Chris Terry
Helenwood,TN
Summary
Logical technical professional with proven abilities in examining requirements and plans to create proposals. Motivated to provide precise estimates by clearly understanding project objectives, defining scopes and determining schedules. Experienced in adhering to client feedback and revising estimate information to suit customer preferences.
Overview
20
20
years of professional experience
Work History
Cost Analyst
Great Dane Trailers
04.2016 - Current
- This position is a liaison position between costing, sales, product engineering and production, quoting of new product designs or options requires feedback and communication from all departments
- Maintain all base model and option pricing for flatbed products within Concept
- Completed technical estimates using cost models.
- Use JDE9.x to determine actual material costs for options
- Work closely with Corporate Accounting group to reconcile differences between sales estimated cost and actual cost at end of month – this includes looking at BOMs in JDE and engineering drawings in SmarTeam
- Help salesmen at branches/dealers to develop a quote to meet customer needs – especially when salesmen are not always familiar with the flatbed product line
- Prepared estimates used by management for purposes such as planning, organizing, and scheduling work.
- Work with vendors to determine costs and availability of requested options.
Product Engineer
Great Dane Trailers
01.2012 - 04.2016
- Designed unique components for use on custom/specialized semi-trailers per customer requirements
- Drove continuous improvement culture in engineering to provide clear product design standards, improve manufacturability through enhanced documentation and reduce engineering cycle time.
- Analyzed and solved problems during all stages of production (fabrication to final assembly)
- Tested completed projects for functionality and implemented changes to production methods to rectify issues in final products.
- Created, checked and approved drawings used by all areas of the plant, outside vendors and customers.
Lead Mold Technician
SL Tennessee LLC
01.2010 - 01.2012
- Customers: GM, VW and Hyundai
- Responsible for 20 injection molding machines, ranging in size from 350 to 1700 tons.
- Accurately recorded operational practices and production data
Quality Technician/Mold Technician/Production Engineer
Takahata Precision America
01.2005 - 01.2009
- Customers: Toyota, Honda, Ford, DaimlerChrysler, Subaru, Denso, Bosch and AFCO
- Responsible for 15 injection molding machines, ranging in size from 50 to 350 tons
- Worked in quality lab doing PPAP and CPK measurements for initial certification for TS16949
- Developed quality processes and procedures for properly measuring critical dimensions on various parts used in automotive fuel systems
- Program Mitutoyo CMM for doing automated measurements on new production parts, optimize programs for existing parts for most efficient use of CMM time
- Received special training from a Japanese production engineer about programming and advanced maintenance of several types of industrial sensor, actuator, and robot systems
- Worked closely with production to help reduce cycle times and improve worker safety and productivity
- Contacted vendors about replacement or upgrade components to several electronic systems
- Troubleshot mechanical/electrical/electronic issues on all molding equipment and extractor/conveyor systems.
Education
Some College (No Degree) - Mechanical Engineering
Tennessee Technological University
Cookeville, TNSkills
- Effective Communication
- Cost Estimation
- Team Collaboration
- Cost Control
- Decision-Making
- Pricing strategy
- Microsoft Excel
- Fraud detection techniques
- Project Management
- Continuous Improvement
- Product Design
- CATIA expertise
References
Available upon request
Timeline
Cost Analyst
Great Dane Trailers
04.2016 - Current
Product Engineer
Great Dane Trailers
01.2012 - 04.2016
Lead Mold Technician
SL Tennessee LLC
01.2010 - 01.2012
Quality Technician/Mold Technician/Production Engineer
Takahata Precision America
01.2005 - 01.2009
Some College (No Degree) - Mechanical Engineering
Tennessee Technological University
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