Micah Gish
Operational Excellence Expert
4453 Jordantown Rd, Vinton
Summary
Strong Engineering leader with 10 years of experience in Design and Manufacturing. With a strong background in Lean/6 Sigma Methodology, strategic planning, and engineering team development. Outgoing and detail-oriented, with a great passion for operational excellence.
Overview
8
8
years of professional experience
9
9
years of post-secondary education
1
1
Certification
Work History
South Operational Excellence Senior
Marvin Doors And Windows
01.2024 - Current
- Analyze metrics for the southern region to ensure operational goals and business objectives are met
- Oversight of KPI for southern region on business objectives
- Led cross-functional teams to achieve departmental goals, fostering collaboration and teamwork.
- Taught leader how to analyzed key performance indicators to assess operational effectiveness and identify areas for improvement.
- Trained leaders on best practices, ensuring a knowledgeable workforce capable of meeting organizational objectives.
- Championed change management initiatives, supporting staff through transitions and promoting a culture of adaptability.
- Taught leaders how to increase productivity by optimizing workflows and eliminating bottlenecks in operations.
- Aid in developing Marvin's approach to lean strategies.
Senior Enterprise CI Engineering Manager
Marvin Windows And Doors
10.2021 - 01.2024
- Analyzed and developed transformation plans for plant leadership and senior leadership outlining project scope, timeline, and opportunities.
- Developed a lean/6sigma manufacturing system that is being trained and implemented across all Marvin plants based on DMAIC principles.
- Led in the hiring and development of CI engineers across several plants and the enterprise team.
- Worked with my director and senior leaders to develop a company transformation roadmap.
- Coached and mentored operations leaders, manufacturing leaders, and engineers across 12 plants on key business objectives and strategies.
- Led multiple value stream transformations resulting in lowered labor hour per unit, increased throughput, and improved business metrics.
- Accountable to enterprise strategies that will revolutionize Marvin Manufacturing.
- Managed multiple lean consultants through several value stream transformations and development of content
- Evaluated project requirements to identify and mitigate risks.
- Coached teams process development and new line/capital start ups
- Managed budgets and ensured spending compliance through projects
Engineering Manager
Marvin Windows and Doors
07.2019 - 10.2021
- Built, trained, and coached an engineering team of 10+ associates from the ground up while experiencing record growth.
- Created a plant wide lean training program which laid the foundation to train associates.
- Created an engineering structure that gets quick results by using theory of constraints in order to get capacity ahead of demand.
- Drove initiatives to improve delivery damage and in house quality.
- Created programs to identify bottlenecks ahead of time which helped to drive business decisions.
- Coached/Mentored multiple engineering teams in lean principles across the company.
- Facilitated Value Stream Mapping events and training in multiple department and plants within the company.
- Facilitated over 65 kaizen burst and 22 kaizen events during my time in this role.
- Managed a plant budget and capital procurements
Manufacturing Engineer
Altec
11.2016 - 07.2019
- Improved overall capacity on the lasers by 25%.
- Reduced scrap rate 8%YTD resulting in a $960,000.00 savings per year.
- Led cost reduction for plant 94 with a savings of $3.5 million.
- Developed and implemented capacity metrics using lean principles.
- Led at least 12 kaizen events per year.
- Managed million-dollar capital projects with meeting strict deadlines.
- Facilitated multiple value stream maps across several plants.
- Used lean manufacturing principles to develop, evaluate and improve manufacturing methods.
Education
MBA -
Western Governors University
Salt Lake City, UT 07.2020 - 12.2021
Bachelor of Science - Mechanical Engineering
Bluefield State University
Bluefield, WV 08.2009 - 06.2013
Bachelor of Science - Engineering Managment
Bluefield State University
Bluefield, WV 08.2009 - 06.2013
Skills
Lean/6 Sigma Principles
Value Stream Mapping
Team Building
Project Management
Training and Mentoring
Performance Analysis
Process improvements
P&L Management
Operational Strategy
Certification
Blackbelt lean six sigma
Timeline
South Operational Excellence Senior
Marvin Doors And Windows
01.2024 - Current
Blackbelt lean six sigma
12-2023
Senior Enterprise CI Engineering Manager
Marvin Windows And Doors
10.2021 - 01.2024
MBA -
Western Governors University
07.2020 - 12.2021
Engineering Manager
Marvin Windows and Doors
07.2019 - 10.2021
Manufacturing Engineer
Altec
11.2016 - 07.2019
Bachelor of Science - Mechanical Engineering
Bluefield State University
08.2009 - 06.2013
Bachelor of Science - Engineering Managment
Bluefield State University
08.2009 - 06.2013
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