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Appleton, Wi, Us

Oshkosh, Wisconsin, United States

Appleton, Wisconsin, United States

-Led implementation of Continuous Improvement initiatives to boost productivity, reduce waste, and enhance operational efficiency.-Developed and maintained an HSE Masterplan, updated bi-weekly with the manufacturing operations team.-Conducted regular safety audits and risk assessments to identify hazards and mitigate risks.-Spearheaded Continuous Improvement initiatives, achieving measurable cost savings.-Delivered HSE training to ensure team compliance with regulatory standards and best practices.-Coordinated incident investigations and root cause analysis to prevent recurrence of safety issues.

Appleton, Wisconsin Area

- Lead facility Operational Excellence development and incremental improvements- Facilitate CI projects to improve business metrics- Train and Mentor employees in lean methodologies and processes- Develop KPI for functional areas to drive KPI improvement

Neenah, Wi

Process Project Engineer within the Adult Care Pads (Poise®) and Feminine Care (Kotex®) Product and Productivity Improvement Team (PPIT).-Lead machine process development and improvements on Class I and Class II medical devices-Responsible to drive incremental OEE improvements-Responsible to generate all data analysis for Operational Excellence (OPEX) on all commercial assets within the department-SME: Packaging

Neenah, Wi

Process Project Engineer within the Adult Care Pants (Depend®) Product and Productivity Improvement Team (PPIT).• Direct accountability implementing Operational Excellence (OPEX) to improve OEE• Reduction of machine waste- Reduce Machine stops

Neenah, Wi

Plexus Fox Cities Campus role that worked across 5 different locations to implement lean practices and improvement to achieve business metrics• Worked on projects with ITAR requirements• Worked on Class II Medical devices and related manufacturing requirements• Facilitate continuous improvement projects including Kaizen events and Green Belt projects• Implemented programs resulting in significant cost down and risk avoidance benefits• Mentor for Green Belts in training to achieve certification.• Classroom trainer for all Lean Classes of all new employees

Neenah, Wi

Network/Communications Market Sector Lean Sigma Champion supporting continuous improvement initiatives and team within the sector’s value stream• Lead continuous improvement projects in a $450M market sector• Designed production layout for new manufacturing facility opening in 2013• Maintained approximately 1500 unique time standards• Designed material deployment strategy for greater than 5000 unique parts• Multiple projects of greater than $50K annual savings realized• Established production goals at key processes resulting in 30% overall throughput improvements• Implemented visual management tier board accountability process• Worked with numerous regulatory requirements (ISO, TL, FDA, ESD)• Worked on Manufacturing Value Stream improvements for more than a dozen companies within the Network/Communications market sector.

Oshkosh, Wisconsin Area

Lean Sigma Champion supporting continuous improvement initiatives and team within the manufacturing value stream• Lead continuous improvement projects in a $40M annual manufacturing factory• Generate Value Streams Maps to eliminate non-value added activities• Performed time studies for line balancing and standard time development• Reduced WIP by 30% by implementing pull system within the factory

Serviced and repaired industrial air systems (compressed and vacuum) both in field at customer locations or in the main service facility and installed new industrial air systems as needed per customer/machine requirements in field.Fork Truck and Scissors lift OSHA certified operator.(Worked as time allowed while a full time student at College)