Result driven professional with 9 years of experience in fast paced detail oriented environments. Motivates employees to align performance with company objectives in fast-paced production environments. Experience in production management, lean manufacturing, product development and quality management. Proven expertise in reducing variance and establishing optimal operating stability. Driven to reduce operating cost by implementing quality and lean manufacturing techniques.
• Lead Continuous improvement initiatives such as Kaizen events to drive gains in quality, productivity and output resulting in over $60,000 in annual savings since 2018.
• Implemented a new quality management system plant wide to reduce noncompliance product by 35% since 2018.
• Standardized production procedures and Standard Operating Procedures that have resulted in reducing variance by 30% plant wide.
• Reduced warranty claims by over 50% from 2020 to 2021 by implementing quality check system resulting in over $100,000 savings in warranty cost.
• Constructed an employee cross training program that has resulted in 15% increased productivity.
• Designed metrics charts specific to each product line to focus on best actions to increase productivity, quality and variance.
• Prototyped products for 2 separate accounts which brought in 6 million dollars in new business since 2020.
• Created a new production planner which aloud scheduling to send work orders to the production line by calculating daily capacity resulting in 20% gain in productivity.
• Assisted in forming a safety committee team to comply with corporation and OSHA standards.
• Served as communication liaison between production, sales, vendors and upper management
• Analyzed needs and ordered product according to production forecast
• Constructed weekly and monthly reports to sales and management on production progress
• Coached and developed a product development and change team that designed and prototyped 4 new products bringing in 18 million dollars of new business.
• Addressed obstacles to prevent delays while maintaining 98% on time delivery.
• Authored Excel production planner to optimize time and assets allowing for a 20% increase in productivity.
• Created 3 lean focused production lines to optimize productivity while maintain quality and safety standards.
Production optimization
Assembly and production
Manufacturing management
Production line management
Project management
Production planning
Quality control
Prototype development
Continuous improvements
Kaizen
Root Cause Analysis
Quality manager
Strong leadership abilities
Metrics management
Lean Manufacturing