David Kiehl
737 Assembly Manager at Spirit AeroSystems
- Role
- 737 Assembly Manager at Spirit AeroSystems
- Location
- Wichita, KS, US
- LinkedIn followers
- 500 followers
About David Kiehl
August 2007- August 2010 Director of LEAN Manufacturing-Wichita KS - AerospaceDecember 2006 - May 2007Plant Manager Machining & Engineering Manager- Wellington KS - AerospaceMarch 2006 to December 2006Senior Operations Manager – Medium Caliber Ammunition ABL – Allegany Ballistics Laboratory – Rocket Center West Virginia - DefenseSeptember 2003 to March 2006Business Center Manager / Manufacturing Engineering Manager, Lean Manufacturing, Six Sigma Black Belt Champion- Cozad NE - AutomotiveMay 1982 to October 2003Senior Manufacturing Engineer ASQ Six Sigma Black Belt, MBA, BS Mfg Eng Tech, Lean, DOEBristol TN, Bedford MA, Cedar Rapids IA, Wichita KSSpecialties: Lean Manufacturing, TPS & Team building, Root Cause analysis, Training designers how to make thing easier & less expensive to manufacture. Huge cost savings
Experience
737 Assembly Manager
Dec 2013 — Present · US
The biggest challenge I have ever faced & the most exciting.
Education
Trinity College & University
BS, Mfg Eng Tech
1996 — 2001
University of Michigan
Lean Manufacturing
2004 — 2004
Fitchburg State University
Core courses for BSMET leaving only electives, BSMET
1982 — 1989
WATC
Associates, A & P
2009 — 2010
Trinity College & University
MBA, Business
1996 — 2001
Southwestern College
Six Sigma - ASQ
2003 — 2003
Skills
- Dmaic
- Operational Excellence
- Manufacturing Engineering
- Leadership
- Auditing
- Iso
- Business Process Improvement
- Engineering
- Aerospace
- Quality Assurance
- Program Management
- Supply Chain Management
- Automotive
- Quality Management
- Toyota Production System
- Root Cause Analysis
- Six Sigma
- Defense
- Spc
- Quality System
- As9100
- Value Stream Mapping
- Composites
- Process Improvement
- Engineering Management
- Continuous Improvement
- Lean Manufacturing
- Training
- Management
- Team Building
- Process Engineering
- Executive Management
- Operations Management
- Aviation
- Mergers
- Kaizen
- 5s
- Manufacturing
- Iso Standards
- Statistical Process Control (Spc)
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