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John F. Radwan 

Background Summary

Manufacturing and engineering professional with over 20 years of experience in management of plant/operations and engineering in both union and non-union, domestic and Japanese Tier 1 automotive environments involving electronic assembly, robotics, cut and sew, machining, compression molding, injection molding, plastic extrusion and thermo-forming. Broad operations knowledge in all facets of manufacturing including project/program management, lean concepts, 5S, JIT, Kaizen, Six Sigma, TQM and APQP with profit/loss responsibility. Direct customer contacts with GM, Ford, Chrysler, Honda, Toyota, Auto-Alliance, Mitsubishi, Nummi, Subaru, Xerox and Canon.

EXPERIENCE
  • Plant Management, Manufacturing Management
    • Eaton Corporation, Transmission Assembly; Manufacturing operations management resulting in reduced out-bound freight of $80,000/year and on-time shipping performance improvement from 60 to 90%. Reduced in-bound freight by $120,000/year.
    • II Stanley Co, Inc., Electronics and Automotive Lighting; Leader of QS9000 preparedness with reduced scrap of 49% and improved productivity of 20%. Managed $5 million dollar direct material inventory reduction over a twelve-month period.

  • Engineering Management
    • Held positions as Engineering Manager, Production Engineering Manager and Industrial Engineering Manager with-in single and multi-plant operations.
    • Managed multi-million dollar business consolidations with plant closures, contractor selection, moving of capital, facilities construction, plant start-up, customer approval, and achievement of capital budgets.
    • Managed annual and 5-year labor, capital and cost improvement plans.
    • Operational rollout leader of Shingijutsu applications saving facilities from closure.

  • Other – Volunteer Activities
    • Oakland Family Services
    • Habitant for Humanity

EDUCATION
  • B.S. Manufacturing Administration, Western Michigan University
  • Graduate Studies in Engineering Management, Western Michigan University
  • Miscellaneous Manufacturing Training