Charles Newell Email & Phone Number

Addison, IL, US

Wood Dale, IL, US

• Responsible for leading a cross-functional team across the business functions, managed costing and schedules, researched and developed suppliers, conducted Design and Process FEMA, built prototypes and first article.
• Created detailed Gantt charts for project management using the Automotive APQP process.
• Researched capital buy for manual fixtures, presses, machining, waterjet cutting, engraving, vacuum and belt furnace brazing applications, tube forming, laser welding, and plating.
• Served as Specialty Products Engineering Lead on a new ERP implementation project; SyteLine.
• Documented Quality Control plans, investigated customer returns, and metallographic preparation and examination of welds and braze joints.

• Served as project lead for implementing new products. Collaborate with sustaining and manufacturing engineers to design and implement program improvements. Develop budgets, manage Operation’s Gantt chart, coordinate.
• Spearheaded efforts to relocate Nuevo Laredo, Mexico, operations to Mexicali, Mexico, facility, performed stock level evaluations to identify excess inventory, and lowered operating costs.
• Evaluated inventory for Oracle ASCP (MRP) functionality and conducted training for Buyer and Planners.
• Verified and outsourced hydrogen belt furnace brazing operations to Solar Atmosphere’s vacuum furnace with hydrogen treatment, improving quality and decreasing production costs

Developed manufacturing and quality-engineering groups. Assisted with establishing operations in Nuevo Laredo, Mexico, and Houston facilities. Managed projects, facilitated events, and conducted employee trainings as Lean Champion. Completed capital planning and tracking, monitored department budgets and costs, conducted process evaluations, and executed.

Devised and implemented Lean manufacturing processes for production of gas analyzing equipment. Supervised operations at Nuevo Laredo, Mexico, facility. Utilized Warehouse 5S program to free up space and set up point-of-use materials with Kanban Replenishment.

• Manager of Manufacturing Engineering, Production Database, Maintenance, Facilities and Plant Engineering, Plant Services and Security departments.
• Developed and implemented the first phase of developing a Total Productive Maintenance program.
• Implemented a new Computerized Maintenance Management System (CMMS) in four plants.
• Created plant layouts, estimated costs, and process write-up for an environmental impact study for a new Sheet Metal plant in Reynosa, Mexico. Thirty-percent savings to bring in over $17-mil in outsourced parts.

Oversaw Manufacturing Engineering, Production Database, Maintenance, Facilities and Plant Engineering, and Plant Services/Security departments. Developed and executed first phase of total productive maintenance (TPM) program. Implemented computerized maintenance management system (CMMS) in four plants. Enhanced tracking processes for capital projects.

Provided technical support to all production, sales/marketing, and quality assurance teams. Oversaw new product launches and daily operations within Manufacturing Engineering department. Spearheaded product launches for IBM and Xerox, and created and implemented Lean value stream maps (VSM) and line rebalancing.

Mba, Business Administration

Bsme, Mechanical Enginerring