operation/ engineering manager
Resume:
RONALD W. FIALKO
Maineville, Ohio 45039
Home: 513-***-**** jcuwfb@r.postjobfree.com Business: 513-***-****
Career Objective
To obtain a position as an Engineering Manager or Operation Manager with an aggressive company that offers advancement potential and professional growth.
Background Qualifications
Mechanical Engineer (BSME) with an (MBA) in leading engineers, production personnel and manage products from initial concept throughout the product life cycle. Accomplishments focus on reducing cost, increasing quality and output. Possess strong oral and written communication skills. Background includes a successful track record with experience in the following areas:
Types of Industries: Types Of Management Skills:
Automotive Project Management Lean Implementation – culture change, 5s, 7 wastes, etc.
Consumer Goods Operation Manager Construction/ Facilities Manager- building and equipment
Plastics Plant Manager Assembly/Process leader/ Cell MFG.
Defense Product Manager Leader TPS/TQM/JIT/FMEA/Kaizen
Medical Design Manager Budget/P&L/Capital Justifications/International
Production Manager KurzKasch –Miamisburg, Ohio 9/09- present
• Responsible for a team of 6 area leaders and 100 employees producing $24million in sales for 2010 of custom molded coils in thermo-set and thermoplastics.
• Establishing a new culture for team work, improving efficiency of the plant and establishing a win/win environment.
• Efficiency Improvement from 41% to 85% and reduction in scrap from 20% to 8%.
• Immediate improvements in efficiency established a new culture and a win/ win environment.
Operations Manager Dorel - Columbus, IN 4/08 – 9/09
• Responsible for a team of 10 salaried employees and 300 union employees in the Indiana plant for sales to customers such as Target, Walmart, Sears and K-Mart.
• Establishing a new culture for team work, improving efficiency of 100 injection molding presses, and establishing a win/win for this supplier of car seats, strollers and child items
• Efficiency Improvements from 85% to 99% .Scrap reduction from 4% to 2%
Plant Manager Century Mold - Monroe, Ohio 1/06 - 7/07
• Responsible for a team of 6 salaried employees in a startup company selling products to Viseton, Behr, and Valeo
• Established a team, in supporting 11 injection molding presses, and the culture to establish TS approval..
Business Unit Manager Valeo Climate Control - Hamilton, Ohio 3/99 - 11/05
• Responsible for a team of 12 salaried- 48 non-salaried employees in a tier one supplier of HVAC systems for all the automotive companies selling in North America
• Responsible for injection molding project justification, building expansion, equipment selection, installation and start up.
• Key role in employee selection, training and establishment of initial organization of the molding department.
• Managed all plastic parts, non-conformances, tooling of molds, future tooling, returnable container program, PPAP program, and validation programs
Product Manager - Ventilation Division NuTone - Cincinnati, Ohio 3/97 - 3/99
• Managed design of building products from concept through production in the building product manufacturer of ventilation and electronic products marketed through multiple channels.
• Established and monitored budgets, process refinement, labor reduction, incorporating automation, and establishing product requirements
• Coordinated key products which includes Indoor Air Quality Products, Exhaust Fans, Accessories and cost improvement programs as part of category management team structure involved in strategic planning, new technology, and marketing decisions
• Established 70 new products in three months to support a new $10 million business
• Lead two major cost saving programs, which delivered savings of 10 and 15% per part
• Lead in the development of interchangeable fan/light combinations, motor assemblies, and decorative lights to capture market dominance
Plant/Project Engineer Plastic Molding Corporation - Cincinnati, Ohio 8/94 - 3/97
• Managed a team of 7 salaried employees in a $20 million revenue division of a $40 million sales custom molder which provides plastic parts and components to the automotive industry
• Coordinated all injection molding processes, validation, process flow, and maintenance department. Also, responsible for all tooling, quality issues, customer contacts, lowering scrap costs, and new automation.
• Lowered operating expenses and increased the Gross Profit Margin by 10% through the restructuring of the process flow of products, tooling improvements and improved machines.
• Lowered scrap cost from 30% to .4% by tooling improvements and customer involvement.
Manufacturing/Project Engineer Ethicon Endo-Surgery Inc. - Blue Ash, Ohio 7/91 - 7/93
• Led team cross-functional team of 5 salaried employees in a $1.0 billion medical division of Johnson and Johnson Inc. which provides medical instruments for minimally invasive surgery
• Established, with team, two new staplers products from initial conception through production
• Accountable for validations, design for manufacturing, quality acceptance and non-conformances. Also, responsible for product improvements, packaging, surgeon input, and product acceptance
• Organized a process map to reduce line scrap from 40% to 2%
• Set-up SPC at outside injection molding suppliers to lower scrap from 30% to 1%
Plastic Senior Engineer Allied-Signal Corporation - Kansas City, Missouri 1/81 - 7/91
• Led laser machining team in $133 million plastic division makings non-nuclear components for nuclear weapons for the reduction of scrap and rework as part of a government-contracted company under the aerospace division, which has sales of $350 million
• Led and implemented tooling and manufacturing process improvements to reduce costs Increased efficiency and productivity of precision metal and plastic components. Responsibility for process/ product of establishing and maintaining reliable injection molded plastic products.
• Directed the Plastic Department in reducing injection molded scrap from 12% to 2%
• Organized a laser team that saved $28 million in laser cutting circuit boards
• Saved $280 million by avoiding a recall of an Electro-mechanical device in the field
• Developed a machining system to reduced scrap of a $25,000 component from 50% to 0%
Education
Bradley University –Peoria, Illinois
Bachelor degree in Mechanical Engineering (BSME), 12/80
Rochhurst College- Kansas City, Missouri
Master in Business Administration in Finance (MBA), 12/85
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