Manufacturing Talent Vault – Volume 4

This is a summary of available candidates from some of the most in-demand skill sets for the manufacturing industry. These are real people who are currently seeking to advance their careers and working through us to accomplish this move.  

Candidate: p-63131 

Job Title Desired: VP of Operations/Dir of Operations/ Continuous Improvement Leader 

Desired Location: Ohio or Michigan (willing to travel nearly 100%) 

Expected Compensation: $200K+ 

Education and Skills 

• Master of Science in Manufacturing Management 
• Bachelor of Science in Industrial Engineering 
• Greenbelt Six Sigma certified 
• Visionary Operations and CI leader with 20+ years experience 
• Has led company turnarounds, aggressive growth strategies, built new plants and designed equipment. 
• Created learning organizations where all employees are aligned to the company values and strategic growth. 
• Held roles with responsibility up to 3500 employees, 4 facilities, and between $148MM and $1.2B in revenue. 

Accomplishments 

• Has led company turnarounds and growth from $14MM to $365MM 
• Designed a multi-station machining center: led a 7-member cross-functional tea to design a 3-dial, 15-station machining center, delivering the project $800K under budget and 3 months early with zero PPM. 
• Introduced a new scheduling system that considered product lead times and customer locations. Within 6 months, it boosted OTD to 99%, reduced overtime to 5%, and increased revenue by $217 million, which subsequently led to the opportunity to build a new plant. 
• Led a 12-member high-performing team that focused on improving overall plant morale in a non-union facility. Successfully implemented 12 initiatives, which led to reducing turnover from 34% to 5%, boosting OTD to 99%, and cutting PPM to 667, with a recordable rate to 4.3. 
• Led a value-stream team to restructure 26,000-hour project work orders into 10-hour increments, enabling daily product performance and weekly 

Candidate: #p-62372 

Job Title Desired: Manufacturing/Production Manager; Sr Quality Systems 

Desired Location: Florida (Greater Tampa Bay area); willing to consider relocation 

Expected Compensation: $100,000+ 

Education and Skills 

• Associates, Business Management 
• Navy and Marine Corps Achievement Medal 
• Production Management: Over 10 years of experience managing production lines and ensuring optimal performance, resource allocation, and inventory control. 
• Quality Systems Development: Expertise in creating and enhancing Quality Manuals, SOPs, and compliance programs across multiple industries. Most recently with ISO 9001. 
• Supplier Compliance: Strong background in developing supplier compliance systems and ensuring adherence to regulatory and customer requirements. 
• Inventory and Supply Chain Management: Skilled in maintaining raw material and finished goods inventories, improving supply chain processes, and coordinating with suppliers for timely delivery. 
• Lean Manufacturing: Proficient in implementing lean manufacturing techniques to reduce waste, improve productivity, and drive operational excellence. 

Accomplishments 

• Focused on meeting supplier requirements for Navy contracts, ensuring adherence to specifications and improving supplier quality performance. 
• As Quality Systems Manager, led the development, implementation, and maintenance of the facility’s quality management system, ensuring compliance with ISO 9001 standards. 
• Improved production efficiency from 60% to over 

Candidate: #p-27358 

Job Title Desired: Operations Manager 

Desired Location: Greater Pittsburgh region OR remote; willing to relocate (has lived in TX, TN, SC, NC, PA) 

Expected Compensation: $128K+ 

Education and Skills 

• Army Officer Candidate School – Army Engineer Officer 
• 14+ years in Reliability, Maintenance and Safety manager roles, as well as Plant Manager, Technical Manager and Operations Manager roles 
• Strong background in Six Sigma and Lean Manufacturing processes 
• Dynamic background in labor planning, volume planning, project management, 5S, and KPI management 
• Directed and managed all facility maintenance activities over 3 facilities (350,000sqft) for a Tier 1 Automotive supplier in the blow molding industry. $150M in annual sales. Proactive & preventative maintenance of 40 + machines. Responsible for an 11-man maintenance crew, supervisor, engineer, MRO buyer, and a purchasing employee. Maintain master schedule of all PMs, measure important KPIs to assure that our TPM system is working properly. Maintain strict safety standards and lean principles throughout. 

Accomplishments 

• Continuous Improvement Team: increased throughput by 23% creating an additional $300K in weekly revenue ($15.6MM annually) 
• Reduced scrap and non-conforming parts by 18% in the first 6 months through quality awareness initiatives and leader standard work implementation. 

• Performed Kaizen event, achieving 50% reduction in process time across two major product lines for key customers. 15% increase in productivity coupled with a 20% increase in plant wide efficiency due to 5S and continuous improvement projects. 
• Improved operational efficiencies and 40% machine capacity company-wide through level loading production, dynamic nesting of jobs and a preventive maintenance program that reduced unscheduled downtime across 73 cranes and over 150 machines. 

Talent Vault profiles are on candidates recently generated through our normal search process. We regularly send samples of some of these talented individuals in a newsletter format. When you express interest in a candidate, we will first ask them for their approval to submit their information to you. Should you hire the candidate we present to you, within 18 months of us sending you their resume, we will invoice you for a rate that is significantly less than our 25% direct placement rate that we charge when we are engaged to conduct a search on your company’s behalf.