Robert Gardner Iii Email & Phone Number

Abbott Park, Illinois, US

Abbott Park, Illinois, US

Abbott Park, Illinois, US

Columbus, OH, US

- Lead a team responsible for the scale up from design concept to mass-production for a business category with $750MM in sales.- The team coordinates with strategic suppliers to optimize operations, and helps consult on where to prioritize capital investments based on the direction of the business.- The team manages all dual-sourcing projects to balance.

Columbus, OH, US

• Directly manage a team of four engineers to improve quality and efficiency within our supply chain. I help prioritize team projects, coach them in their professional development, and help eliminate roadblocks when.
• Led a project that saved the company over $600,000 annually by coordinating a capability study on the supply chain to lower the targeted fill level while continuing to meet legal obligations.
• Led a project that saved the company over $1,300,000 in excess material purchasing of fragrance oil.
• Led a project that saved the company over $75,000 annually while simultaneously increasing production capacity by 2% by identifying the optimum operating condition for label scrap purchasing.
• Utilize data to identify long-term quality trends, and focus on isolating and verifying root-cause solutions.
• Utilize data to make better business decisions on which quality issues to focus on, and to confirm solutions work.

Columbus, OH, US

Columbus, OH, US

- Invented a device that increased output of the limiting component in a product by over 300%. This eliminated this component constraint on the system, and allowed our overall production to increase beyond previous capacity for increased holiday production output.- Used Root Cause analysis to save the company over $800,000 by delaying a new launch until.

Sunbury, OH, US

- Design each individual system tailored to customer requirements.- First project resulted in 3% cost reduction from a previous design in identical application.

• Mechanical Engineer I (Design Focus)
• Working as a design engineer in Calgon’s Containment and Indoor Air Quality Department.
• Responsible for new product development and product improvement
• Actively manage over $3 Million in standard inventor; monitor quantity levels, place purchase orders with suppliers, issue goods to vendors, remove items from inventory when delivered to customers.
• Perform active project design review and analysis.
• Eliminated a long time quality problem with Calgon’s line of bubble-tight dampers by performing a torque analysis on the actuator and drive shaft system.

Irving, Texas, US

- Hired into their Rotational Development Program.- Worked as a manufacturing engineer to support operations on the large mining trucks value stream.- Responsible for process improvement and day-to-day operations of four Mazak lathes.- Worked one-on-one with suppliers to update tooling. Resulted in a 30% decrease in cycle time of the drilling operation and.

Researched acoustic vibration impact on metal panels

Master Of Business Administration (M.B.A.), Finance, General

B.S., Mechanical Engineering