Roy Tanner Email & Phone Number

Dfw

Dallas/Fort Worth Area

Responsible for Lean facilitatation, training, deployment and mentoring across Europe, Nafta and Asia on end to end transactional processes.Supply Chain, Accounting, Tax, Treasury, Procurement, HR, Trade Compliance and Sales.

Dallas/Fort Worth Area

Global Six Sigma for transactional processes

Dallas/Fort Worth Area

Finance, Legal & Procurement

•Responsible for Competitive intelligence for the Cingular/AT&T account. •Long range portfolio planning activities extending through 2011.•Integral team member of Roadmap process for R&D sites for North American Markets.•Responsible for Long range sales planning input on volume, pricing and success probability.•Provided strategic insight for global teams on North American Market and Sales activity.•Develop and improve long range prediction models.

Corporate wide (62 Locations)•Accountable for the Lean Sigma program and all related training at ARS. •Redesigned Compensation program for Sales resulting in increased revenue generation and lower expenses.•Chicago lean event resulted in 220k reductions in second quarter purchased material.•Initial Oklahoma lean event reduced floor space 22% and inventory book value by 37%.•Responsible for mentoring and training Green and Black Belts.•Established a tollgate and project approval system to expedite project completion.•Developed templates and presentation formats for Six Sigma Black Belt certification requirements.

NW Region, CA, WA & OR•Introduced Lean and Lean Events into the diverse service industries of ServiceMasters.•Developed training material for Lean Six Sigma across multi-functional businesses and processes. •Led Recovery effort and process standardization among “bottom 15” shops resulting in 5 million in savings. •Completed analysis of Technician pay as a function of Sales Revenue saving $100k in consulting fees.

•Responsible for cultivating and maintaining database of 200 six sigma projects at the Ontario facility, overseeing their timely completion while achieving a savings goal of 6 million in operating income, 5 million in working capital, 2 million in Customer savings and 1 million in Order Bill Collect savings. •Project management and mentoring across all levels in the organization – human resources, quality, production, EHS, maintenance, shipping, receiving, and sourcing. •Achieved 100% Greenbelt certification at WCO – only site in GEES to accomplish 100%.•Responsible for Plant Investment Budget and reducing spending 70% while increasing productivity 20%.•Member of several labor “cluster” teams working global cost issues saving 10 million across GEES.•Actively lead all Six-Sigma efforts, the Action Work Out Process and Lean Manufacturing Events.

•Six-Sigma focal point for grinding and clearances issues for Engine Services and our Customers. • Responsible for the monitoring, and mentoring, of all quality and standardization improvements at 8 global sites: China, Brazil, Malaysia, Wales, Scotland, Dallas, Kansas and West Coast Operations. •Established and maintained a web based help center with online support across the corporation generating savings of 5 million in productivity gains.•Led SPC implementation at 8 sites resulting in automated reporting and 500 thousand in savings on a Blade Tip Grinder repair at one site.•Mentored and trained 35 Green Belts while assisting 4 Black Belts with their projects. •Assisted a 400 million dollar customer in quality improvements and cost cutting efforts resulting in savings of 3.5 million to the customer and 200 thousand to GE.•Drove customer focus through six sigma, lean and QFD activities with all my “internal customers”.

•Provided the technical direction for the “critical to performance” machines at the Ontario overhaul facility resulting in raising capability of machines from 1.3 sigma to 6 sigma.•Responsible for leadership to reduce Turn Around Times and the overall cost of delivered products to the customer through lean group efforts reducing wait times by 45% and cost by 75%. •Responsible for the site Business Case Analysis for Labor Relations and the Investment and Maintenance Budget of 5 million -- achieved a savings of 3.5 million on investment budget. •Evaluated and wrote numerous shop quality procedures and resolved ISO issues during re-certification.

•Numerical control programming using Apt IV and Unigraphics for multi-axis machines. •Closed loop machining and cost reduction and yield improvement for all 6-axis machines increasing yields 35%.•On time delivery rating to shop of 100% resulting in no idle time due to programming needs.

•Key Leadership role to solidify the technical direction of the Turbine Shrouds and Seals Organization. •Accountable for overseeing the efficient use of $3,400,000 in expendable tooling maintaining proper inventory levels that meet the customer’s expectations while minimizing inventory costs.•Reduced work stoppages due to expendable tooling from 2-3 per day to 3 per year.•Total ownership of four products from start to finish including the development, introduction, tooling methods, programming, costs, losses, scheduling, quality, and manufacturing methods.•Led Near Net Casting integration into GE90 and other engine lines resulting in reduced development times from 6 months to 6 weeks.

•Ownership of high volume CFM56 Stage 1 shroud and 2 CF34 development shrouds using NPI. •Responsibilities included cost, schedule, losses, quality and manufacturing methods.•Reduced cost 53% and losses 35% while reducing WIP by 50%. •Provided total ownership from casting to finished product reducing operations from 21 to 10. •Patented near net shape casting process during this time. •Supplier interface for quality issues and yield improvement resulting in no work stoppages at facilities.

•Position as a focal point for process improvement resulting in savings of 1.5 million. •Responsible for all lathes in the Turbine Shrouds and Seals Operation and the associated processes.•Duties included: N/C programming, tooling, process development, cost reductions, statistical data analysis and processes yield improvement.

•Responsible for numerical control programming of lathes for turbine shrouds and seals. •Duties included standardization of tooling and methods used to manufacture hardware – reduced tool holders from 56 to 6 while increasing yields 400%. • Responsibility included the introduction of new machining methods for transition to “new” N-5 alloy into the machining unit reduced machining costs on super alloys 70%.

Machinist

Macc, Accounting

Bba, Accounting

Activities and Societies: Phi Eta Sigma National Honor Society,Golden Key Club National Honor Society,Magna Cum Laude in General Honors