Engineering Program Manager with Lean Six Sigma focus

KEITH RUPERT, MBA, SSBB, PMP

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Lancaster, Ohio 43130

Phone 317-***-****

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OBJECTIVE

Seeking a position as an Engineering Manager with a growing company with chances for advancement.

EDUCATION

Master of Science, Engineering Management-Virtual Program, Arkansas State

(In Progress)

December 2025

MBA (Graduated Cum Laude), Indiana Wesleyan University – June 11, 2002

PMP, PMBOK, Vision Training Systems February 2015

Black Belt Certification, Villanova University (May 2009)

Green Belt Certification, Villanova University

BS IN BUSINESS ADMINISTRATION, INDIANA WESLEYAN UNIVERSITY

AS IN ELECTRICAL ENGINEERING TECHNOLOGY, PURDUE UNIVERSITY

High School Diploma, Marion High School

QUALIFICATIONS

Creating CAPEX paperwork from projects over $5000 which required Finance, Plant Manager signatures and required a Return on Investment statement or Breakeven point, PLC, Scada, HMI, H&F 3000 ton Progressive press, H&F 1000 ton transfer press for cutting blanks, and GD&T tolerances were used to measuring the tolerance on the finished product, Federal Express AIM program Operations Management Program 1 year which included 14 Steps of Aggressive Steps, Supply Chain Expert, Creating Robust set of departmental dashboards and KPIs to monitor and measure performance, Improving effectiveness and efficiencies of key processes and sub-processes within the Supply Chain, Budget Planning, Strategic Planning and Execution, Understanding the role of Engineering to affect the Management Decision Process, Operations Management experience that has led to increased profit margins, Capital Projects, OEE, Indirect and direct labor and materials, 5S, Kanban, PPAP, APQP, Lean Manufacturing, Six Sigma, PFMEA, Cost Analysis, Capital Expenditures, SPC, Root Cause, 5 Whys, DFMEA, PFMEA, QS9000, ISO 14001, ISO 9001, TS16949, Flowcharting Value Stream Mapping, 7M Control Charts, Process Mapping Motorola MC68HC11, Motorola MC68HC12, AutoCAD 2014, 2006,Toshiba TMP3927F, C/C++ compiler, debugger, evaluation boards, RTOS, Electronic transmitters, recorders, single loop controllers, double loop controllers, oscilloscope, digital and analog multi-meter, pneumatic values, control elements, Profit and Loss Statements, PLC, FMEA, SPC, digital, analog, circuit board mounting, PC circuit board layout, K-mapping, hardware and software analysis, tradeshow set up and coordination, multi staff management, outsourcing manufacturing products

WORK HISTORY

2023 to 2024-Engineering Senior Manager-Cooper Standard Automotive, New Lexington, Ohio

Upper Management

Complete turnaround from 72 out of 73 to #5 in 90 days

Making Construction Upgrades to the Plant to make Capacity accommodations for the 2025 and 2026 models

Increasing OEE and reducing scrap for Cost Savings Initiatives

Finance

P/L responsibility and utilizing Creating Long term and short strategies to sustain double digit growth

Daily review of P/L statements to decrease scrap and improve efficiencies

KPI, dashboards, Run charts, and Control Charts for decision making

Operations Management of Mills, Injection molding, and Fabrication

Overseeing 13 Engineers from a Project and Process Improvement point of view

Motivating and leading teams of 13 Process and Controls Engineers

Project management of SMART goals and daily activities

New product Launches for Tesla, Cadillac, and Honda 25 to 28 models

Creating Capital Acquisitions and Capital Requests

Created a CAPEX project to install a $2 million dollar saw that required 11 control panels to upgraded and went from a older version of Siemens 7 to Siemens 18.5

Created a $1 million dollar CAPEX project to upgrade the software to the current version of Allen Bradley

Redoing the Entire plant to accommodate automotive expansions

Supplying all the brake lines for Big Three and other automotive Tier One

Engineering

Designing with Inventor

We had 5 CNC routers and used FoxAlien software to create and bend older fuel lines for 2018 to 2022 Honda Accord vehicles.

