Resume - Tom St.Myer



Thomas St.Myer

8615 West SR 26 - Rossville, IN 46065

765-296-2962(H)

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OBJECTIVE

Secure a rewarding position in a dynamic company eager to promote growth and shareholder value through effective management and aggressive resource deployment.

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

Product Line Manager / Supplier Development Engineering Manager

01/05 – present

TRW - Commercial Steering Division, Lafayette, IN

• Management responsibility for Commercial Steering supplier development engineering

o Employee evaluations

o Employee training and development programs

o Staffing

• Dictated annual supplier expectations for vendor base (250+ suppliers)

• Identified savings opportunities in excess of 4 million annually

o $400k in gaskets from India and Brazil

o $550k in rubber seals from India

o $500k in ductile iron castings in India and China

o $400k in rotary shaft seals in Korea

o $980k in U-joints in India and Korea

o $220k in stampings and assemblies in Taiwan

o $1M in semi finished forgings in India

• Development of 5 year global sourcing strategy for 3 facilities

o LCC opportunity champion

o Creation of savings targets based on market forecasts and weighted forward looking bill of materials analysis

o Identify synergies at TRWA global facilities manufacturing similar product

o International evaluations conducted in Mexico, China, India, Taiwan, and Korea

o International evaluations indirectly conducted in South America

• International supplier development : training and procedural development

• Awarded plaque of recognition from the Korean Trade Association for “Outstanding contribution to forging economic ties between the United States of America and the republic of Korea”

• Pioneered “Supplier Six Sigma” program for TRW Automotive

• Development of purchasing and supply chain management procedures

• Development of contingency plan for key troubled suppliers

• Department audit champion for TS16949 certification audits

• Conceived and coordinated “Global Synergy” meeting. First meeting attended by 7 internal purchasing departments in 6 countries.

• Acting commodities manager responsible for forgings and steel. Negotiated a supply agreement for 18 steel codes, with consignment agreement and realized $200k savings

Lead Supplier Development Engineer

10/03 – 1/05

TRW - Commercial Steering Division, Lafayette, IN

• Management responsibility for Commercial Steering supplier development engineering

o Employee evaluations

o Developed employee training and development programs

o Department staffing

• Acting manager during senior manager vacancy (8+ months)

o Purchasing representative at operations planning and review meetings

o Spend analysis and long term strategy development

o Department procedure owner and author

o Monitored department annual budget, recommended revisions

o Incorporated TRWA corporate procedures where applicable

o Hosted department training seminars

• Dictated supplier expectations for vendor base

o PPM targets

o Quality certification requirements

o Cost reduction targets

• Supplier development support for Chinese joint venture

o On site supplier evaluations

o Sourcing recommendations

o APQP development, quality systems

• Managed commodities:

o Automotive assemblies (electronic modules, linkages)

o Ductile and grey iron castings

o Forgings

o Steel products

• Championed supplier recovery for top spend supplier

Supplier Development Engineer

6/02 – 10/03

TRW - Commercial Steering Division, Lafayette, IN

• Direct responsibility for vendor quality systems and accountability (NCTs and CARs) for 70+ suppliers

• Managed commodities:

o Steel products (bar and tube) : steel mill quality level certifications, adherence to and interpretation of TRW, ASTM and ASI standards

o Heat Treat : Tracking and performing heat treat audits based on FORD W-HTX heat treat standard

o Forgings

• Extensive product knowledge of steering gears, gearboxes, steering columns, power steering pumps, linkages, hydraulic cylinders

• Request, review, track and approve supplier PPAP submissions

• Developed prototype project tracking application for engineering changes of purchased components

• Responsible for conducting supplier site audits and suggesting sourcing decisions based upon audit results

Product Engineer

2/00 – 6/02

TRW - Commercial Steering Division, Lafayette, IN

• Project manager / product engineer supporting 5 product lines

o Power steering pumps

o Pitman arms

o Steering columns

o Linear assist cylinders

o Gearbox applications

• Managing as many as 80 customer driven projects at one time

Developed part numbering system application using open source code (Apache web server, MySQL database, PHP scripting engine). Conservatively saving design time (internal and customer) in excess of 200 hrs per year, as well as reducing product development time by 7 days. Future projects involve custom tailored project management applications.

Design and develop custom steering linkage components for Class 8 vehicles

Research new vendor capabilities. Recent resourcing done in under 30 days without affecting cost, quality or customer delivery on a product responsible for 30% of company profit.

Conduct warranty reviews and evaluations

Assist business unit(s) by designing for manufacturability

Establish or refine performance testing criteria for newly released components, from steel forgings to injection molded plastic components

New Product Development Engineer 6/99 – 2/00

TRW - Commercial Steering Division, Lafayette, IN

Redesigned several components, resulting in $30,000 per month warranty cost avoidance, and one US patent

Personally responsible for estimated cost reductions through product revisions in excess of $500k/yr

Design and research new product designs as well as refine current company products

Experience in casting processes, thermal forming, and injection molding design

Supervisory experience. Position dictates direction of 5 laboratory technicians

Research Technician Level I 9/97 – 6/99

TRW - Commercial Steering Division, Lafayette, IN

Responsible for fabrication of prototype customer samples based upon rough design blueprints. Suggest necessary and possible alterations to basic design. Frequently an integral team member in bringing a new product to market. Communicate with customers regularly to insure complete satisfaction.

Conduct laboratory testing of both concept and production designs

Future expectations include the computer modeling and FEA analysis of new designs to reduce development time required for extensive real-world testing

Skills required included strong welding background (skills and education), gauging theory, print reading, report preparation, basic machinist knowledge

Research Technician Level II 5/95-9/97

TRW - Organic Materials and Seal Testing Facility, Lafayette, IN

Maintain, design, and monitor test equipment for OMSTF division of TRW automotive

Conduct material analysis using instruments such as scanning electron microscopes, thermo graphic analyzer, and infrared spectrograph, FTIR

RELEVANT SKILLS AND TRAINING

Karrass Effective Negotiating, I & II

Leadership Lafayette Career Development and Leadership Development Program

8D Problem Solving and Analysis

Geometric Dimensioning and Tolerancing (GD&T)

Six Sigma Quality TRW trained black belt : Minitab proficiency

TS16949, QS9000, ISO9000 quality systems

Finite Element Analysis (FEA) · Failure Mode and Effects Analysis (dFMEA & pFMEA)

Certified Welder (3G position)

Html editing and design software

Apache open source web server

PHP open source scripting language

MySQL open source database

Sole proprietor Stmyer Services - website design and hosting ()

Professional level proficiency in all MS office products (Excel, Access, Word, PowerPoint)

Associate member Society of Automotive Engineers

Member of TRW automotive North America heat treat panel

EDUCATION

BS Mechanical Engineering Technology

Purdue University

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