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Bill's Experience, Career Interests, and Related Topics
...a Hands-on Exec with a Passion for Excellence! --- as a senior Plant Manager, Director, or VP of Manufacturing / Operations / Quality.
I am a multi-dimensional executive with more than 25 years of experience improving organizational performance, with extensive experience in quality, lean manufacturing, plant management, and operations management in factories throughout the world.
I am trained as a Blackbelt, am a Certified Quality Manager, have an engineering degree, and an MBA. I am also currently preparing for the APICS CPIM exam.
I am looking for a position where I can use my Change Agent and leadership skills to lead a plant, region, or division (as Plant Manager, or Director/VP of Operations) to world-class excellence while enabling manufacturing or operational competencies to become a competitive advantage - national or international.
I am a multi-dimensional executive with more than 25 years of experience improving organizational performance, with extensive experience in quality, lean manufacturing, plant management, and operations management in factories throughout the world.
I am trained as a Blackbelt, am a Certified Quality Manager, have an engineering degree, and an MBA. I am also currently preparing for the APICS CPIM exam.
I am looking for a position where I can use my Change Agent and leadership skills to lead a plant, region, or division (as Plant Manager, or Director/VP of Operations) to world-class excellence while enabling manufacturing or operational competencies to become a competitive advantage - national or international.
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My Career and Professional Portfolio
These links provide on-line information that highlights my career to-date, and the value proposition that my extensive experience and skill set provides
- My Career Website
- This website provides a visual display of my career history - including skills, value proposition, recommendations.
- My LinkedIn Profile
- This LinkedIn Profile is similar to my resume, but is more comprehensive, and provides detailed recommendations from supervisors, peers, and subordinates. Please check out the Slideshare presentation.
My One - Page Resume
More details as well as a Word copy of this resume version are available upon request.
Title: DIRECTOR / VP - OPERATIONS
Keywords: Multi-Site Operations / Lean Manufacturing and Six-Sigma / International / P&L / Change Agent / Plant Management / Leadership to World-Class Manufacturing Excellence / Quality Leadership
Career Summary: Record of enhancing manufacturing processes, reducing costs and improving quality, driving growth through product launches for industry leaders. Blend expertise in multi-site operations and supply chain with know-how in high volume manufacturing utilizing Lean and Six-Sigma techniques to lead teams to world-class performance.
> Turned around YKK plant, delivering 63% quality improvement and enhancing operating margin $6M.
> Delivered new product in 80% less development time, generating $4.5M in first-year sales for YKK.
> Led Strategic Deployment process, yielding $53M of productivity improvements in one year at Kodak.
> Built new factory in Mexico for Kodak, over-achieving expectations, enabling the closing of sister plant.
Key Skills: Driving change through effective leadership. Broad "best-in-class" operational experience. Dramatically improving quality by implementing continuous improvement processes (Lean, Six-Sigma). Building, training and mentoring strong high performance teams. Bilingual, fluent in English and conversant in Spanish.
Education:
> MBA, University of Rochester.
> BS in Engineering, Penn State University.
> Certified Manager of Quality/ Operational Excellence, American Society of Quality.
> APICS: CPIM, in process.
Selected Accomplishments:
Turned around YKK plant, delivering 63% quality improvement and enhancing operating margin $6M. Plant was losing customers to globalization. Initiated and promoted new Vision statement, strategies and tactics. Championed process improvements with Lean and Six-sigma. Achieved stretch goals. Reduced lead-time by 30%.
Delivered new product in 80% less development time, realizing $4.5M in first-year incremental sales for YKK. The war in Iraq produced new product opportunities, but needed a faster development cycle. Introduced and coordinated a cross-functional team approach to deliver new product in three months instead of usual eighteen.
Redesigned Strategic Deployment process, delivering $53M in first-year productivity improvements at Kodak. The business was not effectively executing their Strategic Deployment process. Streamlined and optimized global process. Coordinated and led execution of more than fifty projects across three international sites.
Built Greenfield factory, increasing Kodak output, enabling the closing of a sister factory on Mexican border. Ramped up facility, trained teams, launched new product. Developed creative concepts to maximize productivity and quality performance. Overachieved quality, productivity goals. Delivered cost 14% below target.
Career History:
YKK-USA, Inc. a $6B Global Manufacturer of Slide Fasteners
Vice President of Manufacturing, National Manufacturing Center, 2006 to 2008.
P&L responsibility for 10 business units with a budget of $150M for this $6B textile company. Led eight manufacturing plants in two industrial parks, with staff of eight direct and 650 indirect reports. Managed entire supply chain from purchasing through manufacturing and distribution for North and Central America.
Eastman Kodak Company, $14B Consumer Products Company.
