Edward Gallegos
Flagstaff,AZ
Summary
Experienced Production Leader with 5 years of Manufacturing Leadership experience. First-rate leadership and team building talents with understanding of manufacturing deadlines and goals. Adept at Startegic planning and implementation of Manufacturing needs such as staffing, Metrics,Team Morale, Bench strength and setting team expectations and holding them accountable to them. Organized, goal-oriented motivator of team members to meet team and production goals.
Overview
12
12
years of professional experience
Work History
Manufacturing Production Leader
WL Gore and Associates
07.2020 - Current
- Supporting and Leading high functioning teams well continuously growing and meeting business needs. Supporting CTAG FE for last year and have established proper tools and systems for team to be successful and have taken them from not meeting goals and build plans to last 6 months meeting and exceeding production and yield goals.
- Proven track record of creating high functioning teams through inclusiveness and transparency to build strong relationships with manufacturing teams.
- Established Leadership courses/programs to develop and grow ALs into high functioning leaders that was sustained for 2 years on 2nd shift and allowing our off shift AL's to become high functioning leaders and 2 of them moving into PL roles.
- Established metrics and capacity models to make business decisions to ensure business needs are met while maintaining Quality and GMP
- (Staffing Plans, Training plans, Quality and Delivery improvements, Hiring needs Etc..)
- Established team expectations that align with team and business needs and holding leaders and associates accountable to them
- (Road maps, Training plans, Team objectives, Team goals, Project timelines.)
- Track record of improving processes and procedures to improve manufacturability while working with our operators and support to ensure change management and team influence is met. Most recent project of decreasing one of our highest hitting rejects by 74% from month to month and has sustained for last 4 months of production.
- (A3 problem solving tools, Kaizen events to drive process and Procedure changes, Project management, Sponsoring Greenbelt projects, etc...)
- DMO rep for WS for last 3 years meeting Business needs for staffing increases. Maintained 95% rate of HC goal each year for Thoracic team.
- (Creating reqs, Interviewing, Job Fairs, Meeting 7 different teams needs and demands, Strong customer service, etc..)
Manufacturing Area Leader
WL Gore and Associates
01.2018 - 01.2020
- Building healthy and safe work environment teams.
- Helping develop associates in roles that benefit associate and business practicing BTI model.
- Building strong relationships with operators on teams.
- Ensuring weekly metrics and data was filled out and presenting to upper leadership & support.
- Maintaining High Priority in Quality system (OR's, NCR's, SMR's and CO's)
- Establishing and teaching team and individual development for associates and fellow leaders.
- Planning for capacity, staffing, production and projects
- Established and Implemented GPS tools for CMDS product line.
- Teaching & Influencing Lean manufacturing practices and tools to 4 differnet teams associates and creating a succesful 4th shift team.
- OPEX Tools, project mapping, project charters, fishbones and A3's
- Communication through Value Stream and shifts to ensure entire team is working together towards goals
- Communication amongst teams and platforms to ensure proper communication is met.
Trainer & Operator
CMDS & PBSD
01.2012 - 01.2018
Education
GED -
Coconino Community College
Skills
- Verbal & Written
- Leadership
- Word Suite
- Problem solving
- Quality System Knowledge
- Project Management
- Sponsoring
- GPS/KLS Implementation
- Hiring/ Strategy
- OPEX Tools
- Procedure Implementation
- Team Member Motivation & Influence
- Training Initiatives
- Operations Support
Timeline
Manufacturing Production Leader
WL Gore and Associates
07.2020 - Current
Manufacturing Area Leader
WL Gore and Associates
01.2018 - 01.2020
Trainer & Operator
CMDS & PBSD
01.2012 - 01.2018
GED -
Coconino Community College
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