Ed Hunglinger
phone# 720-***-****
Currently working as an IA.
Highly motivated accomplished bi-lingual collision repair facility Manager with 20+ year’s experience of obtaining managing and sustaining multiple insurance direct repair programs. Seeking a position in a reputable company with growth opportunity.
EXPERIENCE
Body Shop Manager 8/2005-10/2010 Rickenbaugh Cadillac Volvo Denver
Managed Collision repair center; increased sales volume from $4.7 million annual sales to $7.3 million in annual sales. Developed and implemented body teams to improve cycle time and increase daily production volume without increasing the size of existing staff. Raised material profitability to 40+% without sacrificing quality of materials or even changing product lines. Trained Estimators using blueprint methods to gain estimate accuracy and produce throughput ready work to avoid unnecessary delays in workflow. Created a more marketable workflow and obtained additional DRP agreements. The sales volume and performance increased so rapidly that Rickenbaugh drew the attention of Parts and People and made the cover in September of 2008.
Assistant Body Shop Manager 5/2002-8/2005 Rickenbaugh Cadillac Volvo
Managed Estimators, Production staff, Technicians, Painters, and Parts department.
Estimator 11/98-5/2002 Rickenbaugh Cadillac Volvo
Managed State Farm and The Hartford DRP’s as well as a % of walk in Business while maintaining exceptional CSI and performance levels with DRP’s. I was often called upon to improve the CSI and performance levels for other DRP’s.
Production Manager 6/97-11-98 Rickenbaugh Cadillac Volvo
Assigned and managed all work performed by production staff; Technicians, Painters, Detailers and Mechanic. Coordinated all sublet operations and prepared all the daily schedules and held morning production meeting to delegate and insure all expectations and delivery dates were met.
Estimator-Sales Manager 9/90-10/93 Auto Center Auto Body Anaheim Ca.
Managed The Hartford and AAA DRP’s I had the privilege of working directly under the supervision of Eric Bickett owner operator of Auto Center Auto Body and founder of the fix auto corporation. Who I acquired a tremendous amount of knowledge and a first rate education of the collision repair industry from. Eric was big on educating his staff assuring that all his employees had all the necessary essentials like; Training certifications, technology and proper education to succeed in all aspects of the field. While working for Eric at Auto center I attended I-CAR, Tech-Core, Autorobot, Auto Center was a training facility for many industry training programs in So. California.
EDUCATION
Warren High School
Downey Ca
Cerritos College
Cerritos Ca
I-CAR
Orange County
I-CAR
Red Rocks
AMI Automotive Management institute
Denver Co
PPG Refinish
Eagan MN
84-88 Diploma General
89-92 Diploma Automotive Technology
91-91 AB-34.1 Collision and Damage Estimating
92 Certificate of Completion
98 Certificate of Advanced Training
2001 Profiting from people skills
certificate of completion
2003 Measuring and Improving Performance
Certificate of completion
2009 MVP Green Belt Training
Lean Six Sigma Principles, XRAY Repair Planning Design and Leadership Skills
INTERESTS
Antique Volkswagens, Surfing, Golf, Snowboarding, Mountain Biking, Travel.