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Pittsboro, Nc, Us

Sanford, North Carolina, United States

• Lead multiple new products projects consisting of plating, powder coating and PVD finishing, machined and molded components and assemblies. Coordinate with engineering team to ensure all tooling, gauging, materials and processes are on time to support timeline. Delivered numerous products on time and under budget. • Lead rapid response projects to launch existing platforms in new finishes, working with global team members & supply base• Develop and manage timelines and budgets for each project. Conduct Design For Manufacturability meetings to ensure new that designs are optimal for manufacturing. Negotiating with design engineers between style and manufacturability.• Provide support to Research and Development Department during new finish development, including risk mitigation, production ramp up, testing and validation• Manage projects transitioning existing product impacted by design changes or improvements. Consists of inventory reduction and phase out of old product, while coordinating ramp up and phase of new product. This requires working diligently with overseas supply base. • Identify gaps in processes and systems and initiate, participate or manage multiple process improvement projects. Reduced finishing lead-time by 40%. Tripled PPAP throughput for 2 years.• Manage New Products Department. Responsible for setting department priorities, clear & timely communication of project status to both team members and management. Determined and obtained by-in of weekly KPI.• Provide leadership, guidance and associate development to project managers and technicians

Fayetteville, North Carolina, United States

• Led manufacturing teams in launching 3.5 million dollar capital project for new cross cut miter saw. Teams consisted of Purchasing, Assembly, Quality, Tooling and Molding Engineers. Completed project on schedule and at product unit cost. First product to use New Product Six Sigma initiative.• Led manufacturing teams in launching new products, into the marketplace. Responsible for determining unit cost, capital dollars, and project schedules, of multi-million dollar programs.• Managed die-casting, plastic molding, machining and stamping suppliers. Responsible for ensuring their processes and quality procedures produce capable parts, per Six Sigma standards. • Coordinated problem solving efforts to resolve issues that occur on production line and during detail part fabrication• Initiated and implemented productivity projects

Towson, Maryland, United States

Hired into program consisting of completing four (6) month assignments in various manufacturing disciplines Motors Engineer • Co-led team to develop procedures and tooling for changeovers and setups in 89mm stuffer cell• Improved part quality, reduced assembly rejects and reduced scrap New Products Sourcing Specialist & Engineer• Interfaced with suppliers in order to develop project costing• Participated in Kaizen events in order to increase productivity Logistics• Created quality database in order to gather all receiving and inspection data• Completed a database to track purchased part delivery performanceNew Products Engineer • Produced manufacturing cost estimates for new product development project• Executed design or process changes to reduce product costs and return defects• Developed assembly sequence for new product

Essex, Maryland, United States

• Assisted in the successful start-up and transition into production of a commercial thrust reverser program• Established manufacturing processes and tool requirements for the fabrication of details and complex assemblies• Led two production areas working to improve tooling, manufacturing processes, productivity and quality of product, while reducing cost and flow time• Coordinated the review of engineering designs, drawings and specifications for manufacturability• Developed cost proposals for tooling and engineering changes • Performed within a concurrent engineering environment to assist in the design of close tolerance machined details, stretched and formed details, complex assemblies and composite structures • Constructed schedules for implementation of design, process and tooling modifications within program requirements • Provided hands-on floor support to resolve design, tooling and process issues

• Prepared bills of materials and manufacturing process plans, for the Engineering Prototype Laboratory • Supervised hands-on final assembly of deliverable Titan IV ground support equipment to the Air Force* Wrote, reviewed and modified manufacturing process plans for the Navy's vertical launch system.