MICHAEL OSWALD

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Charlotte, NC *8278

704-***-****

addqj8@r.postjobfree.com

Summary of Qualifications

** ***** ********** ********** *** 25 years lean experience

Certified Scrum Master and Lean Six Sigma Master

Plant Manager – Responsible for Product Engineering, Safety, Quality, Production, Supply Chain, Scheduling, Manufacturing Engineering and Facilities – 184 people

Operations Management - Responsible for the operation of the Toyota Motor Manufacturing (TMMTX) internal logistics, quality and engineering teams during production

Materials Management - Developed the entire internal materials management system for TMMTX – supported the consumption of 2200 parts every 73 seconds – responsible for 2 suppliers – 650 employees

Program Manager – Managed the successful launch of Mercury Marine’s outboard product family - Verado (53 million-dollar project). Responsible for all the Capital and expense, timing, supplier development, pilot builds, manufacturing processes, gated product development process and equipment installations

Lean Leadership - Completed 34 Rapid improvement events (RIE) at CHS, Included improved ED Length of stay, improved Behavior Health, improved Lab and Radiology turn-around times and redesigned the pharmacy process.

Facilities Design - Facilitated multiple 3P lean design events including the development of a new Core Lab, surgery centers, nursing floors and new manufacturing lines

Engineering and Quality – responsible for the management of the assembly engineering and quality teams at Toyota

Global Operational Excellence Leader - Responsible for Munters global operational excellence program, Developed the Global Munters Production System, leadership development program and strategy.

Strategy Deployment - Implemented and taught Hoshin Strategy deployment including the Obeya process at Carolinas Health Care System (CHS).

Certified Lean/Six Sigma Black Belt – completed a one-year program while at Mercury Marine

Scrum Master – Lead scrum for product development and process improvement

Product Development and Design for North American Clutch and Munters – Managed Design Engineering teams

Excellent Financial management – multimillion-dollar capital projects, full P/L, asset management, labor cost, and warranty reduction.

Experienced in planning, specializing in product introduction, strategic planning (Hoshin) and development of appropriation requests and ROI cost justifications

Professional Designations

Lean Six Sigma Black Belt (LSSBB)

Emergency Medical Technician (EMT)

Certified Scrum Master (CSM)

Accomplishments

Reduced Capital requirements on new product launch by 6 million (from 8 to 2)

Provided capacity back to allow manufacturer to avoid purchasing an entire new line

Improved gross margin at Munters plant by 45% in 1.5 years by implementing continuous improvement programs

Reduced Munters parts shortages from an average of 250/day to 12.

Reduced Munters Selma Plant warranty costs from $5.5 million to $2.3 - This was a 58% reduction in 1.5 years.

Improved efficiency by 6% each year at Munters

Successfully developed sub assembly processes for Instrument panel, bumpers and doors during the Toyota Motor Manufacturing Texas Plant start up.

Utilized automated guide vehicles (AGV) for materials delivery within the Toyota Motor Manufacturing Texas plant.

Developed a plan to select pick per truck over 60% of parts for the Toyota Motor Manufacturing Texas plant - 2200 parts every 73 seconds

Implemented “industry best” materials management practices at CHS – eliminating inventory counting and manual order entry while reducing outages and inventory levels.

Improved net income from operations by 11 million dollars at CHS in 2.5 years

Designed and launched a new reference lab – Operations started in June of 2015. Capable of 10 million tests per year.

Reduced acute lab test times from 50 minutes to 28 minutes thus improving the patient experience in the ED.

Developed and deployed global lean system

Improved Emergency Department (ED) CT exam times by 22 minutes to 48 minutes– improved patient satisfaction scores to 100%

Improved ED X- ray times from 40 minutes to 28.

Project leader for 15 Million dollar assembly system to support new supercharged “Verado” outboard engine introduction.

Provided $1,000,000 in cost savings a year at Mercury Marine

Experienced with supply change management including global sourcing

International experience – supported plants in Sweden, China, Mexico, Brazil, Belgium, and Italy.

Professional Experience

Boulder Associates Mar 2017 - Present

DIRECTOR – SYSTEMS IMPROVEMENT

Provide Clients and internal business customers a variety of consulting services including operations improvements, strategy planning, lean, 3P, new product planning, capacity analysis, project management and quality improvement. Saved my clients over $8 million dollars over the last year.

