Aaron Willard Email & Phone Number

Wichita Falls, TX, US

Remote

• Managed seven projects simultaneously to transfer 59 parts to multiple international suppliers to achieve $2.6M in cost savings and $10M in cost savings annually.
• Organized cross functional teams across engineering, quality, supply chain, supplier performance, and leadership to define and execute the qualification of parts at new suppliers, track key project metrics, identify.
• Provides weekly updates to cross functional partners across the company.
• Tasked with the most complex and multi-faceted projects in the work transfer organization.
• Promoted to direct manager of other project managers within 6 months.

Wichita Falls, Texas, United States

• Program Manager:
• Mobilized a team of 31 technical professionals to save $6.9M by implementing new operations in Mexico.
• Managed the qualification of the Trent XWB 84k EP NPI engine program
• Provided weekly status updates to stakeholder groups and plant leadership
• Implemented scalable infrastructure to support 3 manufacturing plants
• Led cross-functional projects to introduce automated assembly, pinning, wall gauge, and injection to reduce labor cost by 62% and increase capacity by 11 FTE’sEngineering Leader:

Wichita Falls, Texas, United States

NPI Program Manager: Led the Trent XWB 84k engine program through the phase gate process and collaborated with cross-team functions to improve profitability from -15.3% to +23.0% net margin, saving $34.2M annually.Product Engineer: Responsible for the cost and financial performance of the Rolls Royce Trent LP blade portfolios (XWB 84k, XWB 97k, 1000).