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Kettle Falls, Wa, Us

Salem, Or, Us

Colfax, Nc, Us

Boise, Idaho, Us

Boise, Idaho, Us

Boise, Idaho, Us

• Recruited and managed team of 10 Engineers leading Lean and Reliability projects across 5 facilities.• Designed and implemented a new Improvement Engineer development plan to expedite onboarding, track completion of critical trainings and reduced turnover in the role by 50%.• Facilitated creation of process, plant and region level Value Stream Maps to identify $26MM of total process improvement project opportunity in the region. • Coached Improvement Engineers on techniques for preparation and execution of 60+ Kaizen events annually.• Assisted IEs in creation of over 50 standard work documents to reduce dependency on tribal knowledge. • Established foundational elements for Statistical Process Control of peel thickness on lathe lines.• Met regularly with region and plant leadership to review progress towards annual objectives, gain commitment on resources for improvement events and receive feedback on team performance.• Developed breakthrough objective roadmaps for Southern Region and aligned path with Region leadership.• Created accounting verified models utilizing P&L data to track project contribution to bottom line. • Lead quarterly reviews on $8MM yearly project savings progress to Executive Leadership Team.• Taught two day Introduction to Lean and Reliability course to over 100 salaried and hourly associates. • Planned, organized and executed advanced Lean, Reliability and Lubrication classes across region. • Managed production data validation and implementation of data collection on $108MM of new assets. • Prioritized and aligned on projects with Developer Team to deliver automated data collection, reporting for critical project KPIs and improve culture of data based decision making on the production floor.

Davidson, North Carolina, Us

• Worked closely with users to identify business requirements for shipping and transportation planning. • Worked with global logistics team to ensure processes align with regional and global strategy.• Utilized GAP/FIT dispositioning to identify necessary site specific customizations to the Global Design. • Trained Super Users through hands-on test cycles, TTT sessions and standard work creation. • Supported Go-Live activities and successfully transitioned site to Center of Excellence support teams

Davidson, North Carolina, Us

Supply Chain Role:International Logistics Project Manager• Lead Purchase Order Management deployment for international sites in EMEIA. • Managed Corporate and Club Car Freight Bill Audit and Payment queue. Lead Club Car FBAP process and reporting development.• Developed new Club Car international freight forecast model. Worked closely with customer experience, logistics and sales team to set new freight recovery levels to increase revenue by over 100k. • Participated in International Air Freight negotiations leading to productivity savings of over $1.3m.• Managed a LCL to FCL conversion reducing transit time by 10 days.Operations Roles: Process Engineer, Project Manager, Production Facilitator• Developed and implemented an order tracking system and database for cylinder fabrication and key notching area. Database later provided over 60k data points for analyzing cell process time. • Created materials team improvement project process and report out structure. Led training, meetings and implementation of standard work documentation.• Developed and implemented ABC/XYZ inventory system for make parts. Used tool to analyze min/max levels for over 3700 parts reducing WIP inventory by a potential $30k and alleviating several chronic part shortages. • Led and participated in multiple RIEs to improve On Time Delivery and reduce Lead Time through improvements in Oracle 11i Flow and Available to Promise modules. • Led team to develop necessary processes to ship to Amazon while simultaneously overhauling the warehouse to support over 300 new SKUs. Located, verified and removed over $100k of OSMI from vital prime locators. • Supervised 24 employees over 5 unique production cells for Schlage Electronic Brands. Provided support to OpEx projects on the RSI G Reader line resulting in a 25% increase in production volumes.

Us

• Maintained daily and weekly metrics for S-92A Completions line. Streamlined process through new report formatting, VBA coding and development of new reports. • Maintained and updated production plan for S-92A Completions. Created color-coding system to highlight production changes including additions and delays. • Provided weekly manpower analysis to Planning Team including current headcounts and future needs.• Led the Rapid Prototyping transformation project. Worked with a cross-functional team to identify needs and develop vendor selection metrics. Estimated final project savings of over $100k.

Spokane, Wa, Us

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Bachelor Of Science (B.S.), Information And Systems Engineering

Bachelor Of Science (B.S.), Integrated Business And Engineering