Jeffrey Peters Driving Results Through Operational Excellence

**** ****** **** ***, ***** Blanc Twp. MI 48439 810-***-**** adgx8s@r.postjobfree.com

More than twenty-five years of comprehensive manufacturing experience. Executive driven to continuously improve business systems to achieve results. Proven leader of operations, quality systems, and program launches. Skilled in executing lean manufacturing solutions to optimize return on investment. Successful hands-on manager with both tactical and strategic planning abilities.

Impact

Principal architect developing Quality Management Systems (QMS) utilizing cutting edge software and incorporated key process indicators to drive improvement and lowering operating costs.

Full multiple site P&L responsibilities increasing EBITDA 14% in a two-year period.

Lead a troubled site from losing money to the most profitable in the company

Launched twelve domestic and international facilities in the past seven years.

Saved $750K in negative cost of quality indicators over a two-year period working with troubled plants using proven quality tools to reduce scrap, inspection, and customer complaints while increasing productivity.

As VP of Supply Chain, I negotiated 1134 purchasing contracts during a four-month transition period.

Low cost country sourcing of both casting and machining with realized savings of 20% to the bottom line.

Worked extensively with suppliers resourcing, renegotiating, and development of supply base savings our 2006 total productive material buy 5%.

Leadership

Participated in a senior level position for the past twenty-one years reporting to either ownership, CEO, COO, or Senior Vice President.

Motivated and self-guided leader requiring minimal input from ownership.

Currently responsible for 5 direct reports and 670 indirect reports.

Participated in negotiations of labor agreements.

Ability to communicate effectively to audiences from CEO, customers, banks, and operators on the floor.

Experience

AJM Packaging Inc., Bloomfield Hills, MI

Vice President of Quality and Safety 2/ 2020-Present

A privately held company serving the paper product market with seven manufacturing sites across the United States.

Leader of all aspects of quality including testing, product development, manufacturing, documentation of systems and processes, and auditing.

Responsible for food safety requirements including various customer requirements and third-party audits.

Comprehensive Logistics Inc., Youngstown, Ohio 9/2014-2/2020

Vice President of Quality and General Motors Business Unit Manager

A privately held company serving automotive, heavy truck, and consumer products. 12 manufacturing sites with over $300MM in sales.

Manage all aspects of Quality for the organization. Lead a small corporate team and all plant quality functions and personnel.

Responsible for Operations in four General Motors and two General Electric sites with over $150MM in revenue with full P&L responsibilities.

Participated in seven new site launches from both the Quality and Operations perspective.

Android Industries, Auburn Hills, Michigan 2/2007-9/2014

Director of Quality

A privately held company serving the automotive industry. Just-in-time Value Added Assembler of major automotive components including suspensions, tire and wheel, and cooling systems. 17 sites world-wide with over $650MM in annual sales.

Responsible to lead, develop, deploy, and maintain the quality system within the company.

We successfully launched nine major programs in 2011 and four in 2012 including three greenfield sites in Mexico, Brazil, and Spain.

In 2013 we launched two additional sites in Arlington Texas and Brampton Canada.

Lead the Advanced Process Quality Planning team for new product launches and was the primary customer interface.

Managed quality improvement initiatives reducing part per million defectives from over 300 in 2010 to 12 in 2014.

Uni Boring Co., Inc., Howell, Michigan 9/1998-9/2006

Vice President of Quality

A privately held company with $250MM in annual sales. Responsible for seven sites in the Detroit Metro area. A Tier 1 supplier of powertrain assemblies for the automotive industry. Supervised 9 direct reports and 52 indirect reports.

Lead implementation of quality management processes for three greenfield sites in seven years.

Directing all aspects of the quality and purchasing systems including: customer liaisons, supplier development, quality engineering, and plant quality processes.

Member of the continuous improvement and lean manufacturing team at the corporate level.

Spent the last nine months as Vice President of Supply Chain with the responsibility to transition the assets to Diversified Machine Inc.

Vaungarde, Inc., Owosso, Michigan 8/1996-9/1998

Quality Manager

A privately held company with three sites in Mid-Michigan and $55MM in annual sales. Plastic injection molding and painting of automotive, recreational, and agricultural products.

Developed and implemented the first third party certified quality management system.

Implemented the largest service contract for molded body panels General Motors has ever granted to a service supplier.

Lionel Trains Inc., Chesterfield, Michigan 6/1990-8/1996

Plant Manager

Responsible for all manufacturing processes including plastic injection molding, metal stamping, roll forming, electronic and electrical assembly, final assembly, and packaging.

Responsible for all support functions including Purchasing, Quality, MP&L, and Manufacturing.

MP&L Manager

Responsible for the overall domestic and Asian goods for manufacturing requirements.

Updated the systems used to plan manufacturing reducing headcount by 35%.

Quality Manager

Responsible for all aspects of quality for the company including new product development through customer warranty.

Quality Engineer

Developed Statistical Process Control (SPC) for manufacturing processes.

Education

1986-1987 Eastern Michigan University

Ypsilanti, Michigan (incomplete Bachelor of Science)

1983-1986 Macomb Community College

Warren, Michigan

Professional Memberships and Certifications

Certified Manager of Quality / Organizational Excellence

American Society for Quality (ASQ)

American Production and Inventory Control Society (APICS)

AIAG certified ISO 9001 / IATF 16949/ ISO14001

Skills & Abilities

AIAG Failure Mode and Effect Analysis

Teleometrics Management Training

Consumers Product Safety

AIAG Core Tools Training

EDS Manufacturing Enterprise

Lean Manufacturing Systems

Expert in all MS Office 365 tools

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