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Atlanta, Georgia, United States

• Responsible for Global Sourcing Product Development Engineering of Home Depot Private Brand Hardlines merchandise (Seasonal Lawn/Garden & Hardware/Tools Departments).
• Lead all Private Brand Product Development Engineering Activities ensuring great product experiences for The Home Depot Customers.
• Partner closely with the Business Unit to deliver on safety/regulatory/functional/quality requirements along with Sales & Gross Margin financial targets.
• Lead a team of Product Engineers in the US and Global Sourcing Offices.
• Prioritize resources and activities on largest product development opportunities.

Greater Atlanta Area

• Responsible for Global Sourcing Quality Assurance of Home Depot Product Development's Private Brand Building Material merchandise (Electrical/Lighting, Plumbing, Building Materials, Millwork, & Lumber Departments).
• Lead all Private Brand Quality Activities ensuring great product experiences for The Home Depot Customers.
• Partner closely with the Business Unit to deliver on quality specific targets (Star-Ratings, Returns, & Customer Care Calls) along w/Sales & Gross Margin financial targets.
• Lead a team of Quality Engineers in the US and Global Sourcing Offices.
• Prioritize resources and activities on largest quality opportunities.

Greater Atlanta Area

• Responsible for Global Sourcing Quality Assurance of Home Depot Product Development's Private Brand Flooring merchandise.
• Partner w/Merchandising, Product Engineering, Packaging, Global Sourcing, Third Party Testing/Inspection Service Providers, Customer Care, International Logistics, Inventory Planning/Replenishment, Distribution.
• Manage Standard Operating Procedures, reporting, metrics, and audit controls to support a data-driven system of risk and performance based criteria to manage suppliers, factories, and products to quality, cost.
• Perform quantitative and qualitative analysis of people, processes, and data.
• Develop and manage functional responsibilities of service providers, foreign sourcing offices, and internal resources.
• Perform assessment, testing, and inspection of factories and products against standards of performance.

Greater Atlanta Area

• Responsible for customer-focused, data-driven, risk-based process controls supporting manufacturing excellence.
• Managed processes to ensure Supplier and Factory compliance with relevant requirements from Standard Operating Procedures, contracts, supplier buying agreements, and purchase orders.
• Led continuous improvement / corrective action / preventive action plan initiatives with Suppliers.
• Managed business area / engineering discipline to the metrics and reporting developed to monitor quality, service, cost, and risk components of each process.
• Developed, coached, and trained associates to deliver results consistent with strategy.
• Identified opportunities to improve Private Brand product return rates through the use of available customer and return data.

Atlanta, GA

• Responsible for Global Sourcing Quality Assurance of Home Depot Product Development's Private Brand Seasonal Lawn & Garden merchandise (predominantly Patio & Holiday)
• Partnered w/Merchandising, Product Engineering, Packaging, Global Sourcing, Third Party Testing/Inspection Service Providers, Customer Care, International Logistics, Inventory Planning & Replenishment, Distribution.
• Managed Standard Operating Procedures, reporting, metrics, and audit controls to support a data-driven system of risk and performance based criteria to manage suppliers, factories, and products to quality, cost.
• Performed quantitative and qualitative analysis of people, processes, and data.
• Developed and manage functional responsibilities of service providers, foreign sourcing offices, and internal resources.
• Performed assessment, testing, and inspection of factories and products against standards of performance.

Atlanta, GA

• Partnered w/HR, Operations, Engineering, Finance, Inventory Management, & IT to strategize & execute Workforce Optimization of Forecasts, Resource Markets, Staffing, & Planning Tools.
• Developed Seasonal Readiness Plans for Flow Center Network.
• Established Seasonal Productivity Goals w/in process capabilities to achieve financial targets.
• Obtained Workforce Management System Requirements & justified Cost Benefit.
• Converted discrete Engineered Standards into Staffing Templates for Scheduling from forecasted demand volume inputs.
• Established Part-Time Strategy in support of enabling a Flexible Workforce (Full-Time Utilization).

Atlanta, GA

• Developed, implemented, and monitored logistics management activities required for the timely and efficient transportation and distribution of products.
• Streamlined, automated, and improved visibility of Distribution’s Change Management Governance from idea creation to implementation in pursuit of Standardization & Compliance.
• Developed Rollout Schedule, Training Plan, and supported Implementation of Multi-Pallet Build program to Flow Center Network w/a combined 5% Cube lift while also improving Trailer Load quality (50% VOC increase).
• Developed Expansion Schedule, Training Plan, Implementation Material, while managing Vendor relationships during Deployment & Support of Stretch Wrap automation.
• Led Procedure Development, System Gap Analysis, Pilot/Testing, Training, & Implementation of Distribution Emergency Response Expedite Process.
• Served as Systems Support Liaison between IT & Operations including modification change requests, requirements gathering, implementation scheduling, testing, training, pilot, validation, deployment, & issue resolution.

