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Sanger, Tx

Professional Manufacturing Services andMaster Problem Solver

Lewisville, Tx

Manufacturing Manager• Headed 7 departments (4 manufacturing, quality, maintenance and integration services) as a direct report to the president.• Directly supervised two managers and 32 assembly personnel. Conducted all performance reviews. • Chosen to sit on Management Team to initiate and drive strategic recommendations to the owners.• Piloted the start-up of two new assembly lines generating $4.3M and first pass yield rate of 99.6%. (600 Cellular antennas built for Levi’s® Stadium for Super Bowl 2015)• Successfully conducted 3 large customer audits resulting in a $5M contract win.• Drove recommendations to improve the design of RF test equipment resulting in $400K savings.• Introduced weights scales for real time, fastener inventory saving the company $120K per year.

Carrollton, Tx

Supply Chain Analyst, Traffic Safety Systems Division (Plus Federal Signal responsibilities)• Managed entire manufacturing division of RFID equipment with annual revenue of $20M.• Selected to oversee entire operations relocation from Carrollton to Austin 3M plant.• Maintained all inventory planning control variables for ~700 part numbers.

Carrollton, Tx

Manufacturing Supervisor • Managed $4M inventory resulting in < 0.1% year end dollar variances year after year.• Controlled all workflow/system including bill of materials and routings for 120 manufactured parts.• Built strong relationships leading teams of engineers and suppliers in Malaysia and Singapore.• Compiled monthly manufacturing data for KPI reporting to be presented to management team.

Carrollton, Tx

Operations Coordinator (Plus Sirit, Inc. responsibilities)• Oversaw all manufacturing, warehouse, shipping and receiving reporting to the VP of Manufacturing. • Lea ERP implementation from Mapix (Syteline) to JD Edwards EnterpriseOne. Awarded ERP superuser. • Conducted 5S organization of warehouse and assembly lines resulting in 10% efficiency improvements.

Lubbock, Tx

• Founded Chapter S Corporation with over 500 units sold over 5 year period. Yearly revenue of ~$50K.• Studied and self-taught corporate accounting, taxes and cost accounting using QuickBooks resulting in the ability to self-file S Corp taxes.• Negotiated LTL freight discounts with carriers, designed safe packaging resulting in zero freight loss claims.• Engineered custom assembly fixtures and jigs using AutoCAD.

Lubbock, Tx

Lead Technician• Increased assembly line throughput from 1,800 units to 3,000 units per 8 hour shift (67% increase). Line consisted of 7 PLC/pneumatic machines to automate 50% of the assembly and 8 operators.• Held accountability for all 3 daily shifts to produce ~9,000 calculators per day with zero tolerance downtime.• Analyzed and presented KPI information in weekly Plant Manager Meetings.

Studies In Mechanical Engineering

47 hours earned

High School, Mechanical Drafting And Mechanical Drafting Cad/Cadd