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New Westminster, British Columbia, Canada

Vancouver, Bc

Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada

Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada

Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada

Vancouver, Canada Area

Responsible for leading safety, quality, productivity, and on-time performance of outbound shipments for a high volume, 24/7 fulfillment operations center servicing millions of customers per year. Accountable for exceeding productivity standards, while evaluating and executing on multiple continuous improvement projects.Managed a team of four managers and up to 275 associates accountable for the daily shipping of tens of thousands of items across the west coast of Canada. Forecasted resource requirements and provides performance appraisals to associates in alignment with corporate goals.

Vancouver, Canada Area

Reporting to the COO – Led all final assembly, supply chain, engineering, quality, and field installation logistics, while introducing process improvements and best practices to drive results for a tech start-up company, resulting in the installation of 35 electronic table games in under two years.Created a manufacturing system from scratch by using a design-for-manufacturability methodology and strategic sourcing approach, which decreased prototype final assembly hours by 80%. Implemented a supply chain competitive bid process and supplier consolidation strategy, reducing raw material costs by over 20%.

Delta, British-Columbia

Reported to the CEO - Oversaw all defence programs generating over 30% of company revenue, delivering complex assemblies to OEMs including Boeing Defence, and Lockheed Martin. Led a team of over 30 employees from seven departments that showed program profit margins over double the industry average with 99.98% on-time delivery, 99.94% quality performance.Spearheaded, secured and negotiated the company’s first contract with a coveted defence contractor, worth +$50M over 10 years, by identifying $15M+ in customer cost savings.

Vancouver, Canada Area

Reported to the Principal – Responsible for integrating the organization’s software with clients’ accounting software, which required the introduction of lean and manufacturing best practices in a wide variety of manufacturing environments. Improved client manufacturing processes, inventory management systems, raw material order forecasting, cost traceability processes, and introduced technology improvements (e.g. barcode scanning capability).

Delta, British-Columbia

Delivered a three year $3.7M project, 5% under budget and on-time, for the manufacturing of the F- 35C Outboard Wing, by managing and controlling a detailed project management plan.

Mirabel, Quebec

Responsible for the Component Tests of a newly developed helicopter (Model 429) and managed various engineering projects in a bilingual work environment.

Master Of Business Administration - Mba, Specialization In Consulting And Strategic Management

B.Sc. Mechanical Engineering, Aerospace Focus