SARA BROOKE REED
Director Of Operations
Woodinville,WA
Summary
Collaborative leader with dedication to partnering with coworkers to promote engaged, empowering work culture. Documented strengths in building and maintaining relationships with diverse range of stakeholders in dynamic, fast-paced settings. Encouraging manager and analytical problem-solver with talents for team building, leading and motivating, as well as excellent customer relations aptitude and relationship-building skills. Proficient in using independent decision-making skills and sound judgment to positively impact company success. Dedicated to applying training, monitoring and morale-building abilities to enhance employee engagement and boost performance.
Overview
25
25
years of professional experience
6
6
Certificates
Work History
Senior Program Manager
Tethers Unlimited
Bothell, WA
06.2021 - 12.2022
- Grew program profit 6% by collaborating with Contracts Management staff to identify and quantify unclear technical requirements before program kickoff.
- Accelerated schedule performance 14% by teaming up with Engineering, Operations, Quality, and Contracts leaders to capitalize on acceleration opportunities.
- Captured 4% increased profit by using Lean and Six Sigma tools to identify and eliminate program administrative waste.
- Delighted customers by accelerating discretionary pre-Critical Design Review (CDR) stage-gate tasks to inform design and burn down technical risks early. Estimated savings: cost: 14%, schedule: 8%
- Briefed program cost, technical, schedule, quality, and risk performance to executive leadership team and customers monthly.
- Captured two new programs that increased backlog value 21% by streamlining proposal bid processes, including developing new tools and templates and performing user training.
Senior Manager, Global Operations
PHILIPS HEALTHCARE
Bothell, WA
05.2018 - 02.2022
- Eliminated OSHA-reported manufacturing hazard, improved employee morale, increased throughput 26%, and slashed rework costs 86% by implementing new process equipment in FDA Class III factory.
- Short-listed rapid prototyping and production opportunities by leveraging membership in Philips' Additive Manufacturing Technology Group.
- Cut factory transition costs 13% by teaming "giver" and "receiver" subject matter experts early to capture and execute on highest risk and value tasks.
- Slashed product return and rework costs 37% by collaborating with Asia and EU intracompany leaders to eliminate quality escapes and product damage incurred in shipping and transportation.
- Captured 6.1 FTE (full time equivalent) heads worth of wasted labor and shrunk CAPA processing time 72% by using process mapping and Gemba tools to eliminate redundant, confusing, and missing policy and procedure documentation.
- Revitalized Philips' Washington State Political Action Committee (PAC) membership by increasing membership 41% and donations 32% in one year.
Supplier Management Category Leader
THE BOEING COMPANY
Seattle, WA
05.2016 - 05.2018
- Led Supplier Management strategic planning activities for Boeing Enterprise automation projects.
- Chaired monthly meetings with executive leadership to identify improvement opportunities, review Category contract performance, and brief company needs and market trends.
- Developed and obtained corporate approval of Automation Supply Chain Architecture (SCA).
- Grew equipment utilization19% and slashed administrative costs estimated 23% by creating a Category Strategic Plan (CSP) that maximized existing asset use, created catalog of pre-approved solutions, defined capital acquisition ROI and utilization benchmarks, and streamlined processes when procuring catalog items.
- Retired large contract procurement risk valued at over $80M by bridging communications gaps between technical and supply chain teams in RFI/RFQ and proposal procurement phases.
- Represented Boeing's Automation category needs at industry events, including researching industry trends, R&D, and competitive landscape.
Manufacturing Engineering Department Manager
Aerojet Rocketdyne
Redmond, WA
04.2013 - 02.2016
- Built new Process Engineering organization from the ground up, including developing Enterprise Process Variation Management (PVM) command media, standard work, training and skills requirements, and partnering with functional leaders to integrate new function into operations. Results included slashing Cost of Poor Quality (COPQ) 50% and month-over-month COPQ variability 60%.
