Top Plant Managers in Greater Grand Rapids, Michigan Area

Mike Kern

Senior Director - Account Management

Greater Grand Rapids, Michigan Area

Senior Director - Account Management

Director Fabric Care Product Fulfillment Team, Sales & Operations Planning

Director Sales and Operations Planning

Director Planning and Distribution, North America

General Plant Manager - Lacks Paint Operations

Plant Manager - Refrigerator Manufacturing

General Manager - Operations Planning

Director Materials and Purchasing

Franklin University

Greenvill High

Recommendations: 8

Lean Manufacturing

Supply Chain Management

Manufacturing

Inventory Management

Sales Operations

Process Improvement

Continuous Improvement

Cross-functional Team Leadership

Dave Halladay

Vice President of Operations

Greater Grand Rapids, Michigan Area

Vice President of Operations

Plant Manager

Director of Manufacturing

General Manager

Plant Manager

University of Phoenix

Reed City High School

Recommendations: 7

Program Management

Value Stream Mapping

Lean Manufacturing

Quality System

Change Management

Six Sigma

Manufacturing

Automotive

B.J. (Benjamin) Damstra

Manager of Performance Development

Greater Grand Rapids, Michigan Area

Manager of Performance Development

National Product Manager

Production Manager

Operations Manager

Plant Manager

Production Manager

Production Management Trainee

Hope College

Grand Rapids Christian High

Recommendations: 7

Operations Management

Sales Management

Sales Support

Sales Presentations

Group Presentations

Lean Manufacturing

Inventory Management

Purchasing

Stephen Orey

General Manager

Greater Grand Rapids, Michigan Area

General Manager

Production Control Manager - Program Launch Manager

Plant Manager

Senior Practitioner

General Manager

Business Unit Leader

Director

Director of Operations

Assistant Business Unit Controller

Division Controller

Senior Internal Auditor

Junior Internal Auditor

Michigan State University

Stockton University

Recommendations: 7

Lean Manufacturing

Manufacturing

Leadership

Automotive

Strategic Planning

Management

Training

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Bob Ballard

Senior Vice President of Global Operations, Work Furniture Group

Greater Grand Rapids, Michigan Area

Senior Vice President of Global Operations, Work Furniture Group

Senior Vice President of Manufacturing

Strategic Partner, Manufacturing and Operations

Senior Vice President of Manufacturing Operations

Plant Manager, Athens Plant

Plant Manager, Core Steel Operations

Plant Manager, Systems Furniture Plant

Superintendent, Physical Distribution

Superintendent, Systems Plant

Team Supervisor, Seating Division

Leader, Organizational Development, Seating Unit

Training Specialist, Industrial Engineering

Industrial Engineer

Athens State University

Auburn University – Auburn, AL

Recommendations: 7

Talent Management

Transformational...

Strategic Planning

Policy and Scorecard...

Operational Execution

Kaizen Leadership

Manufacturing...

Manufacturing

Paul Marzolf

NAO Continuous Improvement Manager - US Plants

Greater Grand Rapids, Michigan Area

NAO Continuous Improvement Manager - US Plants

Plant Manager - Alpine

Production Manager

Operations Manager

Head of Continuous Improvement - North America

Continuous Improvement and Aluminum Extrusion Operations Manager

Operations Manager - Reed City

University of Michigan

Drury College

Recommendations: 6

Continuous Improvement

Operations Management

Industrial Engineering

Mentoring

Servant Leadership

Lean Manufacturing

Kaizen

Michael Gibbons

Operations Manager - Jefferson City, MO

Greater Grand Rapids, Michigan Area

Operations Manager - Jefferson City, MO

Sr. Process Engineer - St. Peters, MO

Plant Manager

Business Unit Manager

Plant Manager - Georgetown, KY

Launch Manager - Shanghai, China

Director of Continuous Improvement - Ford Business Unit

Manufacturing Group Coordinator - St. Peters, MO

Process/Tooling Manager - Pulaski, TN

Plant Manager - Jefferson City, MO

Process Engineer - Pulaski, TN

Plant Manager

Manufacturing Engineer

Sr Process Engineer - Smyrna, TN

Operations Manager

Recommendations: 5

Lean Manufacturing

Continuous Improvement

Six Sigma

Kaizen

Toyota Production System

Manufacturing

DMAIC

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Daniel Spiegel

Operations Leadership

Greater Grand Rapids, Michigan Area

Operations Leadership

Director of Manufacturing and Director of Continuous Improvement / Global Supply Chain Director

