Mark Shepherd

Role
Director of Manufacturing at Rk Steel
Location
Asheville, NC, US
LinkedIn followers
500 followers
Manufacturing & ProductionView LinkedIn profile

About Mark Shepherd

I am a versatile and innovative executive with a proven record of success in…

Experience

  1. Director of Manufacturing

    Rk Steel

    Sep 2022 — Present

    Recruited to lead Shop transformation from mid-size structural and miscellaneous fabricator to World Class Manufacturer of Fabricated Steel products. Transformation to include performance culture, accountability, internal re-organization. Grow manufacturing to 80% of Sales from 20% simultaneous to construction growth of 20%. Actions: restructured shop management, trained and cross trained. Re-organized shop workflows. Implemented new data collection and CI system, KPIs, TOC, RCA, Pareto analysis. Results: dramatically improved S,Q,D,C and P. Q from 75% to Six Sigma, D (OTD) from 25% to 93%. Improved labor efficiency by 30%. Requested and assumed leadership of Logistics and Procurement. Successfully launched largest, more complex project in Corporate history, with resultant add-on orders of 3X original. Achieved new records in weight, quantities of assemblies, complexity, speed, Q and D. CI on-going in all DOM departments.

Education

  • Certified Management Accountants of Ontario

    CMA, Management Accounting

  • Society of Management Accountants of Ontario

    Registered Industrial Accountant (RIA), Industrial and Management Accounting

  • Institute of Chartered Accountants of Ontario

    Chartered Accountant (now CPA)

  • McMaster University

    Honour Bachelor of Commerce, Business, Accounting, Finance

Skills

  • Team Leadership
  • Cross-Functional Team Leadership
  • Business Process Improvement
  • Continuous Improvement
  • Iso 14001
  • Organizational Leadership
  • Iso/Ts 16949
  • Lean Manufacturing
  • Business Strategy
  • Iso 9001
  • Iso Standards
  • Six Sigma
  • Leadership
  • 5s
  • Operations Management
  • Iso 13485

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