MANUFACTURING LEADER

Supply Chain · Quality · Operations · Engineering

Results-driven manufacturing professional with senior leadership experience and full P&L responsibilities in operations, supply chain, quality, and engineering. Purposeful, decisive leader with proven success in team building, project management, product launch across multiple sites, departments and functions. History of implementing Lean Manufacturing principles to drive double-digit metric improvement while simultaneously achieving productivity improvements leading to a leaner, more effective organization with increased profitability. CORE COMPETENCIES

• Safety – Led Supply Chain team to 10% incident reduction over 12 months, implemented safety roadmap to permanently change safety culture

• Leadership – Full P&L Plant Manager, Senior Operations, Supply Chain, Engineering and Quality Assignments with teams of up to 300+ members

• Lean Manufacturing Implementation – Greenfield site launch, Multiple GM sites led to BIQ-IV (GMS Certification), audit evidence package adopted across all of stamping

• Lean Material Strategies – Used PFEP to lead team to 45% productivity improvement over 3 years, People Make Quality Happen Award for overall project implementation

• Lean Material Strategies – Led warehouse compression team, 300K square foot reduction,

$3 Million in annual warehouse savings

• Launch Leadership – Key player in GM 800, 900, K2, and T1 pick-up launches

• Project Management – Led the stamping portion of the largest Automated Tugger Unit

(material delivery system) implementation in GM history, $5M annual savings

• People Leadership – Hands-on “coaching” style, led team to 9% YOY improvement in engagement scores

• Manufacturing Optimization – Created efficiency “scorecard” for all campus equipment, gave highly visible tool for process improvement, led to 8% overall JPH increase

• Production Scheduling – Developed automatic production scheduling off Enterprise Resource Planning data to complement Master Scheduler, drove 10% OT reduction PROFESSIONAL HIGHLIGHTS

Oakland Stamping, Autokiniton (Tower/L&W Merger), Detroit, MI PLANT MANAGER, December 2022-Present

Full $85M P&L Responsibility for all operations at 300 employee, 5 plant stamping and metal assembly complex. Supplier of 500+ unique stamping/assemblies to over a dozen customers with 10M+ in annual piece shipment.

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David Sharnowski

Plant Manager/Lean Manufacturing Strategist

5300 S. Elms Rd., Swartz Creek, MI 48473

Phone: 810-***-****

E-Mail: ad5b3z@r.postjobfree.com

LinkedIn: David Sharnowski

Key Achievements:

Led team to 1

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profitable month in over 2 years, 5 consecutive months of profitability after years of losses, top profitability in 24 location company – April, 2023

Improved efficiency by 16% in first 6 months in role, consistent 100% DL efficiency

100% quality rating achieved at multiple customers – doubled quality health ratings in 6 months

Flint and Pontiac Metal Centers, General Motors, Flint/Pontiac, MI QUALITY MANAGER, April 2021-December 2022

Oversee quality operations at Flint and Pontiac Metal Centers. Responsible for 300+ part numbers, 25+ million in annual volume. Quality Lead for Bolt EUV sheet metal launches. Key Achievements:

Achieved 2021 BIQ IV status at both FMC and Pontiac, evidence presentation adopted as a best practice enterprise-wide

Led Flint to 23% IPPM improvement in 2021, 2-point improvement in Quality MEI MATERIALS SUPERINTENDENT May 2017-March 2021

SUPERINTENDENT OF OPERATIONS – 2

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SHIFT June 2015-June 2017

CENTER PLANT SHIFT LEADER – July 2014-May 2015

Flint Engine Operations, General Motors, Flint, MI 2012 – June, 2014 TEST ENGINEER

Flint Metal Center, General Motors, Flint, MI 2012 – June, 2014 PRODUCTION SHIFT LEADER, BUSINESS PLANNER

Grand Blanc Metal Center, General Motors, Grand Blanc, MI 2001 - 2005 PRODUCTION SHIFT LEADER, SKILLED TRADES/FACILITIES GROUP LEADER, CONTROLS AND MANUFACTURING ENGINEER

Ambertech, Inc., Flint, MI 1995 - 2001

OWNER, LEAD CONTROLS AND DESIGN ENGINEER

A-OK Controls, Utica, MI 1994 - 1995

ELECTRICAL ENGINEER, CONTROLS ENGINEER

General Motors, Warren, MI 1988 - 1994

ASSEMBLY PLANT TIP SPECIALIST, C-MORE TRAINER

EDUCATION AND CREDENTIALS

Master of Business Administration, Indiana University, Bloomington, Indiana Master of Science, Manufacturing Operations, Kettering University, Flint, Michigan Bachelor of Science, Electrical Engineering, GMI Engineering & Management Institute, Flint, Michigan

PROFESSIONAL CERTIFICATIONS

Six Sigma Black Belt Certification, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, Michigan Certificate of Strategic Management, Indiana University, Bloomington, Indiana Certificate of Global Automotive Technological Leadership, Kettering University, Flint, Michigan

Certificate of Lean and Flexible Manufacturing Systems, Kettering University, Flint, Michigan

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