BRET BROADWAY
Smithville,AR
Summary
Innovative Manager seeks position offering opportunities for new professional and personal challenges. Self-starter with a positive, can-do attitude who is driven to learn, improve and succeed.
Overview
34
34
years of professional experience
Work History
VP Manufacturing
AMERICAN RAILCAR INDUSTRIES/GREENBRIER COMPANIES
09.2018 - Current
- Managed team of 1,350 employees at 4 facilities generating annual revenue in excess of $500M
- Oversight of Capital Spending in excess of $10M per year.
- Drove development of facilities automation projects and future capabilities.
- Developed “Tiger Team" to achieve strict compliance of FRA regulation issues
- Re-purposed management team throughout 4 facilities to better utilize resources in areas lacking leadership and achieved harmonious interaction between management and hourly workforce. Reduced
- Worked with vendors to develop commercially viable products.
- Developed organized work area's with 5S protocol.
- Developed Inspection procedures with team for finished products for quality and adherence to customer specifications.
- Developed PMP with my Maintenance managers to insure uptime.
- Implemented updated operating procedures (JSA's, SOP's) for ALL work cells and adjusted use to increase productivity and longevity.
- Monitored employee actions for adherence to safety procedures held all accountable for any unsafe actions.
- Incorporated automated systems to improve quality and consistently speed up processes.
- Drove operational improvements which resulted in savings and improved profit margins
Plant Manager
AMERICAN RAILCAR INDUSTRIES
11.2006 - 09.2018
- Managed team of 400-700 employees
- Directed daily plant activities, including supervision of salaried staff
- Responsible for all financial aspects of facility (AOP, capital, etc.) Planned quality, environmental health and safety compliance and regulation aspects
- Insured compliance with AAR and FRA regulations
- Champion of plant continuous improvement activities (Lean/Six Sigma/OpEx)
- Identified and tracked key measures to monitor facility/function effectiveness and monitored staff goals and objectives
- Drove development of facilities processes improvements
- Ensured all code, company and customer requirements were maintained to the highest standard
- Directed strategic initiatives to achieve all organizational objectives.
Manager of Welding Engineering and Maintenance
AMERICAN RAILCAR INDUSTRIES
07.2002 - 11.2006
- Combined welding techniques, knowledge of metallurgy and engineering requirements to produce quality work that conformed to AAR Appendix W/D15.1 codes
- Designed, specified and tested welding equipment for the division
- Administrated all PQR's and WPS's for the division
- Worked with venders to develop new welding electrodes for the industry
- Managed and maintained the maintenance activities for all of the facility
- Implemented a CMMS to track performance of all key equipment as well as tracked all costs associated with the equipment
- Reduced downtime by 82% throughout the facility
- Implemented Lean Maintenance that incorporated a pro-active and predictive approach.
Plant Manager/Facility Manager
TRINITY INDUSTRIES
09.1999 - 07.2002
- Managed team of 250-450 employees
- Directed daily plant activities, including supervision of salaried staff
- Planned and managed all financial aspects of facility (AOP, capital, etc.) Planned and managed quality, environmental health and safety compliance and regulatory aspects
- Champion of plant continuous improvement activities (Demand Flow Technology)
- Identified key measures to monitor facility/function effectiveness and monitored staff goals and objectives
- Drove development of facilities processes and future capabilities
- Ensured all code, company and customer requirements were maintained to highest standards.
- Directed strategic initiatives to achieve all organizational objectives.
Manager, Engineering
TRINITY INDUSTRIES
09.1990 - 09.1999
- Combined welding techniques, knowledge of metallurgy and engineering requirements to produce quality work that conformed to AAR Appendix W/D15.1 codes
- Designed, specified and tested welding equipment for division
- Administrated all PQR's and WPS's for division
- Responsible for weld training/testing of all employees
- Designed and specified robotic applications for all production lines across Freight car, Tanks car and Barge divisions
- Was responsible for multiple locations
- Co-designed "all plate design" for under frames/bolsters for all car types.
Education
MANAGEMENT
2019
Green Belt & Black Belt Certified -
06.2017
DALE CARNEGIE LEADERSHIP TRAINING MANAGERS/DALE CARNEGIE SKILLS FOR SUCCESS -
07.2008
DEMAND FLOW TECHNOLOGIES -
02.1998
Certificate -
1996
AWS CERTIFIED WELDING INSPECTOR (CWI) - undefined
1995
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1985
Skills
- Operations management / Staff Development
- Welding Engineering Management
- Quick learner Results-oriented
- Leading large organizations Strategic planning
- Safety-oriented
- Self-Motivated/Driven Training and development
- Knowledge of Production Processes
- Production Documentation
- Manufacturing and Production
- Teamwork and Communication
Accomplishments
- Exceeded annual EBITDA goals for the last 14 years
- Achieved over 2 M manhours by implementing a BBS culture.
- Reduced turnover by 80%.
- Reduced variable OH spending by $3.90 per hour resulting in a $14.8M increase to bottom line since 2016
- Increased productivity through improvements in operations, quality, safety and administration
- Planned, directed, coordinated and assigned manpower to efficiently meet production requirements
- Successfully grew business by implementing a Lean culture combined with an Operational Excellence program that centers on safety, quality and efficiency that continues to grow and deliver positive bottom line results year after year
- Planned and implemented over $20M in CapEx spending to maintain/improve/increase/support various plant initiatives including robotic welding cells at our parts plants.
- Active member on the D15.1 committee and Sub-Committee.
Timeline
VP Manufacturing - AMERICAN RAILCAR INDUSTRIES/GREENBRIER COMPANIES
09.2018 - Current
Plant Manager - AMERICAN RAILCAR INDUSTRIES
11.2006 - 09.2018
Manager of Welding Engineering and Maintenance - AMERICAN RAILCAR INDUSTRIES
07.2002 - 11.2006
Plant Manager/Facility Manager - TRINITY INDUSTRIES
09.1999 - 07.2002
Manager, Engineering - TRINITY INDUSTRIES
09.1990 - 09.1999
Penn Foster College - , MANAGEMENT
Black River Technical College - Green Belt & Black Belt Certified,
Black River Technical College - DALE CARNEGIE LEADERSHIP TRAINING MANAGERS/DALE CARNEGIE SKILLS FOR SUCCESS,
University of Texas At Tyler - DEMAND FLOW TECHNOLOGIES,
JCIT - Certificate,
Hobart Institute of Welding Technology - AWS CERTIFIED WELDING INSPECTOR (CWI),
Arkansas State University - ,
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