Principal

Chief Operating Officer

Director of Manufacturing

Director of Operations

Plant Manager

Manufacturing Manager

Indiana University - Kelley School of Business

University of Michigan

Recommendations: 3

Continuous Improvement

Cross-functional Team Leadership

Supply Chain

Process Improvement

Six Sigma

Lean Manufacturing

Strategy

Leadership

David Scianimanico

Principal

Greater Grand Rapids, Michigan Area

Principal

Chief Supply Chain Officer

VP Operations Engineering

Sr. Director

Director of Operations

Plant Manager

Director of Manufacturing

Manufacturing and Engineering Manager

Western Michigan University - Haworth College of Business

Michigan Technological University

Recommendations: 2

Continuous Improvement

Lean Manufacturing

Process Improvement

Supply Chain

Operations Management

Manufacturing

Forecasting

Product Development

Jonathan Dinsmore

Production Manager/Supervisor

Greater Grand Rapids, Michigan Area

Production Manager/Supervisor

Production Manager

Team Leader

Area Manager

Plant Manager

Production Manager

Squadron and Staff Operations Officer

Student

Flight Operations Officer/Instructor Pilot

Junior Officer/Logistics Pilot

Junior Officer/Search and Rescue Pilot

Student

Naval War College

Troy State University

United States Naval Academy

Recommendations: 2

Lean Manufacturing

Manufacturing

Operations Management

Materials Management

Shipping

Continuous Improvement

Budgets

Team Building

Ed Clifford

Executive Director Supply Chain

Greater Grand Rapids, Michigan Area

Executive Director Supply Chain

Director Service Planning

Associate Director, Service

Associate Director & Plant Manager

Manufacturing Manager

Commodity Manager

Director Service, Global Process Owner

Manufacturing Manager

Engineer Lead - Current Products

Project Manager

R&D Engineer

Western Michigan University

Recommendations: 2

Manufacturing

Cross-functional Team Leadership

Business Turn-arounds

Leading transformational change

Strategy

Supply Chain Management

Product Development

Engineering

Mark Setterbo

Head, Contract Manufacturing

Greater Grand Rapids, Michigan Area

Head, Contract Manufacturing

Director Contract Manufacturing

Global Director - Contract Manufacturing

Plant Manager

Purchasing Manager - Agriculture

Logistics/Materials Manager

Purchasing Manager

Produce Manager

Central Michigan University

University of Arkansas

Harvard Business School

Recommendations: 1

Continuous Improvement

Cross-functional Team...

