Kenneth L. Henline
Avon
Summary
Skilled in plant operations with 25 plus years experience in both Union and non-Union environments. Technical skills include all facets of manufacturing including Quality, Production, Materials, Engineering, and Human Resource management along with experience in Financial Profit Planning. Adept at developing, training and motivating teams to achieve success. International experience managing and directing personnel, project teams and suppliers.
Overview
35
35
years of professional experience
Work History
Worldwide Quality Manager
ERICO INTERNATIONAL CORPORATION
10.2006 - Current
- Responsible for ERICO’s worldwide quality performance; established worldwide quality performance metrics and have driven year over year continuous quality improvements through focused problem solving; drove significant improvements to worldwide ISO 9001 quality systems.
- Responsible to provide management and direction to quality professionals in 6 worldwide locations; trained and led the quality team through the implementation of 8-D problem solving principals.
- Led cross functional team through implementation of NQA-1 quality system providing ERICO’s commercial team the opportunity to bid on multiple million dollar projects with nuclear customers.
- Champion of Corporate PPAC committee, whose purpose is to minimize company risk and litigation relative to safety related product opportunities.
- Responsible for worldwide implementation new product APQP.
Director of Manufacturing Quality, Honda and Toyota Business Units
JOHNSON CONTROLS, INCORPORATED
03.2005 - 10.2006
- Directed the Quality professionals in six plants to achieve established quality goals in Cost of Poor Quality, Customer Satisfaction and Internal Quality Performance. Directed plants through implementation of corporate quality initiatives and performed quality audits to such.
- Business Unit Champion for Customer Quality Performance. Led plants through monthly quality operational review, validating Corrective Actions towards customer concerns and presented month end performance to VP of North American JIT Operations. Developed quality roadmaps to improve plant performance and delivered continuous improvement presentations to customers.
- Drove improvements to supplier quality performance through formal Material Quality Reviews, and onsite audits of quality systems and problem resolution.
- Mentored and coached six Quality Managers, while establishing personal and professional goals for each.
Plant Manager
JOHNSON CONTROLS, INCORPORATED
08.2003 - 03.2005
- Manager of JIT (Just-In-Time) plant operations for assembly and welding of interior seating and overhead systems to support over $80,000,000 in annual sales. Approx. 40 salaried and 190 hourly team members.
- Responsible for year over year continuous improvement in operational cost reduction activities within material costs, inventory loss/accuracy/turns, freight, labor (hourly and salary), purchase burden, Worker’s Comp costs and OSHA incident rates. Exceeded FY04 goal of $586,000, Led team through planning and execution of projects in route to meet FY05 goal of $940,000.
- Plant Champion of Six Sigma (DMAIC) process. Exceeded planned objectives for process and cost improvements through utilization of Black Belts, Green Belts, Process Owners and Teams.
- Exceeded goal and plan for reduction in Quality key measures including RPPM, CPPM, SPPM and IPPM. Received a Continuous Gold Quality Olympics Award for 8 years of year over year improvement in Quality and Customer Satisfaction.
- Plant champion of Central Safety Council which managed Government (OSHA) Compliance, Safety Training, Ergonomic issues list, New Equipment set up for safety, Auditing and Accident Investigation, and Environmental Management (ISO 14001). Awarded Gold Safety Award for FY03 and Silver Safety Award for FY04.
Operations Manager
JOHNSON CONTROLS, INCORPORATED
02.2001 - 08.2003
- Managed, directed and led professional staff including Materials Manager, Engineering Manager, 2 Shift Production Superintendents, and subordinates. Acting Plant Manager in Plant Manager’s absence.
- Responsible to ensure plant obtained monthly operational goals including: Direct, Indirect and Salary Labor, Safety, Inventory Turns, Internal and Customer Quality.
- Developed and implemented plant strategies and procedures to attain or exceed Divisional and Corporate goals and expectations.
- Absorbed role of Launch Manager, with responsibilities of implementing all systems and ensuring plant readiness for New Headliner Program.
Launch Manager
JOHNSON CONTROLS, INCORPORATED
08.1999 - 02.2001
- Coordinated all plant activities to implement engineering changes.
- Successfully launched all new products to 0-0-100-30 objectives. Zero Quality issues – Zero Safety Issues – 100% Efficiency and On Time Delivery for first 30 days after launch.
