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Melbourne, Fl, Us

Melbourne, Florida, United States

Supporting the Defense Logistics Agency (DLA) R&D Military Unique Sustainment Technology (MUST) program. The MUST program is an Industrial Preparedness Manufacturing Technology (ManTech) Program in DLA R&D that promotes manufacturing and logistics improvements in troop support clothing and textiles issues.

Endicott, New York, United States

Leading process improvement, continuous improvement, and technical support for the 28 operators within the Logistics department.Stockroom Process Owner: Supporting the hourly stockroom team by implementing new processes, listening to operator feedback, and collaborating with stakeholders within the manufacturing process to make daily tasks more efficient. -Collaborating with surface mounted technology team for a new bin scanning process. Scanning station deployed at point of use increasing scans by 25% since implementing. -Stockroom lead for surprise material shortage kaizen team. Collecting data for percentage of bins scanned, average turn around time, and reporting findings. Implemented new scrap procedure to capture a more realistic scrap percentage for surface mounted parts.-Maintain and create department wide metrics to monitor the logistics team’s performance. Presented once a month to supply chain management and logistics team to show trends and areas to improve. Metrics shared in team stand ups along with goals for the month. -Produced a Saturday shipping plan with local site support and FedEx to help the business meet customer expectations during unprecedented material shortages. Supplied customers an average of five extra units a week to help meet production goals.Tool Crib Process Owner: providing manufacturing floor with adequate supplies to complete assemblies and tool crib attendants with the necessary tools to perform the job efficiently. -Train new members of the logistics team as tool crib attendants. -Developing an online ordering system with full inventory for operators to request tool crib items outside the floor stock area. -Engaging with supply chain team and procurement on raw material shortages impacting chemicals supplied by the tool crib. -Started a quarterly review with onsite vendors to gauge supply chain health and review current min/max levels.

Endicott, New York, United States

-Collaborated alongside the Logistics leadership team to incorporate department goals and strategy into each team.-Value stream assessment champion for logistics department. Maintained compliance by randomly assessing the area for shelf life violations, command media knowledge, ESD integrity, and FOD.-Represented the logistics department for Oracle R12 testing. Tasked with performing receiving, stockroom, and shipping transactions in a test environment to ensure new version of Oracle was working properly. -Continuous improvement champion for the logistics department. Met with and assessed operator submitted continuous improvement ideas for anticipated benefits and feasibility. Gathered resources to implement and close out the selected continuous improvement ideas.Shipping Department Process Owner: first line of contact and support for shipping operators. Facilitated troublesome transactions, drove process improvement, and led projects out of the hourly operators roles. -Led an ICAR team to mistake proof data entry when printing shipping labels.-Developed ship confirm health check to alert shippers of missed ship confirms. -Coordinated an end of year ship hold at an offsite warehouse to meet customer demands while making end of year sales. -Verified all outbound shipments and conducted inventory weekly while material was offsite. Tool Crib Process Owner: communicated with external/internal vendors and the tool crib attendant to provide the manufacturing floor with quality and affordable equipment to meet production needs. Reviewed inventory levels based on usage, lead times, and cost to ensure the tool crib was operating efficiently.-Implemented two bin system in supply cabinets to ensure operators always had supplies available.-Collaborated with safety, health, and ergonomics team to demo and introduce ergonomic microscopes after gathering operator feedback from the manufacturing floor

Ontario, New York, United States

-Lead a 11 week rotational facility wide 5S project within the maintenance department. -Restructured the shipping and receiving departments to create a more efficient and easier way for deliveries to reach the correct manufacturing cells.-Worked with the maintenance department to create a first in first out labeling system to monitor the shelf life of lubricants and fluids used in optical equipment. -Created a database of the lubricants each machine consumes; this was merged with the work order database to help maintenance save time in searching for what materials to bring to a job. -Mistake proofed oil transfer containers to the pail and specific machine it was used. -Working part time while being enrolled in classes at RIT.

Ontario, New York, United States

-Worked alongside the Diamond Turning Machine operator to help address quality issues, standardize the process, reduce waste, and cut costs. -Worked with the Continuous Improvement team to 5S the working area which included shadow boards and 3D printed tool dividers/holders. -Co-op cut short due to COVID-19.

East Hartford, Ct

-Updated manufacturing and flight required documents, maintained burn down charts, and weekly review presentations.-Developed an Excel based tracker to identify defective aircraft engine parts, including the status and location of the parts. -Once identified the tracker facilitated communication between Pratt & Whitney and their suppliers on the status of reworked and replaced parts allowing for more timely repairs.

Bachelor'S Degree, Industrial And Systems Engineering

Activities and Societies: -Formula SAE -Institute of Industrial and Systems Engineers -Order of the Engineer -Sigma Alpha Mu Fraternity

Advanced Regents Diploma

Activities and Societies: National Honor Society, National Science Honor Society, Science Research competitions (2012-2016), P.E. Leader.