• SAFETY: Adept at leading organizational transformation and driving safety improvements through collaborative involvement, detailed planning, and accountability. Use of Board Walks, Gemba Walks, and Kaizen Newspapers to empower shop-floor employees to voice ideas and concerns. Implemented a New Employee Orientation Program (NEOP) in four different business units as a means of improving Safety, Quality, and Productivity.• QUALITY: Cross-functional and collaborative approach to problem solving so that all stakeholders understand the challenges and are able to contribute to the analysis of needs and the creation of solutions. Have transformed multiple facilities from a reactionary to a planned approach to Scrap reduction, PPM reduction, and First Pass Yield (FPY) improvement. Adept at using 8D, and 5-Why methodology to drive meaningful root cause analysis and corrective action.• DELIVERY: Proven track record of improving OTD and Customer Satisfaction using a dynamic and varied management portfolio spanning operations management, quality engineering, materials management, process engineering and lean manufacturing techniques in a TS16949 environment in various industries. Value Stream Mapping, Kaizen Events, raw materials Kanbans and JIT practices to create a “Visual Factory,” eliminate waste, minimize in-process inventory points, and maximize productivity.• COST: Systemic and reasoned approach to reducing cost and increasing efficiency with an exceptional ability to determine the best area of focus for the application of resources with the best return on investment. Proven track record of data driven accomplishments with a history of organizational turnarounds at the departmental, plant and divisional levels.Specialties: I am a high-caliber manager with a Bachelor of Science in Electrical Engineering from Drexel University in Philadelphia, an MBA from Purdue University, and nearly 20 years experience spanning all facets of operations management and support. I have the experience, the insight, and the initiative to assess the needs of an organization, and then to formulate and implement a plan of action which will bring the organization to the next level of success.
Listed skills include Lean Manufacturing, Six Sigma, Continuous Improvement, Kaizen, and 46 others.