Michael Gray

• Work cell design to reduce labor costs and operation times.
• Specification, improvement, and procurement of secondary equipment.
• Participation in kaizen improvement projects and events.
• Space savings of 10, 000 square feet, $138, 000 cost savings.

• Successful launch of first under-the-hood product in company history.
• Reduction of process time of said product from 5 minutes to 55 seconds.
• Labor reduction of 30% for same process.
• Drove offline assemblies back to press side.
• Extensive executive customer management interface.
• Coordination of TPO material consolidation with direct results of 3% cost reduction against $6M in sales during a time period of commodity price increases.
• Direct liaison between ConMet and Findlay Industries tasked with responsibility of smooth control and communication between OEM, Tier I and Tier II manufacturing plants.
• Participation and presentation of quality programs at ICIM meetings and business review meetings
• Evaluation, coordination, & implementation of Volvo/ Mack engineering change management (DCN).
• Proven ability to evaluate, coordinate, & implement Volvo/ Mack new product launches.
• Packaging design and cost analysis to Tier I management.
Coordination & resolution management resulting in smoother relations between Tier I and Tier II