J. Kevin Spradlin
Findlay,OH
Summary
Encouraging leader and analytical problem-solver with talents for team building, leading and motivating, as well as excellent customer relations aptitude and relationship-building skills. Proficient in using independent decision-making skills and sound judgment to positively impact company success. Dedicated to applying training, monitoring and morale-building abilities to enhance employee engagement and boost performance.
Overview
20
20
years of professional experience
Work History
Manager Manufacturing Engineering/Controls/Maintenance
Stoneridge Inc.
04.2022 - Current
- Strategic Leadership of Manufacturing, Controls, and Maintenance Groups driving continuous process improvement in high volume assembly operations
- Operational Availability Pillar Lead as part of Stoneridge’s Lean Manufacturing Operating System (LMOS)
- Prevented catastrophic machine breakdowns through Professional/Proactive Maintenance tools implementation
- Rigorous Change Management Leadership for Customer and Process changes
- Lead process problem solving activities to reduce scrap by 50K per year
- Spearheaded Maintenance Apprenticeship program to address long term technical team needs of aging workforce.
Manager Operational Excellence
Stoneridge Inc.
05.2021 - 04.2022
- Lean Manufacturing Operating System Site Leader
- Developed specific training for each of LMOS operating system pillars
- Drove change management activities related to LMOS activities to improve operating costs
- Developed Designated Storage, Supermarkets, and Timed Material Delivery Routes as part of the streamline project
- Introduced first tugger in Stoneridge
- Through the use of Standardized Work Tools reduced Waste and Non-Value Added activities to achieve 1M in net savings in the Streamline project area
- Facilitated Quick Changeover Activities that resulted in 60% reduction in change over times in Exhaust Gas Temperature area.
Manager Industrial Engineering/Workplace Organization Lead (World Class Manufacturing)
Whirlpool Corporation
07.2018 - 05.2021
- Responsible for all Manpower planning and execution for Whirlpool Findlay Division Operations
- Responsible for all capacity Planning for Findlay operations as well as strategic Retention of Business activities
- Manage and development of 5 Industrial Engineers and 16 Engineering Technicians
- Leadership of all Covid-19 mitigation and capacity revitalization for Findlay operations
- Social Distancing engineering controls
- Work Balance (Yamazumi) execution to return to previous production levels resulting in annualized savings of $22M
- Business Goals Achieved: Productivity Improvement - 32%
- Total Savings of 5.3M in plastics assembly
- Quality - Reduction to zero of top 5 human errors in Workplace Organization Model Area
- Safety/Human Factors - Reduction to zero from 41 Level 1 red Muri (Burden to Operator)
- People Development – Implementation of Operator Classification to develop operator skills for advancement and support of expanded Continuous improvement activities in assembly as well as leadership of the TWI (Training within Industry) team within the plant.
Regional Installation Manager – East Region Operations
Henderson Products (Division of Douglas Dynamics)
01.2016 - 07.2018
- Responsible for Safety, Quality, Delivery, and Cost for Eastern operations located in Bucyrus Ohio, Watertown NY, and Kenvil NJ
- P/L responsibility for Eastern operations with revenue of approximately 40M in 2017
- Business Goals Achieved: YoY Improvement in OSHA recordable and DART Rate from 7% - 3% by use of Behavior Based Safety initiatives
- Revenue Growth YoY – 16.1%
- Total Cost Productivity – 93% improvement YoY through continuous improvement activities
- Quality – Reduced Warranty Claims by 20% across 3 locations to world class levels of .7% of sales
- Successfully led a cross functional team that developed a set of tools to analyze and pick installation and distribution center site expansions
- Project leader for conversion of all installation and distribution centers from Spokane to TCM operating system from March – July of 2017
- Successfully implemented operating systems in 5 remaining Installation and Distribution Centers in 5 months
- Facilitated DDMS (Douglas Dynamics Management System) Kaizen events in Eastern operations to identify and eliminate waste
- Improved Bid to actual by 20% over 18 months
- Executed strategy deployment across all Eastern operations to incrementally improve KPI over time
- Implemented TWI techniques in Installation and Distribution centers to improve effectiveness of training.