Product Development

Food

Manufacturing

Supply Chain

Lean Manufacturing

Consumer Products

Jeremy Schumann

Plant Manager / Continuous Improvement and Engineering Manager

Greater Grand Rapids, Michigan Area

Plant Manager / Continuous Improvement and Engineering Manager

Vice President of Manufacturing/Operations

General Manager

Industrial Engineer

Operations Manager

Director of Manufacturing

Grand Valley State University

Western Michigan University

Varnum Class

Recommendations: 1

Manufacturing

Continuous Improvement

Lean Manufacturing

Value Stream Mapping

Supply Chain Management

Kanban

Industrial Engineering

Nick Kuhn

Plant Manager

Greater Grand Rapids, Michigan Area

Plant Manager

Director of Strategic Sourcing

Master Scheduler

Director of Strategic Sourcing

Global Sourcing Manager- Direct Materials

Sr. Global Sourcing Manager; Metals and Components

Global Supply Chain Intern

Commodity Manager, Electrical & Mechanical

Mechanical Commodity Manager

美国密歇根州立大学

Recommendations: 1

Supply Chain Management

Strategic Sourcing

Supply Chain

Materials Management

Supply Management

Purchasing

Supplier Negotiation

Low Cost Country Sourcing

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Michael Hawkins

Inventory Analyst

Greater Grand Rapids, Michigan Area

Inventory Analyst

Production Supervisor

Production Manager

Plant Manager

Director of Operations

Plant Manager

Vice President of Manufacturing

Material Planner - Plant Freight Leader

Davenport University

Recommendations: 1

Lean Manufacturing

Manufacturing

Continuous Improvement

Kaizen

Automotive

TS16949

PPAP

Wade White

Plant Manager

Greater Grand Rapids, Michigan Area

Plant Manager

Sales & Service Manager

Operations Manager

Millsaps College

Mississippi State University

Recommendations: 0

Lean Manufacturing

Value Stream Mapping

Continuous Improvement

Kaizen

DMAIC

Manufacturing Operations Management

Six Sigma

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Brad Hilton

Assistant General Manager

Greater Grand Rapids, Michigan Area

Assistant General Manager

Director of Operations

Operations Manager

Plant Manager

University of Waterloo

leeds

Recommendations: 0

Dale Olmstead

Maintenance Manager

Greater Grand Rapids, Michigan Area

Maintenance Manager

Plant Manager

Engineering and Service Manager

Sr. Plant Manager

Plant Maintenance Manager

Production / Operations Manager

Controls / Project Engineer

Lead Technician

Production Technician

Field Service Representative

Maintenance Technician

Plant Manager

Manufacturing Business Manager

Engineering Manager

Corporate Director of Engineering

Plant Manager

Director Of Operations

Lake Superior State University

Recommendations: 0

Continuous Improvement

Lean Manufacturing

Manufacturing

Cross-functional Team Leadership

Product Development

TPM

Root Cause Analysis

Engineering Management

Buck Surratt

Plant Manager

Greater Grand Rapids, Michigan Area

Plant Manager

Facility Manager

O&M Manager

O&M Manager Ada Cogeneration

Power Plant Shift Supervisor

Hickam Turbomachinery

GSM

US Navy

Platte Canyon High School

Recommendations: 0

Gas Turbines

Lean Manufacturing

Continuous Improvement

DMAIC

Six Sigma

Power Plants

Power Generation

Steam Turbines

Richard Arnold

President

Greater Grand Rapids, Michigan Area

President

Board of directors

Vice President Global Product Development

General Manager, North America Overhead Products Group

Executive Director, Business Development & Product Planning

Managing Director, Honda Business Unit

Director of Program Management

Plant Manager

Kettering University

Spring Lake High School

Recommendations: 0

Management

Change Management

Leadership

Finance

Business Strategy

Pricing Strategy

Product Strategies

Engineering

Jeffrey Arnold

SVP Global Supply Chain Services and Principal, 1894 Capital

Greater Grand Rapids, Michigan Area

SVP Global Supply Chain Services and Principal, 1894 Capital

SVP North American Supply Chain

SVP Morning Foods Supply Chain

SVP North American Customer and Logistic Services

VP Manufacturing, Morning Foods

General Plant Manager

University of Michigan

Michigan Technological University

Recommendations: 0

Cross-functional Team Leadership

Lean Manufacturing

Supply Chain Management

Demand Planning

Consumer Products

Process Improvement

Continuous Improvement

Supply Chain

Russell Golemba

Director of Operations DME North America

Greater Grand Rapids, Michigan Area

Director of Operations DME North America

Plant Manager

Western Michigan University

Macomb Community College

Recommendations: 0

Project Management

Microsoft Excel

Program Management

Microsoft Office

Process Improvement

Change Management

Management Consulting

Coaching

Gregory Georgelos

Director Of Operations

Greater Grand Rapids, Michigan Area

Director Of Operations

Director of Operations Engineering & Business Excellence (Lean)

Regional Business Excellence (Lean) Manager, U.S. Region

Sr. Quality Assurance Manager - Northeast Campus

Plant Manager (General Manager)