• Leadership role of Continuous Improvement Program Management for the Operations Support Division & Sustainability Initiatives.
• Provided leadership, direction, coaching, training, and technical support for 50+ belts within the Operations Support Division.
• Determined Strategic Planning for $20 million Annual Entitlement savings opportunity through Program Management of Continuous Process Improvement Program: Samples Manufacturing, Energy Management, Material Resources.
• Facilitated development of balanced scorecards aligned with Corporate Objectives and the implementation plan to achieve those goals.
• Facilitated Strategic Business Unit Platform Team Initiatives that supported Corporate Objectives.
• Led development of ISO-based Quality & Environmental Management Systems while serving as Management Rep for entire Division’s Global System.

• Consulting role assisting with the deployment of Business Transformation Process Improvement tools throughout the enterprise.
• Directed Lean Sigma Projects by providing business, process, and technical direction to stakeholders and project teams working as part of the Business Transformation Initiative for $300 million Hard Surface Brand.
• Coached Belts of High Impact Lean Sigma Projects associated with Business Transformation Initiative in Hard Surfaces business segment to ensure project success, integration of results into the total business system.
• Coached team leaders and members while conducting Just-In-Time training as needed.
• Led Lean Sigma Black Belt Project to improve Laminate Pressing Availability which saved $137,000 in Annualized Lean Variable Cost.
• Redesigned Product Drop Process for Hard Surface goods.

• Consulting role to help deploy Lean tools throughout the business.
• Facilitated 50+ 5S Workshops throughout the organization that established Lean foundational baselines for Workplace Organization.
• Created and managed Corporate 5S Trainer Certification process (Train-the-Trainer) to accelerate the deployment and implementation of the 5S System throughout the company in conjunction with our corporate Total.
• Led 10+ Setup Reduction (SMED) Events designed to reduce changeover time by externalizing steps in the process and optimizing those performed in parallel.
• Facilitated Value Stream Mapping Current State, Future State, and Migration Plan exercises to document the entire process flow and how to execute realistic Business Transformation improvement opportunities within 18-24.
• Coordinated the logistics and scheduling of our Lean Tool Support deployment corporately.

• Assisted Tufting & Finishing Department Managers of a Residential Carpet Manufacturing Facility.
• Responsible for the Safety, Quality, & Productivity of 29 Tufting Machines and 2 Coaters which produced 50 million square yards of carpet annually, translating to $300 million in sales.
• Assistant to Department Managers responsible for 12 Supervisors and 350 combined associates, filling in when necessary.
• Managed 12 Tufting Mechanics across 3 shifts, ensuring our wearable parts preventive maintenance schedule was followed, while supporting our plant’s TPM effort by utilizing our Planned Work System.
• Concluded Bad Mending Reduction Green Belt Six Sigma project that exceeded our savings goal and nearly eliminated Low Lines and Tension Streaks, achieving plant record lows in Quality Defects (50% reduction to 0.01%).
• Contributed towards reduction of Tufting Department’s annual Processing Cost Variance by $950,000.

• Assisted Plant Industrial Engineer of a Residential Carpet Manufacturing Facility.
• Led Inventory Reduction Six Sigma Green Belt Project.
• Assisted Plant Industrial Engineer with preparing budgets.
• Wrote project proposals including payback calculations.
• Led 5S Project in the Coater Froth Area while also championing our plant’s 5S & Lean efforts.
• Summarized the weekly Plant Operating Variance Analysis Report while leading our P&L meetings.

• Process Engineer role implementing Standard Work throughout Power Switch assembly operations.
• Co-led Rapid Improvement Lean Manufacturing Kaizen Blitz performed on specific areas and Just-in-Time (JIT) processes in need.
• Created work instructions on different assembly processes performed within the company based on time study results.

• Responsible for 10 Community Advisors and their 675 residents in 3 graduate housing buildings.
• Supervised two staffs, consisting of 5 Community Advisors each that were in charge of graduate housing.
• Coordinated staff duty schedules for an area consisting of three buildings and 675 total residents.
• Served as an advisor to Hall Councils, providing leadership development and skills training for officers, assisting with programming efforts, and representing the Department of Housing along with Georgia Tech.
• Assisted Residence Life Coordinator with administrative tasks related to normal operation of the residential area.
• Participated in student and professional staff selection processes.

• Responsible for 46 residents' advisement on personal, academic, and social issues while serving as a liason between students and administration.
• Responsible for floor of 46 residents’ advisement on personal, academic, and social issues.
• Communicated with residents on a regular basis to keep them informed.
• Served as a liaison between custodial and maintenance staff and residents.
• Explained and enforced Institute policy by encouraging responsibility and accountability of all students.

Greater Atlanta Area

• Created and performed quality assurance tests on electronic data interchange (EDI) forms created for [b2b] customers.
• Created detailed procedures to help train new employees, for both the Quality Assurance and Scratch Build processes.

Dallas, GA

• Process Engineer role implementing Quality Control standards and process improvement tools.
• Created and revised standard operating procedures for equipment related processes within the plant, including the implementation of a $3 million manufacturing line.
• Analyzed quality control data by exploring processes’ special causes, capability, and degree of control.
• Collaborated with upper management about process improvement opportunities within the facility.

B.S., Industrial Engineering

Activities and Societies: Cooperative Plan, Institute of Industrial Engineers, Baseball Club Officer, Football Block Seating Chair.

High School

Activities and Societies: Student Government, Interact Club Officer, Beta Club, JCL, Baseball