Electrical Engineer Manufacturing

Stephen J. Stanley

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Six Sigma Green Belt / Strategic Planning / Lean Manufacturing / Process

Improvement / Budget /

Labor Management/Procedural Discipline / TQM / ISO 9001 / Negotiations /

Turnarounds / Coaching / Mentoring

Performance driven executive with successful manufacturing, operations, and

project management track record in

Automotive manufacturing organizations such as Ford, ITT Automotive,

Tecumseh Products and General Motors.

Proven expertise in increasing efficiencies and decreasing costs through

innovative continuous improvement

practices. Demonstrated ability in, leveraging diverse experience to build

rapport across product and production lines to

meet business objectives. Strong communications and team building skills.

Managed staffs of 70 and budgets in excess of

$6M.

Key Skills: Leading high performance teams. Solving complex problems. Re-

engineering operations. Improving

productivity. Negotiating win/win situations. Developing and managing

strong strategic relationships

with customers, suppliers and employees.

Selected Accomplishments

Implemented standardized inspection procedures, reducing waste 30% at Ford.

Inspection standards varied amongst

individual inspectors, creating high product scrap rate. Reviewed

inspection criteria. Implemented one standard for all,

reducing product scrap and reject by 30%.

Slashed average production costs 10%, implementing creative manpower and

process improvements at Ford.

Production processes not running efficiently, incurring excessive costs.

Utilizing GAP and PARETO methodologies,

analyzed production line. Established new manpower plan and process

improvements. Reduced costs, $375K annually.

Saved $500K at ITT Automotive with development of changeover tooling. Firm

had under utilized production line and

needed to implement new product production. Designed and developed new

change over tooling, significantly reducing

capital cost of changeovers as well as time required to make change on the

line.

Reduced product scrap 28% and rework 33% for Tecumseh Products. Improper

grinding procedures causing

excessive scrap and product rework. Analyzed process. Designed and

implemented new grinding process and procedures.

Trained employees in new procedures, significantly reducing scrap and

rework. Improved efficiency 35%.

Education

MBA, Management, University of Toledo

BS, General Business, Bowling Green State University

Tool and Die Journeyman, General Motors / State of Ohio

Career History

Alliant Tech Systems, Rocket Center, WV

2008-2011

Supervisor Manufacturing Engineering. Managed 6 manufacturing

engineers. Led lean

manufacturing efforts in the manufacturing and assembly areas.

Worked with suppliers on improving quality and

productivity issues. Assisted in resolution of floor

inventory issues through lean transformation. Designed flex

assembly line to manufacture four (4) different products with

two (2) test changes and only minor tooling changes

Mission Assurance Engineer. Addressed and resolved all non-

conformances in the

manufacturing and assembly areas of my program by leading the

product team to resolution of the issues through

continuous improvement. Assisted in implementation of a real

time documentation system for tracking and

documenting each assembly. Achieved reduction of long term

non-conformances by 21%

Independent Management Consultant

2007 to 2008

Identified and implemented quality, efficiency, and systems

improvements. Addressed culture change in a stamping and laser cutting

components plant. Achieved 80% improvement in quality. Implemented

quarterly preventative maintenance program. Improved tracking,

documentation, and communication of production priorities

Ford Motor Company - Buffalo Stamping Plant, Buffalo NY

1993 to 2006

Shift Manager, Quality Systems. Implemented and managed compliance to

Ford Global and

local production and quality standards. Coached shift management in

procedural discipline to attain continued

independent ISO 9001 certification. Supervised, directly and

indirectly, 70 quality systems department personnel

and managed budget in excess of $6M. Obtained Six Sigma Green Belt

certification.

Production Superintendent. Managed safety, quality, cost, efficiency

and improvements in production

systems of 23 production cost centers. Improved all areas in short

duration by efficiently utilizing manpower and

improving processes through GAP analysis of downtime.

Tool and Die Shift Manager. Managed tool room activities as well as

supported production processes

plant-wide. Facilitated all new die tryouts on shift for two major

vehicle product launches.

Other Relevant Experience

ITT Automotive - Teves Division, Culpepper, VA

Supervisor, Manufacturing Engineering, Directed manufacturing-

engineering activities within plant

as well as the new product program management with outside

vendors. Supervised eight manufacturing engineers

and one electrical engineer. Managed budget to $5M.

Tecumseh Products Co., Manufacturing Engineer, Tecumseh, MI

Responsibilities included process problem resolution, process improvements,

and new process implementation. Managed

budget to $3M.

General Motors / New Departure Hyatt Division, Sandusky, OH

Early Career: Includes positions of increasing responsibility as Tool Room

Supervisor, Tool and Die Maker, Tool and

Die Apprentice and production employee.

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