Kody Harrell Email & Phone Number

Senatobia, Mississippi

Tupelo, Mississippi

- Creating daily production schedules per workforce capacity and inventory availability to maximize shop floor productivity and efficiency- Performing Relentless Root Cause Analysis on inventory discrepancies and ensuring corrective actions are taken to maintain inventory accuracy in assembly areas - Monitoring inventory constraints in order to report.

Charlotte, North Carolina

• Leading efforts to launch Supplier Health Assessments for 500 key/critical suppliers in the UTC Aerospace Systems (UTAS) supply chain in 2015
• Improving business processes in the supply chain organization by creating and implementing robust standard work
• Planning the 2015 UTAS Supplier Conference in collaboration with Marriott account executives and UTAS key leadership
• Producing monthly Supplier Performance updates for UTAS key leadership

Rockford, Illinois

• Implemented improvement projects including tracking software on the receiving dock to increase accountability and ease receipt and delivery of incoming packages
• Raised key process maturity scores from 2.8 to 3.9 by conducting SIPOC reviews, QCPC meetings, and weekly 5S audits as ACE Lead for Operations
• Developed and maintained a production capacity database and standard work to ensure data accuracy for external customers and UTAS Program Management
• Managed Material Planning organization’s inventory reduction initiatives, exceeding the $3.7M inventory savings goal for 2014

University, MS

• Serve the School of Business as a student ambassador
• Assist in the recruitment of prospective School of Business students
• Connect with prospective School of Business students through handwritten letters, personal e-mails, and recruiting events
• Act as a School of Business representative at University events

University, Mississippi

• Collaborate with a team of paraprofessionals to manage a contemporary residence hall
• Provide professional and personal counseling to a residence hall floor of 30 male students
• Assist in resident’s first-year transition from high-school to university life
• Create, plan, and implement educational, social, and recreational programs in order to build a close-knit community of diverse residents
• Manage various administrative duties including maintenance requests, incident reports, and room transfers
• Enforce University policies to ensure safety for all residents

Newport News, Virginia

• Conducted preliminary management analysis of program-wide facility and tooling needs by using company databases and interdepartmental communication with facility managers and planners
• Researched and defined major issues and corrective actions in contribution to the justification for a $1,000,000 fixture investment
• Performed root cause analysis on a $3,000,000 change order for a paint repair process to improve submarine quality and reduce the end-user’s lifetime maintenance costs
• Gained exposure to modular manufacturing, final assembly and outfitting, and testing of nuclear-powered submarines
• Applied Earned Value Management tools to highlight performance concerns for use by executive leadership and NAVSEA Program Office
• Supported Program Office decisions relating to capital planning and expenditures

Pascagoula, Mississippi

• Contributed to the development of the 2013 Annual Operating Plan for the DDG-51 (Guided Missile Destroyer) program
• Supported Material Cost Control Analysts in the development of a Financial Review package
• Aided a Cost Price Analyst in the development of a Cost and Price Analysis that resulted in savings of over $260,000
• Participated in project negotiations with a contractor and an Ingalls Leads Cost Price Analyst

Greenwood, Mississippi

• Utilized Toyota Production System principles in modification of wall oven assembly line and development of new range top assembly line
• Implemented continuous improvement practices in Viking VESO and VEDO model electric wall oven assembly line resulting in a 19% reduction in cycle time and increased productivity
• Assisted in the development and design of new work cell-style assembly line for Viking VGRT model range top
• Improved wall oven material flow to benefit material handler's gathering and delivery process

Bachelor Of Business Administration (B.B.A.), Management, Manufacturing Engineering Minor, Entrepreneurship Minor, 3.77

Activities and Societies: • Sally McDonnell Barksdale Honors College • Student Housing Resident Assistant • Chief Emissary Officer (CEO) •.

Bachelor Of Business Administration In Management (B.B.A.), Manufacturing Engineering Minor, 3.8

Activities and Societies: Center for Manufacturing Excellence Ambassador

Bachelor Of Business Administration (B.B.A.), Management, Manufacturing Engineering Minor, 3.8

Dually-Enrolled

Master Of Science (M.S.), Operations Management