Kevin Usher
Master Plan Manager/ SPW Lead/ Continuous Improvement Manager at Stellantis
- Role
- Master Plan Manager Spw Lead Continuous Improvement Manager at Stellantis
- Location
- Detroit, MI, US
- LinkedIn followers
- 500 followers
About Kevin Usher
Experienced Manufacturing & Operations Leader (25+ years) across automotive, food…
Experience
Master Plan Manager Spw Lead Continuous Improvement Manager
Sep 2025 — Present · US
Educate, promote, and drive adoption of SPW technical domains across stamping operations to standardize best practices and accelerate deployment.Lead Lean and continuous improvement (CI) initiatives, championing a culture of waste elimination, problem-solving, and value creation.Partner with the Plant Manager and cross-functional staff to identify performance gaps, prioritize improvement projects, and deliver tangible gains in productivity, cost reduction, and efficiency.Lead the implementation of 12 technical domains within CI programs to elevate corporate performance through structured problem-solving and systematic project execution.Own the daily and weekly KPI lifecycle: define, track, analyze, and act on key metrics to sustain continuous improvement and operational excellence.Develop and execute the annual business plan and a 3-year strategic plan aligned with volume forecasts, fixed costs, and performance targets; identify whitespace opportunities to improve job load rate and surface efficiency.Lead benchmarking initiatives to capture best practices and disseminate learnings across facilities globally, driving continuous improvement and standardization.Facilitate cross-site collaboration, sharing insights, data, and success stories to accelerate global performance improvements.
Education
Davenport University
MBA, Strategic Management
1999 — 2001
Davenport University
BBA, Marketing
1996 — 1999
Skills
- Operations Management
- Toyota Production System
- Supply Chain Management
- Automotive
- Strategic Sourcing
- Process Engineering
- Procurement
- Product Management
- Spc
- Kaizen
- Forecasting
- Continuous Improvement
- Iso
- Six Sigma
- Quality Management
- Inventory Management
- Quality System
- Root Cause Analysis
- Supply Chain
- Cross-Functional Team Leadership
- Change Management
- Fmea
- Industrial Engineering
- Lean Manufacturing
- Negotiation
- Engineering
- Management
- Logistics
- 5s
- Manufacturing
- Dmaic
- Operational Excellence
- Manufacturing Engineering
- Ppap
- Purchasing
- Value Stream Mapping
- Process Improvement
- Product Development
- Budgets
- Manufacturing Operations Management
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