Maintenance Manager Back Orders

Jonathan Ziepfel

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Plainfield, IN 46168 • 513-***-****

Operations Management Executive

Developing plans, policies, and programs, and accomplishing safety, quality, delivery, and cost metrics by delivering operations leadership.

Notable success in driving a culture of continuous improvement while managing end-to-end daily operations and ensuring a stable, compliant, and reliable plant infrastructure. Skilled in creating measurable strategic, operational, financial, and manufacturing goals and achieving positive results by providing direction for plant workforce, while maintaining acceptable production levels. Expertise in uncovering improvement opportunities by leveraging analytical, business, and lean skills. Known for demonstrating remarkable performance aligned with customer requirements within diverse global environments and geographies. Expert at building meaningful and trusted relationships at all levels through open and honest communications.

Areas of Expertise

•Strategic Planning & Execution

•Project & Program Management

•Event Planning & Coordination

•Operational Excellence & Transformation

•Organizational Leadership

•Risk Assessment & Mitigation

•Quality Assurance & Control

•Cost Control & Reduction

•Lean Manufacturing

•Customer Service

•Continuous Improvement

•Performance Enhancement

Career Experience

Simpler Consulting an, IBM company, Plainfield, IN 2013 – Present

Senior Management Consultant (6/2022 – Present)

Deliver strategic health care and manufacturing leadership to teams for rapid accomplishment of operational goals. Coordinate with key clients, including IU Health, Trinity Health, Emory Health, GE Aviation, and US Army Ft Hood for business growth. Execute corrective action plans and process improvements to maintain infrastructure. Create Managing for Daily Improvement Everywhere delivery modules in liaison with Simpler peer group. Evaluate performance of multiple values stream and strategy teams during implementation of Mission Controls. Interact with clients to devise daily management tiered huddle process. Mitigate risks by tracking KPIs. Oversee event activities, such as Value Stream Mapping and Kaizen (RIE) for continuous improvement.

●Gained established financial goals by increasing patient care, managing change, and optimizing efficiency.

●Developed operational excellence programs to improve processes and meet customer expectations.

●Influenced decision-making process using A3 thinking while coaching senior leadership.

●Trained continuous improvement teams on critical business metrics, covering lead time, length of stay, cost reductions, and quality improvements.

GKN Aerospace, Cincinnati, OH 2012 – 2013

Director of Lean and Continuous Improvement (6/2022 – Present)

Implemented value stream improvement process across 5 MFG locations. Headed EPE Leadership team on effective management of lean concepts and implementation at all levels. Coordinated with employee involvement teams to deploy improvements EPE-wide. Ensured continuous improvement at site levels by developing site continuous improvement leads.

●Offered exemplary services as an active member of EPE Leadership Team with joint P&L responsibility.

●Decreased $2M in back orders by doubling manpower of rapid improvement teams in six weeks.

●Enhanced time and productivity by improving flow of entire plans through Value Stream Initiatives.

Stant, Connersville, IN 2010 – 2012

Lean Enterprise Manager

Provided lean training to senior leadership and plant managers to establish culture of excellence in company. Introduced corporate products by managing lean 3P events.

●Maximized value and minimized events by leading value stream mapping events at seven MFG locations.

●Initiated Rapid Product Launch Improvement program in European Plant to achieve long-term growth.

●Attained 35% productivity improvement by coordinating Multiple Kaizen Breakthrough events.

●Executed Corporate Policy Deployment initiatives to expand execution and drive growth.

●Boosted organizational efficiency by creating lean implementation roadmap for corporation.

Additional Experience

Lean Project Manager, Pella Entry Systems Fairfield, OH

Maintenance Manager/Manufacturing Engineer, Pella Entry System, Fairfield, OH

Education

Bachelor of Science - Manufacturing Engineering

Miami University, Oxford OH

Lean Sigma Black Belt Certification

TBM Consulting Group, Charlotte, NC

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