Operations/QA Manager

Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University

Recommendations: 0

Lean Management

Innovation

Automation

Operations Management

Key Metrics

ISO 13485

Internal Audit

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Beth Kaminski

Assistant Plant Manager

Greater Grand Rapids, Michigan Area

Assistant Plant Manager

Owner/Accounting

Realtor

Engineer

Ferris State University

Eastern Michigan University

Grand Rapids Community College

Recommendations: 0

Real Estate

Management

Lean Manufacturing

Sellers

Residential Homes

Product Development

Short Sales

Listings

Chris Atkins

Plant Manager

Greater Grand Rapids, Michigan Area

Plant Manager

Continuous Improvement Mgr

Furniture Division Operations

Operations Manager - Injection Molding

Technical Manager

Leadership Development Program

Michigan State University

Western Michigan University

Recommendations: 0

Automotive

Six Sigma

Injection Molding

SMED

Continuous Improvement

Quality Control

Kaizen

Manufacturing

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Fred EMBA

Regional Vice President

Greater Grand Rapids, Michigan Area

Regional Vice President

Account Manager

Plant Manager

Equipment Records Supply Specialist

Davenport University

Detroit College of Business

Bell Leadership

Recommendations: 0

Leadership

Manufacturing

Plastics

Lean Manufacturing

Automotive

Continuous Improvement

Injection Molding

Product Development

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Toni Swafford

Plant Manager

Greater Grand Rapids, Michigan Area

Plant Manager

Sr Manager, Continuous Improvement

Demand Planner

Production Manager

Organizational Capability Manager

Indiana Wesleyan University

Prairie View A&M University

Recommendations: 0

Continuous Improvement

Cross-functional Team Leadership

Food

HACCP

Food Processing

Operations Management

FMCG

Supply Chain

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Brian Kimble

Vice President of Operations

Greater Grand Rapids, Michigan Area

Vice President of Operations

Production Manager

Night Plant Manager

Upholstery Supervisor

Service Area Manager

Manager

General Manager

Director of Manufacturing, US Region

Director of Operations, Quality and Regulatory

Materials Manager

Grand Rapids Community College

The Employers Association

Dale Carnegie, Ralph Nicholas Corporation

Recommendations: 0

Lean Manufacturing

Kaizen

Quality System

Manufacturing

Value Stream Mapping

Cross-functional Team Leadership

Process Improvement

ISO 13485

Jeff Lauinger

Director of Manufacturing

Greater Grand Rapids, Michigan Area

Director of Manufacturing

Plant Manager

Engineering Manager

General Manager

Chief Operating Officer

Engineering Manager / New Business Pursuit Manager

Senior Sales Consultant

Manufacturing Engineer

University of Michigan

Western Michigan University

Recommendations: 0

Automotive

Six Sigma

Lean Manufacturing

Manufacturing

Continuous Improvement

Cross-functional Team Leadership

Product Development

Engineering Management

Jonathan Laug

Vice President of Manufacturing

Greater Grand Rapids, Michigan Area

Vice President of Manufacturing

Director of Manufacturing

Plant Manager

Production Manager

Technical Manager

