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Oakbrook Terrace, Illinois, United States

Toronto, On, Ca

Spring Grove, Il, Us

Responsible for Production Planning and Scheduling, Shipping and Receiving and Customer relations of a job shop machining facility. Industries serviced include: Aerospace, Automotive, Agriculture and Machine Tool.

Waukegan, Il, Us

Global Supply Chain Manager-Defined Value Steam Capacity, Implemented Level load production planning- Achieved 9.2% cost reduction for Purchased components.- Leveraged global resources to place product production near geographic region of consumption-Implemented level load kanban pull system.-Problem solving Subject Matter Expert

Chiyoda-Ku, Tokyo, Jp

Led component ordering, production planning, inbound/outbound logistics and warehouse processes.• Reduced service part backlog 89%• Improved on-time delivery performance by reducing daily expedites 87%• Introduced smooth flow concept driving corporate initiative to implement smooth flow across entire facility.

Norwalk, Ct, Us

Member Corporate Lean Group charged with driving direction of corporate lean initiatives.-Reduced Standard Work In Process 66% by implementing pull based internal logistics system.-Saved 85% of time during material receiving process by developing and implementing improved operating procedures.-Trained 300+ Terex employees in raw inventory reduction methods, supporting corporate raw material reduction initiative.

Toyota City, Aichi Prefecture, Jp

Drove continuous improvement across Toyota North American Logistics and Manufacturing operations based on business need and support of corporate goals and objectives.-Reduced 2 processes and 4 team members, implementing Kaizen of vehicle performance flow.-Trained problem solving to Toyota suppliers, resulting in process ergonomic score improvement.-Realized $16M cost avoidance by leveraging logistics improvments and space utilization.-Improved operational efficiency by reducing line side part shortages 96% resulting in $2.3M cost savings.

Joint venture with General MotorsLed Section in ordering material, supporting dailiy vehicle production of 1,800 units.-Realized targetsm managing the phase out of model within budgeted 20% reduction in obsolescence.-Achieved zero part shortages during ramp-up of 326 suppliers.

Led 350 salary and hourly team members, producing 1,00 units per day across 2 shifts.-Drove efficiency from 93% to 96% by smoothing process work flow, resulitng in reduced overtime.-Reduced 12 headcount, managing project and automating internal logistics processes.

Created vehicle and non-vehicle production plans based on customer orders and plant capacity. Monitored real-time actualization and created recovery plans as needed.-Optimized profitability $2.6M by strategically increasing high dollar option capability.-Increased profit by eliminating historic service part back orders.

Toyota City, Aichi Prefecture, Jp

Introduced Toyota Production System (TPS) to companies new to lean manufacturing. Implemented smooth-flow layouts and processes and Just-in-Time manufacturing methodologies.