Daren Philipps

Manage a team over 50 salary and union team members. Oversee compliance of GMS standards across department in areas of safety, quality and productivity, by completing audits and training of new employees to these standards. Maintain a plant goal of 91% DRR and had a shift average of 91.7% DRR. Lead salary team in compliance with national and local agreement rules with regards to the union members, developed training tool for group leaders to help reduce EOH pay violations. Communicated results of the shift and important details with incoming shift, lead staff quality review of current shift quality. Built team goals to support plant goals in quality and productivity, lead team through productivity improvements. Monitor GSIP for plant wide quality issues, feeding back these issue to specific departments and getting specific action items to address quality issues.. Worked within GEPICS and CHIPS management system in order to ensure quality standards and meet on vehicles going through the repair process, both on and off site.

• Apply GMS standards in areas of SPQRCE. Complete timekeeping daily through Kronos, review and set up manpower. Oversee safety standards and enforce with union members, complete weekly safety walks and hold monthly safety star meetings. Train new team members and team leaders in PQS standards for quality. Review quality calls to ensure standards are being maintained. Provide feedback to departments in regards to their defects, by providing pictures and details of the defect and working with them to prevent a reoccurrence. Ensure compliance with national and local work rules, work with union official to comply and handle discipline with employee as required. Worked with Final Process on weekend repair, scheduling manpower, reviewing defects, handling GEPICS and chips holds, worked to reduce float of over 20 thousand. Achieved BIQ 4 status and worked to maintain it. Lead truck sector in areas of quality in DVT and Alignment with regards to EFTQ.

• Lead a production team of 45 team members. Completed timekeeping daily in Kronos system. Held daily meeting with team leaders to reviewed safety issues and quality defects of previous shifts, review previous days results and set daily goals. Maintain WPO standards throughout production area, with focus on safety. Monitor production and quality goals and react and make adjustments as required to meet daily/weekly goals. Train new employees in GM safety standards, audit existing team members in regards to GMS standards around safety, quality, WPO and standardized work.
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• Followed GMS standards by completing weekly audits and maintaining SPQRCE board. Train new employees on jobs within team, in regards to safety, quality and standardized work. Maintain and update standardized work in APS with best practices in mind. Updated work stations to support evolving production requirements needed to make production goals. Complete repairs as required and help train new team leaders to complete repairs in safe and efficient manor. Monitor GSIP for defects from team and department that may pop up during production. Completed redesign of job to increase part options, through standardized work rebuild and Station layout.

• Managed all areas of Lordstown Bodyshop, managing teams from 30 employees to over 50. While running ZA line increased through put by over 10% for 4 months stretch. Completed weekly audits in regards to GMS. Taught team leaders and team members GMS standards. Completed daily audits with focus on quality control of welds and metal defects. Meet production goals for complete bodies and achieve part build goals for SPO requirements. Developed production goals in conjunction with material for SPO parts to meet shipping requirements on weekly basis. Maintained bank counts on SPO parts to keep leadership informed, allowing them to adjust production as required. Set up weekend work for building SPO parts and crews for cleaning welding cells.

• Worked in trim shop and body shop during this time. Completed training in GMS principles and how to apply them. Worked on assembly lines building parts in body shop and installing parts and making electrical connections in trim shop.

• Did assembly work in chassis, Final, Trim and Body shop departments. Installed parts, completed electrical connections. Worked as a daily replacement operator and was required to learn new jobs on a daily basis.