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Fairport, Ny, Us

Fairport, Ny, Us

Rochester, New York, Us

- Generally responsible to oversee operations & production at the manufacturing facility. With such responsibility including, but not limited to: maintaining proper materials supply, setting optimum staffing levels; & reviewing/approving compliance documentation. - Will report to the owners & communicate w/ the Chief Compliance Officer, Quality Control Manager, Production Managers, Chemists & Production Staff to ensure effective, efficient & compliant manufacturing processes. - Ensure all personnel are aware of the importance of wearing the correct PPE that will be needed to work w/in the clean room environment.- Responsible to enforce any visitors entering the premises to change into the correct PPE in order to enter the clean room environment.- Ensure that staff are compliant with all company procedures.- Coordinate the various departments to establish a single ordering & supply management system. - Track volume levels of products, ingredients & supplies both manually and through reports to ensure an efficient resupply system.- Approves all purchases w/in NOWAVE and establishes relationships w/ the providers of all resources.- Negotiates rates w/ service providers from contactors & all other vendors of equipment, ingredients & services. - Maintain software system to track all inventory, sales & resource usage.

Raritan, Nj, Us

Reporting to the Head Of New Product Technologies & Facilities General Management. Responsible for developing the materials and production plans for the assigned raw materials and products in support of emerging factories.

Raritan, Nj, Us

Reporting to the North America Supply Chain Director. Responsible for developing and implementing regional logistics supply chain strategies and controlling the efficient flow of goods between points of origin (supplier, manufacturing plants, distribution centers) to customer order delivery. Ensures that the highest level of customer service is provided to both internal and external customers. Partners with Customer Service to understand customer order needs, ensures department procedures are in place and correctly executed to support inbound replenishment order fulfillment and outbound customer order fulfillment. Responsible for the leadership of the day-to-day operational performance in the U.S. and Canada for managing 3PL providers in Rochester and Memphis, trade compliance, export customer service, carrier relationships, transportation, packaging and all associated budgets. Additionally, responsible for leading and driving operational improvements and cost reduction activities regarding 3PL Distribution, Import/Export, Packaging and Transportation while ensuring the highest level of customer service.

Raritan, Nj, Us

Reporting to the Assay Manufacturing Supply Chain Purchasing Manager; responsible for supervision and monitoring of two (24/7) warehouses/shipping/receiving, totaling approximately thirteen people and a supervisor, while managing production personnel to maximize quality and output in a manufacturing operation. Accountable for achieving production targets while maintaining cost controls. Oversees the activities associated with IDEXX and all warehousing and distribution activities for Assay Manufacturing. Responsible for coordination of IDEXX communications in conjunction with the account manager. Accountable for meeting delivery expectations, improving performance and reducing costs of the IDEXX products.

Raritan, Nj, Us

Reporting to the Assay Manufacturing Supply Chain Purchasing Manager; responsible for supervision and monitoring of two (24/7) warehouses/shipping/receiving, totaling approximately thirteen people, while ensuring quality work, monitoring work progress and effectiveness/utilization.

Raritan, Nj, Us

Reporting to Equipment Manufacturing Operations Senior Manager, responsible for supervision and monitoring of analyzer assembly and one shift totaling approximately twenty people, while ensuring quality work and monitoring work progress.

Raritan, Nj, Us

Reporting to Equipment Manufacturing Director, providing engineering support to the Operation's Release lab. As a part of the Lab Release team, responsibilities include: work instruction changes and updates, drawing changes, design changes, specification variances, major investigatory projects and system/chemistry troubleshooting.

Raritan, Nj, Us

Reporting to Equipment Manufacturing Operations Manager, responsible for supervision and monitoring of analyzer testing and two shifts totaling approximately forty people, while ensuring quality work and monitoring work progress.

Raritan, Nj, Us

Reporting to Equipment Manufacturing Engineering Manager, providing engineering support to the Operation's floor. As a part of the Delivery team, responsibilities included: work instruction changes and updates, drawing changes, design changes, specification variances, and major investigatory projects.

Ithaca, Ny, Us

Taught a week long course, worth 1.5 credits, on Six Sigma (NMI5030) offered through the S.C. Johnson Graduate School of Management. This course has been offered yearly for approximately 12 years, but this was my first year participating in it.

Raritan, Nj, Us

Reporting to lone Senior Facilities Engineer, providing support to the Facilities group including design work, project management, protocol writing, testing, commissioning, and validation.

Reporting to Project Engineer, providing support to the Reflexite Collimating Film (RCF) area including design work, machining, testing, and inspection.

Reporting to General Manager of Industrial Business Unit, providing engineering, design and drafting services for full service engineering consulting firm.

Master Of Science (M.S.), Manufacturing Leadership

Bs, Mechanical Engineering