Anthony Parente
Valley City,OH
Summary
Results-driven leader of Manufacturing known for high productivity and efficiency in task completion. Possess specialized skills in strategic planning, lean manufacturing processes, and supply chain optimization. Excel in leadership, communication, and problem-solving, ensuring seamless operations and team synergy.
Overview
37
37
years of professional experience
Work History
Vice President Of Manufacturing
Power Plant Services
02.2023 - Current
- Total P&L responsibility for all PPS Business units
- Prepare and approve all Plant Budgets
- Responsible for all support functions, Finance, Continuous Improvement, Advanced Engineering, Manufacturing Engineering, Program Management, Purchasing
President and COO
Anchor Manufacturing Group
09.2017 - 12.2022
- Total P&L responsibility for all Anchor Business units
- Prepare and approve all Plant Budgets
- Responsible for all support functions HR, Finance, Continuous Improvement, Advanced Engineering, Manufacturing Engineering, Program Management, Purchasing, Sales
President and COO
Kirchhoff North America
01.2017 - 07.2017
- I managed the same responsibilities as below minus finance as the acquisition was complete and finance reported to Europe
President and COO
Kirchhoff Van Rob
09.2014 - 12.2016
- Total P&L responsibility for all 11 Plants
- Prepare and approve all Plant Budgets
- Responsible for all support functions HR, Finance, Continuous Improvement, Advanced Engineering, Manufacturing Engineering, Program Management, Purchasing, Sales
- Main responsibility was to lead the team in a company turnaround
Vice President of Operations
Kirchhoff Van-Rob
05.2014 - 08.2014
- Total P&L responsibility for all 11 Plants
- Prepare and approve all Plant Budgets
- Responsible for continuous improvement
Vice President of Manufacturing Operations
Shiloh Industries
12.2012 - 05.2014
- Total P&L responsibility for all 15 Plants
- Prepare and approve all Plant Budgets
- Responsible for Integration of all new acquisition from the Manufacturing process side
- Work closely with purchasing for all vendor cost reduction activities
- Responsible for all continuous improvement and Six Sigma projects and activities
- Work with Human Resources on high potential and people development activities
- Support business development through sales and engineering
Vice President Engineering & Technology
Shiloh Industries
01.2011 - 12.2012
- Responsible for all estimating
- Equipment and facilities engineering
- All new tooling and special equipment builds
- Advanced engineering including new product and process development
- All VA/VE activity to meet all customer cost reductions
- Support all manufacturing process improvements
- Support business development through engineering (working jointly with the OEM)
Vice President of Manufacturing Operations
Shiloh Industries
01.2006 - 01.2010
- Total P&L responsibility for all 9 Plants
- Prepare and approve all Plant budgets
- Responsible for all Six Sigma / continuous improvement
- Responsible for all customer cost reductions which in the last 3 years is over 40M (VE/VA activity)
- Responsible for Program Management
- Assist in business development (new products and partnerships with our customers)
- Monitor daily metrics with a plant call to all 9 plants everyday at 4 P.M
- Which includes daily head count, overtime, premium freight, scrap, and any customer concerns or quality issues
- Monitor and approve capital expenditures
- Responsible for all facilities engineering, equipment installation, and plant upgrades (this also includes the launch of our new facility in Bowling Green Kentucky)
- Work closely with purchasing and approve all contracts with suppliers that relates to manufacturing
Group General Manager
Shiloh Industries
01.2003 - 01.2006
- Responsible for 4 Facilities – Ohio Welded Blank, Medina Blanking, Jefferson Manufacturing, & Shiloh DeMexico
- Responsible for all P & L
- Daily Metrics, cost reductions, program launches
- Approve all estimates for new products
- Assist in engineering of all new equipment
General Manager
Shiloh Industries
01.2001 - 01.2003
- Responsible for 2 Facilities – Ohio Welded Blank & Medina Blanking
- Responsible for all P & L
- Daily Metrics, cost reductions, program launches
- Approve all estimates for new products
- Assist in engineering of all new equipment
Engineering Manager
MTD/Shiloh Industries
01.1999 - 01.2001
- Responsible for all plant maintenance (including p.m
- Program, equipment up keep and improvements installation of any new equipment, and building repairs)
- Responsible for all plant engineering including our special equipment department which built all of our own machines for products that we were selling to the OEM
- Responsible for program management and new product launches, trouble shooting all equipment PLC or relay logic, mechanical and hydraulic presses, robotics which include Motoman, ABB, Nachi and others
- Installation of 2500 ton press with Atlas transfers and destack unit
Engineering Manager
MTD Products
01.1995 - 01.1999
- Responsible for plant maintenance, plant engineering, continuous improvement activities, die repair, preventative maintenance, and conversion of relay logic presses to PLC’s and automation to reduce labor
- Projects include rewire two 800 ton presses plus automate two 1600 ton presses with HMS transfers to run in tandem with each other
- Design and build automated assembly equipment to reduce labor cost and improve productivity
Head Electrical Engineer
MTD Products
01.1990 - 01.1995
- Electrical design and build new equipment
- Assist Maintenance and teach them to trouble shoot PLC’s
- Work with vendors to design special equipment
- Installation of a complete quick die change system
Maintenance Supervisor
MTD Products Industrial Plastics Division
01.1988 - 01.1990
- Maintained all equipment on three shifts
- Implemented a pm program
- Rebuilt a 4000 ton hydraulic press for compression molding, rebuilt two 500 ton HPM die cast Machines and 1000 ton VanDorn injection molder
Skills
- Capacity Planning
- Expense Management
- Environmental regulations
- Manufacturing engineering
- Labor Management
- Value stream mapping
- Industrial Automation
- Strategic thinker
- ISO Standards
- Operations Management
- Material flow analysis
- Production Scheduling
- Engineering/project management experience
- Numerical controls understanding
- 120, 240, and PLC wiring
- Cost Reduction
References
Available upon request.
Timeline
Vice President Of Manufacturing
Power Plant Services
02.2023 - Current
President and COO
Anchor Manufacturing Group
09.2017 - 12.2022
President and COO
Kirchhoff North America
01.2017 - 07.2017
President and COO
Kirchhoff Van Rob
09.2014 - 12.2016
Vice President of Operations
Kirchhoff Van-Rob
05.2014 - 08.2014
Vice President of Manufacturing Operations
Shiloh Industries
12.2012 - 05.2014
Vice President Engineering & Technology
Shiloh Industries
01.2011 - 12.2012
Vice President of Manufacturing Operations
Shiloh Industries
01.2006 - 01.2010
Group General Manager
Shiloh Industries
01.2003 - 01.2006
General Manager
Shiloh Industries
01.2001 - 01.2003
Engineering Manager
MTD/Shiloh Industries
01.1999 - 01.2001
Engineering Manager
MTD Products
01.1995 - 01.1999
Head Electrical Engineer
MTD Products
01.1990 - 01.1995
Maintenance Supervisor
MTD Products Industrial Plastics Division
01.1988 - 01.1990
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