Dannel Woods

P: 517-***-**** E: adii9i@r.postjobfree.com LI: linkedin.com/in/dannel-woods-6592b598

SUMMARY

Proven leader with eight years of experience and progressive responsibility in Automotive OEM, and Supplier manufacturing. Extensive continuous improvement, product launch, and lean manufacturing experience. Devoted to mentoring and developing junior staff. Seeking a leadership position with long term growth and development opportunity.

SKILLS & EXPERTISE

Lean Manufacturing • SAP • PLEXUS Manufacturing Cloud • PFMEA review and writing • Reverse PFMEA process • Value Stream mapping • Product Launch • Microsoft Office Suite • APQP • PPAP • Labor Relations • ISO/IATF • Supplier Quality • QMS • GD&T • CCPM

• Theory of Constraints • JDE • Configure One • 3PL• Commercial Vehicle Up fitting• PDCA• Visual Management

E X P E R I E N C E

MASTERACK (A JBPCO Company) Kansas City, MO

Plant Manager 2019 – 2020

Plant Manager for Masterack’s Flagship Kansas City commercial vehicle up-fitting facility. Managing a staff of 3 salaried supervisors, 1 engineer, 1 HR generalist, and between 20-40 hourly personnel. Responsible for Lean Manufacturing implementation as part of the turnaround process for a severely distressed company.

●Deployed Lean Manufacturing and 5S principles across facility.

●Oversee 6 production lines, comprised of multiple customers and builds per day.

●Attained an 85% labor efficiency rating within 6 months from an average of 56%.

●Responsible for in excess of $1 mil. in revenue generation monthly.

●Reduced time to delivery from 50 day avg. to 22 day avg. in 6 months (Trending toward target of 21 day and below).

●Implemented an employee/leadership safety council to maximize safety engagement. Plant managed only 1 recordable injury in 2019.

●Reduced overtime through meeting production goals, downtime elimination, and proper staffing (Averaged 18 hrs. /week per employee to 5) resulting in significant labor cost savings.

●Eliminated backlog of over 900 vehicles to reach current production rate.

SYNCREON NORTH AMERICA Kansas City, MO

Operations Manager 2018 – 2019 Closure

Production Manager 2018 –2018

Site Manager at Harley-Davidson KC for 110 Union Hourly employees (I.A.M. and U.S.W), 6 salary supervisors, 8 Quality personnel. Sub-Assembly and 3PL operations. Responsible for multiple shift consolidations and splits to accommodate the plant closure process.

●Reduced daily downtime average from 1 hour + to less than 2 minutes per shift through process enforcement and retraining of assembly operators.

●Led quality team in initiatives that reduced CPH by an average of 20 points over a month timespan, to meet and maintain customer standard of 13 by elimination of leading errors in assembly.

●Trained and promoted 4 supervisors (from hourly talent pool), and 5 salaried quality personnel, emphasized professional and personal development among employees. Strongly focused on internal promotion and development.

●Reduced inventory loss by 40%, through elimination of material movement errors and proper record keeping.

●Standardized training process shop wide to be industry compliant, hourly personnel 80% cross trained to enable flexible staffing.

●Reduced number of grievances file by 25% across both unions by strict contract adherence and positive employee relations.

●Eliminated 90% of overtime through meeting production goals, downtime elimination, and proper staffing (Averaged 5-10 hrs./week per employee to 1-2) resulting in significant labor cost savings.

CHALLENGE MANUFACTURING Holland, MI

Welding Department Manager 2018 – 2018

Manufacturing Engineer 2017 – 2018

Shift manager for 6 salaried group leads and 135 nonunion hourly personnel, to include time keeping, disciplinary, and conflict resolution duties, scheduling and product delivery.

●Improved OEE as Weld Department Manager from 35% to 85%.

●Improved OEE as ME for assigned areas (Assembly, Packing Operations) from 50% to 85%.

●Created and implemented process and workflow for TESLA takeover projects.

●Designed and implemented Honda compliant packing process to meet customer needs.

●Led audit preparations for plant engineering team for BIQS (GM) and ISO/TS audit programs. Attained 100% on SQE Audit (Up from previous 75%).

●Lead process design and standardized work creation for $1 million-dollar CI project to automate pack off operation.

●Safety committee president. Conducted regular audits, hosted toolbox talks, bi-weekly safety meetings. Addressed all internal safety issues and incidents, ensuring compliance with all OSHA/MIOSHA regulations.

●Launched weld lines for new TESLA, Honda, GM, Ford, and FCA product. Selected shop placement of machine selected and trained operators, from initial run-off to full production.

●95% on time delivery rate for assigned areas throughout tenure, minimizing need for expedites and reducing expedite related expenses.

ATCO INDUSTRIES Lansing, MI

Project Coordinator 2016 – 2017

Shift lead across Lansing region, responsible for containment and rework projects across 7 sites.

●Implemented Blanket service agreement process in the Lansing Region, Reduced customer lead time by 40% and cost by an average of $2K per customer as a result. Blanket agreement process enabled immediate deployment of protective and containment actions for clients.

●Bid and quoted rework and containment for Lansing Region, grew customer base by 25%.

GENERAL MOTORS Lansing, MI

Production Group Leader 2012 – 2015

Front line supervisor for 65 UAW employees on an automotive assembly line. Served in Trim, and FEM/Engine dress departments.

●Lowered defects from department by 20%, reduced downtime by 2 minutes per shift on average.

●Key in identifying and eliminating critical product defects through root cause analysis, 8D process.

●Managed and contained quality spills, minimized impact and downtime.

●Spearheaded process improvement to refine procedures and eliminate future defects.

●Consistently led entire shift in quality and throughput metrics (Scrap, Production, Cost, Safety)

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E D U C A T I O N

DAVENPORT UNIVERSITY Lansing, MI 2016

Bachelor of Science, Business Management

COMMUNITY COLLEGE OF THE AIR FORCE Whiteman AFB, MO 2009

Associates of Science, Fire Science

M I L I T A R Y

UNITED STATES AIR FORCE Whiteman AFB, MO

Fire Protection Journeyman E-4 (SrA) 2005 – 2011

• Director of Emergency services dispatch for largest coalition operation in southern Iraq (Operation

Iraqi Freedom/New Dawn)

• Director of 911 services at Whiteman AFB MO a community of 5,000 with a staff of 10 certified operators

• 100% nuclear surety and operational readiness inspection pass rate

• Redesigned dispatch protocols while at Ali Air Base and Al-Dhafra Air Base to maximize efficiency and work flow.

• Key in mitigating loss and protecting life safety during over 1,000 in flight emergencies

• Key factor in the save of a downed host nation aircraft, aircraft and crew successfully recovered

• Performed fire protection duties for a community with a population of over 5,000 and on aircraft totaling $24 billion.

• Deployed in support of operations OIF, OEF, Horn of Africa, and New Dawn.

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