Manager Quality

Mark L. Boren Sr.

Objective:

To prosper and grow within an organization that is sound and established. Where the company, as well as myself, can benefit from the experience.

Employment Experience

Automotive Technology Systems, Lawrenceville IL

Acting Plant Manager November 2011-Present

Responsible for leading ATS in daily Safety, Quality, and Efficiency measurable promoting the over all success of the facility.

Set expectations through the Hoshin activities and appraisal process for developing the leadership and assuring the success of the facility.

Responsible for all profit loss of the facility.

Lead plant and department meetings; plead change point communication for all members.

Lead all continuous improvement activities, new model and model change activities.

Progressive Management April 98 – June 2004, 2007 ( Held position twice )

Responsibilities ( GL – Production Assistant Managers )

Manager of multi-function automotive facility, including production of welded seat frames, seat assembly, and door production lines.

Supervision of injection mold machines and a vacuum former.

Safety-established standards for manufacturing areas

Quality-identified quality standards for each position

Productivity-established flexible work force by adjusting resources to planned volume

Supervision-assign tasks according to production requirements and customer needs

Kaizen-lead Kaizen team in numerous activities to insure continuous improvement

Accountable for major KPI’S, Safety, Quality, Productivity.

Teach and promote lean manufacturing and kiazen.

Quality Manager September 04 – March 07, 2009 ( Held Position twice )

Moved from the Manufacturing Manager role to the Quality Manager role. This was done to provide guidance and leadership to the Quality group. Quality was not meeting expectations ( 50 PPM ) Plant management decided to use my skill in management of a team and knowledge of the production process to improve the Quality department.

Investigate customer defects, provide direction for countermeasure activity, and utilize the team brain storming approach get all departments involved.

Established Quality meetings known as Morning Market, this is a daily on line review of internal and external defects presented to upper management.

Work with the customers (Toyota-Tisa) on overall PPM (Parts per Million) targets for improvement. This was done as a go and see activity to focus on joint resolution of an issue, rather than the issue of documents and no communication.

Report facility status once a month to Corporate Upper Management (QTAS)

Trained peers and subordinates on Naze-Naze and 8 step problem solving.

Gold Shift Production Manager July -07 to February - 08

Responsible for all facets of the operation, welding, seat, and door assembly production on the night shift.

Provide direction guidance to two Front Line Supervisors, 19 Technicians, and 300 team members.

Assigned to the Gold shift to improve the KPI’S, with focus on Safety, Quality, Productivity.

Education Red Hill High School, Bridgeport, IL – Graduated 1978

Frigidaire Technical School, and business Chicago, IL – Certificate 1979

Trim Masters – Nicholasville, KY – April 1998

Arraco, Japan - trained with Japanese instructors on how to build seats and door panels for the 888T Tundra

Promotions ATS

Promoted to Assistant Manager of Manufacturing – Nov. 1999

Promoted to Manufacturing Manager – Nov. 2000

Quality Manager – 2004

Returned to Production Management July – 2007

Named to Plant Manager November - 2011

References upon request

Mark L. Boren, Sr.

R.R. 3, Box 410A

Lawrenceville, IL 62439

Home 618-***-****

Cell 812-***-****

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