- Was working towards plant preparation to accept complete seat and frame redesign, managing a budget of $2.25 million. Plant preparation included, planning to relocate existing weld cells to outside facility, plant layout relocating existing assembly lines and installation of two new assembly lines, developing assembly process for new seats utilizing DFA process, developing fixtures and equipment for assembly of new seats, developing PFMEA and control plans. All plans were halted due to change in customer marketing outlook.
Quality Assurance Manager
JOHNSON CONTROLS, INCORPORATED
05.1997 - 08.1999
- Managed, directed and led professional staff of five with plant responsibilities of: Quality Engineering, Warranty Analysis, Customer Satisfaction, Supplier Development, Product Engineering, and QS9000 Systems. Managed and maintained all Process Control Plans, PFMEA’s and customer PPAP submissions.
- Led plant team towards continual year over year quality improvement including initial Gold Quality Olympic awards.
- Absorbed role of Product Engineering Manager, managing implementation of all engineering changes.
- Led plant through multiple successful QS9000 3rd Party Surveillance Audits.
Sr. Quality Engineer
JOHNSON CONTROLS, INCORPORATED
04.1996 - 05.1997
- Supervised Quality Engineers and Quality Coordinators.
Quality Launch Engineer
JOHNSON CONTROLS, INCORPORATED
08.1995 - 04.1996
- Developed all new model Control Plans and PFMEAs for seat assembly and seat frame welding in preparation for new plant launch.
- Managed all Production Validation testing to assure on time completion.
- Managed AIAG Production Part Approval Process (PPAP) documentation submission to customer and vendor submission to JCI.
- Part of a team who attained the highest Launch Readiness Review score customer rewards - highest score JCI has received in an eleven-year history of launches.
LEAR SEATING CORPORATION
07.1993 - 08.1995
- Quality and Launch Engineer. Primary responsibilities included: Quality Liaison to Ford Atlanta Plant and Pilot Plant in Dearborn during launch and pre-launch activities of 1996 Taurus/Sable, 8-D report writing, PPAP submission to customer, Supplier PPAP submission to Lear, Control Plan development, H-point testing.
Production Supervisor
FORD MOTOR COMPANY
08.1992 - 04.1993
- Supervised 34 hourly employees.
- Evaluated and reorganized production positions during rebalance period to achieve greater efficiency.
Student Intern
EXCEL AUTOMOTIVE
06.1990 - 08.1992
- Managed Engineering drawings, updated hand drawn blueprints into AutoCAD.
- Developed brake rotor and drum PPAP for submission to OEM.
Education
Bachelor - Mechanical Engineering Technology
University Of Toledo
01.1992
Skills
- Internal auditing
- Quality management systems
- Compliance monitoring
- Corrective actions
- Quality processes
- Regulatory compliance
- Customer satisfaction
- Analytical mindset
- Operational improvements
- Decision-making
- Team leadership
- Teamwork and collaboration
Affiliations
Member of Boys and Girls Club (Lorain County) Board of Directors, 2000 to 2005
Section name
REFERENCES AND OTHER INFORMATION AVAILABLE UPON REQUEST
Timeline
Worldwide Quality Manager
ERICO INTERNATIONAL CORPORATION
10.2006 - Current
Director of Manufacturing Quality, Honda and Toyota Business Units
JOHNSON CONTROLS, INCORPORATED
03.2005 - 10.2006
Plant Manager
JOHNSON CONTROLS, INCORPORATED
08.2003 - 03.2005
Operations Manager
JOHNSON CONTROLS, INCORPORATED
02.2001 - 08.2003
Launch Manager
JOHNSON CONTROLS, INCORPORATED
08.1999 - 02.2001
Quality Assurance Manager
JOHNSON CONTROLS, INCORPORATED
05.1997 - 08.1999
Sr. Quality Engineer
JOHNSON CONTROLS, INCORPORATED
04.1996 - 05.1997
Quality Launch Engineer
JOHNSON CONTROLS, INCORPORATED
08.1995 - 04.1996
LEAR SEATING CORPORATION
07.1993 - 08.1995
Production Supervisor
FORD MOTOR COMPANY
08.1992 - 04.1993
Student Intern
EXCEL AUTOMOTIVE
06.1990 - 08.1992
Bachelor - Mechanical Engineering Technology
University Of Toledo
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