Operations/Plant Manager six sigma Resume

Title
Operations/Plant Manager six sigma

Primary Skills
Lean six sigma

Location
US-PA-Philadelphia

Posted
Feb-19-09

EXECUTIVE PROFILE
Experienced Hands-On Manufacturing Operations, Supply Chain and Engineering Manager with a background in diverse industries including, plastics, wood, medical devices, electronics, chemical, metal fabrication, tubing precision instrumentation, clean room processing, aerospace and consumer products. Effective Profit and Loss manager for multi-plant business units. Extensive Marketing, Sales and Customer interface and support. Led Operational Excellence Programs (Lean and Six Sigma) methodology from a manufacturing, distribution, engineering and financial perspective. Acknowledged ability to provide strategic vision and leadership driving cultural and cross functional change. Proven problem-solver with recognized organizational high performance team building and planning skills.

• Lean Manufacturing, Six Sigma, Black Belt • P&L Operations, Product Development
• Printed Circuit Board Assembly (SMT) • High Purity and FDA Compliance
• Asian, Latin American & Domestic Sourcing • Multiple Plant Operations
• Purchasing, Warehousing, Distribution S&OP • Instrumentation and Test Equipment
• Metals Fabrication and forming • Plastic Injection Molding, Blow Molding
• Toyota Training • ISO 9000 Implementation, GMP

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE


JARDEN CORPORATION (Lehigh Group) 2007 - November 2008

Director of Operations
• Areas of responsibility: Manufacturing, Warehousing, Distribution, Planning, Procurement, Quality Systems, Supply Logistics, and Engineering.
• Profit and loss responsibility for three manufacturing and distribution facilities both domestic and in Latin America. Lead Operational Excellence Program across all functional groups.
• Productivity improvements year over year improvement of 8%.
• Redesigned Quality systems model to be ISO compliant.
• Instituted 5S and Lean Manufacturing practices resulting in 15% inventory reductions and EHS reportable occurrences.
• Developed new sourcing strategies for metal and plastic components resulting in 15% savings.

NEWELL RUBBERMAID (Graco Children's Products) 2002-2007

Director of Engineering Services, (2005- 2007)
• Served on Newell Corporate Steering Committee for Operational Excellence focusing on implementation and training of Lean and Six Sigma systems.
• Managed development of new products and associated processes.
• Supported installation of SAP for worldwide operations.
• Oversaw compliance testing facilities and protocols and reporting.
• Managed the development of new products and technologies, FDA, NTSB and JPMA compliant.
• Responsible for sustaining, process, value engineering and compliance engineering of existing products and processes, full year savings 15%.
• Installed new Product Life Cycle Management System (Win Chill) resulting in reductions of E&O and on time product development and delivery execution. Multiple MCAD systems integration.
• Redefined the new product development process resulting in 3 month reduction in the development cycle.
• Extensive interface with Sales and Marketing supporting customer needs and product requirements.


NEWELL RUBBERMAID continued ?..

Plant General Manager, Elverson, Pa. (2002-2005)
• Developed and supported high performance work teams resulting in 10% labor reductions.
• Led implementation of Lean and Six Sigma initiatives,
• Profit and loss responsibility for three manufacturing and distribution facilities both domestic, Asian and in Latin America.
• Consolidated three operations into one single source manufacturing and distribution logistics facility.
• Received Newell Rubbermaid “Playing To Win Award” for Team Development and Leadership.
• Drove net 5% Productivity Improvements year over year.
• Net Inventory turns improvement of 20%. - Direct Labor efficiency improvements of 110% on average.
• Scrap reductions of 30% on average. - Cost of Failure reductions over 30%.
• Safety and lost time work day's rate improvement of 30%.
• Negotiation and development of strategic contractual arrangements with 200 key vendors resulting in 5% Year over Year Savings.

AVO INTERNATIONAL, Valley Forge, PA 1995-2002

Operations /Engineering Manager -- Instrumentation Manufacturing
Held Profit and Loss responsibility for multiple plant operations business unit division of AVO International, manufacturers of Biddle, Megger and Multi-Amp product lines. Oversaw product engineering, manufacturing, quality, materials, purchasing, facilities, distribution, repair, customer services and product support for test and measurement equipment serving the electrical utility, large industrial, military, battery, medical and telecommunications markets worldwide.

• Established Lean Manufacturing practices utilizing cell manufacturing (Kan Ban) and point-of-use inventories resulting in 40% inventory reduction and 30% increase in on-time delivery performance.
• Transitioned new Power Quality product line which opened door into new markets and let to $4MM increases to sales.
• Increased gross margins of 15% for loss leader product lines through outsourcing parts of process.
• Added system enhancements to customer services and support processes increasing customer satisfaction evaluations by 25%.
• Drove 28% improvement in customer product quality and delivery through new processes and documentation.
• Relocated facilities to state-of-the-art business site, reducing overall operating costs 25% and creating a more positive physical work environment.

AMETEK CORPORATION, Sellersville, PA 1986-1995
Business Unit Manger -- Device and Instrument Divisions Aerospace, Medical and Commercial

Manufacturing Engineering Manager

Profit and loss responsibility for controls and gauge products serving the utility and industrial markets. Managed daily product manufacturing, engineering and materials planning for multiple plant operations. Member of US Marketing and Sales Development Team establishing direction and definition of new products, technologies, and markets. Directed department of 18 responsible for process development and manufacturing engineering support for all phases of a fully vertically integrated mixed volume ISO 9001 and FDA certified production facilities.

UNISYS CORPORATION, Flemington, NJ 1979-1986
Personal Computers and Work Stations
Supervisor Project Engineering, Engineering/Operations (1983-1986)
Engineer / Quality Assurance (1979-1983)

EDUCATION & PROFESIONAL TRAINING

BS, Manufacturing Engineering Technology, Spring Garden College, Philadelphia, PA,
Six Sigma BB, Center for Creative Leadership (Darden Business School) Situational Leadership, ISO, APICS, GMP, TQM, SMT, Reliability/Quality Assurance, Failure Analysis.

Certifications
Six Sigma BB Lean


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