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 demand across our supply base, both for finished good and raw material suppliers.

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 necessary.• 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.• Strategize the proper direction of team talent, skills, and responsibility to perform best in the short and long term.• Focus the team on higher value contributions to the business without sacrificing performance on daily responsibilities.

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 the correction was properly implemented.- Implemented an engineering design change in product that contributes over $10M a year in sales. Traveled to China to oversee the implementation throughout our supplier base.- Statistically analyze and document quality defects.- Perform audits on suppliers, and work to implement best practices.

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.• Redesigned Calgon’s standard containment housing resulting in 30% reduction in material costs.Interim Production Manager January 2011 – February 2011• Coordinated production of over $300,000 in sales during a departmental personnel transition• Oversaw five team members - prioritized tasks and workloads accordingly.• Quoted over $100,000 in potential future ordersProject Manager for Calgon’s Plastic Cassette Filter January 2010 – June 2011• Actively managed one employee.• Responsible for entire design process – design, prototype, and full production• Acted as direct contact working with Underwriters Laboratory to obtain UL 900 certification.• Coordinated five different suppliers along entire process to meet all necessary prototype, UL sampling, and production requirements.

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 a 300% increase in drill life.

Researched acoustic vibration impact on metal panels

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

B.S., Mechanical Engineering