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Johnny Parris is a seasoned manufacturing professional with extensive experience in Lean Manufacturing, Value Stream Mapping, and Continuous Improvement. He has held various leadership positions, including Director of Operations and Manufacturing Engineering Manager, and has a strong educational background in Mechanical Engineering from Auburn University. With over 15 years of experience in the manufacturing industry, Johnny has developed a unique blend of technical expertise and leadership skills, enabling him to drive process improvements and optimize manufacturing operations. He is currently working as Director of Operations at Heritage Wire Harness, LLC, where he is responsible for overseeing the production control functions and implementing lean manufacturing principles. Johnny is also a certified expert in Design For Manufacturing (DFM) and has experience with FMEA, DMAIC, and Kaizen.

Experience

  • Heritage Wire Harness, LLC
    • Fort Payne, Alabama, United States
    • Director Of Operations
      • Oct 2021 - Present
      • Fort Payne, Alabama, United States

    • United States
    • Automotive
    • 700 & Above Employee
    • Operations Manager
      • Mar 2017 - Jan 2022

      Plant Operations Manager responsible for 220,000 sq. ft. facility with 3 shift operation. Responsible for production control functions, Plant operations including CNC machining, Phosphate coating lines, Induction Heat treat, Assembly and Packaging with 180 employees. Utilized as support for other facilities including Pinghu, China facility acting as Interim Operations Manager on site to help improve start up of process and reduce set up times in that operation. Also facilitated set up reduction training in Los Reyes, Mexico Facility to help drive set up improvement culture. Facilitate support of Maryville, Missouri plant on equipment replacement plan for capital equipment to upgrade facility for better on time delivery and machine uptime.

    • Manufacturing Engineering Manager
      • Apr 2014 - Mar 2017

      ME Manager for Federal Mogul Chassis plant producing chassis steering and suspension components for the aftermarket automotive industry. Process' include CNC machining, Induction Heat Treat, Automation design and installation, Mag Phosphate coating line, Waste Water Treatment, Various methods of assembly, and packaging. As Manager, I have led set up reduction thru introduction of innovative tool designs to eliminate bolts and allow very fast change over times. I have been sent to support other facilities including Juarez Mexico facility improving their on time delivery from 35% to 95% in 10 weeks thru lot size optimization, stamping press improvements, and change over improvements in injection molding equipment.

    • Manufacturing Engineering Manager
      • 2014 - 2015

    • United States
    • Machinery Manufacturing
    • 300 - 400 Employee
    • Manufacturing Engineering Manager
      • Aug 2012 - Apr 2014

      Responsible for Process development, continuous improvement, capital projects, Environmental and Safety, Maintenance and Facilities.

    • Process Manager
      • Mar 2009 - Aug 2012

Education

  • 1991 - 1995
    Auburn University
    Bachelor of Applied Science (B.A.Sc.), Mechanical Engineering

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