Resume - William Killion - Oct 2015

Resume - William Killion - Oct 2015

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  WILLIAM R. KILLION 1048E 500 S Washington, Indiana 47501 Home: 812-254-4288 Cell: 812-698-7540 Email: [email protected] Professional Summary Professional Manufacturing, Engineering and business leader with proven experience in Plant Management, Production Leadership, Engineering/Design, Manufacturing Engineering, Quality, Product Testing, and Project Management with automotive (OEM’s and Tier 1 customers) and non-automotive markets segments. Business professional with the following skills:  Strong leadership skills, strategic planning, financial planning/budgeting, financial control, team development, and goal achieve experience.  Experienced Production leader utilizing Advanced Statistical methods including Six Sigma and Shainin Methods, Lean Manufacturing tools & methods, Toyota Production System, and AIAG Quality System Tools including Process Flow Diagrams, FMEA’s, Control Plans, 5 Why, 8D, PPAP, SPC, Process Capability, APQP, and Quality System Mapping to drive continuous improvement and achievement of business, quality, and financial targets.  Strong Financial Decision Making Skills  Experienced with Operational Excellence deployment (Six Sigma & Lean Manufacturing Skills)  Experienced manager with Quality System (ISO 9001/9002, QS 9000, and TS16949) and with Environmental Management system (ISO14001)  Experienced and certified internal auditor and supplier auditor.  Certified Six Sigma Greenbelt and trained Shainin Apprentice & Journeyman professional.  Proven Strategic Planner and Organizational Team Builder.  Experienced leader in the implementation and deployment of SAP, Oracle, & Syteline ERP business systems. Employment History Flanders, Evansville, IN, April 2011 to September 2015 FLANDERS, a privately owned and operated company, that manufacturers, and services motors, generators, controls, drives, andautomationsystems for heavy industry, equipmentinefficiencyandimprovementofdowntimeworldwide.The company’sgoalisto increase efficiencyand reliability, while improving safetyand lowering operating costs, minimizing downtime and delivering the lowest total cost of ownership:  EngineeringManager,ElectricMachines, June 2013 – September 2015: Duties and responsibilities include the following: o Direct a Team of engineers that design new motors, generators, MG-set, TEWAC's, etc. for Flanders andFlanderscustomers.Thesecouldbetotallynew designs,reengineeringofexisting motors, design of functional replacements, reengineer for improved performance, etc. o Manage departmental expense budgets and capital budgets. o Provide Electric Machine engineering support for 6 domestic RSC's and 3 International RSC's. o Direct product launches and provide technical support and direction for customer quotations. o Provide ERP, fabrication, production, and Qualitysupport on all Electric Machine projects. o ManagestheElectric Machinesorganizational structure,recruitsandselectsnew team members, and provides mentoring, training, and development.  PowerSystems Director, New Motors Group, May 2012 – June 2013: Duties and responsibilities included: o Developed an organization plan and leadership structure for the New Motors Group. Developed Job descriptions and KPI for each of the positions. Justified leadership organizational structure and the leadership positions. Recruited, selected, and hired these positons and began the team building process.
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  o Served ona Leadership Team for the justification, purchase, and deployment of an ERP system (Syteline) for New Motors North Plant Production. o Lead the establishment of 3 shift operation within the New Motors North Plant. Initiated the development of work instruction for detailing the job duties and processes involved in standardizing motor assemblyand parts fabrication. Initiatedbudgetingprocessesand expense control, capital justification process, Engineering and Logistic Management and a cost reduction team to work on InventoryReductions within the New Motors Group.  New Motor Engineering Manager, April 2011 – May 2012: Duties, responsibilities and accomplishments include the following: o Direct a Team of designers using AutoDesk Inventor responsible for the mechanical designs of re- engineered, drop-in replacement, upgraded, and new motors, generators, MG sets, TEWAC’s, etc. o Manage departmental expense budgets and capital budgets. o Provide Electric Machine engineering support for 6 domestic RSC's and 3 International RSC's. o Direct product launches and provide technical support and direction for customer quotations. o Provide engineeringsupporttothe North Plant for the fabricationandassemblyof engineeredprojects. o Manages the Motor Engineering organizational structure, recruits and selects new team members. o Provides mentoring, training, and professional development for the Motor Engineering Staff. o Accomplishments included:  Departmentcompleted andreleased15motordesigns.  Departmentcompletedandreleased2generatordesigns.  Provided Engineeringsupportduringthemanufacturing,fabricationandassemblyof the 15 motorsand 2 generators.  Provided ProjectLeadershipfora newwindgeneratoropportunity.  Implementedprocessesincluding designreviewsandproductionkick-offmeeting. Hella Electronics Corporation, Flora, IL, January 2003 – March 2011 Hellais a manufacturerofrelays, flashers, acceleratorpedalssensors,rain/lightsensors,headlamplevelingassemblies, vacuum pumps, inductive sensors, adaptive cruise control modules, memoryseat electronic modules, throttle position bodysensors, roof controlmodules,rearview cameras,fuelpumpmodules,all-wheeldrivemodules,andchassiscontrol modules for the automotive industry.  PlantManager,Flora, IL, August 2004 – March 2011: Managed 2 manufacturing plants (175,000 and 30,000 sq. ft.) that had 5 surface mount assemblylines running 3 shifts with a peak employment of 600. In addition to the manufacturing plants, the responsibility included a remote warehouse. Lead a financial turnaround eliminating the potential plant closure. Afew of the most significant accomplishments for 2009 and 2010 are the following: o Salesreached$115,767,370(120%ofbudget)andproducedandshipped28.2millionunits.Thesales growth was every year from 2004 to 2007 when some manufacturing was moved out of Flora ($84,838,547 (04-05); $131,724,922 (05-06); $156,890,721 (06-07); $177,251,206 (07-08); $115,071,160 (08-09); and $115,767,370 (09-10). o The actual Gross Margin was 14.5% of sales vs budgeted target of 4.7% of sales. Keys to that success were the facts that Direct Labor 4.2% vs budget of 5.4% of sales and Indirect Labor was 8.2% vs budget 9.7%. o Customer PPM = 6 PPM (Budget = 7 PPM) o ThroughKaizenandimplementingleanmanufacturing principals, a production cost savings of $3.1M was achieved. o Plant wide Downtime was reduced by18.7% o Inventory was $6.3M vs Budget $6.19M, freeing up cash for operations. o During the TS16949 Registration Audit, the plant had 0 Non-conformances o Initiated a Succession Planning and Management Development Program o Budgeted and Initiated a Production Support Lean Manufacturing Development Rotation Program.  Operations Manager, Electronics, January 2003 – August 2004: Directed the start-up of the Electronics product manufacturing at the Hella in Flora, IL. o Directed the transfer and production start of two BHTC electronic thermocontrol modules from the Hella Plymouth facilityto the Flora.
