Erik St. Germain Email & Phone Number

Charlotte, North Carolina, Us

 Experience attracting, hiring, engaging and retaining diverse talent Experience with developing careers of individual contributors that are both direct and non-direct reports Operational experience in workforce planning, and creating metrics which monitor and measure productivity and engagement across engineering Experience working and collaborating in cross disciplinary environments to achieve common goals harmoniously (operations, sales, engineers, etc.) Manages 10+ direct staff engineers across 4 manufacturing facilities in North America Owns weekly publications of executive summary on KPI’s (shipments, cost savings, projects, etc.) to leadership and key stakeholders (VP, SVP, President, etc.) through both written and verbal presentations

Charlotte, North Carolina, Us

 Owned maintaining customer satisfaction through reliability improvements and on time product delivery  Executed $14M cost reduction across key products within 6 months to prevent margin erosion Owned creation/revision to assembly and process control cards (Standard Work Instructions) Managed a team of 6 indirect engineers to meet multiple performance metrics including execution of an additional $9M in cost reduction, reduction of rework turnaround time from 90 days to 30 days, and creation of repair processes for supply chain component shortages  Owned supply chain recovery in response to increased attrition rate, component shortages, increased turnaround times and 6% increase in cost due to impacts of COVID. Trained suppliers in process control card implementation, created rework processes to reduce waste, and developed alternate methods of manufacturing components to offset cost increases.  Owned weekly publications of executive summary on KPI’s (shipments, cost savings, projects, etc.) to leadership and key stakeholders (VP, SVP, etc.) through both written and verbal presentations

Charlotte, North Carolina, Us

 Executed cost reduction of $6M+ within 6 months to prevent margin erosion Owned repair processes on all fuel and oil components globally Owned creation of method for reviewing margin erosion on mechanical systems and components (15% turnaround) Restructured repair processes with lean principles to reduce time by 5 days and cost by $450K Owned weekly publications of executive summary on KPI’s (shipments, cost savings, projects, etc.) to leadership and key stakeholders (VP, SVP, etc.) through both written and verbal presentations

Charlotte, North Carolina, Us

 Executed cost reduction of $4M+ within 8 months Owned reduction of hours per unit on repair processes by 8000+ hrs and a $400K cost reduction Owned Class II design changes on OEM engineering drawings Coordinated teams globally to reach cost reduction goals of $4M Owned mentorship program for career development Owned automation for pneumatic test stands

Charlotte, North Carolina, Us

 Coordinated teams across North America to reach cost reduction goals of $8M Coordinated build standards globally Introduced semi-auto torque drivers for assembly lines Owned fixed process creation for manufacturing site

Charlotte, North Carolina, Us

 Standardized assembly tooling in North America to reduce startup/maintenance cost Created reusable masking for paint and thermal spray operations to reduce labor spend by $100K+ annually Owned process creation to standardize rework processes Owned 90+ cost reduction projects to save $2M annually Reduced facility expense by implementing stock out levels on tool crib related items saving $400K annually Reduced quality rejections by doing root cause corrective actions (RCCA) to prevent $750k in scrap Collaborated with multiple suppliers to reduce quality defects, expand rework processes, and ensure a robust supply chain

Phoenix, Arizona, Us

 Managed a team of 10 people across multiple departments to achieve quality and production goals

Bentonville, Arkansas, Us

 Managed a team of 10 people across multiple departments to achieve quality and production goals

Bachelor'S Degree, Mechanical Engineering/Alternative Energy

Associate Of Science (A.S.), Physics

High School, General