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Kalamazoo, Michigan, United States

• Collaborate with Team members to create Quality Policy documentation for three Kalamazoo manufacturing operations.
• Utilize Six Sigma methodologies to resolve shop floor productivity problems

• Lead and direct Manufacturing Engineering teams for a $50M Capital Equipment Fabricating business. Coordinate Manufacturing Engineering, and Laser Programming teams to achieve corporate business strategy goals..
• Manage work cell instruction documentation for three manufacturing facilities including the creation of shop floor travelers and work cell drawings
• Supervise the structuring of Work Orders in the Company's ERP system
• Coordinate department priority planning scheduling with eight divisional product groups
• Manage shop floor production scheduling for Laser and Brake Press work cells
• Coach the development of department staff and help them achieve personal goals

Kalamazoo, Michigan, United States

• Lead and direct Manufacturing Engineering teams for a $50M Capital Equipment Fabricating business. Coordinate Manufacturing Engineering, Procurement, Inventory Control, and Laser Programming teams to achieve corporate.
• Manage work cell instruction documentation for three Kalamazoo manufacturing facilities including the creation of shop floor travelers and work cell drawings
• Supervise the structuring of Work Orders in the Company's ERP system
• Coordinate department priority planning scheduling with eight divisional product groups
• Administer $16M annual steel and commodity procurement purchases
• Ensure material availability while managing inventory turns and stock levels

• Planned, directed and coordinated the daily manufacturing operations of a Capital Equipment and Metal Fabricating business including the management of manufacturing and engineering personnel. Financially responsible.
• Streamlined production scheduling processes that achieved a 94% On Time Delivery performance
• Implemented Standardized Work documents that reduced labor cost and increased profitability
• Managed the Company’s Quality Control initiative including the creation of Process Control and First Article inspection quality documents for jobs awarded by the Defense Logistics Agency
• Recruited and hired manufacturing team members
• Developed productivity enhancing Standardized Work documents

• Championed the development and implementation the Company’s Lean Manufacturing initiative for the purpose of eliminating waste in an ISO 9001 registered contract metal stamping facility and a powder coating and.
• Utilized value stream mapping, production sequencing, Kanban, 5S, and standardized work lean manufacturing techniques to improve productivity that increased profits and helped obtain new business
• Designed and fabricated cellular manufacturing work cells and assembly workstations that reduced product manufacturing lead times from 3 weeks to 2 hours
• Managed stamping press Quick-Change Tooling Kaizen events that reduced Finished Goods inventory 25%
• Purchased and installed a robotic welding work cell

• Planned, organized and directed the daily activities of the Application Engineering Department.
• Managed staff activities that exceeded Company goals for three consecutive years
• Developed proposal preparation techniques that contributed to a 20% increase in Sales
• Collaborated and developed standard cost models for product line offerings

Master Of Science (Ms), Manufacturing Administration

Bachelor Of Science (Bs), Engineering Metallurgy

Bachelor Of Science (B.S.), Aviation Technology And Management