Dale Bullion

About Dale Bullion

Managed 150 person multi-shift tier 1 automotive supplier plant. Plant team is very culturally diverse-Managed all quality functions for an automotive tier 1 supplier to Ford and Chrysler including the improvement of our IATF 16949 and Quality Management Systems. Strong emphasis on customer service, PPAP, APQP, corrective action, PFMEA\'s, Control Plans, and continuous improvement-Managed quality processes necessary to implement $140 million/year in P473 Ford business and $110 million/year in Chrysler KL business-Managed production systems to obtain safety, quality, OTD, profit, employee involvement/suggests implemented goals, and customer satisfaction goals-Lead manufacturing management teams including 150+ hourly (union & non-union) associates, manufacturing engineers, quality engineers, material planners, material schedulers, supervisors, and maintenance. Responsible for direct customer interaction, satisfaction, and profitability of my focused factory-Lead strategic planning sessions relating to business/plant strategy, continuous improvement, and plant layout concepts-Lead Corporate SAP Production Planning efforts as Global Process Owner-Lead, teach, plan, and execute/facilitate continuous improvement and lean systems/events-Lead efforts to achieve Eaton Business Excellence award - twice-Lead and implement new products into production-Lead efforts to buy out and move $5 million/20k sq. ft. in electronics business in-house-Served automotive & truck customers: Ford, GM, Chrysler, BMW, Honda, Renault, Siemens, Harley-Davidson, Freightliner, PACCAR, International, and Volvo-Worked with various high & low volume production processes: stamping, die casting, machining, soldering, welding, coil winding, over molding, encapsulation, painting, tube mill, metal forming, assembly, and testing.Strongly Skilled at-Communication: verbal, written, & presentations-Quality & Production Management-Strategic Planning & Project Management skills-Management consulting, analysis, and auditing skills-Continuous improvement/problem solving skills

Experience

1. Plant Manager

   Brc Rubber & Plastics Inc

   Dec 2018 — Present · Bluffton, IN, US

   Manage plant functions for non-union 125 person/multi-shift automotive rubber component manufacturer. Major processes include: rubber milling, rubber molding, cryogenic deflash, assembly and final inspection.

Education

• Purdue University Fort Wayne

  MBA, Business

  1991 — 1992

• Purdue University

  BSIE, Industrial Engineering

  1983 — 1987

Skills

• Quality System
• Quality Systems
• Green Belt
• Ppap
• Program Management
• Jit
• Automotive
• Manufacturing Management
• Poka Yoke
• Kanban
• Tqm
• Advanced Product Quality Planning (Apqp)
• Production Planning
• Apqp
• Value Stream Mapping
• Failure Mode and Effects Analysis (Fmea)
• Process Improvement
• Iso/Ts 16949
• Root Cause Analysis
• Engineering
• Quality Engineering
• Jit Production
• Manufacturing Operations Management
• Lean Manufacturing
• Mrp
• Toyota Production System
• Production Part Approval Process (Ppap)
• Six Sigma
• Ts16949
• Quality Management
• Business Strategy
• Continuous Improvement
• Fmea
• Kaizen
• Smed
• Spc
• 5s
• Dmaic
• Operational Excellence
• Design of Experiments