Manufacturing Professional

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Stouffville, Ont

L*A *A* Cell Phone : 416-***-****,

Email : *************@******.***

Tony Candeloro Mech Engr / CQE / 6 Sigma Black Belt

Objective To obtain a position as an Assistant General Manager, Plant Manager, Operations Manager, Director or VP of Operations where I can contribute with passion, enthusiasm and organization, by utilizing all my experience and training.

Experience Mar 2011 – July 2011 Burnco Manufacturing Inc Concord, On

Steel fabricator for buildings and bridges – 150 employees and

$40M Sales. (non union)

Project/Production Manager ( CONTRACT POSITION )

• Special assignment in Saskatchewan, ON to assist on a construction site for a major project for Potash Corporation (work with sub contactors and customer)

• Focus on improvements in Safety, Quality, Productivity, Organization and Profits.

• Implementing 5S - develop new floor layout to improve material flow & safety.

May 2008 – Nov 2010 Durabody Industries Inc Bond Head, On

Truck Body & Trailer Manufacturer – 50 employees and $6M Sales.

(non union)

Operations Manager

• Developed Job Descriptions, Job Instructions, Performance Reviews, Quality Manual & Procedures. ( they did not exist ).

• Implemented 5S throughout the facility yielding 25% gain in efficiency.

• Strong focus on Cost Reductions in all areas - headcount reduction of 5 due to efficiency gains; expenses reduced by 15%; LEAN MFG savings of $80k (scrap and rework); SRED tax credit of $70k. Warranty reduced from $24k to $4k.

• Drive the launch of 2 new products in 2009 which led to market leadership and increased sales of $800k ( first new launch of products in 15 years ).

• On time delivery increased from 82% to 97%. Also implemented ERP System.

Nov 2005 – Apr 2008 Van-Rob Inc Aurora, On

Tier 1 Supplier of Automotive Stampings & Assemblies – 500 employees and $120M Sales. (non union)

Assistant General Manager

• Implemented 5S which reduced employees 18 and improved material flow and safety.

• Reduce press setup times by 40% using SMED and 5S.

• Improved Customer Delivery Rating from 89% to 97% and reduced expedite shipments to zero saving 100k annually – better capacity planning & uptime.

• Led SRED activities resulting in $400k tax credit.

• Implemented a controlled (locked) “Stores Suppy” that saved $200k in supplies.

Nov 2003 – Jul 2005 Arcon Metal Processing Richmond Hill, On

Tier 2 Supplier of Automotive Stampings & Assemblies – 120 employees and $40M Sales. (non union)

Jan 2005–July 2005

Plant Manager

• Launched two new programs on time and on budget. (combined $8M Sales).

• Employee reduction of 9 people thru job sharing and new cell layout.

• Proved that expense budgets could be reduced by 15% without affecting overall performance.

Mar 2004–Dec 2004

Production Manager

• Reduced inventory (raw, WIP & finished) for an annual savings of $600k.

• Implemented a central lube system for our Presses / Dies saving $200k annually.

• 5S & Lean efficiency gains of 41% (based on pieces per man per hour ).

Nov 2003–Feb 2004

Program Manager / Engineer

• Launch many new die sets to run in the transfer press for CAMI under very tight timeline (takeover project)

• Improved productivity output by 18% of the existing jobs that ran in the transfer press.

Mar 2002–Oct 2003 Budd Canada Inc. Kitchener, On

Tier 1 Supplier of Automotive Stampings & Assemblies (Truck Frames) – 1900 employees and $200M Sales. (CAW Union)

Quality Assurance Manager

• Improved System Audit scores for QS9000 / ISO9000 by 15%.

• Reduced Customer PPM from 12,000 ppm to 2,200 ppm.

• Developed, prepared and presented many presentations to Customers regarding Root Cause Analysis and permanent solutions to problems.

Feb 1988-Feb 2002 Dana Canada Inc. Thorold, On

Tier 1 Supplier of Automotive Stampings & Assemblies (Truck Frames) – 1000 employees and $180M Sales. (CAW Union)

Mar 2001–Feb 2002

Six Sigma Black Belt

• First completed project saved $430,000. ( Assy line productivity improvement )

• Second completed project saved $1,100,000. ( Central lube system with recycling )

Jan 1997–Feb 2001

Area Manager – Press Department

• Dept sales approx $130 million annual with 350 employees ( focus factory )

• Maintain tools to support a press shop with 50 presses ( 200 ton to 4000 ton )

• Reduced manpower (job position elimination) by 36 with rework reduction by tool, equipment and process improvements.

