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Chicago, Us

Chicago, Il, Us

- Responsible for plant safety, quality, cost, manpower and productivity initiatives in a $36M operation. - Drove 5% year over year productivity gains through turbulent market conditions. - Drove the safety culture. Improved OSHA injury rate 6.7 in 2015 to 0 in 2016 through promoting “taking ownership” initiatives and awareness. - Obtained production to goal output at 99% in a complex remanufacturing environment while overcoming quality challenges, volume fluctuations and manpower issues. Volume varied from positive 17% in 2015 to negative 36% in 2016. Hit all labor and costs goals through the cycles. - Managed inventory to 11 turns in an industrial setting.

Chicago, Il, Us

- Planned and scheduled all shop operations for 3 manufacturing lines. - Performed forecasting functions and provided part level demand to buyers. - Created new material planning tool that is used by buyers as a material dashboard. Part level demand driven from upper level schedule, on hand and in transit inventory, and live PO data. Dashboard view of the critical material inventory level over time. Enables the team to meet the inventory reduction goals. - Managed the activities of 2 material buyers and 4 hourly materials associates. Successfully hired 2 valued assets the materials team. Set individual goals for the salaried team that aligned with the upper level goals of the organization.- Created input / output model to control and forecast inventory levels.

Chicago, Il, Us

- Lead Quality initiatives to improve the quality culture, leading to improvements in all areas of quality, including defect reduction, infancy return reduction and the reduction of external audit findings. - Implemented quality solutions that reduced the Cost of Poor Quality by 50%.- Lead several projects using Six Sigma tools to drive improved quality and also improved productivity. - Worked closely with Material, Manufacturing and Engineering to launch new turbo product line. Implemented all quality checks and documentation. - Established quality procedures for weld process qualification records. - Trained as an approved internal ISO auditor.

Chicago, Il, Us

Defined the process for Asset Investment Requests, decreasing the approval cycle by 50% and reducing the planned 2009 investment by $3.3M (16%).Directed seven employees to investigate assets that are overdue from customers, identifying $1.7M in assets to be recovered.Reorganized direct reports by product group; creating better continuity of tasks, communication and asset tracking.Lead a team to eliminate excess in the asset pool, reducing depreciation expense by ~100k in 2009.Worked directly with suppliers to drive on time delivery and to reduce current backlog.

Chicago, Il, Us

Improved forecasting, planning and ordering processes resulting in an inventory reduction of $5.3M (53%), increased inventory turns from 5 to 10.Designed and Implemented supplier pull program reducing days forward on raw material by 80%. Developed automated visual basic script to query JD Edwards and deliver pull requests via email.Implemented supplier consignment agreements. Suppliers agreed to own material in our warehouse until it was used in production.Managed two buyers and five hourly material handlers.Responsible for supplier fulfillment of all raw materials, worked directly with suppliers to ensure timely delivery of goods.Planned all material forecasts for suppliers and manufacturing, maintaining 90% forecast accuracy.Lead a lean manufacturing team in manufacturing cell. Reduced WIP by 50% and cycle time by 10%.Scheduled shop operations for three lean manufacturing lines.Programmed an Electronic Data Interchange program that loads Oracle demand into JD Edwards, saving 10 hours of manual data entry per week and improving system accuracy to 100%.

Chicago, Il, Us

Managed cost out projects saving 300k/year.Maintained test cell and test cell computer system saving $75k per year in consulting expense, including programming changes and database modifications.Provided manufacturing support for the turbocharger assembly and cylinder head machining lines.

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Managed the implementation and support of a world class web based engineering collaboration, complex procurement and project management software tool at several fortune 100 companies.Managed the operations of the deployment including, deployment strategies, manpower usage, schedule and budget.Produced technical documents specifying the deployment strategies of an Internet based software solutions.

Boston, Massachusetts, Us

Mastered all mechanical CAD, web based and data management products primarily, Pro/Engineer.Responsible for the design of complex parts and assemblies with Pro/Engineer to be demonstrated to prospects.

Coordinated mechanical and cryogenic engineering changes that involved all groups within the company (i.e. Mfg Eng, PC, and QA, purchasing and engineering.) Obtained strong design experience and product knowledge of super conducting magnet technology.Experienced in the designing pressure vessels, cryogenic containers and piping systems for venting helium gases.

Bs, Manufacturing Engineering

Master Of Business Administration (M.B.A.), Business, Management, Marketing, And Related Support Services