Glen Longley is a “results through people” Manufacturing Operations leader with over 25 years of experience ...
Glen P. Longley Vice President, Operations Amherst, NY 14228 Cell: (607) 671-8983 E-Mail:
[email protected] Summary: A “results through people” Manufacturing Operations leader with over 25 years of experience in leveraging a passion for customers and employees in order to deliver world-class results grounded in a culture of continuous improvement WORK EXPERIENCE Paladin Attachments, Dexter, MI 10/2008-3/2014 Vice President, Operations Set all-time financial records for Gross Profit & Working Capital via improvements in productivity, Inventory Turns (4.2 to 5.7), cost reduction, materials management and customer satisfaction Built “Paladin do Brazil” (Paladin’s first factory outside of the US) from concept to production readiness in 10 months Generated consistent EBITDA growth by 660 basis points between 2010 and 2013 by application of lean principles, shared leadership and meaningful team member engagement Improved delivery performance from 89% to 96% by establishing a Make to Order environment and developed dual manufacturing models to improve overall capacity and throughput Achieved ISO9001 and John Deere Supplier Certification in all eight US sites and improved Cost of Poor Quality over three years by 60% Recalibrated relationship with largest customer after personnel changes led to delivery issues Ingersoll Road Company, Athens, PA 2/2007-8/2008 Plant Manager Improved flow and focus of plant by introducing a Value Stream based organization and factory Increased delivery performance from 79% to 92% over a 4 month period by developing daily review of performance and following up on issues preventing further improvements Raised Inventory Turns from 7.6 to 9.2 year over year through the introduction of Kanban replenishment and through increasing frequency of deliveries from suppliers Reduced Annual Cost of Poor Quality by 10% ($300k) via use of the 50/50/50 defect reduction process Generated O/I Savings of $475k through Lean Six Sigma projects, which conformed to the DMIAC process with special focus on the Define and Control steps Ingersoll Road Company, Annandale, NJ 4/2003-1/2007 Operations Director Reduced defects in Changzhou, China plant by 50% (24,000 DPM to 11,800 DPM) by pareto analysis of defects in each cell and by developing corrective actions to deal with root causes Created Gross Material Productivity of 7.7% and improved Conversion Cost Ratio by 6.5% in five United States plants by driving cost control and reductions Reduced past due backlog by 54% and improved on-time delivery by 6 points at Integrator in Ohio by providing daily support on analyzing issues and leading the team to find solutions Co-led the Sector’s Global Quality Council and the consolidation of two organizations into one larger regional organization comprising of 8 US plants Piloted the Operations Business Manager position to help improve transparency and communication in a matrix organization and established Quarterly Operations Reviews for 10 global plants
Ingersoll Road Company, Athens, PA 1/2001-3/2003 Plant Manager Broke a cycle of ongoing animosity between shop floor workers and management, resulting from residual union mentality, and improved employee engagement as an enabler for change Improved Direct Labor productivity by 16% through creating and supporting enabled and empowered teams and by changing shop floor leadership Pioneered an annualized savings of $2.2 million by reducing Salaried headcount by 30% (37 heads) and lowered year over product cost by 2.8% on a volume neutral basis Increased Low Cost Country sourcing from 7% to 30% via collaboration with corporate sourcing personnel and China based suppliers Strengthened Plant Quality by reducing PPM defects by 29% and Cost of Poor Quality by 5.8%, which is $212k Ingersoll Road Company, Athens, PA 12/1998-12/2001 Factory Engineering Manager Developed a new role, which included the industrialization of New Products, Capital Planning, Sustaining Product Engineering, Process Planning, Facilities Management and Prototype shop Added $19M of revenue to a Business Unit generating $300M revenue from the tool category by leading multi-functional teams in different phases of 4 new product projects Coordinated the move of a line of products to a plant in Sahibabad, India, which reduced costs by 23% and created a “good-better-best” Marketing strategy in the Assembly Tool portfolio Ingersoll Road Company, Johannesburg, South Africa 1/1992-11/1998 Manager Manufacturing Operations Created vertically integrated approach to the manufacture of a diverse products ranging from 30kg handheld percussion tools and centrifugal pumps to 27T construction and mining equipment Introduced Cell-based Manufacturing to the facility which resulted in the formation of 3 productbased Focused Factories Co-led efforts to move production back to factories in the United States in preparation for the closure of the facility in South Africa and downsized the organization as production was discontinued Manager of Manufacturing Engineering Led the development of manufacturing processes, the design and manufacture of tooling and gauging and new capital Involved in Process Planning, Tool Design and CNC Programming and the machining of various corrosion resistant forgings and castings Working on plant/cell layouts and supported Manufacturing Engineering processes in IR’s facility in Roanoke, Virginia for 6 months EDUCATION Advanced Management Skills The Mahler Company, Ridgewood, NJ, United States Management Advancement Program Wits Business School, Johannesburg, South Africa
1989-1991
1983-1984
National Diploma, Production Engineering Vaal University of Technology, Vanderbijlpark, South Africa
1977-1981
SKILLS & EXPERTISE Global leadership experience with cross-functional teams in the US, Brazil, China, India and Russia aimed at improving plant quality, delivery performance and new product launch Collaborative communication style enabling strong influence throughout the organization Passion for reducing Operating Cost, Cost of Quality and Product Cost Results-oriented Six Sigma Champion who is a firm believer in the DMAIC (Define-MeasureAnalyze-Improve-Control) process for defect reduction and process improvement Proven hands-on experience with all aspects of Manufacturing Engineering, Quality Assurance and Manufacturing processes including Machining, Fabrication and Assembly Facilitator for Quality of Leadership training Corrective Action Step Leader on Business Process Improvement Team Chairman of Industrialists Association in South Africa
