Plant Manager

Plant Manager — Vanguard Manufacturing Corp

Detroit, MI | January 2024 – Present

• Direct daily production operations for a 120,000 sq. ft. automotive component manufacturing facility, coordinating 35 production technicians to consistently achieve weekly shipping quotas.
• Oversee an annual plant operating budget of $1.4M, renegotiating raw material procurement contracts with 5 primary suppliers to reduce operational expenses by 14%.
• Deployed a preventive maintenance schedule for 12 major assembly line machines, increasing overall equipment effectiveness from 78% to 92% in 8 months.
• Coordinate comprehensive plant safety audits to align with OSHA guidelines, successfully lowering total workplace safety incident rates by 42% over a 12-month period.

Assistant Plant Manager — Standard Assembly Systems

Grand Rapids, MI | June 2020 – December 2023

• Supervised 22 assembly line operators in executing daily shift production plans, maintaining a 99.2% on-time delivery rate across all customer product shipments.
• Implemented a Lean manufacturing inventory tracking system in Microsoft Excel, reducing raw material waste by 18% and saving 12 hours of administrative work per week.
• Managed the onboarding and safety training program for 40 new factory workers, improving training completion velocity by 25% while maintaining compliance.
• Analyzed facility equipment downtime patterns using historical production data, executing corrective maintenance actions that reduced unexpected stoppages by 20%.

Lean manufacturing, Six Sigma, Production scheduling, Inventory control, Quality assurance, OEE optimization, OSHA compliance, Budget forecasting, Supply chain logistics, SAP ERP, AutoCAD, Vendor negotiation, Team leadership, Process improvement

ERP System Implementation

Role: Project Leader

Tools: SAP ERP, Microsoft Project, Excel

Directed the migration of manual inventory tracking to SAP ERP, reducing tracking errors by 35% and saving $65,000 in material costs.

Assembly Line Retrofit

Role: Assistant Plant Manager

Tools: AutoCAD, Microsoft Project, Visio

Led the redesign and physical retrofit of 2 main assembly lines, boosting production throughput by 22% and reducing worker strain.

• Certified Manufacturing Engineer (CMfgE) (2023)
• Six Sigma Green Belt (2021)

• Languages: English (Native), German (Conversational)
• Volunteer Work: Technical advisor for local high school robotics teams (2022-present)
• Availability: 2 weeks notice