Michael Dance Email & Phone Number

• Monitors ERP/advice releases to determine when order should be placed, and to determine most economic order quantity based upon future usage and price.
• Quotes suppliers in compliance with Government regulations.
• Awards PO’s following proper signature guidelines based upon proper criteria (e.g. quality, delivery price), or as source directed, or per existing Blanket Purchase Agreement.
• Reschedules or cancel orders as necessary to meet factory requirements.
• Interfaces with supplier base to insure on time delivery, expedites past due orders and manages facility priorities at supplier base.
• Resolves quality issues concerning supplier’s material (MRB/RTV).

Williamsport, Pennsylvania, United States

• Lead IPT teams on multiple programs assigned to a product line.
• Manage technical aspects, quality issues, cost, schedule, and associated risks.
• Conduct program reviews and prepare written reports to management or customer on current status and actions necessary for the successful completion of programs.
• Assure adherence to all terms and specifications of assigned program contracts and to pertinent facility and government policies, procedures, and regulations.
• Coordinates with manufacturing and engineering operations to achieve program objectives and ensure high quality products are delivered on time and within cost parameters.
• Implements practices that maintain solid program management in the areas of non-recurring engineering, recurring tasks, risk management, and financial control and review including earned value, integrated schedule, and.

Muncy, Pennsylvania, United States

• Communicate with customers to help develop what equipment is required for their needs.
• Prepare and provide quotation to customer along with terms and conditions, etc.
• Continue coordination with customer for project details and timeline to ensure all out of the ordinary materials or equipment is on track to meet deadline.
• Work with Engineering as required to obtain additional drawings or details during proposal phase.
• Test various product lines as required to ensure the application is correct for the material specified.
• Enter order into system, communicate with customer until equipment is installed and properly working on customer job site.

• Sole Engineer for a specific business unit within the company, supporting all internal departments from pre-sales through manufacturing.
• Completed root cause analysis and corrective action initiatives in both office and manufacturing environments.
• Defined project plans and timelines, managed workflow and personnel to achieve milestones on time.
• Supervised the (2) person Technical Support Team and scheduled Customer site visits as needed.
• Assisted sales with custom designs or modifications to existing product to meet project requirements.
• Improved customer satisfaction by developing creative solutions to problems both pre/post sales.

• Utilized Sales quotes and Customer specifications to create detailed CAD product drawings for submittal, then managed the project through to release of all material required.
• Managed multiple projects simultaneously and prioritized to ensure all deadlines were met.
• Consulted with architects, contractors and customers to ensure all projects met requirements.
• Worked closely with all internal departments from estimating through manufacturing.
• Trained junior staff on codes, best practices and processes, which enabled individual development and confidence.
• Key participant on the Continuous Improvement and internal ISO auditing teams.

Bachelor Of Science (Bs), Business Administration And Management, General

Associate Of Science (A.S.), Computer Aided Drafting

Education record