Marcus T. Delgado

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Operations leader with 14 years of progressive manufacturing experience, specializing in automotive tier-1 stamping and injection-molded assemblies. Proven record reducing per-unit cost by 18% across two facilities while maintaining zero lost-time injuries for 36 consecutive months. Six Sigma Black Belt and IATF 16949 lead auditor with deep expertise in high-volume, just-in-time environments.

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Plant ManagerMar 2020 - Present

Caldwell Precision Components, Spartanburg, SC

Directed daily operations of a 310,000 sq ft stamping facility with 420 direct employees and a $74M annual operating budget, achieving OEE improvement from 71% to 88% within 18 months through targeted TPM initiatives.
Led cross-functional team to implement a demand-driven scheduling system that cut finished-goods inventory by $3.1M and reduced customer line-stop incidents from 9 to 1 per quarter.
Championed ISO 45001 certification effort, redesigning 34 safety protocols and reducing recordable incident rate from 4.2 to 0.8 per 200,000 labor hours over two years.

Production ManagerJun 2015 - Feb 2020

Hartfield Plastics & Assemblies, Greenville, SC

Managed three injection-molding production lines running 24/7, overseeing 180 operators and technicians and delivering 99.1% on-time shipment performance against a 98% contractual target.
Drove a kaizen blitz program across 12 value streams, eliminating $1.8M in annual waste and reducing average changeover time from 47 minutes to 19 minutes.
Mentored and promoted six team leads into supervisory roles, reducing frontline supervisor vacancy rate from 22% to 4% and cutting overtime spend by $410K annually.

Production SupervisorAug 2010 - May 2015

Meridian Auto Structures, Duncan, SC

Supervised 55 press operators across two shifts producing structural door-ring stampings, sustaining a department scrap rate below 0.4% against a plant average of 1.1%.
Coordinated launch of three new model-year programs simultaneously, delivering first-article approval on all three within the 90-day APQP window with zero customer rejects.
Implemented 5S standards across the department, cutting non-value-added motion time by 14% and earning Plant Excellence Award two years consecutively.

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