Douglas Kautz

Experience

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  U.S. Manufacturing

  Jan 1994 - Jan 1999

  Supervisor

  • Administer all employee schedules and provide training to subordinates • Maintain record of all raw materials coming to plant and maintain efficient safety regulations for same and organize all tools to increase efficiency of all activities. • Maintain all plant equipment and perform troubleshoot on same to resolve all issues. • Maintain quality of all products and prepare appropriate budgets and reports to be submitted to management and ensure optimal level of profitability for plant. • Supervise efficient operations of all plant equipment to achieve all plant objectives. • Maintain compliance to all local, State and Federal regulations for all human resource activities. • Prepare efficient plans for purchase of all manufacturing materials and manage inventory. • Assist to operate all SAP computer system and ensure adherence to all customer requirements and maintain efficient relationships with all customers and monitor all plant activities. • Inventory management of all plant supplies and ensure accuracy in same according to required policies and procedures and manage all communication for safety standards. • Perform regular inspection on all machinery and maintain compliance to all regulations such as OSHA and HACCP Show less

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  U.S. Manufacturing

  Mar 1999 - Jan 2017

  • Collaborate and implement all new product launches and assist in execution of all new manufacturing processes. • Analyze and maintain budget requests for all operations. • Collaborate with managers to evaluate all activities. • Prepare sales reports and establish all required changes for various programs and operations. • Prepare outline for policies and programs and implement same and maintain environmental health and safety for all production activities. • Prepare all paperwork and reports for all plant activities and assist all supervisors to oversee all activities of production employees and evaluate all plant requirements. • Ensure compliance to all company policies and regulations and administer everyday activities of all plant personnel. • Develop and maintain an effective and trust worthy work environment all times. • Hire and train all shift supervisors and provide support to all plant manager activities and prepare all union contracts. • Manage all employee communications and plant manager and ensure optimal utilization of all analytical tools. • Collaborate with plant manager to recommend all operational improvements to processes and facilitate reduction in cost and ensure efficiency of all programs and adhere to all safety programs according to Federal and State regulations Show less

  • Operations Manager

    Jan 2000 - Jan 2017

  • Plant Superintendent

    Mar 1999 - Jan 2000
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  Dana Incorporated

  Mar 2017 - Jul 2019

  Manufacturing Manager

  • Establish performance metrics for the facility and individuals. • Measure performance at predetermined frequencies, improve quality and production. • Liaison with all functional areas within the facility to assure that production schedules, safety, quality, maintenance, engineering projects and other aspects of the business are meeting and exceeding the goals and expectations. ‬ • Assigned as Special Projects Manager targeting scrap metals which resulted in $4.0M improvement directly to the bottom line. Show less