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Bedford Park Il

Report to Plant Manager. 6 direct reports & 30 indirect reports. Manage Production (multi site), Maintenance, S&R, Planning/Scheduling, Process Engineer (CapEx & CIPs). Monitor and ensure KPI's are met monthly. Update routings/structure/work guidelines as required through ERP cases. Authorize Purchase Orders for cost centers to achieve budget. Provide input/assist in annual budgeting process. Facilitate the creation of needed CapEx/Large R&M for budgeting process. Provide directions and defined priorities/goals for departments. Assist is Safety Incident investigation and resolution. Work with process engineer to identify OFI's and implement continuous improvement projects.

Chicago, Illinois, United States

Report to CFO. 0 direct or indirect reports. Core team member responsible for maintenance and production modules. Gathered/consolidated global department requirements. Selected software and created process solutions based on best practices. Migrated days and created documentation for training. Implemented solution and provided support across 5 sites (KY, IL, SWE). Created reports (Query Builder & Quick Reports (SQL).

Bedford Park Il

Report to Plant Manager. 5 direct reports & 20 indirect reports. Managed production (multi site), Planning/Scheduling, & Quality Department. Invited "Daily Inventory Hand-off" meeting to transfer product ownership from production to S&R. Created/implemented Internal Reject program to identify/flag visual defects in product packaging. Created/implemented a level awareness system for production part numbers based on complexity and age of the product. Consolidated various Words and Excel production labeling requirements into Excel and used VBA/Macros to automate prices and reduce key punching errors. Selected as Production and Maintenance "Subject Matter Expert" to participate in global ERP implementation project.

Bedford Park Il

Report to Plant Manager. 1 direct report & 7 indirect reports. Managed production (single site) & completed production schedule (multi site). Investigated and resolved production issues working with various departments. Developed, managed, and maintained production and labor schedule across 3 shifts and 13 work centers. Planned MRP and MS-1 production for over 300 party numbers per forecast/orders/safety stock. Facilitated the execution of production, packaging, and R&D trials. Maintained critical inventory levels of non product structure parts.

Bedford Park Il

Report to Plant Manager. 2 direct reports and 0 indirect reports. Managed the quality department responsible for the quality of inbound and manufactured product. Maintained gages (calibration, verification, gage R&R, etc). Maintained/revised specifications through control plans. Created new product self inspection specs based on statistical analysis. Chaired daily MRB meeting to discuss non-conforming product and champion disposition. Chaired monthly Material Hold meeting to execute disposition of non confirming product. Created/implemented an automated system using 3 sigma analysis to flag quality results.

Bedford Park Il

Maintained ISO9001 certified quality management system. Quality management representative for all ISO9001 internal, external, & customer audits. Ensure timely resolution to audit findings. Create and maintain company quality documentation, such as procedures, work instructions, forms, records, etc. Manage and facilitate the corrective and preventative management systems using 7D approach (CCARS, ICARS, etc). Managed customer "contact reviews" - worked with product managers and reviewed customer product requirements (specs/packaging/etc) and revised SOP's to accommodate requirements if approved. Responded to customer requests for compliance to several government and environmental regulations such as RoHS & REACH. Perform cpk analysis and send to customers quarterly. Integrated/commissioned several CapEx projects into operations (training, work instructions, machine recipes, etc).

East Chicago, Indiana, United States

Light design and supervisory work on reline of #7 blast furnace. Bench engineer at 4BOF & Caster coordinating several projects.

Bachelor Of Technology - Btech, Mechanical Engineering

Associate Of Arts And Sciences - Aas, Mechanical Drafting And Mechanical Drafting Cad/Cadd