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Wildman
1518 Children’s Home Road • Urbana, OH 43078 • (937) 869-5272 • wwildman@live.com
PROFESSIONAL PROFILE
Professional with over 25 years of diverse management experience including key leadership
roles within several functional roles and organizations, including 8 years as Plant
Manager. Demonstrated ability to communicate goals to employees and provide the
coaching and motivation to attain such goals. Possess a strong and consistent record of
significantly improved key objectives and performance measurements with a team-
oriented approach.
CORE COMPETENCIES
- Leadership Skills - Lean Manufacturing Implementation -
Financial Acumen
- Personnel Management - Process Improvement Initiatives -
Change Management
- Continuous Improvement - Organizational Development -
Communication Skills
WORK HISTORY
Rittal Corporation, Urbana, Ohio
Manufacturing Manager – Wallmount Product Line (January 2009 – April 2010)
Responsible for the fabrication and assembly of wallmount enclosure product line.
Coordination of resources to accomplish delivery schedules in an efficient manner. Lead
continuous improvement efforts to implement lean manufacturing principles and improve
quality, reduce costs and increase service performance.
• Key member of transition team that consolidated the Rittal Electromate
operations into the Urbana facility, resulting in $400K immediate savings and
reducing product costs from improved utilization and elimination of redundancies due
to operating two separate facilities.
• Improvement in productivity by 1.7% second half of 2009 compared with first
half.
• Reduction in customer complaints by 15.5 % during 2009 compared with 2008.
Rittal Electromate, Fremont, Indiana
Plant Manager (December 2000 – January 2009)
Responsible for the overall operations and performance of a sheet metal fabrication plant of
118 people specializing in industrial and electrical enclosures. Coordinate the activities of
the management staff, including; Quality Assurance, Human Resources, Engineering,
Production, Materials, and Information Systems. Responsible for financial performance of
the operations. Substantially improved virtually every key metric during tenure.
• Turned around the financial performance of the Electromate division. Prior to my
arrival in 2000 losses were $3.7 million. 2001 losses were $979K, but positive cash
flow was attained. 2004 losses were $213K despite over $500K in steel price
increases. Achieved break-even in 2006 with positive cash flows.
• Acting Human Resources Manager from 2002 – 2004.
• Improved quality statistics including reduced customer complaints, Defective Parts-
per-Million and internal defects. Customer complaints reduced by 75% from 2001
levels.
• Improved delivery from 68% On-Time in 2000 to over 99% in 2006 through 2009.
• Rittal Electromate named “Team of the Year” for 2001 for Rittal Corporation.
• Named “Manager of the Year” for 2001 for Rittal Corporation.
Rittal Corporation, Springfield, Ohio
Plant Superintendent (3rd shift) (1998-2000)
Directly responsible for the overall performance of third shift operations consisting of over
100 associates working in Fabrication, Powdercoating, and Assembly Departments.
Supervision and overall management of associates, including an Assembly Supervisor, 2
Group Leaders, and 4 Team Leaders, in the production of industrial and electrical
enclosures. Scheduling and prioritization of work on Fabrication punching centers.
• Improvement in Fabrication output by over 30% from 3.56 to 4.77 units per man-
shift.
• Improvement in Assembly by nearly 16% from 4.04 units per man-shift to 4.68.
EDUCATION HISTORY
Capital University Law School, Columbus, Ohio - Juris Doctor Candidate (Expected May
2011). GPA of 3.4.
Xavier University, Cincinnati, Ohio - MBA in Business Administration (Dec. 1990). GPA of
3.4.
Ohio Northern University, Ada, Ohio - Bachelor of Science in Business Management (May
1983). GPA of 3.3.
TRAINING
Champion Six Sigma Training – Tri-State Plastics Institute (2005) – 2-day Seminar.
Process Improvement Team Training (PIT) – GE Aircraft Engines (1990) – Predecessor
to Six Sigma Program.
“Train-the-Trainer” SPC & Quality Improvement Training – GE Major Appliance
Business Group (1985).