Scot Schafer
Director, Quality - S&I - North America
- Role
- Director, Quality - s & i - North America Plant Manager at Atkore
- Location
- Indianapolis, IN, US
- LinkedIn followers
- 500 followers
About Scot Schafer
I have 7 remote dotted line quality managers that I work with to support the North American S&I quality effort- Recognized as an Atkore Overall Top 5 performing plant in 2018 and 2020- Have steadily improved plant OEE% from the low 70\'s up to the middle 80\'s through the use of Lean Daily Management, Gemba Walks, focused Kaizen events along with a mix of Servant Leadership and team building- Previously responsible at Belden for producing 12 Million pounds of finished copper wire and 15 Million pounds of PVC compound annually. Also responsible for producing $1.9 Million worth (cost of good sold) of Coaxial Cable per month- Received recognition as General Cable\'s Most Productive Plant in North America in 2009 while Manufacturing Manager- Previously responsible for procurement and scheduling of $250M + of Cost of Goods Sold, annually- Experience in many facets of Plant Manufacturing Leadership: Business Unit Manager, Manufacturing Manager, Maintenance Superintendent, Production Superintendent and Materials Manager- Managed every Automotive Assembly department from Body Shop (sheet metal) to General Assembly (finished automobile)- Extensive processing experience in solvent borne Paint Applications. Specialties:Lean Sigma Greenbelt TrainedLean Tools Kaizen FacilitatorMechanical/Electrical Tube ProcessingAutomotive Sheet Metal ProcessingAutomotive Solvent Borne ApplicationsAutomotive Assembly ProcessingWire/Cable ProcessingSpring ManufacturingPVC Compound ProcessingMaintenance LeadershipManufacturing Leadership
Experience
Director, Quality - s & i - North America Plant Manager
Jan 2020 — Present · Kokomo, IN, US
Education
Kettering University
MSMM, Masters in Manufacturing Management
1994 — 1997
Kettering University
BSME, Mechanical Engineering
1989 — 1994
Skills
- Supply Chain Management
- Automotive
- Operational Excellence
- Manufacturing Engineering
- Kaizen
- Operations Management
- 5s
- Tpm
- Continuous Improvement
- Business Process Improvement
- Manufacturing Operations Management
- Procurement
- Mrp
- Cross-Functional Team Leadership
- Fmea
- Value Stream Mapping
- Process Improvement
- Engineering
- Root Cause Analysis
- Manufacturing Operations Leadership
- Six Sigma
- Manufacturing
- Lean Manufacturing
- Gmgms
- Management
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