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Polaris Inc.Vice President of Operations (Godfrey and Hurricane)
Mar. 2024 - Apr. 2025Elkhart, Indiana, United StatesAs Vice President of Operations for Godfrey and Hurricane Boats, I lead all operational functions across two manufacturing campuses, driving performance, quality, and efficiency for two of the most recognized brands in the marine industry. My responsibilities span end-to-end operations, including manufacturing engineering, production scheduling, and maintenance. Key Responsibilities: • Oversight of operations across two separate campuses, ensuring alignment with strategic goals and operational excellence. • Leadership of manufacturing engineering teams focused on process optimization, continuous improvement, and new product introductions. • Development and execution of master production schedules to meet customer demand, balance capacity, and optimize throughput. • Management of maintenance operations to ensure equipment reliability, uptime, and safety across all facilities. • Implementation of lean manufacturing principles to improve productivity, reduce waste, and drive long-term value. • Collaboration with cross-functional leadership to align operations with company objectives, including quality, delivery, cost, and employee engagement. My leadership has been instrumental in driving operational transformation, improving on-time delivery, and enhancing product quality, all while fostering a culture of accountability, innovation, and teamwork.
Advanced Vehicle Assemblies LLCChief Operating Officer
Aug. 2021 - Oct. 2023Rochester Hills, Michigan, United StatesOverseeing all aspects of production operations, I establish short- and long-range strategic plans, manage budgeting and investment planning, direct workflows and resource allocation, implement training and performance management activities, and track and analyze performance metrics. Highlights of my contributions include: • Leading a business turnaround to enhance profitability and increase EBITDA across four plants through improved operational efficiency and reduced post-production sorting. • Eliminating $1.3M in expedited freight costs to enhance the product value stream. • Fostering a continuous improvement culture, developing a team-wide commitment to quality and professional growth through hands-on training, coaching, and mentorship.
Advanced Vehicle Assemblies LLCDirector Of Manufacturing Engineering/Operations
Jun. 2020 - Aug. 2021Here, I delivered forward-looking leadership to manufacturing and engineering operations to include steering strategic planning; setting revenue objectives; directing day-to-day operations across four plants; and ensuring compliance with standards for safety, quality, throughput, cost, and labor. Highlights of my contributions include: • Leveraging analysis of industry trends and emerging technologies to optimize the product portfolio and maintain a competitive edge. • Establishing new workflows for RFQ management, utilizing task tracking and visual management tools to cut processing times by 50%, from four week to two weeks on average. • Launching new KPI metrics to better track the attainment of targets and spurring a 5% increase in overall equipment effectiveness (OEE). • Enhancing the accuracy of the cost estimating system by utilizing more precise labor, overhead, material, and depreciation figures.
FCA Fiat Chrysler AutomobilesStamping Equipment Program Manager
Jan. 2018 - Jun. 2020Auburn Hills, MIPromoted to oversee large-scale capital equipment and engineering programs across five stamping plants, I engaged teams of project managers and engineers in meeting ambitious objectives for the design and development of innovative solutions meeting dynamic vehicle specifications and customer requirements. Highlights of my contributions include: • Building a risk-based capital investment analysis tool effective in streamlining the capital project selection process, improving response times by upward of 50%. • Launching a cloud-based project management system from the ground up and successfully reducing budget overruns by 30%+ and production turnover rates by 60%. • Reinvigorating the commitment to safety following a plant incident, devising a company-wide crane tracking matrix to better manage operation and maintenance of 400 cranes across 11 countries. • Cementing my reputation as a business process improvement champion, developing deliverable-based project operating system and rolling out standardized methodologies and templates. • World Class Technology - Manufacturing Planning Pillar Lead, Manufacturing Program Management Pillar Member
FCA Fiat Chrysler AutomobilesProject Manager
May. 2015 - Jan. 2018Auburn Hills, MIProject Manager for press room modernization activities, press expansion and facilities. Highlights of my contributions include: • Development and maintenance of group resource utilization planning and tracking to ensure level loading between project managers and engineers. • Development and roll out of PMI compliant PMO to streamline project risk reporting to senior management. • Successful launch of $20M capital project as on site project manager. • World Class Technology EEM (Early Equipment Management) Pillar Lead, MPM (Manufacturing Program Management) Pillar Member, CD (Cost Deployment) Pillar Member.
Dura AutomotiveProgram Manager | Engineering Supervisor | Product Engineer
May. 2002 - May. 2015Auburn Hills, MichiganHere, I managed the delivery of various cable products and led a team of systems and product engineers in the production cable solutions from quote development to project close. Highlights of my contributions include: • Standardizing project KPI reporting to executive teams, enhancing decision-making processes. • Being awarded a patent for the design of a two-piece shifter cable.
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