Tiara Gray Bs, Mba Email & Phone Number

• Capacity Enhancement: Directed cross-functional teams to boost production capacity by 80%, managing a 35,000 SQ FT work center layout and overseeing the installation of over 200 tools with a total project cost of $102 million.• Strategic Expansion: Led a 4,000 SQ FT expansion project, installing over 30 tools, resulting in a 35% increase in production efficiency and improved workforce utilization, with a budget of $1.1 million.• Layout Optimization: Enhanced production capabilities by 40% through optimizing a 1,100 SQ FT design layout, relocating and installing equipment, with an investment of $435k.• Operational Excellence: Spearheaded factory performance initiatives, analyzing material flows, production costs, and workforce utilization to maintain high efficiency and productivity.• Project Management: Successfully planned and executed complex equipment installations and relocations, ensuring adherence to capacity, design, and implementation goals.• Continuous Improvement: Implemented process improvements across various factory operations, enhancing material flows, reducing production costs, and streamlining work center layouts.

• Led and collaborated with cross-functional teams to develop and implement advanced supplier quality management systems, processes, and standards to drive continuous improvement, risk mitigation, and supplier performance excellence.• Defined and monitored key performance indicators (KPIs), metrics, and benchmarks to assess supplier performance, identify areas for improvement, and drive accountability for quality and delivery performance.• Drove the resolution of complex supplier-related quality issues through root cause analysis, corrective action plans, and supplier corrective action requests (SCARs), ensuring timely and effective implementation of corrective actions.• Led supplier development initiatives, providing technical expertise, training, and support to suppliers to improve their manufacturing processes, quality systems, and overall performance to ensure quality requirements, performance metrics, and continuous improvement commitments.

Newport News, Virginia

• Improved productivity and efficiency by analyzing methods, and processes, creating value stream mapping, process documentation, and standardizing operation instructions.• Oversaw cross-functional team to support corrective action, information exchange, and preventive action plans resulting in a decrease of 33% in touch time within the Planning and Scheduling Department.• Developed and reported business cases and presentations for senior leadership teams on how to implement efficient and competitive solutions. Developed a 3D scan templating process that replaced an antiquated process, which generated a projected average net benefit of $50k realized over the next 5 years.• Created and maintained quarterly performance measures to support process improvement and LEAN manufacturing initiatives. • Managed multiple projects, developed standards, tracked performance metrics, and oversaw production and manufacturing processes. Maintained project charter, scope, and POAM (Plan of Actions & Milestones). Awards:• 2021 BEYA Modern-Technology Leader • 2020 Timely Awards Plan (TAP) Award for Planning Standards Development for Unit Rates• 2019 Timely Awards Plan (TAP) Award for Insulation Design Change for CVN 78 & CVN 79

Newport News, Virgina

• Conducted time studies and root cause analysis on a high-volume production line to control costs, reduce expenses, and optimize manufacturing systems as part of a continuous improvement initiative. Used statistical analysis, Six Sigma tools, and improvement methodologies to enhance value stream capabilities and support process improvement initiatives.• Complied processes and touch times to ensure accurate inputs to capacity models and simulations. Analyzed data led to an equipment design change which enhanced the heating process and reduced cycle time by 50%. • Identified capacity constraints and improved efficiency with lean Six Sigma tools. Implemented new technology to increase production by 30%.Awards:• 2017 Timely Awards Plan (TAP) Award for Advanced Steel Production Facility

Greensboro/Winston-Salem, North Carolina Area

Interface with multiple departments in the process of creating and implementing efficiencies, waste elimination and cost savings measures. Present supply chain analysis in support of forecasting performance and recommendations by metrics monitoring to the senior leadership team.

Asheboro, North Carolina

Develop and conduct GO/NO-GO GAUGE to identify and analyze cosmetic flaws, defects and deviations from specifications. Collaborate with quality and production analyst to conduct cost analysis and estimates based on historical cost; therefore, eliminating cost by identifying type I and type II defects. Create training for improved gauge system for cross-functional teams.

Greensboro/Winston-Salem, North Carolina Area

• A National Institute of Occupational Safety and Health funded study that focused on ergonomic systems research using field and laboratory studies. • Collected multilevel data using mixed methods, and analyzed data using qualitative and quantitative analysis tools. Disseminated results through publication of abstracts, papers, posters and oral presentations. Certified in Human Subjects Research Ethics, U.S. Health and Human Services, 45 Code of Federal Regulations, Part 46 (Citi Training Program, NC A&T SU).

Master Of Business Administration (Mba), Business Administration And Management, General, 3.75

Activities and Societies: • Golden Key International Honour Society • Master’s Superior Achievement Award • Master’s Superior Award.

Bachelor Of Applied Science (Basc), Industrial & Systems Engineering, 3.6

Activities and Societies: • Graduated Cum Laude • Alpha Pi Mu Industrial & Systems Engineering Honor Society (2014 - 2015) • Institute.