Robert Pritchett Email & Phone Number

Seymour, Indiana

United States

Highly seasoned purchasing and operations professional with 15+ years of experience in various industrial and manufacturing settings. Strong skills, knowledge, and experience in manufacturing processes, quality, tool making and design, product design, machine operation, troubleshooting, safety, supervision, sales, customer relations, business management, and information technology

Columbus, Indiana

Corporate purchasingTooling & Equipment Commodity Buyer

Global Manufacturer of automotive glass products.Support Daily Operations.Reviewed and Developed Process ImprovementsImplemented cost savings projectsAssisted with capital budget layoutContinuous improvement within quality and daily operations

* Support Injector Plunger manufacturing business.* Support PT fuel pump housing manufacturing business.* Continuously work with vendors and suppliers to decrease operating costs through tooling and equipment cost reduction.* Active member of Cross Functional Work Team, resulting in brainstorming, troubleshooting, and cost reduction ideas, multiple A-3 improvement projects in place to dramatically reduce scrap and operating costs. * Experienced with capital expenditures including quote process, machine and vendor selection, writing requests for funds allocation, equipment run-off in Japan, Cummins documentation and verification protocols, MCR process and final purchase of machine. * Maintained good positive working relationships with numerous vendors and suppliers.* Use of problem solving techniques to correct issues such as fish-bone and 7-step methods. * Identify and correct quality issues.* Purchase capital machinery to replace existing machinery, which included all phases of purchase and implementation into production. This included manufacturer quotes, machine selection criteria, purchasing, machine capability runoff at manufacturer's facility, installation at our facility and final capability runoff.* Reduced over $90,000 in scrap from 7/08 - 4/09 by identifying and correcting various process issues causing nicks and scratches on various completed parts.* Six Sigma project reducing in-plant managed expenses by over $100,000 per year in utility vehicle maintenance costs. Streamlined entire utility vehicle maintenance procedure.* Six Sigma project reducing plant electrical utilities by over $250,000 per year. * Team member on a current six-sigma project to reduce manufacturing scrap on HHP plunger product line.* Daily use of various Cummins Manufacturing Support Systems including MCR database, Ease software, statistical analysis software, Document Control database and Dimensional Metrology Lab measurement equipment.

New Castle, Indiana

* Support daily manufacturing operations * Assisted engineering team to develop and implement solutions for current issues.* Various jig and fixture design, modification and fabrication. * Daily use of various milling machines, grinders, jig-bore machines, lathes and other precision hand tools.* Developed and made various specialty tooling for use in mass high-volume production equipment,* Developed database application on my own time and implemented it into Chrysler tracking system. The application tracked cost analysis for rebuilding of various production equipment versus purchasing it from a vendor or rebuilding in-house for cost savings as well as predicted a more efficient use of time.

* Engineered and Maintained remote and fixed satellite/wideband microwave communication uplinks. * Installed satellite and wideband communications equipment. * Performed solid state and digital trouble-shooting.* Operated modern electronic test equipment: Multi-meters, signal generators, spectrum analyzers, and oscilloscopes. * Completed tours of duty in South/Central America and throughout the U.S.