Kent Bice
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International Tank Service, Inc.
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United States
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Oil and Gas
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1 - 100 Employee
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Fabrication | Continuous Improvement Manager
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Aug 2020 - Present
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Dana Incorporated
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United States
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Motor Vehicle Manufacturing
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700 & Above Employee
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Process Engineering and Lean Manufacturing Manager
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2007 - May 2020
In charge of all manufacturing processes and updates along with troubleshooting day-to-day activities. Overseer of improving plant KPIs. Monthly report made to upper management dealing with conversion cost and continuous improvement projects compared to monthly goals. Lead standardized work implementation across the plant. A head of plant DOS skills assessment and development plans. Fabricate the 5S system of improvement activities into the functionality of the plant.
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HSE Manager and Continuous Improvement Manager (DOS)
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2016 - 2018
(Took this second position during the duration of 2016 to 2018 while being the Continuous Improvement Manager) Responsible for ISO recertification as well as workers comp of all 490+ employees. Training and implementation of life safety rules. Lowered lost time and recordable cases by 70%. Achieved 1 million man-hours with no lost time.
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Senior Manufacturing Engineer
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2007 - 2010
Focused on the design and operation of integrated systems for the production of high-quality, economically competitive products as well as discovering and solving issues presented in order to increase productivity and reduce scrap.
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Setex, Inc.
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United States
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Motor Vehicle Manufacturing
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1 - 100 Employee
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Value Analysis / Value Engineering - Engineer ( VAVE Engineer)
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2002 - 2007
Accountable for value analysis of product in order to lessen the material expense of seat sets as the VA engineer. As the VE engineer collaborated with other engineers to evaluate manufacturing processes and streamline efficiency. Accountable for value analysis of product in order to lessen the material expense of seat sets as the VA engineer. As the VE engineer collaborated with other engineers to evaluate manufacturing processes and streamline efficiency.
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Siemens VDO Automotive S.p.A.
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Italy
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Motor Vehicle Manufacturing
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Senior Manufacturing Engineer
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2000 - 2002
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HI-TECH WIRE, INC.
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United States
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1 - 100 Employee
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Plant Manager
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1997 - 2000
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American Trim
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United States
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Manufacturing
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200 - 300 Employee
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Tooling Engineer-Appliance Products Division
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1986 - 1997
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Education
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State Of Ohio Certified Tool & Die Maker
Tool and Die Technology/Technician -
Apollo Career Center
Machine Tool Operation 1&2 / Mig,Tig, Arc Welding 1&2 -
Shawnee High School Lima,Oh
High School Diploma -
Worthington Steel Management Training
Certificate, Management Skills training