Bob W. Smith

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ABOUT BOB W. SMITH

ENGINEERING MANAGEMENT PROFESSIONAL Versatile, accomplished Operations, Quality, and Engineering Management Professional with proven expertise managing engineering, quality and maintenance operations in a wide range of industrial settings. Background includes over 30 years of experience working across engineering disciplines to provide solutions and leadership at industrial manufacturing facilities while sustaining safe work environments. I have demonstrated ability to incorporate Continuous Improvement, Constraint Management, and Six Sigma principles to increase process and productivity efficiency and company profits. PROFESSIONAL SKILLS: • Analytical Problem Solver: Ability to identify root cause after careful consideration of all data using DMAIC tools. Improvement made to a number of Six Sigma projects at Ford while reducing manpower requirements and saving $1M in rework or warranty repairs. • Safety Leadership: Improved OHSA reported injuries to less than 5% with annual savings to Ford of more than $100k in lost time accidents. Provided Training and Communication • Operations management: Improved automation uptime 30% by use of Continuous Improvement, Lean, Theory of Constraint, and TPM tools. • Communication: Experienced Manager with proven results in building internal teams while improving communication and strengthening key relationships with automotive OEM customers and suppliers. • Computer and other technical skills: • Microsoft Office, Project Management, SAP, Blueprint reading. • 6-Sigma Green Belt certification. • ISO Experience of 20+ years • TS16949 Experience • Theory of Constraints (Ford Production System) • Lean Manufacturing (Ford Production System) • TPM (Ford Total Productive Maintenance) • Error proofing • 5S • Continuous Improvement • Project Management—Facilities expansion and new tooling installation • APQP, FMEA, Control Plan, Process Flow experience.