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Street Address Flintridge Road
Florence, Kentucky Street Address
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Summary
Highly successful Manufacturing Operations Leader with 25 plus years of automotive manufacturing experience - Bosch and
GM
Strong collaborative, team-building leadership style with a history of building high-performance cultures to achieve safety, quality, on
time delivery, customer satisfaction, employee engagement, and cost targets. Extensive experience in the implementation of Lean
Manufacturing principals throughout the entire Value Stream to improve operational performance and digital transformation.
Excellent customer focus ensuring day to day and long-term commitments are achieved through effective policy deployment and
coaching/mentoring direct reports.
Robert Bosch LLC April 1997-April 2022
Largest Tier 1 automotive supplier in the world with $72 billion in revenue
Plant Manager Technical, Robert Bosch Automotive Steering LLC August 2016 April 2022
North American manufacturing sites - Florence KY, USA and Queretaro Mexico supporting global German based Automotive
Steering Division selling to automotive OEMs and Tier customers
Includes vertically integrated manufacturing processes with over 3.0 million Steering Gears produced annually
Plant Manager
Full Technical and partial P&L responsibility with over $700 million in revenue with 1400 associates for Florence KY and
Queretaro Mexico sites
Member of the global and North American leadership teams responsible for the profitability of Automotive Steering products
Championed value stream excellence-operational performance (i4.0 and Bosch Production Systems solutions), launch
management excellence, safety and environmental performance, supplier end to end management, digital transformation
roadmap
Improved profitability of the plant by 7% during a period of 10%/year volume growth and 4% revenue growth while keeping
fixed costs below19%
Achieved Ford Q1 score of 93, GM BIQS Level 5, Toyota Supplier Quality Award (Toyota RAV4 Steering Gear Launch)
Volumes secured until 2030
Achieved plant safety targets by promoting the active engagement of associates and assigning qualified personnel to drive
plant initiatives, Reduced the number of recordable cases by 75% and no lost time incidents for more than 12 months
Introduced five models to build a high-performance culture-- Accountability model, Communication model, Team building
model, Leadership model, and an Execution model. All levels of plant leadership have been trained to these models and
certain aspects have been introduced to shop floor associates during their Lean Manufacturing training. Implemented a
mentoring and coaching platform with the leaders in the plant to develop future leaders
Managed an overall plant volume growth of 10% improving customer delivery from 97% to 99%; OEE from 50% to 75%
and reducing scrap by 50%
Improved cash flow by reducing inventory levels 10% through optimization of material flow and warehousing operations
Collaborated with the North American leadership team to align plant product portfolio with global revenue and cost targets
Managed the insourcing and eventual transfer of a product to improve total cost performance
Continued reduction of the plants environmental impact with a 30% reduction of CO2 emissions and a 10% reduction in
water usage by developing and implementing a capital spending plan to replace aged equipment
Achieved 0-Waste to landfill 2020
Director of Manufacturing January 2009 to April 2016
Led the Transmission Control cross functional team in the Anderson SC location in the daily operation and continuous improvement
of the business through the application of sound engineering practices, Bosch Production System principles, and the application of the
Shainin Rolling Top 5 project selection and problem-solving tools.
The team at its peak consisted of 34 Indirect Associates and 175+ Direct Associates - Achievements include:
! On-Time Zero-Defect Launch of the FCA 8 Speed electronic transmission control module
! Seven years of meeting or exceeding all business plan value-add targets
! The creation of a very high performing and cohesive team
! Reduction of GM Problem Resolution Reports from a peak of 85/year to the current rate of 2/year
! Total Transmission Control Plant PPC exceeding $285M USD in 2014 (>3.2M pcs shipped)
Director of Technical Engineering Functions (TEF) November 2009 to April 2016
Led all TEF/FCM functions with a cooperative System CIP approach to support all functions in the achievement of their business plan
goals. Held concurrently while Director of Manufacturing for transmission controls
! Managed a TEF/GEN (Technical Functions) budget exceeding $11M USD (Facilities and Engineering Functions).
! Led all team functions with a total Headcount of 54 Indirect and 160 Direct Associates
! Managed over $7M USD of special site projects in 2014-2015 including multiple building and cleanroom expansions
! Site and manufacturing system maintenance programs have been and continue to be benchmarked by many Robert Bosch
North American facilities
Manufacturing Manager Air Management June 2005-December 2008
Led the manufacturing, operations, and cross functional team for Electronic Throttle Body production startup at Anderson SC plant.
! Successfully launched 6 product variants for the DVE-G1 throttle for GM.
! Successfully launched both the DVE8.3 and DVE-5NC throttles for Daimler and Chrysler.
! In every case production run at rates and customer acceptances were completed on time and approved.
Expatriate Project Manager Nurnberg, Germany Air Management November 2003-June 2005
Led a team consisting of Lead Plant (Nurnberg) and Anderson SC resources in the development, procurement, delivery and successful
PPAP of numerous Electronic Throttle Body designs for both GM and Chrysler. Results consisted of:
! All customer Run at Rates and quality gates were met
! Manufacturing systems for Electronic Throttle Body for the first time were both Lean and Highly Automated designs in a
single location
! Cycle times for the first time were reduced to 6 sec/pc for the Electronic Throttle Body product.
Manufacturing Manager Air Management Fuel Pump Modules February 2001-October 2003
Senior Engineer/Team Leader Oxygen Sensors May 1998-February 2001
Manufacturing Engineer Oxygen Sensor Ceramics April 1997-May 1998
General Motors May 1995-April 1997
Operations Supervisor AC Spark Plugs
Led over 200 UAW direct associates in the 2nd shift production of spark plugs including ceramic insulator fabrication through housing
machining and final assembly, Achievements include:
! Implementation of a Pull system to manage extremely long production lead times and hundreds of part numbers
! Implementation of a Pull system to manage the replenishment of production tooling resulting in significant reductions in
inventories and stock-out resulting in the loss of production-Flint MI
Education
Bachelor of Science, Materials Science and Engineering Materials Science and Engineering with a Specialty in Ceramics
The Pennsylvania State University, State College, PA - Graduated May1995
Military
United States Navy June 1985-June 1991
Submarine Service Nuclear Power Plant Engineering Watch Supervisor (First ever to qualify in 2 Patrols)
Nuclear Power Reactor Operations Practical Ballston Spa, NY
United States Naval Nuclear Power School Orlando, FL Reactor Theory
Veteran Operation Desert Storm
Professional Development
Lean Production Systems Lean Basics, Lean Line Design, New Systems Planning, Lean Logistics Basics
Certified Shainin Rolling Top 5 Manager and Executive (Systematic Problem Identification and Problem Solving Tools)
Diversity and Inclusion
Legal Compliance, Antitrust Law, and Product Liability
Extensive experience with SAP
Proficient in Microsoft software application, Excel
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