Gary Jones
North Richland Hills,Texas
Summary
Dynamic Industrial Specialist with extensive experience at the Department of Defense, excelling in strategic planning and inventory management. Proven track record in enhancing production schedules and driving continuous improvement initiatives, resulting in significant efficiency gains. Adept at fostering team collaboration and implementing policies that optimize operational performance.
Overview
45
45
years of professional experience
1
1
Certification
Work History
Industrial Specialist
Department of Defense
Fort Worth, United States
11.2015 - Current
- Performs duties associated with manufacturing, production, schedule, and delivery management of contracts from a risk-based approach.
- Perform the research on the part number in the contract in both the Government system and the Contractors' SAP system.
- Review Contractors Purchase Orders to sub-suppliers for DPAS flowdown
- Perform contract receipt and review for accuracy, correct lead times, valid part numbers, and all clauses.
- Identify aging orders, and assist in the closeout.
- Provides guidance and technical advice to the customer.
- Coordinate the planning, organization, and conduct of on-site manufacturing surveillance of commercial and government facilities.
- Evaluates and determines the capacity and potential of manufacturing sites to produce a wide array of products.
- Communicate with contractor management personnel, such as Production, Engineering, Contracts, and Quality, to ensure all production requirements are understood.
- Perform duties associated with manufacturing, production, schedule, and delivery management of contracts from a risk-based approach.
- Develop production surveillance plans based on the Federal Acquisition Regulation (FAR), the Defense Federal Acquisition Regulation Supplement (DFARS), risk assessments, and requirements provided in Agency policy, instruction, resource documents, or procedures.
- Review and oversee contractor capability to produce and deliver products, services, and systems to contract schedule and within cost.
Leader Production Control
GE Manfacturing Solutions
Fort Worth, United States
09.2014 - 11.2015
- Create, distribute, and monitor the Production Schedule daily, based on available capacity, manpower, and material.
- Adjust the production schedule as needed if any constraints occur.
- Manage, maintain, and report department metrics and performance reviews to the Executive Leadership Team on a monthly basis.
- Work with Engineering, Production Management, and Procurement to develop integrated Master Schedules, MRP release and scheduling logic, 'build' schedules, and delivery schedules.
- Effectively managed inventory, planning, and the continued implementation of system improvements and advanced technologies.
- Orchestrate the integration of shop floor control, change control, warehousing, and procurement functions in order to improve the delivery of parts and materials, tools, and manufacturing instructions to the POU (Point of Usage – manufacturing).
- Continuously drive improvement of critical metrics such as safety, product quality, delivery performance, and cost.
- Develop and implement strategies that result in significant inventory turn improvements, without compromising on-time delivery performance.
- Perform root cause corrective action plans for any item that does not meet established goals.
Manager
Bell Helicopter
Fort Worth, TX
05.2004 - 09.2014
- Independent Demand Management
- Duties, Accomplishments and Related Skills:
- Manage and oversee the MRP group, Master Scheduling and configuration Management
- Responsible for level loading all independent demand for both Military and Commercial customers
- Continuously drive improvement of critical metrics such as safety, product quality, delivery performance, and cost
- Manage, maintain and report out department metrics and performance reviews to the Executive Leadership Team on a monthly basis
- Work with Engineering, Production Management, and Procurement to develop integrated COE Master Schedules, MRP release and scheduling logic, “build” schedules, and delivery schedules
- Effectively manage inventory, COE offload / overflow, machine loads through capacity analysis / planning and the continued implementation of system improvements and advanced technologies
- Managed $79M budget for materials and manpower for 2 multiyear contracts with the Government
- Supported the overall goal of managing inventory by balancing financial goals, and material requirements
- For continuing operations at all Centers of Excellence (COE)
- Reviewed current business processes and identifies improvement opportunities
- Ensured implementation is in compliance with plans and policies
- Ensured the availability of raw materials, make and buy details are in support of production departments
- Performed monthly inventory shortages to customer review and identify, mitigate and communicate risks
- Identified inventory excess for disposal and cross change
- Worked with cross-functional organizations to ensure effective capacity utilization
- Orchestrate the integration of dispatching, shop floor control, change control, warehousing ,and procurement functions in order to improve the delivery of parts and material, tools, and manufacturing instructions to the POU (Point of Usage – manufacturing)
- Develop and implement strategies that result in significant inventory turn improvements without compromising on-time delivery performance
- Perform root cause corrective action plans for any item that does not meet established goals
- Worked as the department liaison with DCMA, I also conducted SAP training for all the DCMA personnel working within Bell Helicopter
- Ensured compliant to all government regulations for Military spares.
Senior Materials Planner
American Eurocopter
Grand Prairie, United States
03.2002 - 05.2004
- Managed movement of materials and product through production.
- Used daily system logs to document production information, discussing issues with management.
- Assisted fellow planning staff members with tasks to maintain proper workflows.
- Traced missing material and shipments through vendor and customer communications.
- Distributed work orders to departments.
- Contacted suppliers to verify shipment details.
