Manager Project

Jeffrey L Eaton

Cell #. 614-***-****. **********@*****.***

**** ***** **** ************ **. Plain City Ohio-.

Manufacturing and Operations Manager Technical, Tooling, Stamping, Engineering background

Over 20 years tier 1, 2, 3 manufacturing experience

• Improve delivery and operations performance

• Improve productivity, efficiency & quality

• Enhance customer fulfillment & relationships

Career in operations and manufacturing management spans world class enterprises, multinational manufacturing organizations, and entrepreneurial ventures, with consistent success in improving performance and profitability.

Frequently chosen to attack complex and technical operations in distress that require quick and strategic improvements in controlling costs, improving operational performance and meeting customer quality demands.

__________________Core Competencies___________________

Characterized by executive management as a consistent, decisive, hands-on manager analytical and dedicated with endless perseverance. Known as a motivator, team builder, mentor and a leader.

__________________Abilities Include._____________________

*Operations management *Sales *Restructure

*Manufacturing Management *Production *Quality Improvement

*Culture change *Customer relations *Process improvement

*Work place organization *Lean principals *Team building

*Sourcing *Strategic planning * 5S

________________Management experience_________________

Sr. Operations Manager

Jefferson Industries Corporation, West Jefferson Ohio 3/08- present

Jefferson Industries is the largest tier one supplier to Honda in North America, providing stampings and welded sub assemblies to all North American plants. JIC had experienced a large period of growth and I was hired to re-organize and restore JIC to its former class one supplier status to Honda.

Responsibilities include, Stamping production, Die Maintenance, Press Maintenance, Production Control, New Model, Direct all Plant Quality and Index Management.

In my time at JIC, I have re-organized and rebuilt the foundation and structure of the production and support groups, re-established clear roles and responsibilities to achieve long lasting functional changes to the organization to consistently achieve goals. We have achieved a 66% reduction is quality concerns with our customer, exceeded SQCD goals, increased OEE to achieve zero overtime in weld and minimum over time in stamping while making room for several hundreds of thousands of strokes of in sourced work. Additionally we have reduced the need for days on hand raw material through tighter management or Production Control and reduced WIP.

Superintendent Challenge MFG.

Manufacturing Manager Holland MI. 8/07

Challenge MFG is the second largest provider of stampings to General Motors. The Holland plant is the newest of four plants in West Michigan with over 600 associates at this location. The Holland plant has experience tremendous sales growth over the last two years and will continue to grow very quickly for the next few years. I was appointed by the Vice President to increase efficiencies and production through put.

Benteler Automotive. AG.

Business Unit Manager. North American Value Stream Manager.

Goshen In.- 7/06 to 8/07 Auburn Hills, MI

Benteler Automotive is one of the largest independent automotive suppliers. Over 21,000 associates in 34 countries.

During my employment at Benteler, we have doubled the size of the plant and added several new presses. My division has more than doubled its sales in less than a year while executing a massive in sourcing plan. In addition to the introduction of several new presses and millions of units of additional volume, we also have improved efficiencies of existing machines by twenty percent, decreasing the cost of the existing business.

As a staff member I report directly to the plant manager. My business unit maintains nearly 150 associates. Direct reports to myself included production, quality, tool engineering, manufacturing engineering, tool repair, automations, scheduling and logistics.

Project Manager Tooling Systems Group

Walker MI. 6/05 to 7/06

A group of seven dies and mold shops providing dies, molds and specialized machinery for the tier one, tier two automotive suppliers.

I was invited to join Tooling Systems Group as the owner had purchased an empty facility with in which his plan was to begin his seventh tool shop. TSG-C was to be purely in the business of manufacturing die sets and die set components.

As Project manager I designed the shop floor lay out to maximize throughput and efficiency, established the plants supplier base, negotiated pricing and delivery standards, established and developed cost estimating standards to ensure marketability while maintaining a healthy business profit margin, as well as managed logistics and performed in the sales function as well.

Focus Factory Manager Pridgeon and Clay Inc.

Tooling Manager Grand Rapids MI

Tool room Manager 2/89 – 6/05

Tooling Supervisor

Pridgeon and Clay Inc. are designers and manufacturers of metal stampings for the automotive tier one / tier two suppliers. Pridgeon and Clay has four locations internationally, with $200 million plus in sales. I was with the company for over 16 years.

As Focus Factory Manager over the transfer and automations department I had full responsibility for all aspects of the operation with nearly 200 reports. In the first 90 days I reduced missed or late shipments from 28 per month to zero. I reduced expedited freight cost from $35,000 dollars per month to less than $900. I reduced cost of quality from $18,000 per month to less than half. Under my management this division submitted and implemented over $600K in cost savings in addition to the above listed cost reductions in the first year.

___________________Education ____________________________

Bachelors of Science Business Administration

Cornerstone University

Grand Rapids MI.

Lean Manufacturing, Manufacturing principals, Synchronous manufacturing, Auto Cad, Auto desk and Technologies Certification programs.

Grand Rapids Community College

Grand Rapids MI

Electronics and Engineering

ITT Technical institute

Grand Rapids Michigan

_____________________Training ____________________

Check mate, Soft fit, Advanced Analysis

Origin International

Toronto Canada

Six Sigma Green belt training Six Sigma Champion Certified

Tenneco Automotive

Grand Rapids MI

Advanced Tooling and Fein Blanking Technology

Fein Tool International. AG.

Lyse, Switzerland

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