Robert Moore Email & Phone Number

Portland, OR, US

Oregon City, Oregon, United States

As the NPI Program Manager at Benchmade, I lead the coordination of the engineering efforts for new product introductions. I work collaboratively with our Product Line to ensure we have an innovative and achievable line plan, then focus on delivering our new product portfolio on time. I simultaneously drive continuous improvement efforts within our new.

• Manage a team of 8 Mechanical, Manufacturing, and Electrical Engineers.
• Responsible for manufacturing process and quality for a +$200M factory.
• Oversee the manufacturing setup for all New Product Introductions.
• Develop team members ranging from new college grads to individuals with +40 years of experience.
• Utilize and train on lean manufacturing principles.

Portland, Oregon, United States

• Lead a team of up to 7 engineers and technicians.
• Lead New Product Introduction (NPI) from concept to production.
• Identify and analyze new opportunities to increase efficiencies and profit throughout manufacturing, product line, and organization.
• Designed, documented, and implemented a new ECO process to decrease turnaround time and increase efficiency.
• Created and maintained Ops Plan and roadmap.
• Automated cosmetic inspection using a custom recursive neural network… Show more

Portland, Oregon

• Manufacturing Lead for the largest New Product Introduction (NPI) in Leatherman’s history. Brought 3 new platforms, 8 new SKU’s, with an estimated annual revenue of +$30M, from design concept to mass production.
• Designed, built, and assisted in programming custom automation equipment.
• Worked internally and externally to introduce +100 new components using the Production Part Approval Process (PPAP).
• Lead acquisition of custom capital equipment including specifying, supplier… Show more
• Lead acquisition of custom capital equipment including specifying, supplier selection, project outline, design review, runoff, acceptance, and installation. Show less

Portland, Oregon Area

• Oversaw the quality of Foxconn hardware for Oracle Server Production including Cloud and Enterprise 1U, 2U, and larger systems.
• Drive Root Cause Corrective Action (RCCA) using 8D principles.
• Supported design through production tooling, qualification testing, and manufacturing introduction.
• Use Lean Manufacturing principles to continuously improve and optimize Oracle and our supplier’s processes.
• Audit key suppliers, work findings, and make recommendations for future supply… Show more
• Audit key suppliers, work findings, and make recommendations for future supply chain decisions.

• Project Lead and Head of Design for a new MK54 Torpedo section. The new section represents a cost avoidance of +$60 Million over the life of the program.
• Managed Development, Rapid Prototyping (RP), Contracting, Production, and Testing of R&D and Production Level Assists.
• Fund Management (Multi-Million).

• Created a Thermal Imaging Inspection Program

• Autonomous Robotic Research
• Design and Fabrication
• Programming Micro-Controllers
• Data Analysis from Sensor Input