Joe Sawyer Email & Phone Number

Arlington, Tx, Us

Dallas, Texas, United States

Lean, Safety, and Business Priorities (service, new product introductions, and capital improvements-SMT).

Iowa Park, Tx

Management System Implementation Responsibility for 650,000 sq. ft. of manufacturing space over two factories. • Led segments of Continuous Improvement Coordination for Lean activities program, including Lean Six Sigma, standard work, and employee involvement. Result: $5-$8 million in average yearly savings 5 consecutive years. All leaders trained in management system including onboarding success of those leaders with Power BI and SAP.• Coached value stream leaders and… Show more Management System Implementation Responsibility for 650,000 sq. ft. of manufacturing space over two factories. • Led segments of Continuous Improvement Coordination for Lean activities program, including Lean Six Sigma, standard work, and employee involvement. Result: $5-$8 million in average yearly savings 5 consecutive years. All leaders trained in management system including onboarding success of those leaders with Power BI and SAP.• Coached value stream leaders and facilitated Multi-Year plans for implementation of manufacturing goals. This included Wave software accountability of achievement and robust performance management metrics. Result: Met safety, quality, delivery, and cost metrics. Scores on external management measurement system were at or above goal.• Restructured purchase WIP storage as well as setup inventory locations through multiple Kaizen events use of a single bulk storage point. Result: Minimized stock out and cross-traffic of forklifts.• Managed midsize capital projects ($100K-$500k) these include installation of automated tapers and procurement of specialized material handling equipment. Result: Reduced material handling and manual touches. Show less

Manager- Manufacturing Engineering: 2011 – 2018Responsible for Continuous Improvement activities of plant, introduction of new Lean concepts and strategies for 3 facilities, leading design engineers in Lean Six Sigma activities, capital justification, tooling, facilities and meeting safety, quality, delivery, and cost metrics. Led team of 19 in 2 facilities. Senior Manufacturing Engineer: 2006 – 2011Responsible for routings, consensus build layouts, and line balancing at… Show more Manager- Manufacturing Engineering: 2011 – 2018Responsible for Continuous Improvement activities of plant, introduction of new Lean concepts and strategies for 3 facilities, leading design engineers in Lean Six Sigma activities, capital justification, tooling, facilities and meeting safety, quality, delivery, and cost metrics. Led team of 19 in 2 facilities. Senior Manufacturing Engineer: 2006 – 2011Responsible for routings, consensus build layouts, and line balancing at $50 million facility. Supervised maintenance, tool and die, and programming staff of 9.Industrial Engineer: 1996 – 2006Responsible for cost reduction, introducing new products to facility, and machine rearrangement and operating practices. Supervised CNC programming. Show less

Tyler, Texas Area

Responsible for manufacturing “Body by Jake” ab exerciser in all phases on new product introduction, including standards, layout, and tooling.

Setup reductions and tooling setup

Bs, Industrial Engineering

Education record

Activities and Societies: Graduate Coursework in Computer System Technology, Louisiana State University - Shreveport