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Wichita, Kansas, United States

Leading all types of work transfer projects.

Wichita, Kansas Metropolitan Area

Clearwater, Florida, United States

Airbus A220 composite assemblies manufacturing and qualification leadership. Interfaced with teams around the world to finish the composite manufacturing site consolidation, multiple qualification activities and production ramp-up to support both Airbus final assembly lines.Implemented shop floor visual management boards and lean practices to reduce.

Wichita, Kansas Area

Wichita, Kansas

Accountable for leading an organization through significant production rate changes, industry growth and expanded global pressures. Key aspects include standardization, centralization and an accountable team across multiple domestic and international site consisting of 224 employees interfacing with 540 suppliers and seven major customers. - Daily.

Wichita, Kansas Area

Responsible for financial and operational performance of Spirit's Boeing and Defense programs, overseeing an annual spend of $2.61B and monthly receipts exceeding 70,000 pieces. Successfully executed multiple production rate changes while improving customer relationships and engaging industry executives to facilitate negotiations, improve supplier quality.

Wichita, Kansas Area

Managed an annual spend of $1.82B, consolidated 3 independent supply chain organizations eliminating redundancy, increasing efficiency and personal accountability at all levels. Reduced management layers, increased spans of control and aligned the leadership team to facilitate successful growth. - Drove mentoring and succession planning, building a robust.

Wichita KS

Responsible for operational performance of Spirit's Boeing Legacy programs, overseeing an annual spend of $1.78B. Implemented demand management and dedicated production support processes to stabilize the production programs, preparing for integration of the 737 MAX and 777X development programs. Successfully created customer relationships at new levels.

Transitioned sourcing from Spirit's Tulsa site to Wichita, building an innovative organization from the ground up. Defined an overarching strategy that linked the corporate objectives with the sites financial, delivery and quality performance. Recruited and led a leadership team that effectively used an opportunity cost decision process and incorporated.

Manage Business Operations for the internal Fabrication and the external Supply Chain.

Operations business management for internal Fabrication, Processing and the external Supply Chain, focused on strategy and partnering.

Supply Chain Managment for Boeing legacy products (B737, B767, B777 & B747) focused on international suppliers in S. Korea, Taiwan, India, Singapore, Malaysia & China.

Extensive hands-on manufacturing experience in composite fabrication, machining, sheetmetal fabrication and all stages of assembly through positions in Operations, Bluestreak and Quality Assurance. Multiple roles in Manufacturing Engineering, Tool Planning, and CNC Programming provided a solid base for personal development.- Multiple corporate Red Team.

Mba, International Business

Bsme, Engineering