Operations director / plant manager
Resume:
Michael Langevin
San Diego California Email. *.********@****.***
USA 92154 Tel: 619-***-****
Multilingual and cultural Manufacturing Operation Professional with more than 25 years of experience in manufacturing engineering and operations management within a world class manufacturing environment, dealing with diverse cultures and nationalities. Excellent organizational skills, highly motivated, goal and result oriented with a strong background in management, manufacturing, production, supply chain, logistics, lean enterprise, operational/capital budgeting and control (P&L), team building, coaching, project management and NPI within the Telecommunication (connectivity), plastic molding and sheet metal industry. Solid experience & knowledge in national and international manufacturing unit transfer and start up.
Career Goals:
• Plant management
• Operations management
• Supply Chain management
• Materials management
• Manufacturing engineering management
• Manufacturing consulting
Experience:
Red Wine Therapy Healthcare product distributor San Diego Ca, Usa
2009- ……..
Consultant
• Reporting to the CEO, assist in establishing distribution network for United States and Canada
Products:
• Red wine based Body Creams and Capsules.
Responsibility
• Establish Canadian distribution network
BELDEN/NORDX-CDT Cable & Connectivity manufacturer San Diego CA/ Tijuana MX
2001 – Oct. 2008
DIRECTOR OF OPERATIONS
• Reported to the V.P. of Manufacturing, managed all aspects of the maquiladora operations for the Canadian division of Belden & CDT in Tijuana Mexico
Product:
• Connectivity components (Copper and Fiber Optics)
Responsibility:
• Production, Engineering, Purchasing, Planning, Quality, Logistics, Warehousing, Maintenance, HR, Accounting, I.T. and N.P.I.
• Managed and oversaw all aspect of daily management as well as short and long term planning such as; cost reductions goals, performance targets (KPIs), Training, Operational and Capital budgets, Manpower, and Materials.
• Participated and managed all daily, weekly and monthly internal and external reporting activities such as SIOP, Ops review, KPI and countermeasure review etc...
Accomplishments:
• Implemented lean enterprise program establishing daily management for sustainment
o Enabled us to in-source a production line previously out-sourced to Asia
• Transferred planning and purchasing dept. from head office to Tijuana facility
• Established cost reduction program enabling savings of approx. $4.5M over a span of 5 years
• Managed implementation of ERP system (BPCS)
• Reduced scrap by approx. 50%
• Reduced inventory levels by more than 50%
• Full P&L responsibilities ($20 to $25M)
• Maintained an above 90% level of efficiency including improvement to methods.
• Maintained an above 90% level of customer service based on promise date.
• Negotiated with the Maquiladora shelter annual production rates ($) (averaged approx. 3% or less per year).
NORDX/CDT Cable & Connectivity manufacturer Montreal/San Diego/Tijuana
1996– 2001
OPERATIONS MANAGER
• Reported to the operations director, oversaw to the wellbeing of the IBDN manufacturing module within Montreal and Tijuana.
Product:
• Connectivity components (Copper and Fiber Optics)
Responsibility:
• Managed all aspects of the transfer of the IBDN manufacturing unit from Montreal to Tijuana
• Managed all of aspects of business start up in Tijuana
• Acted as technical and operational liaison between Montreal and Tijuana
• On site management of all aspects of the Tijuana facility.
• Supplied all required weekly or monthly reports to upper management
Accomplishments
• Transferred the IBDN business from Montreal to Tijuana within a 3.5 month span assuring a minimum impact to customer.
• Maintained management of the Montreal facility during transfer.
• Managed downsizing of Montreal population during relocation of the operations.
• Established planning process and purchasing process for the Tijuana facility.
• Implemented ERP system (QAD) in the Tijuana facility.
• Managed business growth of approx. 500% with minimum impact to customer satisfaction.
NORTEL NETWORKS Telecommunication components Manufacturer Montreal Canada
1993 – 1996
MODULE MANAGER
• Reported to the Operations Director, managed the manufacturing operation of the IBDN module in Montreal
Products:
• Connectivity components (Copper and Fiber Optics)
Responsibility:
• Production, Manufacturing engineering, Production planning
• Managed and oversaw all aspects of the daily management of the IBDN module
• Managed and oversaw all aspects of the IBDN module transfer between NORTEL facilities.
• Supplied all required reports to upper management
Accomplishment:
• Maintained an above 90 % efficiency level including improvement to methods.
• Obtained a perfect score on the Nortel DMPV audit
• Transferred IBDN manufacturing operation from the St-Laurent to the Lachine facility within 2 months
• Obtained cost reduction of $500k
• Established communication program, promoting operator ownership enabling us to obtain improvements in quality indexes and efficiencies
NORTEL NETWORKS Telecommunication components Manufacturer Montreal Canada
1985 – 1993
PROCESS TECHNICIAN/PRODUCTION MANAGER
• Reported to the production director, technical support and management agent for the IBDN & sheet metal production lines
Responsibility:
• Technical support for the sheet metal manufacturing facility and IBDN assembly module.
• Production management within a unionized environment of the sheet metal facility as well as the IBDN
assembly module.
• Facilitator during closure of sheet metal facility.
Product:
• Connectivity components and Telecom Cabinets (Copper and Fiber Optics)
Accomplishments:
• Implemented ISO certification for the IBPN dept.
• In sourced wave soldering operations
• Replaced automated visual inspection module
• Designed and relocated departments within the facility
• Obtained a 90% reduction of backlog
• Established weekly operation meeting at operator level
• Managed closure of sheet metal division enabling us to close ahead of schedule
• Facilitated employee relocation during closure
• NC programming of complex sheet metal parts
• Obtained $200k of cost reduction
• Installation and training of a 175 ton OBS Cincinnati hydraulic press enabling an 80% reduction in set up
• Member of the Just in time team, that redesigned and implemented the faceplate line improving efficiency and Quality
• Promoted employee involvement in trouble shooting process improving autonomy within the manufacturing facility
1979 – 1985
• Comterm (computer industry)
o Technical writer / Publication Dept. Coordinator
• CEGEP de Valleyfield (education)
o Descriptive Geometry teacher
• NORTEL (telecommunication)
o Building study technician
• R.J. Stampings (sheet metal manufacturer)
o Estimator / time and motion technician
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Academics
CEGEP de Valleyfield 1975-1979 Valleyfield, Quebec, Canada
Mechanical engineering technology
E.T.S. 1983-1985 Montreal, Quebec, Canada
Mechanical engineering (part time to gain additional knowledge)
H.E.C. 1992-1993 Montreal, Quebec, Canada
Management (part time to gain additional knowledge)
Other misc, course
Building high performance teams 2008 Lean application in the office 2008
Train the trainer 2008 Value stream mapping. (2008)
BPCS basic training 2007 Lean manufacturing (APICs San Diego) 2003
Customer service (HEC Montreal) 2001 Nafta introduction
QAD basic training 1998 Excel 1992
PLC programming 1991 AutoCAD basics 1990
Just in time 1988 Leadership & Lean Journey 2011
Associations and networks
Academia Lean 6 Sigma (Lean star)
http://www.linkedin.com/in/mlangevin
Keywords
P&L, SIOP, Supply Chain, Operations, Manufacturing, Lean Manufacturing, Six Sigma, production, hands on, engineering, logistics, Materials Control, Budget, Finance, Matrix, Director, Plant Manager, Operations director, Vice president, Inventory control, control, daily management, safety, quality, delivery, cost, planning
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