Carolinas Health Care System (Charlotte NC) Sept 2012 – Feb 2017

DIRECTOR - LEAN MASTER SENSEI

Responsible for the planning and development of a new Core lab (projected to deliver over 70 million in savings) Responsible for the development and mentoring of the leadership and staff and process improvement in the Lab, Pharmacy, Radiology, the ED and Behavior Health. Key mentor for the Leadership development program.

Munters Corp (San Antonio, TX) April 2009 - Aug 2012

GLOBAL DIRECTOR, OPERATIONAL EXCELLENCE

Responsible for the development and the deployment of the Munters Production System (MPS). A key aspect of this is the development of the management and production teams. My team was also responsible for global manufacturing planning, product transfers and major equipment investments.

PLANT MANAGER

Responsible for Manufacturing operations including product and manufacturing engineering, production, safety, quality and facilities. Also involved with managing product change, materials and engineering. Strong focus on cost reduction and quality improvement. Implemented lean principles

Toyota Motor Manufacturing (San Antonio, TX) Aug 2005 - April 2009

AM, ASSEMBLY CONVEYANCE, ENGINEERING & QUALITY TEAM

Responsible for process setup and facilitation of ongoing production for Vutex Inc., a 600+ member suppler, Also responsible for 100+ member conveyance team. Most recent assignment as Production Engineering and Quality Team AM involves responsibility for all tooling and equipment in the Assembly facility. Also responsible for capital and expense budget, tracking and improving KPIs including safety, quality, productivity and cost

Mercury Marine (Fond Du Lac, WI) May 1999 - Aug 2005

PROGRAM MANAGER/LSSBB

Responsible for facilitating the introduction of a new 75-115 hp outboard engine family. Responsible for a 53 million dollar capital/expense budget. Set project timing, milestones and monitor resources. Co-ordinate various sub teams in order to implement capital projects within the project scope. Interact with suppliers and act as liaison to engineering.

LEAN/SIX SIGMA BLACK BELT

Responsible for project management resulting in cost improvement and waste reduction throughout the business units. Lead cross functional teams by utilizing the DMAIC process, problems solving tools such as Cause and effect diagrams, IPO’s and statistical analysis to identify opportunities and drive improvement.

MANAGER, MANUFACTURING ENGINEERING

Responsible for a variety of Manufacturing Engineering functions including Assembly, Steel and Aluminum Machining and new product introduction. Managed a cost center budget of over 1 million dollars and capital programs of over 15 million. Managed the ME staff and worked as a member of the Plant 15 management team.

North American Clutch Corp. (Milwaukee, WI) Oct 1994 – May 1999

MANAGER, MANUFACTURING AND DESIGN

Responsible for directing new product development, the drafting team and the manufacturing engineering group. Supported customer visits with sale, supported machining, brazing and assembly processes. Directed vendor development.

Tecumseh Products (New Holstein, WI) June 1992 - Oct 1994

MANUFACTURING ENGINEERING

Responsible for project engineering involving machine shop area - Duties include: project development, project cost justification, capital appropriation planning, CNC programming, CMM programming, implementing work cells, cell layout, machine tool setups, tooling acquisition and application, troubleshooting, team development/facilitator.

Education

STOCKHOLM SCHOOL of ECONOMICS

International Management Program (in conjunction with Duke University, Fuqua School of Business)

(Stockholm, Sweden) 2011

SILVER LAKE COLLEGE

Bachelor of Science, Business Management

GPA: 3.8; Graduated with honors

(Manitowoc, WI), 1996

CENTRAL PIEDMONT COMMUNITY COLLEGE

Emergency Medicine Technologist (EMT)

(Huntersville NC) 2016

CARDINAL STRITCH UNIVERSITY

Sales and Marketing Certificate

(Milwaukee, WI) 1995

Professional Associations

Board of Directors San Antonio Manufacturing Association 2010-2012

Presentations

2015 Presenter Lean Lab Conference, Dearborn MI

Utilizing Lean and 3P to develop a high performing Core Lab

2014 Presenter Compass Group, Charlotte NC

Transforming Acute Labs utilizing lean thinking

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