Doug Collier

About Doug Collier

My career achievements showcase my unwavering dedication to driving success, fostering innovation, and leading organizations to new heights of excellence.Career Achievements: Throughout the past four decades, I have excelled in driving impactful results and achieving significant milestones:• Transformational Turnarounds: Successfully executed the revitalization of five companies, comprising two tier 1 automotive suppliers and three non-automotive OEMs. My strategic leadership played a key role in repositioning these entities for sustainable growth and profitability.• Financial Excellence: Consistently delivered exceptional financial performance. Within a remarkably short timeframe of 8 months or less, all five companies achieved profitability, showcasing a keen acumen for managing the Profit & Loss statements.• Profit Margin Optimization: During turnaround operations, I spearheaded initiatives that led to remarkable profit margin increases, surging by as much as 15%. These efforts significantly contributed to the companies\' financial strength and competitiveness.• Innovative Facility Launches: Successfully led the launch of six state-of-the-art facilities, encompassing five greenfield and one brownfield projects. These ventures, with a noteworthy budget of $46.8 million, embodied cutting-edge innovation and set new industry standards.• Strategic Facility Expansion: Guided the expansion of three existing facilities, achieving remarkable growth rates of up to 50%. With a budget allocation of $17 million, these expansions enhanced operational capacity and efficiency.• Certification Leadership: Demonstrated adeptness in quality certification processes. I steered two facilities through the rigorous certification, ensuring compliance with stringent automotive industry standards. Additionally, I successfully secured and certifications for two other facilities, reflecting a commitment to excellence.• Innovative Cost Reduction: Pioneered a game-changing cost reduction strategy, resulting in savings of $15 million. By implementing paintable blowing agents and CO2 gas as efficient coolants, I effectively optimized costs while prioritizing environmental responsibility.

Experience

1. Senior Process Engineer

   Royal Technologies Corp.

   Dec 2025 — Present

Education

• ITT Technical Institute-Fort Wayne

  Associate of Science (A.S.), Mechanical Engineering

  1980 — 1982

• Eastern Michigan University

  Bachelor of Business Administration (B.A.), Business Administration and Management

  1984 — 1990

Skills

• Team Leadership
• Product Development
• Six Sigma
• Capital Budgeting
• Design for Manufacturing
• Rjg Decoupled Molding
• Manufacturing Operations Management
• P&L Responsibility
• Statistical Tools
• Automotive
• Injection Molding
• Design of Experiments
• Statistical Process Control (Spc)
• Qs9000
• Lsr Molding
• Team Building
• 5s
• Corrective Actions
• Extrusion
• Kaizen
• Lean Manufacturing
• Operating Budgets
• Process Engineering
• Machine Tools
• Inventory Management
• Iso 9000
• Capital Equipment
• Molding
• Vacuum Forming
• Spc
• Pfmea
• Fmea
• Materials
• Plastics
• As9100
• Compression Molding