William Spires Email & Phone Number

Glendale California

Manage metal conduit fabrication, braiding, and conduit assembly.

2320 East Orangethorp Ave, Anaheim, CA 92806

Responsible for all aspect of production from Purchasing through delivery of precision metal fabricated components for the aircraft industry.

Burbank CA

• Led new product development team manufacturing jet exhaust ducting including Manufacturing Engineering, Quality, Project Management, Fabrication and Assembly.
• Reduced new product production lead time from six months to six weeks.
• Increased customer satisfaction through detailed daily status reporting resulting in two additional programs.

Sun Valley CA

• Led all aspect of production from procurement through shipment. Managed metal fabrication, electronic assembly, material control and logistics.
• Established standards for program planning, resource allocation and finance resulting in a 400% increase in program capacity. From one program to four simultaneously.
• Created material flow Bento system eliminating over production and component shortages at assembly resulting in a 30% reduction in production time.

Thousand Oaks CA

• Managed intercompany, military and overseas RF programs.
• Improved failing key supplier’s on time rating from 10% to 80% in four months through hands on LEAN implementation and financing sub-tier suppliers.
• Improved customer relations with Japanese Navy resulting in a 50% sales growth in one year.

Chatsworth CA

• Responsible for all areas of operations including manufacturing, material management, facilities and quality.
• Exceeded profit goals by 170%.
• Improved on time performance from 60% to 95%.
• Recovered AS9100 quality system from decertification in first six week on the job

Valencia CA

• Managed electronic and subsystem manufacturing, procurement and quality for major aerospace and defense contractors.
• Logged a five year, 300% sales growth with a 17% increase in gross margin and only a 12% increase in staff.
• Implemented LEAN and Continuous Improvement program
• Successfully lead two MRP/ERP implementations and ISO/AS9100 certification efforts

Business Administration And Management, General

Green/Black Belt, Lean

Structural Engineering