Doug O'Tool, CSSBB

Experience

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  GST AutoLeather, Inc.

  Apr 2003 - May 2006

  Responsible for the design and startup of a 188k sqft, $18M plant in Nuevo Laredo, Mexico. Analyzed equipment requirements, wrote engineering specifications, maintained blueprints, managed the acquisition and coordinated the installation of over $11M of production equipment. Completed the project three months ahead of aggressive plan, saving more than $2M in overhead and operating cost.GST is Toyota’s largest leather supplier and is a world leader in automotive seating with $700 million of sales in 2016. GST also supplies Lexus, Acura, Honda, Ford, and Chrysler. Show less

  • Greenfield Project Engineer

    May 2004 - May 2006

  • Process Engineer

    Apr 2003 - May 2004
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  Plastic Omnium

  May 2006 - Nov 2007

  Continuous Improvement Manager

  Hired as a World Class Manufacturing Manager - Piloted the CI program and applied world class standards at a 300k sqft plastic injection and painting facility.Promoted to BMW Liaison Engineer - Worked directly with the customer and coordinated all the engineering changes with BMW’s Spartanburg assembly plant.Plastic Omnium is the second largest manufacturer of automotive bumpers and fenders; it operates 110 facilities in 25 countries with over $7.2 billion of annual sales in 2017. Show less

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  The Goodyear Tire & Rubber Company

  Nov 2007 - Apr 2022

  Accountable for all Continuous Improvement activities at 42 worldwide manufacturing factories, including achieving over $220M of yearly gross savings. Responsible to teach, coach and apply Lean and Six Sigma methodologies across the footprint, and to attain world-class levels of safety, quality, cost and productivity. Administrator and architect of Goodyear’s Enterprise PPM. This cloud-based application allows project managers to work with detailed project tasks, resources, financials, and goals to ensure project delivery is on-time and on budget. Champion and creator of the Global Best Practice Sharing and Replication system. This system certifies Best Practices, shares them with thousands Show less Responsible for the development of the continuous improvement program and implementation of industrial standards at a 180k-ft² rubber tread manufacturing facility in Social Circle, GA. Project Leader responsible for the relocation and startup of a 120k Sqft facility, reducing cost by over $6M per year. Used Statistical Process Controls and the DMAIC process to improve yield, increase run speed, and reduce change over time of a constrained Extruder. The improvements reduced the need for outside suppliers, saving an additional $1.1 M per year. Show less

  • Global Continuous Improvement Champion

    Aug 2017 - Apr 2022

  • Regional Business Process Improvement Manager

    Nov 2014 - Aug 2017

  • Continuous Improvement Manager

    Jun 2011 - Nov 2014

  • Continuous Improvement Engineer

    Nov 2007 - Jun 2011
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  Cortec Group

  Apr 2022 - now

  Vice President, Operational Excellence