David G Siegfried

About David G Siegfried

High-energy management professional with a career history of progressive levels of responsibility including Global Sales, New Product Technology Development and Implementation. Strong background in Continuous Improvement and Six Sigma with a proven track record of improving Engineering Factory efficiency and Material Cost Reduction. Skilled in waste elimination through the use of Lean tools such as Value Stream Mapping. Ability to motivate the Management team and shop floor employees through the use of electronic communication (email), communication boards, regular communication meetings and employee involvement teams. Experience leading Sales, Engineering & Manufacturing teams involving customer workshops, 3D CAD/CAM, print generation, sample lab operation, part manufacturing, and assembly operations. Success in building an Global Sales team and Engineering Product Development team focused on achieving company business goals and objectives.Specialties: Microsoft Office (Word, Excel, PowerPoint, Project, Outlook),Microsoft SharePoint (Site Setup, Database/List Setup, Queries, Maintenance, Reporting Tool Development), Six Sigma Green Belt Certified, Black Belt Trained, Shainin Trained on Green Y and Red X (support role), Value Analysis/Value Engineering (AVS) Certified

Experience

1. Sr Applications Engineer

   Aptiv

   May 2021 — Present · Warren, OH, US

   Promoting Aptiv products with multiple Tier 1 Device customers and face of Aptiv engineering with those customers. Pursuing new business opportunities, building customer confidence increasing Aptiv component penetration and providing Voice of the Customer (VoC) feedback to our internal engineering and sales teams. A strong focus on customer satisfaction, sense of urgency and bias for action. Bringing to the organization technical acumen, automotive intelligence and best-in-class penetration strategies promoting Aptiv products as the preferred connection system- Maintaining and growing customer relationships within multiple customer engineering teams- Identifying and evaluating new component business opportunities through customer interaction and communication- Capturing and understanding customer requirements for new product applications (technical, timing, validation, etc.) and communicating back to internal organization- Capturingand summarizing \"Voice of the Customer\"- Providing Connection Systems Engineering Customer support (Prints, specification, Validation testing, samples)- Supporting internal quote process (F3X, Pre-PXRB, PXRB)- Supporting internal and customer reviews (design reviews, customer tech reviews, customer component evaluation, vehicle packaging review, etc.)- Providing customer pre-launch/launch support- Providing customer formal and open issue tracking- Supporting customer and internally initiated change management (technical details, coordination, timing, etc.)- Ensuring compliance with customer specific requirements

Education

• Kent State University

  BBA, Business Managment

  1997 — 2003

• National Education Center

  Occupational Associate, Electro-Mechanical Drafting and Design

  1986 — 1988

Skills

• Design for Manufacturing
• Mentoring
• Cross-Functional Team Leadership
• Competitive Analysis
• Manufacturing Operations Management
• Kaizen
• Value Stream Mapping
• Process Improvement
• Problem Solving
• Forecasting
• Continuous Improvement
• Engineering
• Word
• Program Management
• Supply Chain Management
• Automotive
• Budgeting
• Spc
• Components
• Customer Relations
• Cost Reduction
• Change Management
• Teamwork
• Troubleshooting
• Business Strategy
• Fmea
• Coaching
• Apqp
• Outlook
• Microsoft Office
• Change Leadership
• Dfmea
• Microsoft Excel
• Powerpoint
• Dmaic
• Manufacturing Engineering
• Strategic Planning
• Business Process Improvement
• Product Development
• Analysis