical resources, led to the completion of launch activities, and met customer quality PPAP and timing requirements.

Organized, prioritized, and secured resources to make improvements, receive part approval, and invoice for tooling.

Selected to improve projects, launches, and activities and utilized problem-solving and continuous improvement skills.

Supported fiber line improvements to help make operations profitable.

GM, Rivian and other Run@Rate improvements, completing PPAP and invoicing.

Benteler / Shiloh, Kalamazoo/Holland, MI. 2010-2022

Launch Leader, Volvo, Ford – 2020 – 2022

Managed technical resources, led to completion of launch activities, and met customer quality PPAP and timing requirements.

Organized, prioritized, and secured resources to make improvements, receive part approval, and invoice for tooling.

Selected to improve projects, launches, and activities utilizing problem-solving and continuous improvement skills.

Assigned Ford F150 Raptor and 2 Ford Escape projects mid-stream and achieved PPAP and Invoicing.

International Project Leader, Ford – 2010 – 2020

Led global, multi-facility project and continuous improvement teams to exceed customer and company expectations.

Directed project teams along critical path to keep in project scope and in some cases selected to get back on track.

Organized all project information, customer and internal requirements, timelines, budgets, targets, and open issues.

Managed difficult projects, engineering changes, and communication with customers, team, and management.

Guided pre-production process while exceeding expectations.

Facilitated manufacturing operations as needed to minimize waste and cost.

Shape Corp, Grand Haven, MI. 1996-2009

International Project Manager, Toyota, and Mitsubishi

Led development and implementation of a new Project Management System to provide a road map, key measures, template, and checklist.

Received Toyota Launch Award on all new project launches with 0 PPM for quality and delivery for launch plus 90 days.

Led team to Toyota Quality and Delivery Awards every year.

Took over two-vehicle, 24-new part projects on containment, and developed into a successful launch in 6 months.

Reduced production heads by 90% while increasing throughput.

Decreased project team members from 10 to 2 and consolidated 2 teams to 1.

Corporate Quality Systems Manager

Led numerous internal problem-solving activities to improve profitability and efficiency, while reducing waste and rework.

TS16949 Certified Lead Auditor. Provided leadership for registration audit on the first attempt without major issues.

Initiated voluntary audits that built teamwork and cooperation.

Coordinated with purchasing to establish improved supplier audits.

Led several customer audits and containment activities to a successful conclusion, leading to new business.

Domestic Project Manager, Daimler Chrysler, Dodge, Jeep

Hired to lead two troubled Jeep 23-part projects mid-stream and managed a successful launch with all new products and processes.

Led multiple teams to 0 PPM quality and delivery in multiple launches, on time and under budget, with late engineering changes.

First Project Manager to manage multiple projects and teams, while leading to first-time customer acceptance ahead of schedule.

Launched a 25-part project with new processes.

Education

Bachelor of Arts, Marketing, Materials and Logistics Management – Michigan State University – East Lansing, MI.

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