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Fayetteville, Arkansas, United States

Kansas City, Kansas

Fort Worth, Texas

+ Managed a team of 10 – 12 employees in the areas of machining, fabrication, finishing, and assembly.+ Maintained a production schedule to ensure products shipped out on time.+ Developed a Kanban system for over 100 parts to improve organization and material flow.+ Presented solutions, such as a layout changes or purchasing new machinery, to major bottlenecks on the shop floor.+ Created CAD drawings for shop employees and customers to ensure the design specifications were clearly communicated.+ Acquired quotes and issued purchase orders for outsourced parts and other materials.+ Conducted quality inspections on food mixers and downdraft cutting tables according to NSF and UL standards.+ Represented the company at trade shows, providing information and quotes to customers for both downdraft tables and food mixers.+ Provided on-site support to customers for product maintenance and troubleshooting.

Kansas City, Kansas

+ Organized and executed a monthly 5S audit for the entire plant to maintain a lean environment. + Utilized SAP to gather information on over 100 different parts and took measurements to determine a Plan for Every Part (PFEP). + Conducted time observations for the sand blast process and eliminated non-value added steps to build a recommendation that reduced processing time by 30%.

Kansas City, Mo

+ Presented a plan for a $15,000 ductless fume hood to the paint department leadership including an AutoCAD layout and specifications from vendors.+ Reduced errors in Finesse Robots by 70% through implementation of a Design of Experiment (DOE) which received a recognition award for continuous improvement.+ Improved RFID tag effectiveness by 100% on fenders and fuel tanks through analysis of tag placement to support SAP implementation.