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United States

Seneca Falls, New York

● Lead establishment of a Lean Management System across the Seneca Falls Site that drives long-term sustained continuous improvement of SQDCC KPIs, as well as realization of Strategy Deployment breakthrough goals.● Build capability of Leaders and Associates to drive out waste in their processes through effective root cause countermeasure problem solving.● Lead and support long-term site operations and material flow transformation plan.

● Support multiple domestic sites guiding Lean transformation and Continuous Improvement efforts.● Lead the creation and execution of site Lean Transformation Plans driven by deployed goals and targets for SQDCC improvements and breakthrough objectives.● Coach site leadership in Lean principles, tools, and methodologies in support of meeting and exceeding their year over year SQDCC goals. ● Develop site Lean resources to enable effective long term local execution of events and projects that sustain and grow performance of the site.● Identify and lead events, projects and activities in support of site Lean Transformation Plan and business result needs.Results Delivered● Over $4M in site level productivity improvements in one year from Lean Transformation activities.● Led, facilitated, and/or coached over 10 Kaizen events yielding 25%-50% labor productivity improvements.● Led implementation of Lean material flow tools (PFEP, Level Scheduling, Material Delivery Routes, etc) in 2 sites.

Bath, Ny

● Manage warehousing, material handling, and shipping teams responsible for all material management functions involving raw materials and finished goods across all shifts.● Develop and improve skills and ability of Team Members to enable each individual to contribute to the success and improvement of the Team.● Ensure inventory accuracy via consistent execution of receipt, warehousing, and delivery of materials into and within all operations.● Assess finished item requirements and deploy/ship materials into appropriate distribution channel to ensure customer satisfaction and order fulfillment.● Monitor and report inventory, backorder, and customer service measures and identify root cause and action plans to close any performance gaps.Results Delivered● Using the input and ideas of Team Members, was able to absorb unplanned loss of employees to disability and extended absence without adding to headcount.● Sustained warehouse material accuracy and transactional error rate beyond goals.● Achieved backorder levels at all-time low for Philips Bath Plant supplied materials.

Bath, Ny

● Develop and lead implementation of Lean Roadmap and all activities required to reach organizational Lean goals.● Create, coach and support continuous improvement teams across the business in meeting their key performance goals.● Develop and deliver training required to meet both short and long term objectives of the organization.● Create Value Stream Maps, identify barriers to flow, and establish gap closure plans.● Implement demand leveling (heijunka) and pull production (kanban) systems.● Provide Industrial Engineering support (work study, establish standards, labor & material efficiency analysis)Results Delivered● Four consecutive years of more than $1.25M in year over year cost savings from shop floor kaizen activities.● More than 300 continuous improvement activities implemented annually by shop floor teams.● Continuous Improvement Teams established covering all areas of the plant and including all employees.

● Customize, design, and deliver Lean transformation plans and approaches that enable clients to meet near and long-term goals.● Coach and train all levels of client organizations in Lean Enterprise and Toyota Production System philosophy, tools, and behaviors.● Create Value Stream Maps, identify barriers to flow, and establish gap closure plans.● Lead and coach clients through implementation of transformation plan. Verify results and goals achieved.● Apply Lean tools such as set-up time reduction, level production, pull systems/kanban, 5S, standardized work, etc.Results Delivered● Increased productivity by 2X.● Reduce lead times by 75%.● Reduced set-up times by 50%.

• Coach and train all levels of organization in Lean Manufacturing philosophy, tools, and behaviors.• Create Value Stream Maps, identify barriers to flow and Kaizen opportunities, establish and implement gap closure plans.• Lead Kaizen activities (with and without Shingijutsu Consultants) and drive plans to close gaps.• Apply Lean tools such as set-up time reduction, level production, pull systems/kanban, 5S, standardized work, etc.• Improve safety and ergonomics on shop floor.Results Delivered● Reduced finished goods inventory by $3M.● Increased productivity by 20%.● Reduce lead times by 50%.● Unleashed over 100 days of capacity to be used to level production and improve flow.● Reduced set-up times by 50%.

Rochester, New York Area

● Lead the design, implementation, and improvement of assembly processes and facilities for new equipment products to enable seamless transition from development, through product launch, and into steady-state production.● Analyze and identify inventory reduction opportunities and lead implementation of activities to generate cashable results.● Design and implement pull replenishment systems with key suppliers focused on driving inventory turns and uninterrupted material flow.● Lead projects to improve material flow of current products.Results Delivered● Reduced inventory of raw materials and WIP by 45% in 2 years.● Enabled $4M additional sales of new products by increasing effectiveness of production ramp up.● Reduced production backlog of key product line by 50%, representing 3 months of sales revenue.

Rochester, New York Area

● Project management and analysis for commercialization programs.● Guidance of programs through facilitation and project management.● Organizational effectiveness improvements through application of TQM and work systems redesign.● Material flow improvement, cycle time and cost reduction.Results Delivered● Project analysis and management resulting in successful commercialization of 4 key products.● Successful transfer of manufacturing of key dental anesthetic product from US supplier to Philippines-based manufacturer.● Complete integration of TQM practices and mindset into the management of two departments.● Drove establishment of a worldwide plant loading strategy for black and white film manufacturing.● Organized activities improving bottleneck machine utilization of 8%.● Delivered $500K year on year process waste savings.

Bachelor Of Science (Bs), Industrial Engineering

Industrial Engineering