• Manage all aspects of make-to-order manufacturing facility with 24 direct reports. Areas of direct reporting include Customer Service, Engineering, Quality, Operations.• Improved front-end and back-end processes through Value Stream Mapping, Kaizen Events and Lean Methodologies.• Developed business growth strategy and executed through strategic deployment process.• Increased facility throughput by 20% by creating operational efficiencies, increasing equipment utilization, hiring team members with key skillsets.• Strengthened relationships with key customer accounts through improved performance and communication.• Implemented key metric tracking focused on Safety, Quality, Delivery, Cost and Inventory.• Recruited and staffed key positions both internally and externally, while prioritizing staff career development.

· Manage all aspects of Part 145 repair station with 22 direct reports and annual sales revenue of $10m.· Reduced Turn Around Time from over 70 days to 25 days within an 8 month period. · Repaired relationships with key customers through increased communication and improved performance. Built and maintained positive relationships with all customers.· Consistently achieved monthly and annual revenue and profit targets while maintaining highest quality standards.· Developed standardized pricing for all repairs to improve TAT and improve profit margin on repairs.· Drove team to maintain compliance with FAA regulations as well as AS9110. Lead in audits with only minor findings. Drove countermeasures to address and close findings.· Lead Kaizen with entire team to redesign layout of shop floor to improve flow and visibility.

· Organized and steered team to pull in $3.5m military spare order. Team increased military product line production to 5x production from previous year.· Organized and led Kaizen team to improve efficiency of military product line. Team moved machinery, reorganized two work cells and moved team members to achieve required throughput in bottleneck areas.· Lead in several FAA audits with no findings. Maintained compliance of repair station to FAA regulations, as well as AS9110.· Organized and drove team consisting of management and union committee to develop a comprehensive cross training and skill development program for all direct labor employees.· Recruited 14 full time employees, 17 technical contractors, and 14 technical interns in a 9 month period to support spike in resource needs due to program wins. After business needs were met, created and executed plan with leadership to exit contractors, interns and employees in workforce management actions.· Successfully negotiated Union Contract on a team of 4 with UAW Local 509. Worked closely with union committee to resolve employee relations and union issues on a regular basis.· Drove and managed talent management program for Duarte site. Partnered with managers to make compensation decisions and address performance problems.· Drove internship program for Airframe division, and Duarte site. Built internship program into a talent pipeline focusing on technical recruiting.

HR Generalist for a unionized Aerospace Manufacturing site. 375 employees, 125m annual sales.

• Lead recruiter for both exempt and non-exempt positions in all departments.• Achieved average time to fill of 41 days for exempt positions and 24 days for non-exempt positions in 2012• Developed and led employee focus group for union mitigation response in 2010-2011• Developed and currently leading employee focus group for facility relocation in 2013• Created recruiting and interviewing standard work and trained all managers on new process. Implemented process across both Duarte and Simi Valley management teams• Resolved non-exempt level employee relations issues• Worked with managers and employees to create PIPs and provide employee discipline• Created and delivered presentations to managers and employees on subjects such as performance reviews, objective setting, benefits and ethics• Facilitated communication between management and employees for acquisition and merger, ongoingIn a team of 3 (HR Manager, HR Administrator and myself) I also assisted in all the duties of the HR department including merger and acquisition work, performance reviews, pay increases, AAP reports, company communication, policy development and deployment, wellness program, etc.

Worked through college as a service plumber and a carpenter in Residential Construction.