Michigan State University

Western Michigan University

Recommendations: 0

Lean Manufacturing

Continuous Improvement

Value Stream Mapping

Manufacturing

Kaizen

Automotive

APQP

PPAP

Paul Anders

Corporate Safety & Sustainability Manager

Greater Grand Rapids, Michigan Area

Corporate Safety & Sustainability Manager

Quality Assurance Administrator

What ever needs doing

Regional Vice-President

Quality Assurance Manager

Executive Director

Plant Manager

Director Operational Support & Sustainability

Aveta Business Institute

Colorado State University

University of Detroit Mercy

Recommendations: 0

SQF

Corporate Sustainability

Food Safety

Recycling

Food Manufacturing

Carbon Footprinting

Zero Waste

Team Building

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Curt Webb

Quality Manager

Greater Grand Rapids, Michigan Area

Quality Manager

General Plant Manager - Molding Operations - 4 Molding Facilities

Plant Manager

Program Manager

Director Of Manufacturing

Director of Supply Chain

Recommendations: 0

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Bob Teasley

Supply Chain Manager

Greater Grand Rapids, Michigan Area

Supply Chain Manager

Supplier Development Manager

Plant Manager

Senior Manufacturing Engineer

Plant Manager

Director New Product Development, Supply Management

Commodity Team Leader

Production Manager

Operations Team Manager

Manufacturing Engineer

New Product Development Supply Management Work Team Leader

Recommendations: 0

Manufacturing

Continuous Improvement

Purchasing

Materials

Lean Manufacturing

Leadership

Contract Negotiation

Manufacturing Engineering

Michelle (Gagnon) Swartz

Board of Directors, Treasurer

Greater Grand Rapids, Michigan Area

Board of Directors, Treasurer

Plant Manager - Nutrilite Nutritional Products

Plant Manager - Homecare Liquids, Plastics

Plant Manager - Fresh Bakery

Sr. Production Manager - Wrigley Yorkville Operations

Sr. Operations Business Manager

Principal Engineer: Packaging Technical Services Manager / Innovation

Various: Production Management, Operations, Clairol

University of Illinois at Chicago

Tufts University

High School

Recommendations: 0

Rodney Beggs

Tool&Die Maker (supervisor)

Greater Grand Rapids, Michigan Area

Tool&Die Maker (supervisor)

Jig & Fixture Builder

Plant Manager

Die Maker

GRCC

Recommendations: 0

Automotive

Machine Tools

Manufacturing Engineering

Negotiation

Team Building

Machining

Continuous Improvement

Manufacturing

Don Larsen

Vice President Research and Development, General Manager Advanced Manufacturing

Greater Grand Rapids, Michigan Area

Vice President Research and Development, General Manager Advanced Manufacturing

Vice President Technology and R&D

Plant Manager

Account Executive

Business Center Manager

The Ohio State University

Recommendations: 0

Aerospace

Leadership

Six Sigma

Continuous Improvement

Engineering

Manufacturing

Process Improvement

Purchasing

Tom Phipps

Marketing Engineer

Greater Grand Rapids, Michigan Area

Marketing Engineer

Operations Manager

Business Unit Leader

Plant Manager

Baker College Business and Corporate Services

Lutheran High North

Recommendations: 0

Six Sigma

Continuous Improvement

Program Management

Process Improvement

Cross-functional Team...

