SUMMARY

Over ten years as a business administrative manager with excellent communication, organizational, and problem-solving skills. Global design manager experience in global operations decision-making, policy direction, and strategic resource and project planning. Introduced and launched the development of cost effective global processes achieving corporate goals and objectives. Proven utilization of leadership, communication and interpersonal skills to build teams that meet and exceed goals. Proficient interaction with senior management, customers, suppliers and community members. Energetic self-starter with quick learning skills and creative artistry.

EXPERIENCE

Confidential

Project Manager

• Responsible for ensuring the overall success of a program including interfacing with internal/external customers within Engineering, Finance, Quality, Manufacturing, Sales, marketing and Purchasing. Drove the planning and implementation of multiple programs across the organization. Responsible for business requirements, allocation and coordination of resources, budget planning, and reporting/tracking of program results to senior management. Projects included full line of compound bows, broadheads and rests.
• Developed Project tracking system
• Designed, implemented, monitored Engineering Service Requests
• Created workholding fixture identification process
• Assisted Quality to construct and implement ECN/ESR process
• Facilitated daily huddle meetings for review of current activity and resource management
• Currently involved with Solidworks Enterprise PDM installation and execution

Confidential

Contracts Sales Administration Assistant

• Responsible for assisting in the preparation, review, and administration of sales proposals/quotations relating to machine and service projects. Prepare bids and negotiating specifications for equipment and services. Obtain and secure all necessary approvals and ensure that standard company procedures are followed. Examine and evaluate purchase orders, and/or other legal documentation for new project work.
• Review performance requirements, delivery schedules, and estimates of costs of material, equipment and production to ensure completeness and accuracy
• Create and submit formal portfolios of quotation proposals to the customer
• Enter and maintain sales inquiries, quotations and order status in SAP database
• Design presentation boards of production line layouts and application processes for shop and customer plant floors utilizing AutoCAD and Adobe Acrobat Pro.
• Software/CAD usage: SAP, AutoCAD Mechanical 2010, Microsoft Office 2010 Word, PowerPoint, Excel, Outlook, Publisher, Paint Adobe Acrobat 9 Pro, Covisint

Confidential

Romeo High School Athletic Administrative Support

• Provide administrative and office management support to the Athletic Director of the high school and middle schools.
• Responsible for the input, maintenance and daily tracking of all sporting contest schedules, official assignments, transportation and practice schedules
• Monitor and generate athlete eligibility reports including grades, discipline and enrollment
• Program usage include: Schedule Star, Arbiter, MHSAA, SASI, all Microsoft Office Applications at a minimum intermediate level
• Design, generate and order Athlete Certificates and awards
• Department accounting and bookkeeping, AS400 application. Accounts payable and accounts receivable

Confidential

Administrative Manager of Global and Central Design and Engineering

• Managed, developed, diverse global automotive design resources extensively focused on capacity utilization of regional engineering centers in North America and Europe and the low cost country LCC engineering centers in the Philippines, India, and China. Customer support including GM, Chrysler, Ford, Nissan, Toyota.
• Designed a global communication network for design engineering resources Video conferencing, NetMeeting, Conference calling, and shared site directory developer
• Balanced design and engineering capacity to global workloads to support engineering design changes and new program design

• Created and managed global design engineering measurable to monitor efficiency, capacity utilization, budget performance, engineering cost savings, and global headcount
• Improved low cost country productivity through rotational mentoring onsite at the LCC engineering centers, training of key personnel embedded in host country program teams, and with regional onsite coordination in the host country

Confidential

Manager of Design Engineering

• Managed a diversified UG, Catia, Pro-E CAD design group and system's administrator for the product development. Interacted with engineering and program management with design deliverable task breakdown, resource requirements and completion dates for global customer programs.
• Developed and implemented a global design methodology focused on standardized procedures across the organization

Confidential

Design Manager

• Managed the automotive design team and system's administrator. Provided the design resources based on customer deliverables.
• Consolidated the design teams into Southfield, MI from Holland, MI without disruption in customer deliverables.
• Established design support within manufacturing facilities
• Generated customer quotes, program plans and itemized tasks

Design Supervisor

• Supervised a design group consisting of multiple CAD applications.
• Developed a design COOP program with Macomb Community College to train candidates in CAD Design.
• Responsible for quoting and program plans.
• Established policies and procedures compliant with QS9000 certification

Confidential

CAD Design Instructor/Supervisor

• Contract assignment to GM Headquarters
• Responsible for course development and instruction for CGS CAD design.

Tooling Design Liaison

• Tooling support representative at multiple assembly plants for researching resolutions associated with tooling problems encountered during pre-production builds. Liaison between multiple assembly plants and the engineering and design technical center. Established and maintained tracking report to oversee evaluation and resolution of DLSRS Design Level Suffix Change Requests .
• Implemented CAD installation and training at assembly plants.
• Developed and facilitated production readiness meetings.
• Created pre-pilot instruction manuals.