David Liu

Experience

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  TAIBO Changjiang Glass Co., ltd.

  Mar 2002 - May 2007

  Production Supervisor

  03/2002 - 05/2007(Kunshan) TAI CHAI GLASS FABRIC CO., LTD.(A Taiwan based company makes glass fabric for PCB board)06/2005 - 05/2007 Supervisor Report to Production Manager;Number of subordinates: 70;Arrange the production according to the production plan;Report to production manager about the production status and improve the quality of our products continuously;Lead our maintenance engineers to maintain machines normally.01/2004 – 06/2005 Shift LeaderResponsible for setting up TGF-2 machines;Work and lead foreman to do the normal production and quality improvementSet up the whole steel structure of CF, completed the commissioning with vendors.03/2002 – 01/2004 Engineer Following Tai Wan engineer to build up the factory and set up TGF-1 machines as a technical worker in 2002;In 2003, promoted to be the Shift Leader because of excellent working performance. Show less

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  Esmalglass-Itaca Grupo

  Jun 2007 - Apr 2011

  Production Supervisor

  06/2007 – 04/2011(Kunshan) ESMALGLASS - ITACA KUNSHAN COMPANY(With HQ based in Spain, Esmalglass-Itaca Group is internationally recognized as a pioneer company in the development of frits, glazes, pigments, inks and ceramic additives, providing a wide range of products with the highest quality and in full cooperation with each and every one of our customers. www.esmalglass-itaca.com )Production SupervisorReport to Production Manager;Subordinates: 20, including 4 Shift LeadersResponsible for 4 shift operations for the production line for daily production target, and execution;Also responsible for Mixing section;Ensure safety and healthy material on stock against the production forecast, make purchasing request and purchasing plan for the department;Making the production plan according Sales Pending Order;Coordinate with maintenance for equipment problem shooting and regular maintenance work; Work with Brick Layer to maintenance the Smelter and provide directions;Check materials and conduct on line inspection, ensure quality is up to requirement;Contact HQ in Spain for technical support;Coordinate with other department for new product launch;Conduct training, coach and evaluation for subordinates; Main equipment in use: Burner System, Smelter Control System is design by SIEMENS, Honeywell interfaceRight now, using IN3GEST AND IN3 PROD system, almost same as ERP system. Show less

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  Foseco, Foundry Division of Vesuvius

  Apr 2011 - Aug 2011

  Production Supervisor

  04/2011- 08/2011 VESUVIUS FOUNDRY MATERIAL (SUZHOU) LIMITED COMPANY Production Supervisor Report to the cell manager;Subordinates: 30, including 5Shift LeadersResponsible for the management of devices, staffs, raw material purchase and shipping . Setting up the management system and try to identify duty for each employees. Handling all issues link with factory management.

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  Kennametal(Sunshine powder Shanghai pl)

  Sept 2011 - now

  SUNSHINE POWDER-TECH (SHANGHAI) CO., LTD.Plant Manager. Subordinates: Direct reporters: 1 maintenance & project manager. 1 production manager, 1quality & process manager, one logistic supervisor and one administration plus 75 employees including shift leaders, technicians, supervisors and operators. Dot line reporters: HR supervisor, senior buyer, EHS engineer, finical manager, CSR Supv. Responsible for the whole plant KPIs including FSI, TRRI, OTP, IPPM & EPPM, OEE, etc. Achieve the manufacturing variance through efficiency improvement and speed up the productivity saving projects.Focus on the process control through daily lead board meeting rather than just result driven. Responsible for each fiscal year capital investment plan and standard cost budget. All other things related to the plant operations. Lean green belt on: VSM; Setup reduction; Six sigma; TPM & Standard O.P.Win the first champion plant ever since the 'Most powerful plant' competition kick started since Q1 FY20 among 23 plants in infrastructure segment. Show less 05/2016—07/2017 SUNSHINE POWDER-TECH (SHANGHAI) CO., LTD.Operation Mgr. (Production, Lean, Logistic, warehouse, Planner, in & ex- port)Subordinates: 1 material and 5 production supervisors; 1 lean coordinator, 1 planner and 1 in & ex-port specialist + 40 operators.Responsible for the daily operation to achieve the yearly target on: safety, quality; on time delivery; lean achievement and talent development. Review the weekly metrics with the whole team to find out any opportunities and lead the trouble shooting activities.Improve the planning transparency to maximize the fluent of information flow among CSR -->Planer -> Production.Analysis the whole supply chain through ETE VSM lean tool to dig out any machine, manpower, raw material bottle necks and solve them by actions.Responsible for controlling the total inventory (WIP + Semi +FG) by lean activities.Contact with UK & SOG on the project of ‘wash boat powder collection’ to ensure the supply stability of RM.Work together with HR to make the training plan for my director reports as well as the layered cross training plan for technicians and operators.Make the operation plan after the sales meeting to indicate the output and raw material requirement on monthly basis as well as the big3 spending.Responsible for driving the CI projects submission quantities on plant level to make our process more competitive.Drive to promote the TPM activities to achieve the next level by build up 2 teams to make the ‘TPM-AM model project’ in M/C workshop in FY17.Responsible for the manufacturing variance and achieve the EBIT target. All other things related to O.P. Dep. Show less Subordinates: 46 employees including 1 manufacturing engineer, 1 production planner, 1 lean coordinator, 5 shift leaders and 38 operators. -Ensure zero dart and record able incident in production department by complete one Find & Fix for each employee annually and 1 supervisor program per month. Track and review the completion ratio together with EHS Dep. on monthly basis. -Upgrade the management module from workshop by workshop to 4 shifts X 7dasy X 24hrs running system to improve the stability of quality as well as production efficiency.-Support the SAP (PP module) go live in Apr. 2012. -Focus on process to improve the quality to reduce the IPPM from 40000 to 10000 together with the process engineer.-Lead the capital investment of New JM project to solve the problem of high oxygen issue of BN sinter and improve the output yield to save 1 million RMB annually. -Lead the “Knowledge Transfer’ project.-Prepare the kick off budget before each coming fiscal year together with finance Dep. Like Big3 spending, raw material consumption, manpower, any capital investment, key initiatives in next year, etc. -Prepare the presentation of production & lean progress quarterly and report to the AP manufacturing director. Also, monthly report send to the plant manager is a must.-Complete the standard operation project in M/C workshop to increase the capacity by 30%. Lead the HeiJunka (Production leveling) project to achieve >95% OTP by build up 3 material numbers safety stock for domestic customers.- Increase the ITO from 5times to 7.8 times by leading the ETE VSM project as well as inventory reduction plan on yearly basis. -Achieve to gain 4 lean green belts in last 4 years in Kennametal: VSM green belt; Six sigma green belt; Setup reduction green belt and TPM green belt. Base on the policy, complete 3 projects on each lean tool is a must before you apply the GB.-Responsible for the plant lean activities and achieve 15 GB vs. target 6GB. Spark. Show less

  • Plant Manager

    Jul 2017 - now

  • Operations Manager

    May 2016 - Jun 2017

  • Production & Lean manager

    Sept 2011 - May 2016