• Reduced scrap by 60 % over 4 years.

• Part of Team at Dana Canada that won the Canada Award for Excellence in 2001.

Jul 1993–Dec 1996

Division Quality Assurance Manager

• Leader for the quality efforts in this Division with 1000 employees including Supplier Quality for the Division.

• Instrumental in getting the Division QS 9000 Certified in 1996.

• Performed ongoing systems audits at the plants to improve their systems – Audit scores increased every year ( always above 90% ).

Nov 1991–Jun 1993

Quality Assurance Manager

• Leader for the quality efforts in this facility with 650 employees including Supplier Quality for the facility.

• Focus was reduction of Quality Rejects to Ford – improved this by 90%.

• Instrumental in re-gaining the Ford Q-1 Award in 1993.

• Prepared and presented many presentations to Customer (Ford) showing how we implement root cause analysis and permanent solutions for problems.

Sep 1989–Oct 1991

Tool & Product Engineer

• Worked on new Ford Frame Program Launch for 1991.

• Learned to work as a Team with Ford Engineers and Supplier Tooling Engineers.

Feb 1988–Aug 1989

Production Supervisor

• Worked in the Stamping and Assembly Departments.

• Learned to work together with CAW Unionized employees.

Jul 1986–Feb 1988 Ball Packaging Inc. Whitby, On

Manufacturer of Food and Beverage Cans – 180 employees (UFCW Union)

Management Trainee

• Learned all aspects of manufacturing metal cans for food & beverage companies.

• Worked in Quality, Purchasing and Shipping Depts and as a Production Supervisor.

Education 1982–1986 McMaster University Hamilton, On

• B.ENG., Mechanical Engineering.

o Graduated 4th in my class of 52 students.

1994 American Society for Quality Hamilton, On

• Certified Quality Engineer. ( CQE )

o Still maintain this certification

1994 & 1995 Dana University – Dana Corp. Toledo, OH

• Six Sigma Examiner Training

o Very similar to the Malcolm Baldrige Quality Award

o Audited business & quality processes for Dana Canada facilities

1996 Dana University – Dana Corp. Toledo, OH

• Dana Certified Supervisor.

o Completed 5 core management courses – 32 hours each.

2001 Dana U / PriceWaterhouseCoopers Toledo, OH

• Six Sigma Black Belt.

o Completed 160 hours of training covering the methodology

o Completed two Six Sigma Projects

2005 Rapport Leadership International Las Vegas, NV

• JFDI – Leadership Breakthrough 1.

o Intense Leadership Training. ( 32 hours )

2007 LMI Canada Inc Mississauga, On

• Effective Personal Productivity

o Intense Leadership Training. ( 35 hours )

• NOTE : While at Dana Canada Inc., I was part of the team preparing the Facility to win the Canada Award for Excellence ( CAE ) in 2001 – Canada’s top Quality Award.

Other Courses • Team Oriented Problem Solving ( TOPS ) – Aug 92

• Cost of Quality ( COQ ) – Sep 92

• Statistical Process Control ( SPC ) – Oct 92

• Design Of Experiments ( DOE ) – Oct 92

• Quality Function Deployment ( QFD ) – Nov 92

• FMEA I & II – Jun 93

• Kaizen Workshop – Aug 93

• Geometric Dimensioning & Tolerancing ( GD&T ) – Nov 93

• Lean Deployment Workshop – Nov 98

• SME – Optimizing Your Die Setting Process – Mar 99

• Process Management – Aug 2000

• Health & Safety Legislation – Oct 2000

• Control Plans & FMEA – Dec 2000

• Six Sigma Champion Training – Jan 2001

• First Aid – St. John Ambulance – Aug 2002

• Presentation Skills – Jun 2005

• Certified Joint Health & Safety Committee Training ( Part 1 and 2 ) – 2007

• Scientific Research and Development Training ( SRED ) - 2008

• WHMIS – Aug 2010; Crane Training – Aug 2009

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