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Breckenridge, Texas, Us

Operational leadership across two locations that Designs & Manufactures Filtration systems and filters for the Oil and Gas markets.

Pittsburgh, Pa, Us

Operations management with P&L and budget responsibility for the Plant with 100+ employees including strategic implementation and daily tactical activities encompassing manufacturing, quality, EHS, supply chain, HR, continuous improvement, maintenance and engineering with R&D.- Crisis management through COVID-19 achieving profitable results above expectations- Staff development and recruiting during business growth of 21% & 16%- Drove a monthly Gemba walk using standard work with the leadership team- Standardized the monthly forecasting process by line of business- Statistical inventory control process implemented aligning inventory to meet 95%+ on time delivery- Transition from part number location control to lot control, implementing first-in-first-out and warehouse utilization- Implemented Powerig assembly line flow path with submodule stations increasing output 4x- Capital investments $1M+/yr improving CNC capabilities, facility roof and 57 unit HVAC system

Pittsburgh, Pa, Us

Howmet (formerly Arconic, formerly Alcoa, formerly Cordant, formerly Huck)P&L responsibility with 90+ employees across two departments, annual sales of $55+ million, manufacturing Blind Rivets. Responsible for establishing and meeting production schedules, staffing, improving productivity (OEE) and operational excellence, requesting and implementing new capital projects and maintaining exceptional quality with a safety conscious working environment. Develop and execute a strategic direction and support the Engineering resources to improve processes and develop new products.- Safety = Zero lost work days in over five years- Quality = 2018 lowest internal scrap ever recorded, reduced by 50% vs 2014- Cost = Labor cost as a percentage of Sales held flat since 2014 (offset labor increases) with over 1,700improvements since 2015- Delivery = Increased output to an all-time record over 8.0M pieces/wk- Sales = Best ever sales dollars / employee

Pittsburgh, Pa, Us

Howmet (formerly Arconic, formerly Alcoa, formerly Cordant, formerly Huck)Strategy development and execution with leadership and management of continuous improvement activities across North America, Mexico, UK, China and Australia. Significant focus on Mexico to develop a low cost supplier of commodity rivets. Managed three functional departments in Waco with over 30 people, focusing on productivity (OEE), cost reduction, throughput savings, quality sustainment and a safe working environment.- Achieved over $2 million labor savings in the Waco Packaging department- Project managed the successful transfer of a $1.5 million product line from Waco to Mexico- Received the Alcoa “You Make A Difference” award for establishing Mexico as a profitable entity- ABS, Lean Certified to maximum: Level 1=Stability, Level 2=Connections, Level 3 = Flow Paths- Developed and implemented strategic thinking for the Industrial Division using Hoshin Kanri- Implemented a worldwide daily improvement system- Implemented a worldwide standard work system focused on TPM, 5s, Safety and Sustainability- Facilitated over 50 kaizen events between North America, Mexico, UK, Australia and China

Pittsburgh, Pa, Us

Howmet (formerly Arconic, formerly Alcoa, formerly Cordant, formerly Huck)Managing and leading continuous improvement activities in Waco including kaizen events, training events, daily improvements, 5S controls, problem solving, productivity (OEE) improvement and daily management. Department leadership for Receiving which included the raw material warehouse.- Facilitated and led continuous improvement training and kaizen events in Australia and China- Implemented a raw material warehouse cycle counting system and sustained 99%+ accuracy- Facilitated over 40 kaizen events in Waco- APICS certified: Basics of Supply Chain Management

Pittsburgh, Pa, Us

Howmet (formerly Arconic, formerly Alcoa, formerly Cordant, formerly Huck)Managing and leading continuous improvement activities in Waco including kaizen events, daily improvements, 5S and visionary focus along with problem solving with all levels of staff.- Managed the cultural transformation from the former Huck business to the Alcoa Business System- Facilitated and led over 60 Kaizen events

Pittsburgh, Pa, Us

Howmet (formerly Arconic, formerly Alcoa, formerly Cordant, formerly Huck)Based in Telford for 5.5 years with positions of Customer Engineering Manager, Customer Engineer and Customer Service Team Leader. Focused to the Engineering needs of the customer and maintaining a strong interface between Customers, Sales, Production Engineering and Quality. Responsible for the QS9000 implementation and maintenance of the APQP process; reviewing all technical inquiries and all costing procedures; adding new products for manufacture on the Baan computer system and determining the manufacturing routing and bill of materials; managing an Application Engineer and leading a customer service team of 5 people.

I provided Global support to the Sales force with technical knowledge, customer visits, pre-sales presentations and post-sales trouble-shooting. Provided a marketing resource for the Food and Beverage industries. I travelled through Asia, USA, UK and Europe for customer contact to develop business relationships, identify key market segments collate growth statistics and highlight market trends. A high level of team play was required to maintain a fluid relationship within the different company departments, especially Sales, Customer Care and Development.- Developed the measurement of oil content in virgin olive oil pressing targeting $5M revenue- Developed the global roll-out of the measurement of original gravity and alcohol content in beer targeting $10M revenue

Working on projects from radar distribution to solid state memory stores for satellites. Aspects of this included designing and assessing test structures; collating information form literature searches and journals; report writing and giving presentations and liaising with customers to maintain and obtain project funding. Additional skills developed were CAD of PCB artworks and technical drawings in addition to using word processing and overhead drawing software.- Developed utilization of CAD software to create test structures- Evaluated over 100 options of high frequency splitting devices to propose a viable solution in planar radar signal distribution; recommended for a Masters degree

Bachelor Of Engineering With Honors, Material Science With Microelectronics

Ten O Levels

Three A Levels In Electronic Systems, Physics And Mathematics With Mechanics