Jeff Erwin

About Jeff Erwin

Mission- Experienced and dynamic leader seeking a challenging position to fully utilize my leadership ability, technical experience, deep desire for team success, to drive a passionate culture for continuous improvement within a world class organization.Core Values and Beliefs- “Drive the Drivers” – Focus on what matters most- “Servant Leadership” – Provide others with tools to be successful- “Sideline to Sideline & Endzone to Endzone” – Take ownership- “No Talk…Just Do!” – Bias for action, experiment / test theories- “Lead by Example” – Be a role model, lead by influence vs. authority- “Don’t Let Perfection Get In The Way Of Progress” – small change- “No Matter How Far Down the Wrong Road You’ve Gone…STOP!”- “Let’s Do the Kaizen before the Kaizen” – 3P / Advanced PlanningProfessional Summary- Responsible to deploy principles of the Toyota Production System to drive the continuous improvement activities for entire sites in the areas of Safety, Quality, Cost, Delivery, and Inventory- Utilize Strategy / Policy Deployment (Hoshin Kanri) to connect the overall business vision to the site transformation plan, al goals, guide top leadership to make key strategic decisions for the business - Implement problem solving methodologies using lean / six-sigma- Evoke hands on management style to drive improvements on the manufacturing shop floor and office areas using Kaizen approach- Facilitate new product launch using APQP and 3P methodologies- Drive Daily Management practices to maximize site performance- Focus on Value Stream Mapping & Management to reduce process lead time by eliminating cycle time constraints / bottlenecks- Lead key project management activities including capital expenses- Cross functional productivity improvement efforts driving more than $90M in year over year cost savings throughout career- Direct experience developing quality systems in heavily regulated industries such as Aerospace, Defense, Automotive, & Electronics

Experience

1. Director Operational Excellence and Quality

   Rhino Tool House

   Sep 2024 — Present · Dayton, OH, US

Education

• Ohio University

  Bachelors of Science, Industrial Technology

  1996 — 2001

Skills

• Purchasing
• Value Stream Mapping
• Process Improvement
• Team Building
• Metal Fabrication
• Fmea
• Quality Assurance
• Kaizen
• Ppap
• Manufacturing Operations Management
• Inspection
• Toyota Production System
• Production Part Approval Process (Ppap)
• 5s
• Product Development
• Quality System
• Materials
• Jit Production
• Operations Management
• Kanban
• Spc
• Microsoft Office
• Sap
• Quality Management
• Dmaic
• Operational Excellence
• Manufacturing Engineering
• Logistics
• Advanced Product Quality Planning (Apqp)
• Six Sigma
• Apqp
• Factory
• Industrial Engineering
• Root Cause Analysis
• Continuous Improvement
• Engineering Management
• Supply Chain
• Autocad
• Iso
• Business Process Improvement