Director Manufacturing
Gaithersburg, Md
Managed Manufacturing, Purchasing, Production Planning, and Manufacturing Engineering in an ISO and FDA regulated environment. Manufacturing management responsibilities include managing manufacturing and process engineers, production technicians, production line layout of medium volume high technology instrumentation and cell manufacturing using Lean Manufacturing techniques, manpower allocation, financial budgets, inventory & cost control, specification development, facility construction, cross functional team coordination, supplier quality, incoming inspection and safety. Also included parts procurement, warehousing and shipping, management of service parts repair.Product responsibility includes technical leadership for engineers, technicians and technical reliability improvement projects. Technology includes knowledge of micro-fluidics, material selection for chemical resistance, pumps, stepper motors, imbedded controllers and molding.