PLC Upgrades which included Mills 1 and Mill 3 with Allen Bradley Controllogix

PLC Upgrades Siemens/HMI code development, code installation, debug

PFMEA and Control Plans

Budget controlling and Project Costing Center

Drive the vision of the company within Engineering, Operations, and the Supply Chain

2018 to 2023- Operations Manager- Federal Express, Indianapolis, Indiana

P/L responsibility and utilizing KPI, dashboards, Run charts, and Control Charts for decision making

Operations Management of Line 6 West and East Input

Overseeing 42 people from an Operations Perspective

Analysis and Judgement when performing premeeting analysis

Building good relationships with other Operations Managers, Senior Managers, and Managing Directors

Budget controlling and Project Costing Center

Planning and Scheduling each week resources

Motivating employees through monthly feedback and monthly lunches and snacks

Developing talent and personnel performance, producing and maintaining training and metrics for functional team to understand

Drive the vision of the company within Engineering, Operations, and the Supply Chain

2016-2018-Engineering Assistant Manager-Fukai Toyotetsu Indiana Corporation-Jamestown, Indiana

Operations Management of Four departments

Developing talent and personnel performance, producing and maintaining training and metrics for functional team to understand

Drive the vision of the company within Engineering and the Supply Chain

First Major Project completed which was the XX3 which was started on December 2015 and this project included the initial building and the first vehicle manufactured and delivered to Company XYZ located in Lafayette, Indiana.

The Second Major project began on February 2017 and will end on July 2018 which will include a XX4 and a plant expansion. I spearheaded and control the budget and the project management of both of these projects with XX5 to begin on March 2019 and will end on July 2020.

Overseeing Engineering, Robotics Welding consisting of Kawasaki robots, Mig Welding, Welding sheets, and Omron PLCs. Panasonic robots, and IAI software was used for controlling the PLCs. PLC Upgrades Siemens/HMI code development, code installation, debug

Overseeing Die Maintenance with consist of over 100 Dies that are PM, maintained, and controlled on a daily basis. Expert with recognizing bad trim edges and successive Stamping runs.

Overseeing Machine Maintenance which keeps the 12 robot cells running along with the two large Stamping Machines.

Making and controlling a $400 million-dollar budget, building another 400,000 building while simultaneously controlling the inventory, managing security and maintaining the facility management of the existing building along with all business development and vendor Upper Management responsibility.

Developing and controlling a another New Expansion next door with two more expansions coming up in 2018 and 2020.

Metal fabrication of body parts for 2017 Subaru Impreza and Subaru Outlook

Responsible for the electrical and mechanical construction of buildings and installation of new machine consisting of a 3000 ton and 1000 ton stamping machine with 80 robots with 12 welding cells.

Moto man Robotics were used for welding nuts and body parts together

Managing, leading, motivating and controlling the vision and direction of resources through strategic planning.

Controlling throughput, cycle times, wait time, process time, and inspection times to produce a quality product effectively without defects for Welding and Stamping departments.

Making department schedules for seven different Departments-Stamping, Welding, Die Maintenance, Mechanical Maintenance, Inventory, Facilities, Security, and New Business Development which includes 2018 and 2019 planning and project schedules.

Hiring and firing of resources

Responsible for breaking down the manufacturing of work instructions for cell manufacturing

Running Kaizen, and TPS projects to improve efficiencies

Setting up the Standard Operating Procedures, Bill of Material, and Work Orders to process assembly procedures.

2014-2016-Sales Manager-Andy Mohr Toyota-Avon, Indiana

Leading the sales force of 22 in sales for the month

Leading a Sales force of experience veterans in sale strategies

Responsible for increasing the profit margin from 45% to 65% which is industry standards

Responsible for summarizing financial position at a given moment

Making financial decision concerning fleet sales and new Customers

Establishing leverage and decreasing long term debt

Relocated back to Indiana because of elderly parents

2013-2014-Vice President/Plant Manager-Baron Sign Group-West Palm Beach, Florida

Responsible for increasing the profit margin from 45% to 65% which is industry standards

Responsible for summarizing financial position at a given moment

CNC Metal routing of 4' by 10' metal and aluminum sheets

Making financial decision, considering mergers and acquisitions

Establishing leverage and decreasing long term debt

Providing direction and leadership to exceed revenue, margin, operating profit, market share and customer satisfaction goals for Baron Sign Group.

Driving profitable growth for Value Stream

Led over 5 Kaizen events to eliminate waste

Develop and lead the implementation of the strategic plan that balances short-term and long-term objectives leading too significant, sustainable, profitable growth

Managing, leading, motivating and controlling the vision and direction of resources through strategic planning.

Making strategic and major decision making decisions that has changed the direction of the company.

2011-2013-Senior Manufacturing Manager-IMPCO Automotive-Union City, Indiana

P/L responsibilities is 20MM for the fiscal year and an estimated 50MM for 2013 with EBITDA 2.5M

Driving profitable growth for Value Stream

Led over 10 Kaizen events to eliminate waste

Metal fabrication of Bolster plates for General Motors and Ford Trucks

ABB and Moto man Robotics were used for welding Bolster plates parts and muffler parts

Managing, leading, motivating and controlling the vision and direction of resources through strategic planning.

Making strategic and major decision making decisions that has changed the direction of the department and company.

Controlling throughput, cycle times, wait time, process time, and inspection times to produce a quality product effectively without defects.