- Provided technical assistance and information to staff regarding planning program areas and ordinances.
- Worked successfully with diverse group of coworkers to accomplish goals and address issues related to our products and services.
- Prioritized and organized tasks to efficiently accomplish service goals.
- Assisted with customer requests and answered questions to improve satisfaction.
Material Control Supervisor
Gulfstream Aerospace
Savannah, GA
03.1998 - 03.2002
- Direct build schedule activity, including trouble-shooting, conflict resolution, critical backlog areas, internal status reporting, priority decisions, and initiate workaround and recovery plans that will reduce traveler queue and cycle times to improve throughput with continuous flow manufacturing.
• Maintain a working knowledge of resource management, material requirements, manufacturing engineering, and other various functions to expedite problem solving and installing new methods of improvement.
• Orchestrate the integration of dispatching, shop floor control, change control, distribution, and procurement functions in order to improve delivery of parts and materials, tools, and manufacturing instructions to point of usage to meet schedules and at the lowest costs.
• Establish priorities for Manufacturing, Manufacturing Engineering, Planning, Tool Make and Repair, Tool set and Loft to ensure timely delivery of completed products.
• Continuously drive improvement of critical metrics such as product quality, delivery performance, reduced lead-times, cost, safety, and product throughput resulting in reduced inventories and significant inventory turn improvements without compromising on-time delivery performance.
• Supervise the control of shop supplies and raw materials by issuing demand orders to long term agreement suppliers and Material Distribution personnel. - Trained, coached and directed team members to maintain compliance with company, quality and productivity standards.
- Scheduled materials shipments and transportation for on-time delivery, reducing delays.
- Informed upper management or department heads of items loaded or problems encountered.
- Monitored workers and reviewed completed work for proper performance.
- Evaluated employee performance and prepared performance appraisals.
Letter Carrier
United States Post Office
Lewisville, TX
06.1985 - 03.1998
- Set Schedules for Letter Carriers
- Supervised 45 letter carriers to ensure timely delivery of mail to customers
- Worked as customer service representative
- Daily reporting of mail delivery and time management
- Obtained receipts for registered and certain insured mail.
- Furnished customers with postal information and provided change of address information and other related postal forms.
- Handled undeliverable mail in accordance with established procedures.
- Improved customer service wait times to mitigate complaints.
- Promoted high customer satisfaction by resolving problems with knowledgeable and friendly service.
- De-escalated problematic customer concerns, maintaining calm, friendly demeanor.
Aircraft Mech Egress
United States Navy, USN
San Diego, CA
12.1979 - 05.1985
- Worked on various A/C Air conditioning and pressurization systems
- Observed key safety protocols and practices when operating dangerous equipment near team members or expensive systems.
- Reviewed specifications and blueprints to understand proper techniques for maintaining aircraft integrity and functionality.
- Isolated problematic components and initiated troubleshooting techniques to resolve malfunctions, restore functionality and optimize performance.
- Certified quality control Petty Officer
Education
PMP Coaching Lab for Managers -
Textron University
01.2008
Manager Communications -
MC Textron University, Capability - BLC Textron University
09.2007
Green Belt Variation Certification
Textron University
12.2005
High School Diploma -
Northwest High School
Justin, TX, United States05.1978
Some College (No Degree) - Building Leadership Capability
Textron University
Some College (No Degree) - Material Management
DeVry University
Downers Grove, United States, ILSkills
- Strategic Planning
- Policies Implementation
- Material Requisition Management
- Management Consulting
- Team Building
- Microsoft Office
- Customer Relationship Management
- Inventory Monitoring
- Production Scheduling
- Continuous Improvement
- Inventory Coordination
- Inventory Management
- Root Cause Analysis
- Master Scheduling
- Materials Management
Certification
- Six Sigma Green Belt Variation Certification Textron University completed 12/21/2005
- Level 2 Certified Acquisition Professional
References
References: Jesus Guajardo – Supervisor AKEE DCMA Bell Textron, jesus.e.guajardo2.civ@mail.mil 469-644-5529
Edward Debro - Manager Production Bell Helicopter - 469-792-4932
Jeffrey Rouleau – Manager Master Scheduling Bell Helicopter – jnrouleau@bh.com – 817-280-3119
Timeline
Industrial Specialist
Department of Defense
11.2015 - Current
Leader Production Control
GE Manfacturing Solutions
09.2014 - 11.2015
Manager
Bell Helicopter
05.2004 - 09.2014
Senior Materials Planner
American Eurocopter
03.2002 - 05.2004
Material Control Supervisor
Gulfstream Aerospace
03.1998 - 03.2002
Letter Carrier
United States Post Office
06.1985 - 03.1998
Aircraft Mech Egress
United States Navy, USN
12.1979 - 05.1985
PMP Coaching Lab for Managers -
Textron University
Manager Communications -
MC Textron University, Capability - BLC Textron University
Green Belt Variation Certification
Textron University
High School Diploma -
Northwest High School
Some College (No Degree) - Building Leadership Capability
Textron University
Some College (No Degree) - Material Management
DeVry University
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