Derek Littlejohn Email & Phone Number

Greater St. Louis Area

Full-time student who recently completed graduate school with a MS in Industrial Engineering - seeking new opportunity.

Greater Memphis Area

Founded HomePoint, a service company providing property inspections. The company’s primary objectives were the identification of all structural, mechanical and electrical deficiencies including HVAC, plumbing and safety related issues. Responsibilities include: operations, budgeting, scheduling, marketing, sales, report generation and client relations.• Won international award for website and website design excellence by the International Association of Home Inspectors.

Osceola, Arkansas

Managed operations within the Thermography printing, Folding, Die Cut and Packaging departments; responsible for productivity, administration, compliance and operational functions within the group; project manager for new palletizer equipment transfer and setup for the packaging lines. • Project Manager for departmental technology stations. Responsible for the design, order, assembly and installation. Also responsible for negotiating prices with vendor and obtaining discounts for materials. Generated and distributed final submittals. Successfully met target dates while staying within budget.• Project manager for installation and operation of packaging line palletizers. Successfully met target dates and budget. This project allowed the department to reduce headcount by 12, while eliminating the ergonomic and safety concerns of manual loading of pallets. Ensured the equipment and installation was consistent with the User Requirement Specification (URS). Project savings was $480K annually.• Designed and implemented new packaging line operator platform. The new platform focused on ergonomics and safety of the operator, and became the model for future operator platforms.

Columbia, South Carolina Area

Accountable for directing all business matters for the second shift factory; served as a liaison between engineering and production; in charge of recruiting, productivity, administration, compliance and operational functions within the group; managed estimating, job production layout, scheduling, and project submission to production; working closely with Manufacturing Manager to meet delivery deadlines; launch recurring conformity audits and reviews; developing lean manufacturing best practices, and cycle time reduction; coordinate efforts of Manufacturing Manager, Engineers, and Production Staff. • Successfully met top plant target by achieving 100% on-time shipment goal for 5 months running.• Effectively led record production month, grossing in excess of $9M in orders shipped.• Instrumental in implementing 5S to achieve organization, orderliness, cleanliness, process standardization, and discipline within each work group.

Greenville, South Carolina Area

Responsible for administering all operational matters for business unit within a automotive manufacturing factory; established periodic audits and reviews; performed daily compliance supervision; managed unit’s financial aspects to include budget, cost control, and process engineering; as well as, developed lean manufacturing best practices, and cycle time reduction. • Project manager of team whose goal was to minimize lost-work time due to repetitive motion injuries. Result was an 80% reduction in lost-work time due to repetitive motion injuries.• Spearheaded project that reduced one operator station within the business unit. The savings was in excess of $150k annually.• Led team on a Continuous Improvement Project addressing line-side tooling and storage. The result was a reduction of line-side tooling by 20%. Also reduced line-side storage by 30%. • Designed and implemented a packaging efficiency improvement for a vendor supplied part. The results were a 14% reduction of direct transport and warehousing cost.

Master Of Science (Ms), Industrial Engineering

Bachelor Of Science (Bs), Industrial Management