Stephen Sikorski Email & Phone Number

New York, United States

Glen Cove, New York, Us

Brooklyn, Ny, Us

Rockleigh, Nj, Us

Plainview, Ny, Us

South Plainfield, New Jersey, Us

Brooklyn, Ny, Us

• Decreased the cycle time and increased the productivity (parts per man hour) of the canning department allowing for a 40% decrease in manpower. (4 salaries) The personnel were cross trained and sent to other areas. • Improved the Dicing process, more than doubling the output from 183 parts per hour to 450 parts per hour, and increased the thru-put from 3σ to 6σ. • Reduced amount of “on floor” inventory needed to run SMT Pick and Place Department from $250,000 down to $50,000.• Newest endeavor reducing SMT pick and place cycle time by half.

Brooklyn, Ny, Us

• Decreased customer RMA’s in our flex line of products by introducing and implementing the use of solderless connectors. This also brought down our per piece assembly time by 300%• As a cost avoidance measure, put into practice the use of thermal compounds as a replacement for screws in our midtown line of products, decreasing labor and increasing lifespan of the product.

Brooklyn, Ny, Us

• Facilitated the changeover to cellular manufacturing in Riva’s jewelry finishing departments in order to set the stage for lean-six sigma implementation.• Increased the setting departments’ production output by 300%.• Sourced, trained and negotiated with outside vendors to produce merchandise outside, at 40% less than market price.• Took on the added responsibility of purchasing all of Riva’s manufacturing consumables.

Atlanta, Ga, Us

• Led a 15 man team of unloaders/sorters who unload and sort for delivery in excess of 60,000 packages in three and a half hours. • Trained and coached team in strict adherence to OSHA safety standards.• Given the added responsibility of being the backup simulation supervisor on multiple shifts.

• Simultaneously purchased sales distribution office in Florida while personally overseeing the building of a manufacturing plant in Mexico. Plant was providing contract labor to approximately 20 jewelry industry manufacturers with final products in Zale’s, Walmart, Macy’s, Tiffany’s, JCPennys, QVC, HSN, Helzberg, Sears, among others. At the height of season we would be producing 20,000+ units a week.• Utilizing government funds trained 100 employees in local village, cross trained 200 employees in base factory and covered costs of importing machinery thereby reducing costs of product and increasing services to US jewelry companies.• Personally lead all operations, manufacturing, product development, and front office managers.• Personally oversaw the writing of all standard operating procedures for production and quality control.

• Lowered finished goods inventory levels nearly 50%• Sourced, inspected and negotiated pricing/terms with overseas manufacturers in China, Korea, Mexico, Dominican Republic and Saint Vincent. Assisted sources in meeting our production and quality needs. Sources were required to provide credit for labor, gold, diamonds and colored stones.• Managed all in house production and quality staff, 150 employees in 9 departments.• Increased our production capabilities 400% and reduced production cost 50%.• Improved on time delivery rate to 100% up from 65%