JEFFREY CHURCH

Plant Manager- Asahi Kasei

Athens, AL

adealf@r.postjobfree.com

517-***-****

Manufacturing Management, Operations, and Process Improvement Professional with a Bachelor of Business Administration. I am a highly successful planner, builder, and developer of manufacturing improvements that achieve new and exciting performance levels. Very passionate to lead, coach, and mentor others, challenging them to reach their full potential, resulting in bottom line profits and organizational excellence. Accomplished process improvement professional recognized for bringing people, organizations, and teams together to produce results. I championed and lead TS16949; negotiated union agreements. I am an author and Champion of several Kaizen and Lean manufacturing, Kata improvement program. Recognized as dynamic, resourceful, and persistent, offering charismatic, critical, and creative thinking, resulting in strong transformational leadership.

Authorized to work in the US for any employer

Plant Manager/Operations Manager

Asahi Kasei Plastics North America - Athens, AL

February 2018 to Present

Plant Manager responsible for leading and managing all Operations for an Engineered Plastics Facility operating a 24/7 4- shift schedule.

• Lead on several continuous improvement initiatives.

• Member of the Safety Leadership Team for North America Operations.

• Reporting to the Director of Manufacturing

• Driver of accountability at all levels of responsibility

• P&L responsibilities

• Manage office staff, engineers and maintenance.

• Manage the overall operation including lean manufacturing

• Plant Utilization improvements

• Board Member of the Limestone County Economic Development Agency

• Oversight of all capital projects for the athens facility

• Member fo the extended leadership team for North America Manufacturing Manager

Asahi Kasei North America - Fowlerville, MI

April 2016 to February 2018

Manufacturing Manager responsible for leading and managing all Operations for an Engineered Plastics Facility operating a 24/7 4-shift schedule.

- Lead on several continuous improvement initiatives.

- Member of the production leadership and safety leadership teams. WORK EXPERIENCE

- Reporting directly to the Plant Manager.

- Driver of accountability at all levels of responsibility Operations Manager

Dakkota Integrated Systems - Holt, MI

July 2015 to April 2016

• Lead 3 launches for the Chevrolet Camaro. (Instrument Panel, Over Head Liners, Front Vehicle Suspension)

• Leader in Front Vehicle Suspension torque

• Review and Monitor for all parts the min and max levels and that they are maintained for all assigned locations

• Multiple location management.

• Assess, guide, manage, and prioritize as needed all aspects of the shop floor operations

• Lead operations group to meet or exceed all department objectives (KOI).

• Ensure the accurate reporting of all production (efficiency, scrap, downtime)

• Driver of accountability at all levels of responsibility.

• Leader of department meetings, support and promote continual improvement projects and oversee initiation and the execution of engineering changes.

• Responsible for lean manufacturing activities involving time and motion waste to improve lead time improvements and labor rebalancing

• Maintain our TS16949 and ISO14001 requirements through core teams and active internal audits and management reviews. Created cross functional groups responsible for conduction monthly TS and ISO audits with regular schedules that involve preventative corrective actions and read across activities to determine root causes and implement corrective action.

• Responsible for daily interaction with union committee to include administering collective bargaining agreement.

• Responsible for departmental budgets, and driver of cost saving initiatives.

• Lead Coaching Kata and Improvement Kata sessions.

• Lead an environment that is obsessed with customer satisfaction

Ensure customer satisfaction for Delivery, Quality per the Business Plan

• Lead at a high level of employee satisfaction as measured through employee opinion surveys

• Proficient with P&L

Operations Manager

RSDC of Michigan - Holt, MI

2013 to 2015

• Responsible for lean manufacturing activities involving time and motion waste to improve lead time improvements and labor reduction. Reductions have resulted in on-time delivery performance increasing from 98% to 99.5% with a 25% reduction in labor.

• Predictive and preventative maintenance programs developed to track machine cycles and determine maintenance trends. Predictive tool maintenance developed to schedule regular maintenance on tools based on number of cycles. Benefits include maintenance breakdown reduction of 65% through the use of temperature readings on motors, bearings, and secondary movement parts; implementation of spare parts holdings, and OEM sponsored training for maintenance staff.

• Maintain our TS16949 and ISO14001 requirements through core teams and active internal audits and management reviews. Created cross functional groups responsible for conduction monthly TS and ISO audits with regular schedules that involve preventative corrective actions and read across activities to determine root causes and implement corrective action.

• Responsible for daily interaction with union committee to include administering collective bargaining agreement, answering second and third step grievances, and being an active member on the fourth step grievance team.

• Responsible for departmental budgets, and driver of cost saving initiatives.

• Lead and authored several kaizen events along with Coaching Kata and Improvement Kata sessions.

• Lead all continuous improvement activities for the business General Foreman

RSDC of Michigan - Holt, MI

2004 to 2013

• Responsible for departmental and plant goals for quality, availability, capacity, cycle times, daily and continuous improvement initiatives.

• Review production orders or schedule to ascertain product data such as types, quantities, and specifications of products and schedule delivery dates in order to plan department operations. Plan production operations, establishing priorities and sequences for manufacturing products.

• Prepare operational schedules and coordinate-manufacturing activities to ensure production and quality of products meets specifications.

• Review production and operating reports and resolve operational, manufacturing, and maintenance problems to ensure minimum costs and prevent operational delays.

• Inspect machines and equipment to ensure specific operational performance and optimum utilization.

• Develop or revise standard operational and working practices and observe workers to ensure compliance with standards.

• Resolve worker grievances or submit unsettled grievances to general manager for action. Compile, store and retrieve production data.

• Manage 11 supervisors who oversee up to 190 employees.

• Responsible for overall direction, coordination, and evaluation of subordinates

• Responsible for interviewing, hiring and training employees; planning, assigning, and directing work; appraising performance; rewarding and disciplining employees. Production Supervisor

RSDC of Michigan - Holt, MI

1999 to 2004

• Responsible for daily safety, quality, and productivity standards. Use of 5s process to develop a safe productive workplace while minimizing waste.

• Creation of training matrix to determine employee's areas of strengths and weaknesses. Through the matrix I was able to develop a trainer program which required employee's to master each function in their specific job classification before they became qualified to train others. The program was crucial during plant start-up from 1999 to 2000.

• Responsible for interviewing and hiring of new employees. Involved in new hire orientation and job placement after completion of training.

Production Team Leader

RSDC of Michigan - Holt, MI

1998 to 1999

• Involved with production planning during the construction of the facility to include the development of work instructions, procedures, staffing requirements, and plant layout.

• Responsible for the start up of five main presses and three support lines including the training and development of employees.

• Worked to improve productivity, safety, and quality day after day to see the company succeed. Overcame many obstacles by instilling company values and vision to my people. Bachelor of Arts in Business Administration

Northwood University

Manufacturing Leadership Training

EDUCATION

Lansing Community College

Certification in Miosha Level one safety and health general industry Macomb Community College

Inventory Management (10+ years)

Operations Management (10+ years)

Proficient In Ms Office (10+ years)

ERP (10+ years)

Supply Chain Management (10+ years)

Continuous Improvement (8 years)

Lean Manufacturing (8 years)

Safety management (8 years)

Kaizen (8 years)

Lean (10+ years)

Six Sigma (2 years)

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