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Williamsburg, Iowa, United States

• Monitor and report out to senior leadership on key cost, inventory, and labor metrics.• Improve physical inventory issues through training, process improvements, and standardization.• Supervise Kinze’s Cycle Counting Team (3-4 individuals), develop and maintain the plan for auditing Kinze’s 8 million dollars’ worth of inventory.• Audit different production areas weekly looking for inventory trends and possible problems in preparation for the annual physical inventory. • Produce and execute a detailed plan to prepare for the annual physical inventory.• Review and enter cost for new parts and product into ERP system. • Produce cost estimates for new product development as requested. Cost comparisons between new and old product to help determine project feasibility.• Review and monitor labor metrics to determine if efficiencies and labor standards are being set correctly. Complete time studies as needed to make adjustments and set new standards for correct costing.

Iowa City, Iowa, United States

• Lead and support teams from problem identification through resolution, utilizing performance improvement methodologies such as Six Sigma, Lean, 5S, and Value Stream Mapping. • Define projects by performing business case analysis including scope of the project, voice of the customer, examination of costs, benefits, risks associated with the proposed investment/project and recommends alternatives for solutions.• Manage projects through entire life cycle. Report on progress against project and implementation timelines.• Conduct observations and interviews to ensure current state is accurately captured.• Facilitate and implement quality and operational improvement initiatives for unit, department or organization wide processes and projects to improve customer satisfaction levels, quality of care, and business productivity.• Lead multi-disciplinary teams in performing Root Cause Analysis on safety or quality problems and guide the implementation of corrective and preventative actions. • Develop methods for data collection. Collect and retrieve data objectively. Design and access databases for decision making. Utilize data visualization tools to illustrate the need for change, audit change, or to show improvement.• Facilitate and lead FMEAs, Risk Assessments, and solution brainstorming using Prioritization Matrices.• Drive leadership awareness, commitment, and accountability for project initiatives and outcomes through defined deliverables and measurable performance metrics.• Prepare and present educational programs on performance improvement or quality initiatives to process improvement team participants.

Williamsburg, Iowa, United States

o Improve efficiency by designing layout and flow of material. Create and maintain the Manufacturing Bill of Material (MBOM) for the company using point of use strategies to efficiently deliver part components to the desired functional areas. o Reduce cost by standardizing parts for production. Reducing amount of part numbers, choosing parts with most efficient processes, and using common parts across product models. o Calculate the cost of production to recommend pricing strategy to Accounting.o Developing sellable level structuring of bills of material for Design and Marketing teams.o Manage multiple large new product development projects. Work with subject matter experts to develop and maintain timelines. Coordinate any scope changes, develop tollgate reviews, and serve as a liaison between Design Engineering and production.o Understand high-level workflow between all departments and systems. Recognize impact changes have to the organization. Study business functions, gathering information; evaluating output requirements. Improve current systems.o Assist in new system roll out. Conduct gap analysis between application and stated customer requirements and collaborate with system developers to estimate project impact. Ensure all relevant business needs are addressed.

Williamsburg, Iowa, United States

o Participate, coordinate, and lead Kaizen event teams and Lean initiatives throughout the organization (office and shop floor). Successfully balance several team projects at once.o Introduce, train, and mentor employees at all levels of the organization on Lean concepts and Lean tools. Increase exposure on how to use the training in daily activity. o Use tools like 5S, Kanban system, Value Stream Mapping, visual management, and 5 Why’s to improve safety, quality, cost, and delivery.o Establish, measure, and monitor key metrics in production to encourage process improvement, drive problem solving, and reduce risk. Lead shop floor departments in Root Cause Analysis.o Setting up visual replenishment systems for hardware and component parts. Working with suppliers internally and externally to have meet Kinze’s lean goals and work to have all parts arrive at assembly JIT.

Williamsburg, Iowa

o Provide shop floor support. Solve day to day problems that affect safety, quality, cost, and delivery. Review and address abnormalities for production. Enter, track, and drive corrective action. Lead resolution to quality issues.o Recommend changes to products to allow ease of manufacturing. Simulate and/or test solutions to ensure proper change is requested. (PDSA cycle utilized.) Implement design changes. Initiate methods and process improvements. Coordinate and participate in PFMEA events to identify process failure modes proactively.o Assist in the introduction and roll out of new products and product lines through the shop.o Implement changes that reduce the cost of production and process toward reaching budgeted goals.o Improve quality of finished product by writing standard instructions, tracking scrap and rework, classifying and removing non-value added tasks. Redesigning fixtures, small equipment, processes, etc. to eliminate waste and reduce error.o Develop, install, and maintain equitable labor standards. Measure variances to labor standards, identify out of control variances or bottle necks, investigate causes, and suggest solutions. Help assess and address resource utilization and line balance throughout production.o Purchase capital equipment – ex: shot blast machine, powder paint booth, engravers, air curtains, etc. Interface with vendors. Justify expenditures. Oversee installation plans.

Bachelor Of Engineering - Be, 3.44

Activities and Societies: Major: Industrial Engineering Minor: Business Administration Certification: Entrepreneurship Certificate

Bs, Industrial Engineering