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Tampa, Florida, Us

•Direct and manage team of 12 engineers (6 Process Engineers and 6 Project Engineers) across multiple plants (6 manufacturing and 2 distribution centers) with primary focus on identifying process and manufacturing improvements (with and without automation) across value streams, business functions, and supply chains•Direct responsibility for creating the controls and processes necessary for product launch in the manufacturing plants, for maintaining and managing engineering changes, material savings and processes, and implementing best practices across the enterprise•Direct responsibility for leading the manufacturing automation strategy, capital budget planning and forecasting, capital project execution for all projects in the division, and Capital Project Process ownership •Managed two $4M+ automation projects from concept development to transition to production•Prepared analysis of production efficiencies against standard costs and worked with the organization to improve efficiencies in underperforming operations. Organized and lead numerous projects centered on productivity improvements in the process.•Provided leadership and support to the manufacturing plants regarding continuous improvement strategies, evaluation and use of process control methods to standardize processes across the multiple plants. Lead efforts to drive variable and fixed cost improvements to reduce process variance and improve material and labor efficiencies.•Managed over $40M (combined) capital spend over 4 years•Established partnerships with construction and equipment supplier to leverage the work performed by the division to optimize cost and quality.

Tampa, Florida, Us

•Responsible for all Lean Sigma activities in over 12 plants in North America West Coast and Latin America manufacturing plants. •Direct manage 4 Black Belts in to rigorously apply the Six Sigma process improvement and design methodologies, and achieve business results in the West Coast and Latin America plants. •Work with Business Leadership and with the Engineering/Innovation team to identify and prioritize process improvement opportunities.•Project Manager of the Outback Leveraging by benchmarking and placating best practices for the Interior Door Division yielding 1.8 MM annualized Cost of Quality savings. •Completed lead time reduction project at the Canadian Stile and Rail plant for orders coming from the Interior plants. Stock items – from 23 days (baseline) to 14 days. Non-stock items – from 34 days (baseline) to 28 days. Savings over 1.1 MM annualized. •GB project mentoring for the following manufacturing plants, Yulee, FL, Pittsburg, KS, Charlotte, NC, Dickson, TN, Northumberland, PA, Dallas, TX and Moreno Valley, CA resulting in 1.5 MM in EBITDA project savings combined (2 years).•Project Lead of 17 kaizens yielding over 800K in savings combined •Facilitated 1 Black Belt class, 3 Green Belt classes, 5 Yellow Lean classes, 3 Yellow Six Sigma classes, 6 Kaizen Facilitator classes and 5 Project Management classes•Created training materials and deployed the Masonite’s Project Management Program for the entire organization. A total of five waves (50 plus students) have been taught on Fundamentals of Project Management based on PMI. Training also includes application of PM with MS Project, At Risk, and Critical Chain for MS Project software.

Charlotte, North Carolina, Us

•Deputy Program Manager for MIMU product line, which includes domestic and international customers. Responsible for assisting the Program Manager on business proposals, engineering development, production deliveries, qualification testing, resource management, program schedule, customer delight, and profit performance.•Deputy Program Manager responsible for the GPS IIF program from inception to qualification. This included leading the proposal, contract award, engineering development, test, qualification, and production. Award was $13 million.•Leader of the Space Proposal team, whose responsibilities includes proposal support, customer support, and overall process improvement in program management.•Completed Black Belt certification project on the embedded GPS TALIN product development with nearly 200 K in savings.•Completed Lean Expert certification project on reducing cycle time by defining requirements with a kaizen event before the contract is awarded. Successfully piloted with the JSF program. Savings include of 10% cycle time reduction and 110K labor savings per program.••Technical Lead for the international programs in the Asia-Pacific region for the Surface applications products. Responsibilities included proposal support, system design definition, engineering development production deliveries and technical support. Programs supported: Chun Ma, Australian Leopard, Harris AHRS, MPC, ADD, Hanwha and MAPS K-9.

Master Of Science In Engineering Management, Engineering/Industrial Management

Bachelor’S Degree, Mechanical Engineering