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Director of Manufacturing, 04185

Industry: Assembly and various


Resides: Iowa

Salary: US $Open

 

Relocate: Yes

 

On the Market:

OVERVIEW:

Completed Toyota TPS Information Seminar at Toyota Motor Manufacturing in Georgetown, KY. Completed DMACC Lean Manufacturing training as well.
Results-driven experiences and achievements are many:
. Implemented cost reductions that reduced rework by a factor of 10, increased inventory turns by a factor of 2, and increased MTBF by a factor of 3.
. Leaned down inventory and WIP using team-oriented work groups reducing inventory by $4M.
.. Established Manufacturing and Marketing team to forecast demand and production reducing leadtime from 2 weeks to 24 hours.
. Maintained low headcount through training and efficient team building
. Established team oriented process improvements
. Successful team introduction of ISO 9001 (QA) with SPC, documented procedures, and continuous process improvement.
. Consolidated multiple manufacturing and warehouse locations into one facility.
. Set-up and staffed custom panel shop

Career Summary

An experienced, "hands-on" executive with a broad background in various areas of manufacturing including production, product engineering and design, scheduling, inventory control, materials management, and shipping/receiving.  Specific expertise in ISO 9001, SPC, Lean, S5, CE/UL, and OSHA/EPA regulations.  Proven results in continuous process improvements that maximize operating effectiveness and profits.  Known as a results oriented and highly intelligent individual with strong leadership and problem solving abilities.

Professional Experience

(Company name) IA                         1984 to 2002

Design and manufacturer of leading edge computerized Turbine Control electronics.

Director of Manufacturing                                                                                     1991 to 2002

Managed 5 departments: test engineering, assembly, final test and configuration, panel shop, and materials. 5 direct reports.  Grew manufacturing from an assembly group at approximately $2M revenues in 1984 to revenues approaching $50M in 2002. 

·         Introduced, trained staff, and implemented MRPII (Mfg Resource Planning) system

·         Developed annual and 3 year Manufacturing budget and monitored monthly expenses

·         Maintained low headcount through training and efficient team building

·         Established team oriented product demand forecasting

·        Leaned down inventory and WIP using team-oriented work groups

·         Implemented SPC, control documentation, and ISO 9001 procedures

·         Implemented modified Kanban (Lean Manufacturing)

·         Increased Inventory accuracy to 99%

·         Consolidated multiple manufacturing locations and warehouses into one facility.

Manager of Product Engineering                                                                         1984 to 1991

Responsible for the hardware and software of all product design.  Also responsible for quality control, reliability, and serviceability.

·         Developed and implemented quality manufacturing program with burn-in and documentation.

·         Developed internal hardware design function using AutoCad, EE Designer II and OrCad.

·         Designed and released brand new products: 3 Port Serial Board, Series 3 Controller, and EAS Controller.

·         Implemented field service Return Material (RMA) system.

QUINCY COMPRESSOR                                    Quincy, IL                                 1976 to 1984

Manufacturer of reciprocating and helical screw compressors.

Manager of Electrical Engineering

Supervised the design and development of compressor electrical controls to meet NEC, UL, NEMA, City of LA, and OSHA codes.

·         Significantly reduced cost of major product by coordinating a cross functional team that redesigned the temperature controls.

·         Designed multi-compressor controllers using a variety of PLC’s.

·         Responsible for the design and development of a state-of-the-art microprocessor compressor controller (Patent #4,502,842).

·         Specified and cost-justified a new CAD/CAM system.

·         Avoided union grievance against outside manufactured product by addressing issues in a professional manner and taking time to explain, step by step, why the product should remain outsourced.

Previous Professional Experience

Product Engineer

·         Finalized the product design and production documentation of the Tobacco Moisture Op Station.

·         Improved the Tipper effectivity, upgraded the Nucleonic Sensor Indicator, and improved the noise immunity of the IR Moisture Sensor.

Design Engineer

·         Designed the Pedal Chord System (Patent #3,844,192).

·         Designed and developed analog filters, both passive and active.

·         Implemented LSI Keyer into four level upper and lower manual organ.

·         Worked on design and development of four possible stereo wah-wah pedals.

Assistant Engineer

·         Worked on prototypes.

·         Did field tests and some design modifications.

·         Designed the crystal sync circuit for the 240 DAC telephone facsimile transceiver.

Education

MBA           Iowa State University                          GPA: 3.9                                    1999

BSEE        University of Missouri at Rolla             GPA: 3.1                                    1971

Continuing Education

TPS Seminar at Toyota, Lean Manufacturing 101, Lean Seminar Overview, ISO 9001, ESD Controls, SPC in Manufacturing, Low Volume SMT, Sexual Harassment, Inventory Cycle Count, and Supervising Technical Managers.

Computer Experience

CAD:                           AutoCad 2000, OrCad, EE Designer II

Data Base:                  MS Access, SQL, FoxPro, DBIII

MRPII:                          4th Shift

Spread Sheet:             Excel, Quattro Pro

Word Processing:       MS Word, WordPerfect

Awards, Honors, Publications & Patents

·          Beta Gamma Sigma, Business Honor Fraternity, 1999, ISU

·          Phi Kappa Phi, Honor Fraternity, 1998, ISU

·          2 Patents – 1985 Quincy Compressor(#4,502,842) &  1973 Thomas Organ(#3,844,192)

·          DESIGN NEWS,  Product Design of the Year, 1984

·          Published articles in DESIGN NEWS, ELECTRONIC DESIGN, & KILOBAUD

 





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