- Reclaimed over $1M of program and expense budgets and 2FTE heads of labor by using lean tools to eliminate lost and out of calibration manufacturing tools.
- Led large Engineering department of 45 highly effective managers, multi-disciplined engineers, and technicians.
- Saved estimated $25M by building Enterprise Foreign Object Elimination (FOE) program with a team of cross-functional and industry leaders.
- Achieved 100% on-time manufacturing starts by integrating all manufacturing support tasks in factory IMS (Integrated Master Schedule).
- Drastically reduced ISO audit findings over 90% by analyzing historical audit data and partnering with local leaders to execute training and improvement projects.
- Enabled over 15% new business by leading Facilities capital projects that implemented greenfield ISO 7 (Class 10,000) and ISO 8 (Class 100k) cleanrooms.
Section Manager and Sr. Principal Engineer
RAYTHEON COMPANY
El Segundo, CA
11.1997 - 03.2013
- Slashed bid cycle time 60% and increased contract award value from $14M to $200M+ using process mapping, metrics definition/reporting and standard scheduling
- Regularly presented technical and program content to executive and senior military leaders.
- Developed, documented and sustained processes, trained Bargaining Unit personnel, led RCCA investigations, performed Design for Manufacturing (DFM) investigations
- Slashed factory recovery time from six months to 15 days after a fire shut down manufacturing operations.
- Increased manufacturing output 800%, slashed cycle time 70%, and operational costs 17% by leveraging improvement ideas generated by line operators, technical, quality, and supply chain support staff.
- Delighted customers by cutting government program repair/upgrade cycle time more than 50% with Six Sigma projects focused on process mapping, KPI analysis, and Critical Chain.
- Orchestrated multiple Manufacturing Execution System (MES) implementations on time across sites, including defining strategic plans, requirements, and data capture elements.
- Reduced costs 33% by transitioning production machining operations from California to Texas.
- Beat waste reduction goals by over $30M using “voice of the customer”, lean, RCCA, and DFM tools.
- Reduced department costs 16% using KPI-focused improvement projects to eliminate organizational waste, including instantiating standard work and process control plans.
- Saved over $2M capital funding by using Gemba tools to capture underutilized test equipment capacity.
- Achieved 100% trained and qualified status for 210 person business cluster, including Bargaining Unit, Engineering, Supply Chain, Program Management, Managers, and Executive Leaders.
- Defined and executed Six Sigma strategic plan for $450M US Navy program across two states and multiple global sub-locations.
Education
Master of Science - Materials Science
Bachelor of Engineering (BE) - Mechanical and Materials Science Engineering
Skills
Relationship Management
undefinedCertification
Earned Value Management Certification
Accomplishments
Achieved factory restart in 91% less time than forecast after fire shuttered operations. Maintained customer's 100% on-time delivery metrics by loaning labor to process their backlog when deliveries restarted.
Slashed International Partner Cost of Poor Quality (COPQ) 88% by collaborating with Asia and EU business partners to prevent intracompany product returns.
Grew business from $14M to $200M+ in two years by leveraging Voice of the Customer and Lean tools to identify and squash barriers.
Affiliations
Project Management International
Society for the Advancement of Material and Process Engineering (SAMPE)
American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME)
Leading Ladies of... Aerospace
Leading Ladies of... Defense
World Wildlife Fund
Work Availability
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Timeline
Senior Program Manager - Tethers Unlimited
06.2021 - 12.2022
Senior Manager, Global Operations - PHILIPS HEALTHCARE
05.2018 - 02.2022
Supplier Management Category Leader - THE BOEING COMPANY
05.2016 - 05.2018
Manufacturing Engineering Department Manager - Aerojet Rocketdyne
04.2013 - 02.2016
Section Manager and Sr. Principal Engineer - RAYTHEON COMPANY
11.1997 - 03.2013
Colorado School of Mines - Master of Science, Materials Science
Vanderbilt University - Bachelor of Engineering (BE), Mechanical and Materials Science Engineering
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