Jay Cole
Production Operations Manager at Schaeffler Group USA, Inc.
- Role
- Production Manager Deputy Segment Manager (Tooling Stamping) at Schaeffler
- Location
- Charlotte, NC, US
- LinkedIn followers
- 500 followers
About Jay Cole
Open minded and goal-oriented leader with 5+ years in manufacturing. Skilled in problem-solving, team building, and driving sustainable change in fast-paced environments. Mechanically apt and charismatic engineer with diverse technical background, strong analytics, and effectivecommunication.
Experience
Production Manager Deputy Segment Manager (Tooling Stamping)
Jan 2023 — Present
Lead cross-functional teams of ~100 personnel in high-performance manufacturing environments, driving process capacity modeling, bottleneck analysis, waste reduction, and fostering relationships to streamline processes and achieve quantifiable efficiency gains and cost savings- Support in annual budget creation, monthly report-out presentation to plant management on P&L and area KPI development- Implement shop floor restructuring projects, optimizing layout and workflow to enhance operational throughput and reduce backlog by 20%- Manage workforce analysis initiatives, aligning staffing levels with production demands to optimize resource utilization and reduce labor costs- Utilize data insights to develop KPI frameworks to prioritize continuous improvement initiatives, boosting OEEs by 5% in six months- Analyze competing priorities, financial/resource constraints, and schedule considerations to determine costs and benefits of change requests
Education
University of North Carolina at Charlotte
Minor in Business Administration, Operations and Supply Chain Management Minor
2013 — 2018
University of North Carolina at Charlotte
Bachelor of Engineering (B.E.), Mechanical Engineering/Mechanical Technology/Technician
2013 — 2018
Guilford Technical Community College
Associate's degree, Art Studies
2009 — 2013
Skills
- Problem Solving
- Highly Self-Motivated
- Leadership
- Solidworks
- Organized
- Analysis
- Creo Parametrics
- Event Management
- Computer-Aided Design (Cad)
- Management
- Teamwork
- Microsoft Office
- Microsoft Word
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