Corporate Continuous Improvement Manager Resume

SKILLS PROFILE

EMPLOYMENT HISTORY

Continuous Improvement Engineer ACCO
Apr 2006- Current
Confidential Booneville, MS

Trained Manufacturing division 300+ to lean Methodologies and Principles
Hosted Kaizen events resulting in annual savings of over $400,000
Freed up over 4000 square feet of manufacturing floor space.
Reduced set up times from 4 hours to 15 minutes
Reduced defects from 5.1% to .9%
Wrote Standard Operating Procedures to ensure sustainment.
Completed Plant layouts to improve flow, maximize floor space and increase productivity

Operations Manager Arrow Missile Defense Program
May 2004- 2006
Confidential Iuka, MS

Ensure Arrow Missile contract remained on time and under budget.
Wrote / Implemented SOP and C/A programs to ensure the passing of Quarterly Israeli audits
Oversaw all facets of Operations and 32 Direct reports
Audited Manufacturing processes with Israeli Engineers
Implemented Kanbans on critical to mission parts with long lead-times and/ or unstable suppliers
Scheduled and Supervised daily activities of 30+ employees across three shifts
Worked with Engineering and staff on FMEA's and root cause analysis to improve process and ensure compliance to safety and regulations
Lead teams on 2 successful Delta IV repairs while launch vehicles vertical on the Launch pad

Corporate Continuous Improvement Manager
Confidential February 1997-May 2004
Hendersonville, TN

Implemented and trained Lean at 16 facilities across the U.S and Canada. Facilities ranged from 30 to 3,000 employees
Hosted over 35 highly successful Kaizen events saving the Corporation over $750,000 in labor costs.
With process maps and 5's methodologies freed up over 50.000 square feet of manufacturing floor space.
Hosted office Kaizen events that consolidate lead times from order entry to delivery from 3 weeks to 5 days.
Implemented standard metrics and dashboard across all facilities based of DPO's.

Independent Process Improvement Consultant
ConfidentialSept 1991-February 1997
Zimmerman, MN

Design spot welders and implemented Standard Operating procedures at Ford
Conducted and trained Root cause analysis in all Fields from Aerospace, to automotive to metal fabrication on reduction of defects and elimination of wastes
Trained Lean and conducted Root cause analysis in Many Industries at all levels from shop floor personnel to Company Presidents.
Conducted root cause analysis to solve issues from welding defects, liquid and powder paint issues, blow molding flaws to metal spinning.
Reduced defects from 40% to 2%.

Production Manager July 1979 - Aug. 1991
Confidential

Over saw and managed budget and activities of 132 direct reports
Implemented SPC and TPM programs for a reduction of defects of 80% and an increase of OEE of 60%
Reduced the number of inspectors from 40 down to 6.
Was Instrumental in the Facilitation and training of a Facility of 2000 to a successful ISO implementation
Was the Internal ISO auditor and in charge of document control

ACTIVITIES

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