Product Line Manager

Douglas V. Linder

*** ***** ******** *****, ******** NC 28732 zxecij@r.postjobfree.com 828-***-****

Obtain a Manufacturing Manager/Director position applying my experience, management, and leadership knowledge to gain positive market share providing business security and growth.

Education

PURDUE UNIVERSITY Bachelor of Science in School of Technology

Major: Organizational, Leadership and Supervision

Work Experience

BORGWARNER. INC

SEPTEMBER 2003 - PRESENT

BorgWarner Turbo & Emissions Systems

Product Line Manager (Operations Manager)

Asheville, North Carolina – May 2006 to Present

 P&L responsibilities for six departmental budgets averaging from 500k to 1.5 million a month in operating costs.

 18 Direct/Indirect salary reports representing cross-functional areas including: Engineering Manufacturing manager, Manufacturing Engineers, Quality Manager, Customer Quality Engineers, Advance Mfg Engineers, Controls engineers, and Direct Supervision responsible for over 300 hourly employees.

 Manage the production of 1.1 million dollars a day (over 300 million annually) in sales providing commercial diesel turbos to John Deere, International, Volvo, Mack, & Caterpillar.

 Responsible for decisions related to Customer Commercial Negotiations, Risk Strategy Model Analysis, Quote Preparations ensuring an ROI over 22.5% for all platforms.

 Achieved over 1.7 million in YOY cost savings through efficiency gains in productivity, scrap, quality, labor, & operating supplies for 2007-2008, on track to achieve $2.1 million in 2008-2009.

 Implemented Plant Communication System complete with closed circuit televisions to track and communicate department and plant metrics.

 Reduction of overtime from 1.1million in 2007 to 435k in 2008.and 388k in 2009.

 Lead launch of International Programs, over 39 million in capital procurement of 410,000 units per year.

 Launch of John Deere Programs, over 11 million in capital procurement with div-op returns above industry standards.

 Managed cross-functional teams including Product Development Engineers to identify process and design concerns related to both cost and production.

 Member of the management team responsible for over $500M in sales dollars.

 Direct customer interaction for relationship building and issue resolution.

 Responsible for creation of Plant Preventative Maintenance process.

 Successfully reduced customer returns (PPM) by 60%-75% from 2006 to 2007 for all customers and another 20% from 2007 to 2008. Current PPM (Parts per million) is 54 for the facility.

BorgWarner TorqTransfer Division

Operations Superintendent

Seneca, South Carolina - September 2003 to May 2006

 Responsible for the manufacturing assembly of the Honda Rear Differential utilized in the Honda Pilot, Ridgeline, and Acura MDX

 Launched new technology for the Seneca Operations, ITM-1 (Interactive Torque Management) unit

 Effectively managed 3 salary & 74 hourly employees on multiple assembly lines

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BorgWarner TorqTransfer Division

Operations Superintendent (continued)

 Maintained zero PPM on customer returns for ITM-1 and 2 PPM on Honda, plus reduced internal PPM by 17% for the year 2005

 Initiated successful 5S & lean programs into all assembly areas, making it the new culture going forward in the future

 Maintained an average above world-class standard of 85% OEE, resulting in 100% on time delivery towards customer demands

 Captured $300,000 in annual savings through business process improvements

 Introduced new programs designed to reduce costs by another $150,000 while improving product quality and customer service

 Served on Seneca’s safety council as the salary ergonomic advisor

 Member of the internal auditor quality team for QS 9000 & TS 16949, as well as ISO14001

DELPHI AUTOMOTIVES SYSTEMS

NOVEMBER 1999 – SEPTEMBER 2003

Energy and Engine Systems

General Supervisor

Flint, Michigan – August 2001 to September 2003

 Responsible for day-to-day operations of launching the new 2004 model year product line (Series 6000) for Fuel Handling Systems at the Flint East facility

 Surpassed pilot intent for reducing direct and indirect headcount by 5% saving $645,000 in labor

 5 direct salary reports and 176 union hourly employees responsible for the following manufacturing systems: Injection Molding, Lathe & Machining, Lean Cell Concepts, Stamping Dies, Super Cell Concepts, Decoupling versus single piece flow utilizing small lot buffers

 Successfully reduced scrap by 30% and improved uptime by 15% by aggressively attacking and killing top 5 first time quality PPM's and top 5 downtime issues saving over millions of dollars

 Implemented the first sequential scheduling system at the site with a rate of 100% schedule attainment

 Team Leader of a Customer Constraint Awareness Team involving a cross-functional development team, including an Industrial Eng., Process Eng., Control Eng., Materials member, Kaizen/Lean engineer, and first line supervisor

AD Generators, Delphi E&C

Lead Shift Supervisor

Flint, Michigan – November 1999 to August 2001

 Responsible for the supervision, scheduling, training, evaluation, and discipline of 25-40 union employees through the development of lean manufacturing

 Monitored direct flow through all stages of production; production deadlines; arrange preventative maintenance; and first time quality tracking

 Scheduled and maintained QS9000 training across all 3 shifts including complete Process Control Routing training and Equipment Operating Procedure Training.

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