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Aaron Rawdon

Euless

Summary

Talented Team Leader experienced and dedicated to enhancing employee satisfaction and business success. Diplomatic and friendly with proven commitment to employee training. Hardworking team player bringing necessary experience and knowledge to tackle any operational demand.

Overview

17
17
years of professional experience

Work History

Operational Excellence Team Lead

Straumann Manufacturing
03.2023 - 03.2024
  • Collect, analyze, and process data contributing to plant performance. Identify opportunities for improvements in quality, cost of goods, and delivery times.
  • Drive engagement in improvement opportunity projects through assembly of teams consisting of subject matter experts. Recognizing the value and results of shared experience and team effort.


  • Collaborate with Team Leads for all manufacturing sites to create standardized continuous improvement program and implementation strategy. Develop associated curriculum, including tools for use in training of all team members. Establish feedback channel for reporting of project initiatives, goals, progress, and results. Create platform for recognition of project results and responsible team members.
  • Support other departments in daily operations such as Quality, Production, and Logistics through experience acquired in previous positions.



Manufacturing Supervisor

Straumann Manufacturing
12.2018 - 02.2023
  • Lead a team ranging from 18 to 21 production technicians. Consisting of cnc mill operators, nesting, and finishing technicians.
  • Responsible for daily production averaging 1000 individual jobs including custom abutment, crown and bridge, and screw retained bar and bridge restorations. Maintain operation of 32 cnc mills ensuring required materials available and loaded for production volume.
  • Monitor production progress daily through both team interaction, as well as order tracking software. Identify possible bottlenecks, prioritize and delegate resources as required to achieve production targets and optimize workflow.
  • Evaluate jobs found to be outside standard quality specifications daily with quality inspection team. Quickly establish root cause, identify and implement necessary resolution strategy. Maintaining consistent quality and reducing requirement of remakes.


  • Introduce continuous improvement initiative in collaboration with Senior Management team. Provide site specific training on fundamentals of reduction in waste and 5S for manufacturing teams. Establish projects, goals, provide support, and recognition of resulting improvements.
  • Compile, analyze, and create reports of production data to identify opportunities for improvement. Measurable examples include identifying common design characteristics in crown and bridge jobs requiring remake. Working with Engineering to improve milling strategy resulting in significant reduction of scrap. Analysis of milling tool wear in production of custom abutments. Determining supplier suggested tool usage was conservative. Significantly decreasing use of tools required, associated cost in abutment production. Collaborate with Quality and Logistics teams to establish optimal batch size of jobs from Production to maintain efficient workflow.
  • Work closely with Quality team to maintain compliance in training requirements for Production team, and associated documentation. Review and update as required work instructions for all production processes.
  • Support Quality in preparation for regulatory audits including internal as well as multiple FDA inspections.
  • Conduct performance evaluation and calibration for Production team members. Understand and establish goals for growth beyond current position. Develop a plan for success in achieving development goals.
  • Review potential team member applications as provided by Human Resources partner. Work with Talent Acquisition partner in determining alignment of position requirements and candidate viability.






Quality Control Inspector

Straumann Manufacturing
01.2017 - 12.2017
  • Inspection of custom abutments, crown and bridge, screw retained crown and bridge restorations prior to final release.
  • Determine root cause of non conforming jobs requiring remake. Communicate results of failure analysis to Production Supervisor, Quality Manager, and Engineering.
  • Support Production and Engineering in identifying and implementing changes in process to improve quality metrics.
  • Provide feedback and training as required to technicians when remakes are determined to result from a manual process.


  • Contributed to defining role and responsibilities of position as first designated Quality Inspector. Surpassed goals for measurable improvement to quality metrics in determining possible value of position.

Lead Production Technician

Straumann Manufacturing
02.2012 - 12.2016
  • Support Production Supervisor in daily operations.
  • Assist in identifying possible interruptions in production and providing necessary support. Including finishing, nesting, machine operation, repair, troubleshooting, or maintenance.
  • Quality inspection of jobs for final release to Logistics.
  • Provide training as required for all processes relayed to daily operations.
  • Collaborate with Production Supervisor in technology transfer of new restorative options already in production at other sites. Including training of team members on associated processes including machine operation, software, and finishing requirements.

Production Technician

Straumann Manufacturing
07.2007 - 02.2012
  • Operation, maintenance, repair and maintenance cnc mills in the production of custom crown and bridge restorations/
  • Utilize nesting software for assignment of jobs to materials in preparation of milling process.
  • Finishing of crown and bridge restorations.
  • Quality inspection

Education

High School Diploma -

James Bowie High School
Arlington, TX

Automotive Technology

Licoln Technical Institute
Arlington, TX

Skills

  • Customer Focus
  • Coaching and Mentoring
  • Performance monitoring
  • Performance Improvement

Timeline

Operational Excellence Team Lead

Straumann Manufacturing
03.2023 - 03.2024

Manufacturing Supervisor

Straumann Manufacturing
12.2018 - 02.2023

Quality Control Inspector

Straumann Manufacturing
01.2017 - 12.2017

Lead Production Technician

Straumann Manufacturing
02.2012 - 12.2016

Production Technician

Straumann Manufacturing
07.2007 - 02.2012

High School Diploma -

James Bowie High School

Automotive Technology

Licoln Technical Institute

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