Making production schedules for four different manufacturing lines

Hiring and firing of resources

Responsible for breaking down the manufacturing of work instructions for cell manufacturing

Reconciling end of month budget report to make sure department budget is met

Handling labor, indirect labor, material and indirect material cost, variable and fixed cost

Handling all the tooling from a design DFMEA and vendor perspective

Responsible for the Manufacturing of 2013 GM Natural Gas conversion vehicles

Responsible for 2012 Ford and GMC, Chevy vans and trucks going to commercial industries such as hotels, utilities and other industries

Running Kaizen, and Lean Six Sigma projects to improve efficiencies

Setting up the Standard Operating Procedures, Bill of Material, and Work Orders to process assembly procedures.

Contract 2009-2010-Tipton Engineering-Sales/Engineering Manager-Tipton, Indiana

Strategically analyzing, designing, recommending and implementing solutions to Process, Product and equipment problems through industrial automation solution and simultaneously specifying new pumps and motors in the Bill of Material process.

Develop a client/customer base in order to establish a level consistency in accounts receivable.

Create and maintain an effective marketing plan of sales of products and services.

Establish good relations with customers in effort to become a reputable source of information, product contact with clients

Keep management apprised of market values and associated competing company’s products and services.

Coordinate with office staff on pricing and purchasing stock items and custom orders

Provide a sales progress report monthly indicating established clients, sales, and documented profit margin from paid invoices.

Diagnose, assess, and provide initial solutions to customer application requirements whether it pertains to repair, new installation, redesign, or training.

Contract 2007-2008-Vice President/General Manager-Eutectic Resources-Brazil, Indiana

P/L responsibilities is 2M for the fiscal year and an estimated 5M for 2008 with EBITDA 500K

Metal Fabrication of Heat Exchangers

Moto man Robotics used

Driving profitable growth for Value Stream

Led over 10 Kaizen events to eliminate waste

Divisional and Corporate goal setting and strategic planning for the future.

Start Up company with less than 20 employees

Dealing with customers like Boeing, Rolls Royce, and other aerospace companies to manufacturing Steel Alloys and aircraft parts to go into new model airplanes and outer-space.

Used the sales forecast to make the manufacturing plan

Reviewing P/L statements to initiate savings and to move the company into a profitability category.

Overseeing the Engineering Department, Information Department, Operations Department, and Maintenance.

Design drawings, schematics, tooling, fixtures, production equipment for automotive, aerospace, and medical.

Component processing, machine programming using Okuma, Eurotech, and Haas, tooling/fixture design, process work instruction, assembly processing, testing, and machine capability.

Manufacturing Hot Zone Furnaces and vacuum system equipment

Break-even analysis, direct material, direct labor, Cost of Good Sold, JDEdwards, Quickbooks link expert, and trained profit expert.

2005-2007- Project Launch Senior Manager-Daimler Chrysler-Indiana, Wisconsin, Illinois, Missouri

Assembly division-Body, Paint, Final Assembly.

Stamping division-Sheet metal, Steel, roll forming, pre stamping, Danly machines.

Engines division –transmissions, starters, valve covers, push rods, injection molding, etc.

P/L responsibilities is 20MM for the fiscal year and a estimated 50MM for 2006 with EBITDA 2.5M

Ramping down of the Dodge Neon and ramping up the Dodge Caliber, Jeep Compass, and Jeep Patriot

Driving profitable growth for Value Stream

Led over 10 Kaizen events to eliminate waste

Familiar with aluminum alloys, stainless steel alloys, engineering polymers, casting, thermoplastics, plastics which were cut using Danley Machines, Heat Exchangers and Hot zones

Powertrain division transmissions-heat treat, electric and gas ovens, Foundry experience gears, clutches, valve bodies, pumps, etc

Trained under Master Black Belt

Responsible for making sure all the machines are running from a part perspective and an engineering and manufacturing perspective.

Responsible for the 3.2, 3.5, and 4.0 liter engines.

Attending monthly corporate meetings in Detroit once or twice a month.

Budgeting and Controlling over 5.5 billion dollar budget which also included inventory management

Hiring and firing of resources

Profit Loss Statement

Managing a MRO team of 150 people that will save Chrysler 400 million dollars over a five year period

Overseeing the biggest Chrysler plant with over 4 million square feet.

Managing four Kokomo plants from a project perspective-KTP, KCP, ITP1, and ITP2

Managing two St. Louis plants-assembly and stamping

Managing two Belvidere plants under construction-assembly and stamping

Managing two Kenosha plants-engine-experience with oil and gas with HMP

Coordinating team to evaluate cost savings to increase production

Programmed Siemens PLC S-7, Siemens 505, 545, 317, 318, WINCC, HMI, and com-profibus

Familiar with Allen Bradley RSlogix 5, 500, and 5000, Modicon, Panelview, RSlinx. PLC Upgrades Siemens/HMI code development, code installation, debug

Project management of all electrical and maintenance of 11 acreage facility consisting of 11 plants.

