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- Recruited to this capital-constrained manufacturer of DOE regulated equipment.- Member of Senior Leadership Team for a highly-seasonal $10MM corporation.- Managed twenty-five manufacturing team members on five production lines, as well as the Material Control Department.- Increased production efficiency of space constrained air conditioning units by approximately 30%, by implementing Lean processes, process improvement, better tooling and promoting team work.- Achieved a record $1.1M in product shipments (28% year over year growth)- Reduced customer product returns to 3%, by introducing a Quality Assurance program and processes.- More than doubled on-time delivery with improved manufacturing, production scheduling, benchmarking and material control: - Key role in debugging an ERP system. - Implemented strategy deployment and lean manufacturing processes (ie. tool shadow boards, 5S, waste elimination, continuous improvement, cross-functional teams).- Reduced inventory from 2 to 5 turns.- Improved the corporate culture in Manufacturing, through the development of and investment in employees (training and coaching). Reduced turnover from 50% to less than 15%.- Planned/scheduled Production, based on customer delivery needs, material availability, available man-hours and access to necessary capital.- Developed/incorporated accurate manufacturing BOM’s within the ERP system.

- Supervised/managed six Maintenance Technicians.- Streamlined and improved the efficiency of procurement of materials/supplies needed for machinery/facilities maintenance and production.- Reduced machinery maintenance material expenses by approximately 35%, by researching/identifying alternate sources and controlling inventory of materials/supplies.- Reduced repair costs by 20% and minimized machinery down time, by scheduling/documenting preventive maintenance and repairs for industrial washing machines/tunnels, dryers, ironers, automated linen feeding machines and automated linen folding machines.- Promoted safety through the development of lockout/tagout and other safety procedures and training.

• Increased production efficiency of water filtration/packaging systems by approximately 50%, using my knowledge and experience in production and material control.• Assured timely delivery and increased quality of outsourced fabricated parts, weldments and containers, needed for our production and prototype programs through development of vendor relations and performance of source inspection.• Lead and facilitated the production team in assembly and integration.• Designed and created prototype/production drawing packages, using Solidworks and Autocad.• Performed light fabrication, plumbing and electro-mechanical assembly and integration.• Gained knowledge and proficiency in operating, testing and troubleshooting the filtration systems.

• Planned, scheduled and coordinated materials and production of vehicular/containerized military support systems.• Developed and implemented a Microsoft Access based work order database.• Increased production efficiency of vehicular/containerized military support systems by approximately 50%, using detailed processes.• Increased production efficiency of vehicular/containerized military support systems by approximately 25%, through the development and implementation of a materials kitting process.• Coordinated and implemented the ISO9001 procedures and regulations, related to Production/Material Control.• Managed and supervised the Production Control and Shipping & Receiving departments.

• Designed and created prototype/production drawing packages, using Autocad.• Specified, estimated and requisitioned materials for automated machinery, electronics packaging systems and vehicular/containerized military support systems.• Coordinated inventory control for automated machinery, electronics packaging systems and vehicular/containerized military support systems.• Performed light fabrication, plumbing and electro-mechanical assembly and integration.

• Designed and developed production drawing packages for computer room HVAC systems.• Specified and requisitioned materials for computer room HVAC systems.