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Bedford, Massachusetts, Us

Global, Global, Oo

o Manage a team of 5 master production schedulers for 8 production lines and contract manufacturing sites that generates $371M in sales per year. o Developed excel dashboards to track on time delivery to customer orders and lead projects to improve from 52% OTD to 72% in 2023o Managed finished goods inventory across 7 distribution centers and reduced inventory from $102 million to $57 million in 2023 by breaking down our inventory data and implementing finished goods kanbano Worked with Sales and Operation planning team to create a new way of tracking expected shipments per quarter based on sites capacity

Global, Global, Oo

o Developed and implemented new layouts of three different cleanrooms to increase from 6 to 12 production lines using 3P to support 250% capacity increase and an additional $110 million per quarter in revenueo Created standard work for 12 production lines to account for an 140% increase of capacity leading to $10 million in revenue per quartero Facilitated 20 kaizens per year in lean fundamental tools such as standard work, 5S, Daily Visual Management, and leader standard work with cross functional teams of production associates, engineers, and supervisors across 3 shiftso Coached and facilitated the product quality team to deliver $180,000 in savings througheliminating defects using PDCA and root cause analysis

Chicago, Us

o Managed buying and liquidations of 550 parts comprising of $3.5 million in inventory for 2 production lineso Managed material at entitlement through dramatic demand decreases through COVID-19 pandemic through supplier relations and Kanban implementation

Chicago, Us

o Managed team of 15 first shift employees across 3 production lineso Developed standard method of calling overtime and analyzed machine capacity for $23k in variable cost overtime savings per quartero Created standards for production associate group leader empowerment across shifts and collaborated with union representatives to get operator buy in

Chicago, Us

-Standardized Dock-to-Stock process including developing a three-phase plan to save $8k a quarter in overtime costs in the short term and $200k in labor in the long term by simplifying operator roles and expectations-Improved cycle time in incoming inspection and MRB (defects return process) by working with engineering teams to remove duplicate inspections from affiliate sites-Eliminated quality risk in incoming inspection by implementing new codes in Oracle that allow materials change coordinators more control over inspection requirements-Removed $7k in lost productivity a year in CT Collimator Cam Installation by working with China engineering team by reducing variability in the internal cam specifications -- Received Six Sigma Greenbelt Certification-Managed team of 35 employees across two shifts in receiving, inspection, material handling, and warehousing by driving safety standards and overtime utilization

Chicago, Us

-Standardized new clean room packaging sterilization procedure, focusing on material flow, visual management, and quality assurance-Created standard work for operators as a way of predicting lead time for packaging as well as setting time standards-Coordinated EHS and HealthAhead day for 250 people on site. Worked with local businesses and vendors to put on the event

Schenectady, Ny, Us

-Worked in the Schenectady Technology Laboratory setting up new turbine blade tests, assisting with facility upgrades, and supporting component testing on the factory floor-Developed CAD models and floor layouts to install new compressor in the facility and held internal reviews with laboratory engineers-Tested and validated telemetry systems for implementation in laboratory tests-Supported rotor dynamics testing, including writing specifications and collecting data-Implemented new technology to improve team productivity using Smartsheets

Pawtucket, Ri, Us

-Provided technical advice and feasibility assessment for new product concepts-Communicated with cross-functional teams throughout the entire development process-Created product specification packages to define product content and functionality, including cost and delivery targets to China team-Participated in cost review and reduction efforts to meet business objectives -Assisted in concept development, prototyping, product testing, and manufacturing debug

Troy, Ny, Us

-Facilitated the Student Orientation and Navigating Rensselaer and Beyond Programs including 5 orientation sessions of 500 incoming freshman and a full week NRB program-Gave campus tours, talked to parents, faculty, and incoming students to ensure a comfortable transition to RPI

Dover, Us

-Performed simulated use testing, design verification testing, and product performance testing on various surgical devices-Designed order-processing spreadsheet for a surgical products company-Revised and created drawings on Solidworks-Created Website, www.clovermedical.com, system administrator for website and email-Made Measurements using Vernier calipers, force gauge, tensile-test stand, compiled data in Excel Spreadsheets

Mechanical Engineering, Mechanical Engineering

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