Managing all the electrical, mechanical, chemical, and environmental engineering projects

Ramping down of the Dodge Neon and ramping up the Dodge Caliber, Jeep Compass, and Jeep Patriot

Driving profitable growth for Value Stream

Led over 10 Kaizen events to eliminate waste

OSHA, RCRA Part B

40 hour HAZWOPER Training

Member of Safety Committee

2003-2004-Senior Sustaining Engineer/Senior Product Engineer-Hewlett Packard (ISO 9001 Certified)-Indianapolis, Indiana

Overseeing a $50 million a month laptop division

Setting up plants in foreign countries-Canada 9-21-03 to 10-3-03 and Mexico in November 2003 which included setting manual and automated production lines using ABB Robots, Allen Bradley and Siemens PLC’s.

Overseeing and making sure the process is followed

Failure Analysis

Pilot Runs of new products HP510, HP530, Laptops-Tornado, HP Compaq Presario, HP ZT1000

Root cause Analysis of warranty failures to component level

SAP, AS400

Bill of Material

Introducing new products to market from design, development to launch

New product validation-SN96 soldering, Microchips, motherboards, video cards, modems, CPU, DIMM, DVDROM drives, CDROM drives

1997-2002 - Manufacturing Engineering Supervisor - Escient - Carmel, Indiana

Start up facility which ramped up to 50 employees in the manufacturing department in a four year period

Coordinated with the design engineers to manufacture 11 different products from the cradle to the grave

Oversaw the product launch plan for all eleven products

Member of the Quality Review Board for all products

Used the sales forecast to make the manufacturing plan

Responsible for the product development, product management, product marketing, QA/customer support, manufacturing, buyer/planner, marketing communications, public relations, sales schedule for new products

Improved the build, testing, and shipping procedures for eleven different products, including circuit board layout, product tooling set up

Project management of enhancing existing products, setting up production lines at two different locations, writing procedures for Alpha and Beta Testing, UL, FCC, IS0 9000 procedures

Responsible for planning, organizing, staffs, directs and controls the entire operations division with three departments reporting-assembly, testing, and repair.

PCB design, Assembly, testing, and repair utilized component testing using oscilloscopes, multi-meters, hardware emulators, Motorola MC68HC11, Motorola MC68HC12, Toshiba TMP3927F, C/C++ compiler, debugger, evaluation boards, RTOS.

Develops goals and objectives for the operation, develops a business plan and manages the operations so that expectations are consistently exceeded

Set Top Boxes, DVD & CD Changer, Powerplay controller and changer, Tunebase Pro, Tunebase 100, Tunebase 2000I, Tunebase 2000, Fireball.

Improved efficiencies of company’s eleven products resulting in cost savings of approximately $400,000/yr through vendor selection and product improvements using the Six Sigma process

Handling all the quality and engineering problems in the company, Served as Liaison between Engineering and Manufacturing

Assisted in Private Placement Memorandums for Escient and our subsidiary CDDB, managing eight people and twenty-five workers at each plant.

1994-1997 - PC/LAN Specialist - Centillion Data Systems - Indianapolis, Indiana

Designed three different networks with Thomas and Conrad Routers, Davis Hub, Protocols, and remote communications

35 gigs of space on one network, 35 gigs of space on the other side, and 6 gigs of space on the last one

Backups of all the LANs, and operating 42 133 MHz Pentium computers simultaneously

Database programming using Oracle version 7, and Client Server Development using Powerbuilder.

1992-1994 – Computerland - James Rivers Corporation - Indianapolis, Indiana

1988-1991 - Senior PC Specialist - Education Financial Services – Indianapolis, Indiana

Supervising the computer room

Including all the programming in the company using a database dictionary, solving problems with modems, controllers, internal and external multiplexer

Contacting vendors for ordering computer peripherals

Running backups on the 4245 and 3261 laser printers.

INTERESTS & ACTIVITIES

President/Chairman, National Society of Engineers 07-08

Secretary, National Society of Engineers 04-05, 06-07

Member National Black MBA Association

Member American Society of Quality.

Chairman of Symposium Committee National Society of Engineers.

Board of Directors Kappa Alpha Psi Fraternity.

COMPUTER SKILLS

Labview, SCADA, PL/SQL, Microsoft Office, Microsoft Project, Linux, Windows NT, Visual Basic, Windows 95, PSPICE, Autocad version 11 & 12, MATLAB, Excel, Smartworks, Capfast Novell 3.11 & 3.12, Pascal, FORTRAN, Compaq Proliant 1500R series Local Area Network, HP9000, AS400, TCP/IP, and Ethernet.

EXCELLENT REFERENCES UPON REQUEST

June, 2001

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