Vehicle Engineering Consultant

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Summary

This Vehicle Engineering Consultant possesses an extensive history of working with global organizations in the commercial vehicle, new entrant OEM (EV), warehouse automation & material handling subsystem, industrial, consumer, automotive, agriculture, construction, & powersports markets. They have extensive experience in OEM commercial vehicle manufacturing, and the conceptualization, design, application, and manufacturing of interior and exterior vehicle components utilizing injection molding, reaction injection molding (RIM), thermoforming, and compression molding processes. This Vehicle Engineering Consultant is a proven leader with a vision for the future and an extensive history in technical sales, organic growth, product design, program management, industrial engineering, operations management, marketing, and leadership, and inspires and leads teams with passion and integrity.

Highlights

• Technical Sales
• Product Design
• Program Management
• Industrial Engineering
• Operations Management
• Marketing and Leadership
• Injection Molding
• Reaction Injection Molding (RIM)
• Thermoforming

Relevant Accomplishments

• Responsible for design, product/process development, engineering, validation, costing, and tooling functions. Costed & awarded approximately $30M/yr in new business YTD (commercial vehicle, powersports, energy storage, and medical). Actively performing DFM’s, optimizing designs with the OE’s, developing processes, designing tooling, and developing launch plans
• Managed sales function, ECN’s, & quoting activities. Renegotiated contract pricing and terms resulting in $10M/yr improvement to bottom line
• Managed production ramp-down & commercial negotiations associated with the exit of a ~$17M/yr seating program.
• Managed CVG’s plastic & interior trim product line commercial and implemented the business strategy.
• Supported wiper systems and structures product lines commercially.
• Expanded sales team and spearheaded marketing activities resulting in wins totaling ~$150M LTR at 10%+ OI
• Expanded business in new and core markets through development of employees, marketing initiatives, investment in software/systems/capital equipment, and leading team members to initiate objectives.
• Responsible for sales, commercial activity, engineering, costing, tooling, program management, and product design activities.
• Strengthened business unity by growing the core market through development of employees, enhancing the business unit’s culture by implementing a customer-centric, solution provider mentality, and inspiring team members to function as an extension of the customer.
• Technical Sales – met with customers, identified pain points, developed solutions, quoted & won ~$50M/yr in bunk systems and headliners
• Developed and launched AdvancTEK brand to appeal to new, non-core business, plastic markets.
• Quoted, won, designed, tooled & launched multiple commercial vehicle engineering and production programs totaling ~$70M/yr (Mack Anthem cabinets/soft-trim/headliners, Volvo VN headliners, Freightliner Cascadia plastic/headliners/soft-trim, and multiple next-gen platforms)
• Successfully led design, engineering, tooling, and validation resources toward successful production launch of awarded programs.
• Managed engineering team across five manufacturing facilities. Launched Plex ERP across multiple facilities.
• Standardized wet urethane headliner material, processing, and equipment across all facilities (PUR formulation and processing). Optimized material spend by leveraging increased annual usages.
• Successfully developed & launched $15M/yr PACCAR soft-trim program
• Managed due diligence activities specific to acquisition of a competitor’s assets, two facilities, and $40M book of business. Negotiated new contract terms and pricing. Standardized and merged engineering and ERP systems.
• Leader of a cross-functional, executive-appointed team responsible for maximizing profitability through market downturns.
• Led a cross-brand (Mack/Volvo) team towards the merger of two, heavy truck production lines, and development of a common assembly process, production system, and facility layout. Implemented kitting process to supply assembly line to reduce lineside material storage. Minimized capital investment by instituting product and process standardization
• Hired & trained a completely new engineering team due to lack of transferees from SC facility.
• Instilled a passion for continuous improvement in Mack’s highway product industrial engineering department by guiding team members towards optimized line balances, productivity improvements of at least 6% YOY, 20%
• YOY quality audit score improvement, improved safety/ergonomics, and improved customer satisfaction. Staff: (10) industrial engineers, (4) vehicle engineering liaisons.
• Developed yearly business plans, managed expense/capital budgets, and planned for future product launches and mix/volume fluctuations.
• Successfully launched Mack Highway NGP (new chassis, suspension, air/elec routing & clamping, control systems, axles/steering/driveline, hood, cab mounting, & hybrid Mack/Volvo BOM/MRP), Mack Vision Daycab, & ‘04 compliant powertrain launch.
• Management appointed leader responsible for planning, relocating, and launching Mack Truck’s cab/sleeper/hood production from the Winnsboro Assembly Operations (SC) to the New River Valley Truck Plant (VA)
• Led a cross-functional team consisting of Engineering, Materials, Facilities, Quality, I.T., and Production. Successfully transferred product knowledge, equipment, processes, training, tooling, and production
• Optimized process/line balance, safety, developed work instructions, tooling/fixturing, performed time studies & implemented layout/process improvements to improve direct labor utilization of at least 10% YOY
• Successfully launched visibility door platform & cab refresh
• A development program created to cultivate up and coming talent and expose them to job functions critical to  their career path. Performed job functions in the areas of: Corporate and Plant Manufacturing Engineering, Sales Engineering, Customer Engineering, Vehicle Engineering, Powertrain Engineering, Purchasing, Corporate
• Materials Management, Customer Satisfaction, and Facilities Management.

Roles

• Manufacturing Engineer
• Team Manager
• Manager
• Director
• Vice President

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