Micah Gish
Operational Excellence Expert
4453 Jordantown Rd, Vinton,VA
Summary
Strong leader with 13 years of experience in Manufacturing Operations. A driven expert in Lean/six Sigma Methodology, strategic planning, and team development. Experienced business acumen, with a great passion for operational excellence.
Overview
13
13
years of professional experience
1
1
Certificate
Work History
Build to Deliver Senior Manager - EPT
Marvin Doors And Windows
08.2024 - Current
- Responsible for the development and design of manufacturing process across the company into Marvin's new ERP system using lean methods.
- Led meetings with cross functional teams across the company to support and align on future state development through a lean lens.
- Managed a team of engineers that were responsible for the design on the process's for Made to Stock and Made to Order operations.
- Held frequent progress updates in front of Marvin's senior leadership team.
- Work with external consultants to ensure Marvin's needs are built into the new ERP system.
- Provided strong leadership to enhance team productivity and morale.
- Collaborated closely with peers from other departments to drive organizational success jointly as one cohesive unit.
Senior Operational Excellence Manager
Marvin Windows And Doors
10.2021 - 08.2024
- Analyzed and developed transformation plans for plant leadership and senior leadership outlining project scope, timeline, and opportunities.
- Developed a lean/6sigma manufacturing system that is being trained and implemented across all Marvin plants based on DMAIC principles.
- Led in the hiring and development of CI engineers across several plants and the enterprise team.
- Worked with my director and senior leaders to develop a company transformation roadmap.
- Coached and mentored operations leaders, manufacturing leaders, and engineers across 12 plants on key business objectives and strategies.
- Led multiple value stream transformations resulting in lowered labor hour per unit, increased throughput, and improved business metrics.
- Accountable to enterprise strategies that will revolutionize Marvin Manufacturing.
- Managed multiple lean consultants through several value stream transformations and development of content
- Evaluated project requirements to identify and mitigate risks.
- Coached teams process development and new line/capital start ups
- Managed budgets and ensured spending compliance through projects
Engineering Manager
Marvin Windows and Doors
07.2019 - 10.2021
- Built, trained, and coached an engineering team of 10+ associates from the ground up while experiencing record growth.
- Created a plant wide lean training program which laid the foundation to train associates.
- Created an engineering structure that gets quick results by using theory of constraints in order to get capacity ahead of demand.
- Drove initiatives to improve delivery damage and in house quality.
- Created programs to identify bottlenecks ahead of time which helped to drive business decisions.
- Coached/Mentored multiple engineering teams in lean principles across the company.
- Facilitated Value Stream Mapping events and training in multiple department and plants within the company.
- Facilitated over 65 kaizen burst and 22 kaizen events during my time in this role.
- Managed a plant budget and capital procurements
Manufacturing Engineer
Altec
11.2016 - 07.2019
- Improved overall capacity on the lasers by 25%.
- Reduced scrap rate 8%YTD resulting in a $960,000.00 savings per year.
- Led cost reduction for plant 94 with a savings of $3.5 million.
- Developed and implemented capacity metrics using lean principles.
- Led at least 12 kaizen events per year.
- Managed million-dollar capital projects with meeting strict deadlines.
- Facilitated multiple value stream maps across several plants.
- Used lean manufacturing principles to develop, evaluate and improve manufacturing methods.
Education
MBA -
Western Governors University
Salt Lake City, UT 07.2020 - 12.2021
Bachelor of Science - Mechanical Engineering
Bluefield State University
Bluefield, WV 08.2009 - 06.2013
Bachelor of Science - Engineering Managment
Bluefield State University
Bluefield, WV 08.2009 - 06.2013
Skills
Lean/6 Sigma Principles
Certification
Blackbelt lean six sigma
Timeline
Build to Deliver Senior Manager - EPT
Marvin Doors And Windows
08.2024 - Current
Blackbelt lean six sigma
12-2023
Senior Operational Excellence Manager
Marvin Windows And Doors
10.2021 - 08.2024
MBA -
Western Governors University
07.2020 - 12.2021
Engineering Manager
Marvin Windows and Doors
07.2019 - 10.2021
Manufacturing Engineer
Altec
11.2016 - 07.2019
Bachelor of Science - Mechanical Engineering
Bluefield State University
08.2009 - 06.2013
Bachelor of Science - Engineering Managment
Bluefield State University
08.2009 - 06.2013
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