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  o During 2003/04fiscal year, managed the production operation of the thermocontrol assemblies resulting in the production and sales of 180,381 assemblies and 238,343 KJ flasher assemblies. o In 2003/04, thermocontrol sales exceeding $8M and was 121% of budgeted business plan. o Deployed the 5 Star continuous improvement methodologyto the manufacturing cells and facilitated improvements initiatives resulting in FFT ranging 96 - 100%, OEE ranging 80 – 90%, and PPM reducing from 1500 – 2000 to 250 – 500 PPM. Rexam Closures & Containers, Evansville, IN, Manager, Quality Assurance, July 2001 – November 2002 Rexam is a designer and manufacturer of custom and standard closures for the Health Care, Chemical, & Food/Beveragemarketsegments.Themanufacturingoperationsinclude injection and compression molding as well as assembly operations. As Manager, Quality Assurance, responsibility involved directing the quality functions of the Evansville, IN; Princeton,IN; andMadisonville,KY facilities.ThisincludesQualityPlanning,Supplier Auditing, Customer corrective actions, Internal Corrective & Preventative Actions, ISO 9001 certification, customer visits & audits, incoming inspection,CMM laboratory,gagecalibrationandprocurement, and process auditing. The Qualitydepartment consists of a staff of 4 QualityEngineers,3 Qualitytechnicians,1IncomingInspectors/SupplierCoordinator,2 CMM technicians, 2 Qualityauditors, and 2 Final Inspectors. Kimball Electronics Group, Inc., Jasper, IN, Manager, Quality Management, June 1998 - July 2001 Kimballisa contractmanufacturerof electronic modules and assemblies for the high end computer business segment (20%)and for automotiveelectronic businesssegment(75-80%). Keycustomers included TRW and IBM. Directed the QualityAdministrationandManagementfunctions oftheJasper, Indianamanufacturingfacility. The Qualityorganization consisted of 52 employees executing the functions of Advanced Quality Planning, Supplier Development, Corrective Action, Failure Analysis, Receiving Inspection, and QualityAuditing. Siemens Electromechanical Components, Inc., May 1978 – May 1998 Siemenswasa manufacturerofelectromechanicalcomponentsincludingrelays,flasher,circuitbreakers,andcontactors for the general purpose market and automotive markets. Additionally, the company developed and manufactured electronic productions including solid state relays, input modules, output modules, and other specialty electronic modules. The following is a list of positions:  QualityManagement GTR NAFTA, Princeton, IN, June 1997 to May 1998  Acting Plant Manager, Casas Grande, Mexico, July 1997 to October 1997  Staff Manager Quality, SQA, & Test, Princeton, IN, October 1995 to June 1997  Acting Plant Manager, Marion, KY, June 1996 to August 1996  Acting Manager, Quality, (Marion, KY, April 1996 to October 1996  Production Manager, Marion, KY, October 1994 to February 1995  Manager, Advanced Manufacturing. Engineering, Princeton, IN, January 1994 to October 1995  Manager, Quality, Marion, KY, February 1992 to December 1994  Staff Manager Approvals, Princeton, IN, September 1989 to February 1992  Manager, Test Equipment Engineering, Princeton, IN, November 1982 to September 1989 Education BS in Electrical Engineering from Purdue University, West Lafayette, IN Continuing Education  DMAIC for Managers  LeanManufacturing/ValueStream Mapping  Certified Six SigmaGreenBelt  ShaininApprentice& Journeyman  ISO/QS9000InternalAuditor  ToyotaProductionSystem  APQP  SiemensManagementDevelopment  Institute for Productivitythrough Quality  SupplyChainManagement  FinanceforNon-FinancialManagers  CoachingandPraising  Problem Solving/DecisionMaking  ManagementSkillsforManagers  BudgetProcessBusinessImprovement  ComputerIntergratedManufacturing  SAP, OracleandSytelineERP Systems