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Responsible for a technical, manufacturing and sales staff of 15, while meeting delivery, quality and schedule requirements for 1.5 million-dollar company. Responsible for new product design, manufacturing processing, scheduling, production flow, inventory control, staffing requirements and work procedures while meeting budgetary and time constraints. Establish and implement departmental policies, goals, in house Standard Operating Procedures, Just-In-Time manufacturing, OSHA compliance, HAZMAT, safety training and environmental waste management requirements for local and state agencies.Develop budget approval of expenditures for supplies, materials and human resources, while ensuring efficient use of materials, labor, or equipment against production targets. Responsible for production, pricing, sales, and distribution of products. Identify continuous improvement areas for process and quality enhancements, and cost reduction by review of financial statements, sales, activity reports, and other performance data. Ensure positive employee engagement through implementation of team building activities, HR engagement and policies.

Directed and managed engineers, technician’s and production line employees for new design, development and manufacturing of a 72 million-dollar anaerobic fitness product line. Oversaw all aspects of product development from conception to production release. Responsible for product design, engineering documents, technical manuals, testing of prototypes, sales interaction of new product to retailers (Sears, Sports Authority, Big 5 Sporting Goods, etc.) and release of new product.Ensured a collaborative effort across various engineering disciplines, sales, marketing and upper management. Responsible for product release to vendor partners in U.S., China and Canada which resulted in extraordinary quality and salability of product when introduced into the market.Proficient in managing multiple projects simultaneously, cross discipline coordination with internal and external customers and suppliers while making critical decisions under intense pressure. Increased the market share of anaerobic product line by 39%.

Dulles, Virginia, Us

Conducted Process Failure Mode and Effects Analysis to analyze and improve process efficiency in the Nozzle Work Center. Approved or disapproved critical manufacturing shop changes in floor planning. Assigned criticality assessments for flight worthiness on all non-conformance hardware per NASA requirements. Conducted off-site vendor audits for compliance.Prepared documentation for manufacturing processes and engineering procedures. Responsible for technical/product planning, engineering drawings and specification approvals. Liaison between vendors, program management, design, tooling and system safety engineering. Implemented changes to improve product manufacturability costs by influencing fabrication processes, tooling and production equipment, assembly methods, quality control standards, product design and materials.Provided technical expertise and implemented high-volume automated tooling for fabrication of carbon-filled fiber material resulting in $769,000 annual savings.Developed and implemented solid rocket nozzle waste minimization program resulting in savings of $560,000 annually