Director, Worldwide Quality and Lean Manufacturing, High Volume Equipment Manufacturing, 2005 to 2006. Championed operational excellence through Lean Manufacturing / Six-Sigma improvement efforts across multiple international sites to achieve world-class performance in cost, quality, lead-time, customer satisfaction.
Director, Latin American Technical Center, Equipment Manufacturing, 2003 to 2005. Developed and managed new design center supporting product development in Guadalajara, Mexico. Directed Engineering and Quality departments for 1,000 person factory. Managed $2.5M budget and 70 staff through 14 direct reports.
Manager, Manufacturing Engineering and Quality, Equipment Manufacturing, 1998 to 2003. Directed the Manufacturing Engineering, QA, and maintenance organization in a 450-person, highly automated flow factory. Produced eight different camera models totaling 40 million+ units per year. Led development of ISO 9001:2000 Quality Management System and drove Lean Manufacturing initiatives.
Earlier at Kodak: Platform Business Manager; Product Engineering Manager; Plant Manager, Monterrey, Mexico; Quality Manager, Brazil.
Keywords: Multi-Site Operations / Lean Manufacturing and Six-Sigma / International / P&L / Change Agent / Plant Management / Leadership to World-Class Manufacturing Excellence / Quality Leadership
Career Summary: Record of enhancing manufacturing processes, reducing costs and improving quality, driving growth through product launches for industry leaders. Blend expertise in multi-site operations and supply chain with know-how in high volume manufacturing utilizing Lean and Six-Sigma techniques to lead teams to world-class performance.
> Turned around YKK plant, delivering 63% quality improvement and enhancing operating margin $6M.
> Delivered new product in 80% less development time, generating $4.5M in first-year sales for YKK.
> Led Strategic Deployment process, yielding $53M of productivity improvements in one year at Kodak.
> Built new factory in Mexico for Kodak, over-achieving expectations, enabling the closing of sister plant.
Key Skills: Driving change through effective leadership. Broad "best-in-class" operational experience. Dramatically improving quality by implementing continuous improvement processes (Lean, Six-Sigma). Building, training and mentoring strong high performance teams. Bilingual, fluent in English and conversant in Spanish.
Education:
> MBA, University of Rochester.
> BS in Engineering, Penn State University.
> Certified Manager of Quality/ Operational Excellence, American Society of Quality.
> APICS: CPIM, in process.
Selected Accomplishments:
Turned around YKK plant, delivering 63% quality improvement and enhancing operating margin $6M. Plant was losing customers to globalization. Initiated and promoted new Vision statement, strategies and tactics. Championed process improvements with Lean and Six-sigma. Achieved stretch goals. Reduced lead-time by 30%.
Delivered new product in 80% less development time, realizing $4.5M in first-year incremental sales for YKK. The war in Iraq produced new product opportunities, but needed a faster development cycle. Introduced and coordinated a cross-functional team approach to deliver new product in three months instead of usual eighteen.
Redesigned Strategic Deployment process, delivering $53M in first-year productivity improvements at Kodak. The business was not effectively executing their Strategic Deployment process. Streamlined and optimized global process. Coordinated and led execution of more than fifty projects across three international sites.
Built Greenfield factory, increasing Kodak output, enabling the closing of a sister factory on Mexican border. Ramped up facility, trained teams, launched new product. Developed creative concepts to maximize productivity and quality performance. Overachieved quality, productivity goals. Delivered cost 14% below target.
Career History:
YKK-USA, Inc. a $6B Global Manufacturer of Slide Fasteners
Vice President of Manufacturing, National Manufacturing Center, 2006 to 2008.
P&L responsibility for 10 business units with a budget of $150M for this $6B textile company. Led eight manufacturing plants in two industrial parks, with staff of eight direct and 650 indirect reports. Managed entire supply chain from purchasing through manufacturing and distribution for North and Central America.
Eastman Kodak Company, $14B Consumer Products Company.
Director, Worldwide Quality and Lean Manufacturing, High Volume Equipment Manufacturing, 2005 to 2006. Championed operational excellence through Lean Manufacturing / Six-Sigma improvement efforts across multiple international sites to achieve world-class performance in cost, quality, lead-time, customer satisfaction.
Director, Latin American Technical Center, Equipment Manufacturing, 2003 to 2005. Developed and managed new design center supporting product development in Guadalajara, Mexico. Directed Engineering and Quality departments for 1,000 person factory. Managed $2.5M budget and 70 staff through 14 direct reports.
Manager, Manufacturing Engineering and Quality, Equipment Manufacturing, 1998 to 2003. Directed the Manufacturing Engineering, QA, and maintenance organization in a 450-person, highly automated flow factory. Produced eight different camera models totaling 40 million+ units per year. Led development of ISO 9001:2000 Quality Management System and drove Lean Manufacturing initiatives.
Earlier at Kodak: Platform Business Manager; Product Engineering Manager; Plant Manager, Monterrey, Mexico; Quality Manager, Brazil.
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