Mark Peters Email & Phone Number

Rancho Cucamonga, California, United States

Murrieta, Ca

Corona, California

Primary packaging of tablets/capsules and secondary packaging of oral contraceptives on 12 packaging lines. Operations conducted in a GMP, FDA, and DEA environment.Process improvement through OEE analysis, Operational Excellence Teams, and Lean Six-Sigma (DMAIC Process). Leadership in process optimization, deviation reduction, incident investigation, internal supply chain improvement, and building cross functional teams that work toward departmental strategic goals. Metrics driven people leader who strategizes departmental objectives to meet bottom line goals.Partnered with Engineering to implement new high speed secondary packaging lines without increasing direct labor resourses.

Led 300+ employees in the manufacture of custom surgical procedure kits, approximately 350K COGS per day at peak operation. Responsible for three production and three warehouse departments in facility, totaling 31 MM annual budgetImplemented Single Piece Flow Manufacturing (SPF) as part of Operational Excellence efforts to match production with demand and move away from MRP. Modified six conveyor assembly lines to SPF lines while increasing output from three orders per day to eight orders per dayCertified Lean Six Sigma Kaizen Leader. Led effort to have all hourly employees White Belt trained and administrative employees Yellow Belt trained. Led Kaizen and 5S events in production and warehouse environmentsEnhanced Vision Systems

Reduced high dollar inventory by 50% through evaluation of demand and scheduling of purchase orders.Saved an annualized $248,000 in COGS through new sourcing and aggressive negotiation on inventory itemsImplemented a min-max inventory system and associated reports that virtually eliminated stock out situations. Performed all purchasing and production planning functionsLed effort to successfully introduce the Jordy and Merlin products. Currently leading efforts for three new product introductionsResponsibilities included all facilities, manufacturing, purchasing, and shipping functions

Implemented back flushing and cycle counting in production which will eliminate the need to conduct year-end physical inventory. Achieved a 99.2% accuracy rate on countsImplemented bar code scanning technology in the shipping departmentAchieved savings of $434K on class "C" items through contract negotiation and competitive biddingSuccessfully transferred seven production lines to Mexico without service interruptions to customersCurrently leading an effort to consolidate commodity items across all companies to leverage purchasing volume against cost

Increased plant quality levels from 95 % to 98% in first yearLed production effort to introduce new rotor to market before scheduled launch dateMARK HOWARD PETERS Page 2Implemented a Skills Assessment Program designed to determine current training proficiency and train employees to meet future operational requirementsLed quality teams in Accessories and Rotors areas

Responsible for all activities regarding the production of electro-physiology catheters. Activities include capacity planning, production scheduling, staffing, and process improvement project management.Managed and allocated four departmental budgets totaling $7.2 millionSuccessfully doubled the production rate through process improvements and direct labor staffing. Eliminated backorders in an environment of increasing demandImplemented techniques to decrease product throughput that reduced lead-time by nine calendar days (50%)Led effort to introduce new catheters into core product production linesImplemented a manufacturing engineering department by reallocating supervisory assets.Obtained department ISO-9001 certification. Preformed gap analysis and designed action plan to reach certificationHeld positions of increasing responsibility in Operations, Distribution, and Transportation with Guidant Corporation, Baxter Healthcare, and Alcon Surgical.

CH-53 A/D Aircraft Commander, Flight Instructor, Maintenence Test Pilot. MAG-16 Drug and Alcohol Control Officer. Served with HMH-361 and HMT-301.

Mba

Bachelor Of Science (B.S.)