David L Scarberry

Cell 734-***-**** admpcx@r.postjobfree.com Romulus, Michigan 48174

Director of Operations, Plant Manager, Engineering & Facility Operations Manager

Executive Leadership – Plant Manager with extensive background in OEM and Tier 1 Manufacturing Operations. Detail oriented with proven ability to implement effective Policies, Procedures and Process Controls to enhance productivity while increasing overall Efficiency. Consistent record of Career Progression using Proven Quality systems that delivered Plant Objectives, while reducing Operating costs. Outstanding Presentation, Leadership, and Communication skills. Multi facility, Union / Non Union environments.

Lean Manufacturing P&L Accountability Stamping Body-in-White Paint Plastics

Safety/Regulatory Project Management Assembly Materials Logistics Engineering

Professional History :

Lake Land Monroe Group: Grand Rapids, Michigan

Plant Manager – Plastics Automotive Supplier

•Initiated Team Policies / Procedures to Successfully Navigate Covid-19 Impacts while

Improving Customer Quality Scorecards & Reducing Late Delivery impacts by 75%.

Home Caregiver - Mother -Dementia Covid-19 Senior Care Facility Constraints

Novares Corporation : Howell, Michigan

Plant Director – Plastics Automotive Interior Supplier

•Establish Budget – Initiate KPI’s for POR / MOR reporting system

•Financial Accountability - Multi Plant Oversight – Financial Roadmap Adherence

•Short & Long Term Objective Alignment, Planning Implementation Strategies to meet Business Unit Objectives.

•Coach / Mentor APU Managers, HR, Engineering, Quality & Logistics

•Facility Operations – Identify Facility Upgrades & Submit for CAPEX (3.8 mil usd)

•Development of Departmental Action Plans that Drive continuous Improvement

•Identify required Resource Training / On Boarding of Turn around Leadership Team

•Labor Reduction 8% of Sales - Action Plans Implemented to eliminate Non Standard Headcount & “OT” Loss.

US Steel - Great Lakes Works: Ecorse, Michigan

Division Manager – Reliability Maintenance & Facilities

•Reliability Planning – Initiate Predictable Maintenance Program

•Coach / Mentor Shift Managers and Maintenance Staff

•Facility Operations – Plan $23 us mil Projects that enhance Customer Quality & Throughput Objectives for Outage.

•Evaluate Project Load to Identify tasks that require External Contractor support.

•Develop Electrical & Mechanical Trades - Identifying required Resource Training.

Magna International Exteriors: Troy, Michigan

General Manager / Assistant General Manager - Decoplas - Mexico City, Celaya & MEQ in Queretaro, Mexico - Plastics & Composites

•Change Agent - Streamlined 2 Underperforming Divisions.

•Improved on time delivery and fill rate to 99% while reducing Inventory from 4 to 2 days.

•Green Field Launch – assisted in the Design of 185 mil usd Building & Equipment Installation

•Expanded Key relationships with cross Division & Cultural organizations.

•Coached 9 Direct reports with Manufacturing Team of 920 members.

•Restructured 3 Plants – with 7 OEM customers through Cost Efficient Product Transfers.

•Optimized Staff - 25% reduction through Organizational process improvements.

•Contributed to Lean 6 Sigma projects yielding labor productivity improvements 20% in 3 yrs.

•Assisted Executive Leaders in preparing Strategies to achieve Divisional Goals and Objectives.

Operations Manager - LexaMar (Magna International); Boyne City, MI.

•Improved Paint Line Uptime from 90.5 % to Plant record of 99.6 % avg. (9 months over 99 %). Best in Magna . (11 consecutive monthly gains)

•Achieved 8% Quality & 12% Uptime Improvements resulting in 3rd Shift Avoidance.

Ford Motor Company- Flat Rock Assembly / Auto Alliance international / Mazda Motors -

Lean Manufacturing Manager / Assistant Plant Manager / – Mustang Launch

•Launched second shift operations (1100 members) with responsibilities for Recruitment, Selection and Development of both salary staff and hourly team members. Implemented Training plan to support base department requirements and meet time line objectives.

•Exceeded manning efficiency objectives of 33% through Line speed reductions and process improvements to achieve a 640-team member task reduction resulting in plant separations.

•Delivered shift “SQDCME” metrics and report daily for Stamping, Body, Paint, Plastics, Material Handling, Pre-Delivery, Final Assembly and Axle Shop activities to meet Business Objectives.

Paint / Plastics Department Area Manager (LL5)

•Delivered 21 mil usd Paint Applications Project ahead of schedule -Zero impact to production.

•Managed Paint and Plastics operations, including Maintenance, and Outside Services.

•Responsible to deliver “SQDCME” metrics in Body Paint and Plastics department. (Service parts and production) Maintenance & Facilities.

•Direct preparation of operational Budgets and coordinates Capital plans and appropriation requests. Approves financial Budgets to meet Corporate Objectives for Cost performance.

•Member of Plant Operating committee.

•Launched Mazda “626” at Best in Class for Paint.

Manufacturing Engineering Manager

•Delivered a 95% Maintenance completion rate for Body Paint & Plastics Operations.

•Combined Department resources resulting in Labor savings of 840,000 usd.

•Designed new 2.7 mil usd Conveyor System to Enhance Launch of Ford Mustang - 1.1 mil usd Savings to Budget.

Paint / Quality Superintendent

Mazda Motors, Flat Rock, Mi. / Wayne Stamping & Assembly, Wayne, Mi.

Paint Unit Leader / Front Line Supervisor – (Facility start up experience).

Additional Experience – Quality Training in Hiroshima, Japan / Project Management in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia

•Green Field Launches – Mazda (MMUC) Flat Rock, MI & Magna Exteriors-Queretaro, Mexico.

•Robotic Engineer – Fanuc / ABB Robotics – Established TPM, New model launch.

•United States Army – Congressional Escort / Training Instructor. Military Liaison to United States Congress and Senate. Member of “Honor Guard”.

•Awarded Top Secret Clearance / White House access. 3rd Infantry division at Ft. Myer, Va.

•Ford Motor Company, Michigan Casting Center – Hot metals Dept.

Education

Magna International – Leadership Training, Ford Motor Company – Leadership Development Courses

US Army – “BNOC” & “PNOC / Primary Leadership Development (Commandant Award 1st in Class)

Baker College / Davenport University, Dearborn, MI – (Cont. Education) 3 yrs. toward Bachelors - Industrial Management. Maintenance and Hydraulic Systems

Technical Skills

TPS -Lean Manufacturing - Plant Champion for “Value Stream” Mapping process - (5 yrs.), 5’s Implementation Extensive training in Process Control, utilizing tools of Japanese Kaizen, Green Belt Certification to identify and correct system non-conformities. Certified in MODAPTS standards. Ford Motor Company - Operating Committee - UAW Bargaining / Contract Negotiations, PPG Paint Technology – (Electro coat and Final Finish Training)

Windows, MS Office, Power Point, Outlook, Excel, XP and Word.

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