Phil Cronin, Pmp Email & Phone Number

Tualatin, Oregon

Lead Engineering & Operations team through the successful launch of new products and manage the production of existing products. Designed and developed the VaporSmartz iQ, VaporSTAR STAR-OEM and CycloneDry series of products on-time and under budget while exceeding gross margin projections. Established new suppliers and partners as part of the development process. Created customer approval drawings, internal specification drawings, bill of materials and assembly process instructions. Led the organization in the transition from 2D CAD designs to the utilization of 3D solid modeling for product development and manufacturing. Developed the facility layout, designed product flows and implemented lean enterprise methods.

Tualatin, Oegon

Led Engineering & Production team to the successful launch of VaporSmartz product.

Portland, Oregon Area

UTILIS, (Latin, adj.) profitable, useful, helpful, expedient, beneficial, goodOperations, Lean Management and Organizational Development ProfessionalMany companies have undertaken the lean enterprise journey but find that sustaining improvements are a challenge and long term success is elusive. The biggest obstacles often relate to changing the management systems within a company to support the new lean thinking. I CAN HELP.As a "hands-on" professional, I provide training and leadership for business process, performance and organizational transformations with a focus on developing leaders to change company culture, maximize and sustain improvements. Providing needs assessments, training, active implementation support and on-going coaching to all levels of the organization. Assisting the executive team with vision and strategy deployment and coaching leaders in the necessary management systems required to implement and sustain change. I enjoy working directly with process improvement teams and frontline personnel in execution of the new strategies.

Provided ongoing management and programmatic support for pharmacy innovation activities. Provide leadership, technical assistance, coaching and implementation of best practices through facilitation, training and process improvement techniques.

Portland, Oregon Area

Developed and mentored internal champions to drive process improvements and organizational change throughout the company. Created training and facilitation materials to develop a core of leaders to further drive organizational change. Facilitated change efforts and mentored senior and frontline staff in effective implementation and sustainability methodologies.

Portland, Oregon Area

A subject matter expert and project manager for the New Product Introduction (NPI) process using Advanced Product Quality Planning (APQP) methodologies. Led a cross-functional team through the product transition process from engineering design and validation through the development of test equipment and production fixturing & tooling. Guided the creation of process documentation while developing and implementing best practices across the NPI organization.Project management responsibilities included achieving schedule and budget performance with $4 million in capital and NRE. Worked with concurrent engineering teams to improve manufacturing performance through product development activities.Certified Lean Principal facilitator.

Portland, Oregon Area

Reviewed & improved R&D processes, developed production processes to start-up panel production in a new facility. Implemented Lean Enterprise / Lean Manufacturing principles throughout the organization. Identified, implemented and sustained improvements. Provided new employee training and orientation for lean principles and concepts.

Portland, Oregon Area

Provided leadership for business process & performance transformations with a focus on leadership development to change company culture, maximize and sustain improvements. Provided needs assessments, training, implementation support and on-going coaching to all levels of the organization. Engagements included assisting the executive team with vision and strategy deployment, coaching leaders in the necessary management systems required to sustain change and working directly with process improvement teams in execution of the new strategies.Expert in the implementation of leadership systems, value stream mapping, standard work, 5S / visual workplace, quick set-up, kanban / inventory management, problem solving and other lean enterprise tools.

Developed and implemented lean enterprise systems and processes throughout Exide facilities worldwide (directly in US / Europe, remotely in Australia / NZ). Improved productivity in all business processes (planning, purchasing, manufacturing, HR, A/R & A/P, etc). Manufacturing improvement areas included - equipment reliability (TPM), inventory reduction, quality, delivery and performance measures / KPI's.

Identified, developed and implemented lean manufacturing systems and processes throughout the facility to lower costs, increase quality and reduce lead times. Focus areas include inventory management, manufacturing, assembly, test and packaging. Developed a facility-wide strategic plan for lean implementation. The plan was recognized by corporate leadership as a “best practice” and was adopted in the other Stanley facilities worldwide.

Portland, Oregon Area

Led cross functional teams to the successful launch of OE powertrain products on-time and under budget while exceeding GM projections. The team included design and manufacturing engineering, quality, purchasing and production. Established new suppliers and partners as part of the development process. Created customer approval drawings, internal specification drawings, bill of materials, assembly process instructions, DFMEA, PFMEA, DVP&R and other quality documents as required by the customer. Principal interface with Asian, North American and European OE customer management, purchasing and design engineering teams for the successful launch of products specifically created for the customer.

Responsible Equipment Engineer (REE) for numerous DoD and NASA programs