Bill Mitchell Email & Phone Number

Mukilteo, Wa

Oak Harbor, Washington

Managed four manufacturing work centers. Coordinated daily production by supervising shop planning, prioritizing jobs and overcoming constraints. Directed personnel and championed continuous improvement through Kata, Plan-Do-Check-Act, managing daily improvement and Kaizen. Approved purchase requisitions and addressed employee issues, evaluations, and reviews.

Oak Harbor, Washington

Worked with internal suppliers to reduce lead times and inventory, as well as increase inventory turns. Planned and scheduled manufactured parts from internal suppliers while serving as internal auditor. Utilized ERP system to plan and schedule jobs for manufactured parts from internal suppliers. Functioned as subject matter expert for Planning/Scheduling during transition to different ERP system for Oak Harbor facility. Worked with GIS team to learn new system and customize functions. Wrote scripts describing how to utilize planning and scheduling tools for team members and as templates for other company sites. Trained Oak Harbor team members on use of new planning/ scheduling tools.• Implemented stocking plans with stocking levels and minimum order quantities for manufactured parts, using established tools and guidelines.• Troubleshot problems in Global Scheduler module to ensure smooth daily use for growing number of users.• Assisted with transition into use of Foreman’s Dispatch Report module while teaching essentials of Visual Lot Trace module.

Oak Harbor, Washington

Created routers and bills of materials for new parts and submitted ECO's for new part creation and revision of existing parts. Wrote procedures and work instuctions for use in production. Released work orders for proof of concept and pre-production runs.

Mukilteo, Washington

Estimated time, material and tooling layout for all potential new jobs. Wrote and maintained routers and bills of material using ERP system. Purchased inventory items and consumable materials. Performed periodic audits of actual job costs.

Petersburg, Alaska

Managed machinist team installing, setting up, repairing and maintaining all equipment used in salmon canning process, from butchering to palletizing. Planned and supervised capital projects and production-related improvements. Coordinated purchasing of capital items as well as consumable materials.