George Smith Email & Phone Number

Oakbrook Terrace, IL

Greater Chicago Area

• Development of Retail products
• Manage client relationships
• Develop project time lines
• Create Project pricing and negotiate projects with clients
• Negotiate pricing with factories, model shop
• Ensure that projects are completed on time

Greater Chicago Area

• Engineering manager at Creata with direct engineering reports
• Organize work flow and distribute to engineering team
• Create standardized calculations and processes for team
• Communicate with marketing and supply chain at McDonald's Corp.
• Summarize current costing trends and present to supply chain
• Personnel hiring

Greater Chicago Area

• Manage projects from initiation to production.
• Design and engineer products for extremely high volumes for McD
• Create time lines for global and local programs
• Work with cross-function team - creatives, marketing, designers, sculptors, supply chain to make amazing toys - Happy Meal.
• Coordinated efforts with engineering and supply chain team in China for high volume manufacturing.
• Traveled to China for process improvement, model development, factory inspection, and for manufacturing.

• Development of mechanical face seals for TS certified high volume manufacturing.
• Work with manufacturing team to resolve issues relating to metal stamping, rubber molding, machining, or lapping.
• Conduct SARs (seal analysis reports)
• Create DFMEAs and PFMEAs for new products (APQP, PPAP).
• Used six sigma and lean principles to improve manufacturing efficiency and develop new products
• Create pricing for new products.