Aperam Stainless Services & Solutions hires director of operations and continuous improvement

Aperam Stainless Services & Solutions USA, a provider of stainless steel products in Sterling Heights, Mich., has hired Subramaniam (Mani) Manivannan as director of operations and continuous improvement.

Manivannan previously worked at Ford Motor Co. in assignments including supply chain, warranty, lean, and powertrain quality lead. He also has served as supply chain manager at Rolls Royce, as global lean production systems continuous improvement director at Franklin Electric, and was in charge of quality/lean at Accuride Corp.

Manivannan is Six Sigma Black Belt-certified from Ford Motor Co. and Lean Sensi-certified from Ford Lean Centre. He has a bachelor’s degree in mechanical engineering with additional training in postgraduate diploma in material science/metallurgy from University of Trondheim, Norway. He also completed a one-year graduate diploma in quality assurance at Conestoga College and completed Master of Manufacturing Systems (MEMS) at Lawrence Technological University and Doctor of Engineering in Manufacturing Systems (DEMS).