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Falls Church, Va, Us

Falls Church, Va, Us

Created tools and led meetings to ensure proper planning and quick turnaround from various suppliers. Implemented 5s projects. Led Kaizen Events internally onsite as well as externally at suppliers. Took on special assignment in Weld Lab, a critical throughput area, implemented new daily scheduling system, reporting performance to management, and enhancing communication.

Falls Church, Va, Us

Manage traditional shop floor controls to ensure product completion within a timely and cost-effective manner. Transferred excel based program metrics and shop floor controls into Tableau and SQL database for automatic updating. Lead small team of industrial engineers. Work with upper management to find solutions to new and existing problems. Create Rate Tool Analysis to ensure the proper amount of tooling based on the current schedule and varying types of products. Create staffing plans with varying scenarios for upper management decision of hiring. Travel to other Northrop Grumman manufacturing sites to assist in implementing shop floor controls and program metrics.

Greensburg, In, Us

Worked with associates, engineers, and management to find the most effective use of processtables. Implemented 5s methodology to ensure best use of process table space, including adding tool boards, proper labels, and placement of parts. Assisted in creating alerts for associates to inform about quality issues and how they can help to reduce those issues. Helped team to find quick solutions to various issues that appeared on the line. Presented findings and solutions to entire department as well as the president of Honda Manufacturing of Indiana.

Greensburg, In, Us

Worked with the engineering team to understand the workflow of continuous improvement projects. Streamlined the system by converting a paper form driven process to an electronic process. Used Excel as the platform coding in functionality with Visual Basic to track status, notify approvers via Outlook email, generate reports, and show a summary dashboard. Frequently met with the continuous improvement team to be sure the automated process was meeting the group’s needs. Presented the system to entire department including the president of Honda Manufacturing of Indiana.

Evansville, In, Us

Determined best test method to predict packaging material performance on customer packaging equipment. Required critical thinking to determine test variables, methods for evaluation, analysis of data and presentation of final results. Traveled to a supplier to conduct packaging machine testing to confirm laboratory test results. Presented the work to Sr Management team and justified a change in test methods to a more predictive method.