Dontrell Thomas - Mba / Six Sigma Green Belt Email & Phone Number

St. Louis, Mo, Us

Wayne, Pennsylvania , Us

• Develops and executes integrated departmental plans, policies and procedures and provides input on departmental business and technical strategies, goals and objectives. • Leads One BPS training and implementation to achieve program goals using One BPS Boards, Tiered Meetings, LSCC, Shipside Action Tracker (SAT) and internal constraint management process.• Establishes Tier III Help Needed constraint management process for elevating and escalating Assembly build constraints to remove barriers from the production process.• Utilize BPSM to provide a structured and consistent approach to continuous improvement and risk mitigation through systemic problem containment, problem solving and RCCA. • Works with cross-functional teams and leadership to stabilize, standardize and improve Assembly Operation’s processes and performance.

Wayne, Pennsylvania , Us

• Utilized One BPS Management system to implement the first BDS St. Louis site Line Side Control Centers. • Benchmark BCA Line Side Control Center processes (LSCC) and Shipside Action Tracker (SAT) systems that provide rapid response time, counter-measures and constraint resolutions for production issues. • Liaise between Assembly Operations and support functions to remove production constraints from the assembly build process. • Oversee three LSCC centers that support 12 end-item commodities for 777X moveable trailing edge, folding wing tip and empennage commodities.• Manage teams across multiple manufacturing disciplines to achieve departmental and program goals. • Spearhead department activities, provide technical management of suppliers, and lead process improvements.• Execute business plans, policies, and procedures; and lead process improvement initiatives using the One BPS problem solving tools and methods.• Partner with functional organizations and managers to ensure appropriate staffing levels.• Maintain relationships with manufacturing leaders, functional leaders, and enterprise support leaders.• Ensure compliance with Go for Zero and Incident Injury Free (IIF) principles.• Responsible for 5S assembly operations, FOD focal, establishing LSCC, SLA, shipside action tracker (SAT) application, defining RAA, KPI goals, BCA delivery, first time quality, first responders, and support.• Implement Kamishibai visual management process for program

Wayne, Pennsylvania , Us

• Develop and implement assembly work station layouts, build plans, tooling concepts, and training for the 777X fairings, spoilers, flaperon hinge panels, and in-board droop panel commodities for Boeing Commercial Aircraft. • Model, track and manage Rate Readiness projects and initiatives using BORIS and ProTrac project tracking tools.• Manage teams for inboard and outboard fixed leading-edge assemblies, rudder, elevator, and IB flap.• Identify and mitigate safety risks by communicating daily EHS tips, creating IRS near miss opportunities, and support Go4Zero initiative by achieving zero lost work day cases and zero recordable injuries.• Liaise as manufacturing SME to establish design, layout, build and tooling requirements to ensure repeatable production processes to meet program safety, quality, costs and delivery targets.• Partner with IE support to develop workstation layouts for tools, supplies, and materials required for build plan.• Collaborate with manufacturing engineering support to establish optimal build plan and process for fairings and spoiler commodities; join forces with senior program leaders to reduce costs. • Lead 777X STL assembly operations shimming implementation and shimming standardization teams.

Wayne, Pennsylvania , Us

Responsible for supporting, directing and leading HPWO SHORNET 66 team in building Large and Small Order Sub-Assemblies to support the Lower-Mid, Nose Barrel and Forward Structures manufacturing process in a union environment. Ensures maximum production and quality efficiencies while continuously improving employee morale and decreasing plant-operating costs. Emphasizes first time quality while allocating resources and personnel for timely delivery of Large and Small Order Sub-Assemblies to our internal customers. Utilizes leadership skills to effectively manage F/A – Inner Wing and Outer Wing high performance work teams to ensure a quality product while meeting or exceeding customer delivery objectives.• Leverages interpersonal skills and experience to inspire work groups, deliver results and implement Lean Manufacturing process changes. • Provides first line manufacturing data, analysis and input to develop AIW’s for F/A-18 Focus Factor initiatives. • Executes business plans, policies and procedures, while developing organizational and technical strategies.• Develops and maintains relationships and partnerships with internal and external customers, stakeholders, peers, partners and direct reports. • Solicits internal and external customer feedback to perform trouble isolation and root-cause analysis in an effort to improve product quality and delivery while exceeding customer expectations.• Performs daily Safety and F.O. assessments to promote a zero-injury workplace and to verify that product and sub-assemblies are free of foreign objects and debris.• Ensures that housekeeping and 5S principles are routinely performed and maintained.

Wayne, Pennsylvania , Us

• Perform precision-hole drilling, counter-sinking, fastener installations and aircraft sealing.

Williston, South Carolina, Us

Responsible for coordinating the production activities for the RC1 and Automatic Product lines of vending machines by managing over 40 production operators for 3 different production lines.• Eliminated waste throughout the production process and ensures that 5S standards are sustained.• Educated hourly employees and team members on Lean Manufacturing principles and concepts.• Participated in site Kaizen events as a team member, a team leader and project leader. • Collaborated with all levels of personnel to identify and implement key performance improvement initiatives.• Performed workstation design, layouts and time observations as part of workstation optimization initiative. • Generated “spaghetti charts” to help eliminate wasted walk time and create a smoother workflow. • Developed newspaper chart items for follow-up and to assess the impact of the operational improvements.• Implement job and work station optimization changes to improve manufacturing productivity and efficiency.• Identified “bottle necks” and quality issues that negatively impact production

Ensure maximum production and quality efficiency while continuously improving employee morale and decreasing plant-operating costs. Supervises 32 operators in the Final Department to ensure quality and minimizes production downtime.• Performed root cause analysis and problem solving solutions while interacting with engineers to confirm quality adherence.• Performed workstation layouts and participated with industrial engineers to eliminate manufacturing waste.• Re-allocated job elements to make jobs more efficient and to create a better process flow in an effort to reduce manpower costs. • Prepared safety, quality, delivery, cost, morale, and environmental reports while consistently striving for continuous improvement.

Bachelor'S Degree, Business Administration And Management, General

Mba, Project Management