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Belleville, Il, Us

Belleville, Il, Us

Wood Dale, Il, Us

Wood Dale, Il, Us

Provides leadership, development, & coaching for the following departments; Manufacturing, Material’s Management, Quality Assurance/Control, Shipping/Receiving, and Manufacturing Engineering for two manufacturing locations. Including P&L responsibility for 2-sites.• Zero lost time accidents through consistent daily management.• Drove Out of Box Quality from 94.7% to 96.1% by keeping team focused on top issues.• Led First Pass Yield improvement from 89.4% to 90.5% utilizing Pareto’s & action plans.• On Time Delivery dropped from 96% to 94.6%, changed OTD calculations to expose gaps. • Improved supplier OTD from 66% to 70%, the Material’s Team had not previously measured.• Drove $1M (11%) in inventory reduction through the use of action plans & targeted approach.• Improved labor productivity from 74.6% to 84.6% through increased associate cross-training.• Improved total productivity from 59.8% to 76.3% by eliminating spend waste in the P&L.• Kept responsibilities associated with the Plant Manager Position in Belleville, IL.

Provided leadership, development, & coaching for the following departments; Environmental Health & Safety (EHS), Manufacturing, Material’s Management, Quality Assurance/Control, Facilities, Information Technology (IT), Manufacturing Engineering, Shipping/Receiving and Tool Room for one manufacturing location. Including P&L responsibility for this location.• Successfully developed a safety program, no previous system existed, 6 of prior 8-years with 0 lost time accidents.• Improved associate engagement by 7% by creating focus groups and developing AP’s.• Remotely led improvement of nozzle FPY from 75% to 95% in our Wood Dale, IL facility. • Coached team to drive FPY quality improvement from 90% - 99% through Pareto’s and AP’s.• Led team to Improve OOBQ from 70% to 100% through failure analysis, Pareto’s & AP’s• Improved OTD from 94% to 96% by focusing on largest miss reason, Pareto’s & AP’s• Led inventory turns improvement from 7 to 10 by using data to identify largest areas of opportunity.• Led team to reduce warranty cost from $200k/year to $10k/year 95% by focusing on FPY and OOBQ improvement.• Led inventory reduction by 350k (22%) by using data to identify largest opportunities.• Improved labor productivity from 46% to 67% through quality improvements.• Improved variable cost productivity from 30% to 74% by reducing waste in P&L spend.• Championed and implemented a new $1M capital expenditure project designed to build quality into the process through error proofing.• Retained responsibilities for Operations Manager & ME Manager roles.

Provided leadership for the manufacturing of industrial inkjet assembly processes. • Improved OTD from 88% to 94% by focusing on largest miss reasons, Pareto’s & AP’s• Kept responsibilities from previous Manufacturing Engineering Manager role.

Provided leadership for the improvement/development of industrial inkjet assembly processes. • Led Improvement of nozzle internal yield from 70% to 99% through problem solving.• Kept responsibilities from previous Principal Manufacturing Engineer position.

Responsible for process improvement/development for industrial inkjet assembly processes. • Reduced printer internal yield from 80% to 91% by focusing on biggest areas of opportunity.• Improved printer external quality failure rate from 51% to <3% through failure analysis.

Bridgewater, Nj, Us

Responsible for process development/improvement related to assembly of medical devices. • Maintained and developed process & regulatory documentation; cGMP & FDA.• Implemented a packaging cleanroom process for disposable medical devices.• Organized a safety team.

Engineer responsible for electric motor assembly for the automotive industry. Created and maintained process documentation including SOP's & PFMEA's. Participated on multiple new product launches including prototype assembly, process tooling design, process design, and process documentation.

Jasper, Indiana, Us

Engineer responsible for wood office furniture manufacturing, including; new process development, process improvement, capital expenditure projects, time and motion studies for maintenance of incentive based pay system. Implemented process improvements to reduce new "Off-the-Gun" finishing system in-process rejects from 50% to <3%.

Master Of Business Administration (Mba), Operations Management And Supervision

Bsme, Mechanical Engineering