Senior Manager Operations
Whirlpool Corporation
08.2012 - 01.2016
- Responsible for execution of Factory Master Plan initiatives on Plastic and SS assembly lines to improve cost, and quality
- Achieved Cost per unit and quality goals ahead of schedule within 4 months
- Responsible for delivery of all Safety, Quality, Delivery, and Cost metrics for all Stainless-Steel Dishwasher Assembly
- Responsible 40M budget and meeting cost per unit goals
- Developed assembly continuous improvement team to meet Quality and Cost goals
- Implemented PDCA problem solving in assembly to meet goals and enable employee engagement
- Served as Project manager and successfully launched 3 new model lines in spring of 2015 including Jenn-air, KitchenAid, and Kenmore brands
- Successfully launched Maytag Stainless Dishwasher Model Line in April of 2014 with no regression to business metrics
- Improved Total Cost Productivity by 20% using Standardized Work tools for volume changes in 2014
- Business Goals Achieved: Total Cost Productivity – 21.1%
- Quality – First Pass Yield – 26% to gap
- Assembly Yield – 21% to gap
- Customer Assurance Lab – 47% to gap.
Senior Manager Continuous Improvement
Whirlpool Corporation
07.2010 - 08.2012
- Responsible for the development of 4 Lean analysts, 2 OPEX engineers, and 2 Factory Master Plan resources
- Responsible for development of Findlay Division Staff and Direct Reports in WPS tools to optimize results in business units
- Business goals achieved (Model Line Activities): Total Cost Productivity – 7%
- Quality – First Pass Yield – 50% to Gap
- Assembly Yield – 50% to gap
- Customer Assurance Lab – 50% improvement to gap
- Personally Developed 5 Lean Coaches during tenure, one promoted to WPS site leader for the Greenville Operations
- Responsible for development of Standardized Work, Practical Problem Solving, and Quick Changeover training modules for all of North American Manufacturing.
Manager Consumer Centered Manufacturing
Whirlpool Corporation
01.2007 - 07.2010
- Responsible for development of strategy and tactics to implement the Whirlpool Production System in the Marion Division
- Developed strategy to create “model” line for all of Whirlpool NAR manufacturing using A-3 analysis (Horizontal Access Dryer Line)
- Business goals achieved: Total Cost – 16%
- Total Cost of Quality – 50%
- Materials Cost – 14%
- Leveraged knowledge to other Product Lines: Hours Per Unit – 12%
- Quality (First Pass Yield) – 75%
- Facilitated VSM/Lean Office activities to reduce hiring process from 23 days to 3 days
- Developed 5 Lean Coaches over 2 years.
Skills
- Lean Transformation Leadership
- Staff Development
- Performance Management
- Strategic Planning
- Project Management
- Team Leadership
- Complex Problem-Solving
- Process Improvement
- Effective Communication
- Change Management
- Operations Management
- Key Performance Indicators (KPIs)
Education
Bachelor of Science, Industrial and Systems Engineering, Ohio University, Athens, OH, Master of Science, Manufacturing Management, GMI Engineering & Management Institute, Flint, MI
Training
Leading the Whirlpool Enterprise Covey Leadership Training Engaging Manager Training Lean Champion Training OPEX Black Belt Candidate
Quote
Do or do not, there is no try!
Yoda
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Education
Bachelor of Science - Industrial And Systems Engineering
Ohio University
Athens, OHMaster of Science - Manufacturing Management
GMI Engineering And Management Institute
Flint, MITimeline
Manager Manufacturing Engineering/Controls/Maintenance
Stoneridge Inc.
04.2022 - Current
Manager Operational Excellence
Stoneridge Inc.
05.2021 - 04.2022
Manager Industrial Engineering/Workplace Organization Lead (World Class Manufacturing)
Whirlpool Corporation
07.2018 - 05.2021
Regional Installation Manager – East Region Operations
Henderson Products (Division of Douglas Dynamics)
01.2016 - 07.2018
Senior Manager Operations
Whirlpool Corporation
08.2012 - 01.2016
Senior Manager Continuous Improvement
Whirlpool Corporation
07.2010 - 08.2012
Manager Consumer Centered Manufacturing
Whirlpool Corporation
01.2007 - 07.2010
Bachelor of Science - Industrial And Systems Engineering
Ohio University
Master of Science - Manufacturing Management
GMI Engineering And Management Institute
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