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• Facilitate Kaizen events for specialty products plant and other supporting plants.• Created standard work job procedures for production operators, supervisors, and department managers.• Train others on the concepts of Lean and Six Sigma methods.• Serve as a technical support for the specialty products plants for lean tools.

• Completed the weekly POVA and variance projections for Plant HW and Plant HM.• Completed Month End Closing and product costing for Plant HW and Plant HM.• Managed a Process Improvement Engineer, an office clerk, and supply room team of one lead and four clerks.• Managed $45,000 capital project for Getac Computers and overseen the installation of equipment.• Completed LTO job study, later used to establish new procedures to correct inventory variances of $600K.

• Identify the root cause for off quality in the yarn mill, tufting, and coating process using T-test; one way ANOVA• Conduct rolls review with department manager to determine if rolls could be repaired.• Investigated roll claims that are charged to the plant and changed procedures related to Bow & Skew.• Completed internal and external audits of our Shaw SMS system.• Manage six sigma projects concerning Sidematch claims savings $130K annually.

Six Sigma• Managed several Six Sigma projects through the DMAIC phases to reduce waste and improve efficiencies.• Collect and analyze data using hypothesis testing to compare mean and variation differences.• Facilitate safety and production line Kaizen events throughout all processes in the plant• Perform specialized DOE studies to reduce claims and off quality issues found in our carpet products.• Use Pareto charts to analyze opportunities for improvement in combination with cost benefit analyzes to guide decisions.• Use Mini Tab to create and update control charts, regression analysis, DOE studies, and hypothesis test.Industrial Engineering• Create business proposals for capital investments which include ROIC, cost details, and quotes from vendors.• Managed the contractors that provided the installation service for the equipment purchased.• Approved payments and managed the project budgets ensuring projects were on-time and under budget.• Updated and made revisions to the plant layout using Auto CAD and Microsoft Visio.• Reviewed and assist with the plant POVA and budget updates.• Perform time studies and job studies on processes looking for opportunity to reduce non-value added time and create standards.

Senior Process Engineer• Created a standards calculator in Microsoft Excel that’s product specific and analyzed the data for accuracy.• Created procedures for operating new equipment installed in the process.• Developed programs using VBA in Microsoft Excel to determine specific box SKUs which is used in our spec process now. • Evaluated work stations for ergonomics problems that were involved with the process.• Managed Co-ops and had them report back significant data used for other projects.• Managed our waste system creating procedure on how to handle waste in the MRM system.• Completed plant audits based on our SMS standard for my plant and other Shaw Plants. • Create business proposals for capital investments which include ROIC, cost details, and quotes from vendors.• Managed the contractors that provided the installation service for the equipment purchased.• Approved payments and managed the project budgets ensuring projects were on-time and under budget.• Updated and made revisions to the plant layout using Auto CAD and Microsoft Visio.• Developed plant layouts for new Hardsurface production process using Visio and Auto Cad.• Reduced landfill post industrial waste by 5% savings $41,000 annually