Manufacturing

ISO

Project Management

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Eric Jipp

Plant Manager

Greater Grand Rapids, Michigan Area

Plant Manager

Engineering Manager

Program Manager - Electric Vehicle Innovation Project

Engineer

Program Manager

International Sales Engineer

Project Engineer

Kettering University

Recommendations: 0

Automotive

Engineering

Powertrain

Product Development

Electric Vehicles

FMEA

Engineering Management

APQP

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Doug Dieselberg

Plant Manager

Greater Grand Rapids, Michigan Area

Plant Manager

Unit Leader

Manufacturing Superintendent

Production Manager

Production Supervisor

Shift Superintendent / Human Resources

Production Supervisor

Purdue University

Recommendations: 0

Lean Manufacturing

Value Stream Mapping

Six Sigma

Kaizen

Continuous Improvement

DMAIC

Toyota Production System

Jeff Goodman

Vice President Of Business Development

Greater Grand Rapids, Michigan Area

Vice President Of Business Development

VP & GM Machined Products

Plant Manager

General Manager / Product Manager

University of Michigan - Stephen M. Ross School of Business

Aquinas College

Michigan State University

Recommendations: 0

Lean Manufacturing

Continuous Improvement

Automotive

Six Sigma

PPAP

Manufacturing

Process Improvement

Kaizen

Kyle DeVries

Production Supervisor

Greater Grand Rapids, Michigan Area

Production Supervisor

Plant Manager

Manufacturing Manager

Production Supervisor

Baker College of Muskegon

Muskegon Community College

Recommendations: 0

Motivational Leadership

Practical Lean Manufacturing

Technical Analysis

Leadership

Continuous Improvement

Manufacturing

Six Sigma

Kaizen

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Damien DeVol

Manufacturing Engineer

Greater Grand Rapids, Michigan Area

Manufacturing Engineer

Engineering Co-Op

Site Lead

Senior Operations Manager

Plant Manager

Value Stream Supervisor

Value Stream Manager

Purdue University

Recommendations: 0

Ken Hurst

Executive Vice President North America

Greater Grand Rapids, Michigan Area

Executive Vice President North America

Vice President Global Operations

Vice President Operations USA and Mexico

Plant Manager

Manager Manufacturing Engineering

Engineering Manager

Plant Engineer

Virginia Military Institute

Recommendations: 0

Operations Management

Lean Manufacturing

Automotive

Six Sigma

Manufacturing

Continuous Improvement

Value Stream Mapping

PPAP

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Troy Peper

Plant Manager- Lake Odessa MI and Etobicoke, Ontario

Greater Grand Rapids, Michigan Area

Plant Manager- Lake Odessa MI and Etobicoke, Ontario

Plant Manager

Quality Assurance Manager

Warehouse Supervisor

Quality Assurance Supervisor

Operations Supervisor

Operations Manager

Operations Supervisor/Quality Technician

Louisiana Tech University

Recommendations: 0

HACCP

Food Industry

Food Processing

Food Safety

Food Manufacturing

Meat

Ingredients

SQF

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Pete Price

Design Engineer

Greater Grand Rapids, Michigan Area

Design Engineer

Plant Manager

Director of Operations

Director - Sales & Business Development

Sales and Design Engineer

Sales Manager - Central and Western Regions

Regional Sales Manager

Owner/Managing Partner/Vice President of Sales

Partner

Director of Special Projects

Muskegon Community College

Recommendations: 0

Product Management

Technical Product Sales

Key Account Management

Architectural Lighting

Distributors

Solid State Lighting

Lighting Control

Channel Partners

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Larry Peavey

Property Manager

Greater Grand Rapids, Michigan Area

Property Manager

Plant Manager

Service Tech and Install Manager

Jordan College

Recommendations: 0

Word

Code Compliance

Facilities Management

Scheduling

Supervisory Skills

Warehouse Management

Warehousing

Warehousing Operations

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Jim Alderink

Plant Manager

Greater Grand Rapids, Michigan Area

Plant Manager

University of Michigan

Recommendations: 0

Jon Erwood

President / Senior Craftsman

Greater Grand Rapids, Michigan Area

President / Senior Craftsman

Plant Manager

Michigan Technological University

Recommendations: 0

Todd Hoogewind

President & Owner

Greater Grand Rapids, Michigan Area

President & Owner

Technical Leader

Safety Leader - North American Safety Operations

Plant Manager

Manufacturing Engineering Manager

Design Engineer

Mechanical Designer

Designer / Detailed Drafter

Mechanical Designer

Press Operator

University of Michigan - Stephen M. Ross School of Business

Ferris State University

Grand Rapids Community College

ITT Technical Institiute - Grand Rapids

Coopersville High School

Recommendations: 0

Lean Manufacturing

Consumer Products

Product Development

Continuous Improvement

Manufacturing

SAP

Cross-functional Team...

Six Sigma

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Nathan Robinson

Program Manager

Greater Grand Rapids, Michigan Area

Program Manager

Global Plastics Purchasing

Engineering Manager

Technical Sales

Production Mgr.

Launch Engineering Mgr

Plant Manager

Operations Manager

Project Engineer

Ferris State University

Recommendations: 0

Plastics

Continuous Improvement

Automotive

Injection Molding

Lean Manufacturing

Machine Tools

Molding

Rick Doeden

General Manager

Greater Grand Rapids, Michigan Area

General Manager

District Manager

Plant Manager,Engineering Manager

Engineering Manager

Central Michigan University

Hope College

Recommendations: 0

Automotive

Lean Manufacturing

Continuous Improvement

FMEA

Engineering Management

Manufacturing

Engineering

APQP