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Horsham, Pennsylvania, United States

Horsham, Pennsylvania, United States

Responsible for leading continuous improvement projects throughout the organization from definition and prioritization of improvement opportunities, establishing measures and metrics to baseline and gauge improvements, implementation of solutions, and establishing controls to ensure continued success. Educate staff on all Lean and Six Sigma fundamentals beginning with lecture sessions and continuing through the practical application of Lean-Six Sigma concepts. Responsible for supporting development and achievement of the company's goals and long-term vision through application of Lean-Six Sigma concepts and facility design.

Horsham, Pennsylvania, United States

Director level position bridging the gap between routine operations and Executive team management. Specific responsibilities include coordinating all technical and logistical activities impacting the laboratory operations, assuring proper safety procedures and adherence to regulatory standards. Oversight of a 150 person laboratory operations accountable for hiring, firing, career development, continuing education, performance reviews, rewards and disciplinary actions as appropriate. Responsible for interfacing with Sales and Marketing to deliver appropriate cost, quality and value to customers. Responsible for annual budgeting of the operations, and ensuring the operations performs within our approved allocations. Facilitated significant levels of Lean activity ranging from basic process improvements through to redesign of a new laboratory facility in support of the company's long-range strategic vision, Additionally responsible for the design and management of our remote laboratory operations in Jacksonville, Florida.

Horsham, Pennsylvania, United States

Responsibilities included oversight of our specimen processing and analytical departments performing assays on Tecan and Olympus AU systems, HPLC, GC, GCMS, LC/MS, LC-MS/MS and LC-TOF. Kaizen facilitator for numerous Lean workflow improvement projects, LIMS improvements and process alignments and implementation of an ECM system. Responsible for creating and maintaining a metrics dashboard for monitoring performance against MBO goals. Responsible for department level budget submissions, managing to the budget and submitting ROI and justification information for hiring and capital expenditures. Additional responsibilities included creation of job descriptions, performing safety and quality audits, corrective actions and root cause analysis, safety and Lean training, and coordinator of the company's Spill Response team.

Horsham, Pennsylvania, United States

Performed analytical testing for the company's Trace-Metals laboratory. Responsible for receiving specimens under chain of custody, preparing specimens for analysis, analyzing, calculating, reviewing and final release of specimen results. Preparation and validation of calibration and QC materials. Responsible for method and SOP creation and edits, implementation of new methods and methods improvements. Other responsibilities included monthly QC review, training of new employees, maintenance and troubleshooting of instrumentation (GFAAS, CVAA, ICPAES, ICPMS, FAA, FEAS and AVIV) and minor GLP work (Chromium). Spill Response team member and coorinator.

Horsham, Pennsylvania, United States

Independently performed analysis of biological specimens for the company's Trace-Metals laboratory. Generated reports for review. Reviewer of QC data.

Valley Forge, Pennsylvania, United States

Performed specimen analysis for the Fluid Power department in support of quality control and system integrity checks (hydraulic systems). Testing performed included particle counts, viscosities, water content analysis by distillation and Karl Fisher, pH by voltmeter and titrations and specific gravity measurements. Responsible for specimen receipt, analysis, data entry, review and release to clients.