Michael Castaneda

Background

About Michael Castaneda

Manufacturing Leader with more than 26 years of increasing leadership responsibilities and bottom-line achievements in world-class manufacturing operations in the automotive industry. Experienced in all aspects of the manufacturing business including: Safety, Quality, Productivity, Cost, Human Resources, Reporting, Planning and Team member Relations. Proven abilities managing multiple projects from concept, or recovery point to implementation. Known and respected for knowledge, leadership, long-term vision, change management skills, efficiency, quality improvement and team member relations. Assigned to mentor 6 Group Leaders in the last 4 years as well as cover for Asst Manager on a daily basis including managing production floor, daily defect problem solving, set up containment to prevent out flow and collaborate with floor GL’s to set production line time to support our customer. Used charts, graphs and specific visual controls to feedback information to groups and paint shop including safety, production target and daily defect information. Covered every group in the paint shop and have managed single and multiple groups at different times ranging from 3 to 36 team members. Developed detailed Operation Plan to manage all aspects of paint process GPC (DOJO) for new paint shop including ordering and scheduling work stations, writing ringi-sho, maintenance training equipment, developing training plan and curriculum for all production TM's. GPC paint fundamental skills trainer. Specialties: GPC trainer (3-T trained) Lean Manufacturing Kaizen/TPS Quality Control Critical Decision Making Competitive Problem Solving T.P.S. Training Develop TPM functions and procedures Process controls JKK Principals Cost Containment Salary Staff Training Multi-Area Management TMR/Union relations Proficient in Microsoft Office (Excel, Word, PowerPoint)