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Palm Beach Gardens, FL, US

• Acting Plant Manager; manage all production and manufacturing functions of the Dental Business on the site, including capacity planning, production schedule, manufacturing engineering and new product introductions. The.
• Directed 12 staff members and 180 hourly employees, and control budgets up to $36M.
• Developed, mentored and coached three new supervisors that were promoted internally.
• Improved the lean manufacturing daliy production boards and Tiers meetings that facilitated a 50% increase in the escalation of the production and quality issues in the shop floor. Supported the use of Power BI for the.
• Initiated and supported cost reduction projects with savings of $3M over a 4-year period. Key projects were PSP New Layout and One-Piece Flow, Packaging Automation, Core BU Scrap Reduction, Packaging One-Piece Flow.
• Managed production and delivered on time two key new product introductions with 425K units of build-up for global customers and impact of 10% of the company sales.

Palm Beach Gardens, FL, US

• Manage all production and engineering functions of the make to order Business Unit including the capacity planning analysis, production schedule and new products introductions.
• Led and directed 11 staff members and 60 hourly employees, and control budgets up to $8.0M.
• Initiated and established regular meetings and service indicators with the Customer Service, Sales and Marketing Teams that enhanced the customer experience.
• Developed and implemented programs that improved parts on-time delivery from 83% to over 98% while absorbing a 75% increase in volume by emphasizing the use of lean manufacturing and visual management tools.
• Increased production efficiencies by 18% through the implementation of a flexible workforce, operations standard work, and inspection reduction with savings of $300K.

Warsaw, Indiana, US

• Manage all production and engineering functions of the Knee Business Unit and the Packaging (Sterile products) Business Unit.
• Directed 15 staff members and 220 hourly employees, and controlled budgets up to $20M.
• Successfully planned and coordinated the production introduction of the new Persona knee with the built-up of 300K parts for global customers. This included the purchasing, installation and validation of process.
• Established lean manufacturing and Six-Sigma activities using production boards, DMAIC, VSM, and Kaizens events that generated savings of $500K per year.
• Administrate capital equipment evaluation and purchasing, approximately $7M for the 2011 year.
• Led the establishment of the machinery, equipment, and sterile processes of a new 16,000 sq. ft. sterile Packaging Area.

Warsaw, Indiana, US

• Managed all production and engineering functions of the Knee Business Unit.
• Managed and directed 15 staff members and 125 hourly employees, and controlled budgets up to $12M.
• Managed the manufacturing activities and production schedule of the Knee Business Unit generating $15M in absorption per year.
• Provided leadership and development of the Manufacturing and Engineering Staff.
• Planned and coordinated the licensing and introduction of new products.
• Established the 5S program and the Lean Manufacturing activities in the business unit.

Warsaw, Indiana, US

• Managed all engineering functions, including new product transfers, manufacturing and packaging processes, facilities and utilities, maintenance activities, new constructions, and CNC machining programming.
• Supervised and directed 22 staff members and 25 hourly employees, and controlled budgets up to $12M.
• Team Leader of the CEP Integration process for ZMBV which consisted of eight product licensing projects that added 150 employees to the site.
• Successfully completed 10 Facilities/Utilities Projects with a total capital of $5.5M that included a new sterile product packaging clean room.
• Administrated capital equipment evaluation and purchasing, approximately $8M per year.
• Evaluated and implemented cost effective manufacturing processes with cost savings of $1.4M per year.

Warsaw, Indiana, US

• Provided engineering and technical support to the metallurgical and machining manufacturing cells.
• Participated in the KAIZEN events and lean manufacturing concepts.
• Performed all processes and equipment validations.

Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, US

• Provided engineering and technical support to the wave solder manufacturing area.

Masters, Engineering Management

Bachelor Of Science (Bs), Mechanical Engineering