Dennis Ellis
Troy
Summary
Manufacturing Manager with extensive experience at Taconic, specializing in continuous improvement and operational efficiency. Proficient in data analysis and project management, with a strong record of implementing lean manufacturing techniques that enhance customer satisfaction and achieve production targets. Skilled in promoting team collaboration and optimizing processes to ensure a safer work environment.
Overview
14
14
years of professional experience
Work History
Manufacturing Manager
Taconic
Petersburg
05.2022 - Current
- Manage three finishing departments, consisting of 3 direct reports and 80 indirect reports.
- Help with material and production scheduling, assisting with urgent requests as needed.
- Develop, manage, and implement improvement projects working with heads of each department.
- Improved organization, 5S, storage solutions for better working environment and lower risk of injury.
- Work as a team with managers of all department to meet goals and ship dates. Including oven room, engineering, and maintenance.
- Work directly with customers to ensure customer satisfaction is met, troubleshooting issues, focusing on rush requests.
- Weekly meetings with several key customers in the Aerospace and food industry.
Production Manager
Centrotherm Eco Systems
Albany
08.2015 - 03.2022
- Responsible for all aspects of production, warehousing, logistics, inventory and building maintenance for a growing building products company.
- Drive continuous improvement projects to help reach KPI targets, meet quality standards, provide high customer satisfaction.
- Analyze production data, create corrective actions based on data and implement change using the PDCA cycle (Plan, Do, Check, Act). Use various lean manufacturing techniques.
- Work directly with CEO and board members to develop short and long term company strategies. Create plans, goals, KPIs targets, timelines needed to meet these strategies.
- Produce yearly and monthly budgets for all aspects of operations.
- Research, spec and source new production equipment, raw materials, and consumables.
- Troubleshoot and help repair various types of production equipment including various extrusion lines.
- Hire and manage all team members for the following departments: Production, Warehouse, Maintenance, Production Engineering.
- Schedule and plan production work in all areas. Work with Supervisors and Team leads to implement production schedule and meet customer requirements.
- Maintain relationships with various vendors, logistics partners, negotiate shipping contracts and rates for small parcel, LTL, truckload, ocean freight, customs brokerage.
- Use 5S practices to provide a clean, organized, safe work environment.
Team Lead, Expeditor of Critical Research, Research Support Specialist
College of Nanoscale Science and Engineering
Albany
10.2011 - 08.2015
- Lead, train, support, manage 40-50 technician team members in everyday operations.
- Work with integration engineering teams and upper management to oversee and expedite front line research for CNSE, IBM, Global Foundries and other partners.
- Schedule work for critical research, ensuring it gets priority on production equipment.
- Analyze production data in real time to help meet production targets and quality control.
- Advanced knowledge of various semiconductor process equipment.
- Perform test, inspections, qualification, operation, troubleshooting and minor repairs of several process tools.
Education
Bachelor of Science - Mathematics and Operations Research
Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute (RPI)
Troy, NYAssociate of Science - Liberal Arts Math and Science
Hudson Valley Community College (HVCC)
Troy, NYSkills
- Microsoft Office Suite
- Windows
- ERP Systems
- Shipping Software
- Process improvement
- Data analysis
- Lean manufacturing
- Project management
Accomplishments
- Award of Excellence, RPI, Transfer scholarship award for the top student transferring into a non-engineering program from two-year affiliated colleges and universities.
- George Baker Award, HVCC, Excellence in mathematics and science.
References
Available upon request
Timeline
Manufacturing Manager
Taconic
05.2022 - Current
Production Manager
Centrotherm Eco Systems
08.2015 - 03.2022
Team Lead, Expeditor of Critical Research, Research Support Specialist
College of Nanoscale Science and Engineering
10.2011 - 08.2015
Bachelor of Science - Mathematics and Operations Research
Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute (RPI)
Associate of Science - Liberal Arts Math and Science
Hudson Valley Community College (HVCC)
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