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Duties include obtaining quotes for customer’s international shipments of import and export shipments.Working with vendors on payment of ocean, trucking and terminal charges for shipments.Setting up transportation and delivery of shipments to customers.

Obtained RFQ’s and negotiated pricing from vendors for cost reduction to customer of $72,500. Co-managed major customer’s vendors with respect to ocean and air shipments.Managed customer inventory and consolidation of multiple vendor shipments.

Managed and shipped customer’s products using overnight, ground, and freight companies. Designed and packaged customer’s items. Developed and built packaging of high value product for commercial customers ($30,000-$250,000).Hired and trained employees, set work schedules, purchased and managed inventory.

Co-Managed with teaching continuous improvement and Lean Manufacturing concepts to employees. Plant responsibilities included Bill of Material Time and motion studies, line balancing, run at rate calculations, analyzing machine downtime factors and developing corrective measures. Designed and developed manufacturing processes and documentation for new product launches.TS16949 Document control coordinator for engineering department.Facilitator of Kaizen team which reduced manpower on four production lines by six people.Worked with vendors to increase part density of existing metal racking for a cost reduction projects.In charge of updating Bill of Materials and assembly issues involving part numbers, Kanban quantities, parts placement on lines.

Project management duties with respect to returnable and expendable packaging.Sourced production parts, prepared RFQ’s, vendor delivery, and supplier performance.Kaizen team leader for internal packaging, as well as customer specified packaging. Reduced returnable packaging warehouse space by 18,000 sq. ft. with a savings of approximately $3,500 per month.Established a new supplier of expendable containers for a cost savings of $18,000 per year.Coordinated and supported new model changes with packaging and production component parts.Worked with quality department on product launches and model changes.

Manufacturing EngineeringIn-Charge of moving major production line from Ohio, which included plant layout, feasibility studies, manning requirements, training personal, RFQ’s, timelines, schedules and capital equipment purchases. Analyzing and developing manufacturing process to reduce scrap and increase quality. Managed changes and updated Bill of Materials, and coordinated engineering design notes at plant level.Redesigned customer steel metal rack to increase density by four parts, cost savings of $92,000.

Sourced vendors, developed and obtained RFQ’s for raw materials, and purchased components parts; negotiated cost reductions on newly quoted materials and components.Analyzed and redesigned production line to increase efficiency of 24% thru reduced handling and cycle time.Worked with factory personnel to implement TQM, TPS and production/quality systems. Involved with quality audits for outside vendors and resolutions to deficiencies. Prepared 8D's, root cause analysis, supported program manager, concerning APQP and program launches.Managed and tracked ECN changes, Bill of Materials and developed work instructions and routing of processes.

Streamlined cost/waste reduction control procedures, and reduced overall paperwork by 15%.Performed product floor utility analysis and time studies to update existing bills of material and routing.Updated press side and assembly ergonomic processes.Performed continuous improvement and Kaizen activities, which reduced RIM curing line.Plant equipment capacity studies, and designed work station layouts of new paint and assembly line.

Researched, purchased and implemented new manufacturing technologies, and worked directly with customers on product cost reduction projects and quality issues. Developed new packaging for expendable to returnable’s with an annual cost savings of $165,000.Maintained and updated Bill of Materials and routings. Worked with program manager on PPAP, and APQP development on existing and new product launches.