Jason Duran
St. Petersburg,FL
Summary
Seasoned Operations Manager and talented leader with a decade of experience applying exceptional planning and problem-solving abilities toward enhancing business plans and day-to-day activities. Results-driven and resilient in developing process improvements that reduce costs, reducing lost inventory, increasing on time delivery, improve customer relations, and establish solid working relationships across functions. Bringing solid understanding of business trends, excellent communication skills, talent for spotting areas in need of improvement and implementing changes with strategic approach.
Overview
12
12
years of professional experience
Work History
Sr. Manufacturing Manager
GE Aviation
09.2022 - Current
- Support four manufacturing facilities across North America for NPI (New Product Introductions)
- Led material planning and capacity planning actions required to support demand; maintain appropriate inventory levels and integrity in accordance with department goals and objectives
- Co-facilitated a lean event focusing on part shortages, scrapped parts, and inventory management best practices
- Facilitate weekly INTERNAL meetings, bi-weekly EXTERNAL meetings, and monthly Executive meeting to review program schedule status
- Applied Lean principles to improve workflow by developing and implementing systems and process improvements that optimize all phases of the planning process within Oracle ERP system.
- Tracked new material shipments and coordinated flow of materials at different stages of manufacturing to align with procurement expectations.
Materials Planning & Execution Specialist
GE Aviation
03.2022 - 09.2022
- Support production demand; maintain appropriate inventory levels and integrity in accordance with department goals and objectives
- Develop production and inventory management plans to support projects and team's quarterly goals
- Conduct root cause analysis with the shop planner on out-of-stock situations or shortage of supply issues and recommend mitigating actions
- Reduce Cash - Focused on WIP inventory reduction at bottleneck from 15 days to 5 days
- Achieved 50%-part shortage reduction, 10% scrap reduction, and eliminated future part shortage by increasing safety stock and implementing a variance report.
Operations Supervisor
GE Aviation
03.2020 - 03.2022
- Achieved 2020 goal of 0 recordable injuries with 99% regulatory training completed
- Drove meaningful safety concern dialogue and performance in O.E that generated and closed safety concerns raised by team
- Met aggressive production and safety goals while minimizing equipment down-time
- Implemented several new Ops rhythms (LOB Meeting & CLW WIP Tool) to Review WIP, Age WIP and NCR's, and to collaborate with Planners to review material shortages and shop constraints on a weekly basis
- Designed and implemented new production schedule to reduce loss in labor and inventory
- Boosted productivity by 50% through direction, preparation and implementation of training programs and initiatives
- Reduced past due by more than 50% (2500CCA's PD to 1200CCA's PD), reduced PD from 12 days to 5 days
- Delivered 2.7% DLP vs OP plan of 6%, resulting in $1.9M of CCP
- Drove aged WIP process and through disciplined approach, team was able to reduce aged WIP by 350K in 6 months.
Production Supervisor (Coach)
GE Aviation/Unison - Aircraft Systems
11.2017 - 02.2020
- Responsible for overall business performance metrics (Program budgets, product quality, cost, delivery and safety)
- Coached 48 employees across five assembly lines
- Reduced past due by more than 50% (6500pcs PD to 2200pcs PD), reduced PD from 12 days to 5 days
- Drive continuous improvement by developing and implementing systems and process improvements that optimize all phases of production process, reduce scrap, and improve overall plant performance
- On-boarded 17 new employees to team; managed to maintain DLP at 2%, and NPT at15%
- Managed spare sales order- improved OTD and reduction of delinquent sales orders, from over $500K to less than $50K.
Manufacturing Operator
GE Aviation - Aircraft Systems
11.2011 - 01.2017
- Drive continuous improvement by receive, form, and handle components to manufacturing requirements, reduce scrap, and improve overall plant performance
- Perform preventive maintenance to sustain equipment in optimum working condition and to prevent any unplanned downtime
- Support New Product Introductions - Lead an event to train team on new inventory management program (MyLabel to MyCenter)
- Managed competing priorities and removed barriers (across the teams) to meet Customer needs for quarterly and contractual requirements
- Perform a daily cycle count on B & C parts and track the inventory inaccuracy trends between Oracle and MyCenter
- VSS Site Wide Lean Initiative Team Member – Led Clearwater on a 12-week VSS (Velocity Scheduling System) journey focused on increasing flow throughout shop based on Theory of Constraints Drum Buffer Rope solutions.
Education
APICS
Bachelor of Science - Business Management
University of South Florida
Tampa, FL12.2017
A.A - Business Administration and Management
Hillsborough Community College
Tampa, FL06.2015
Skills
- Leadership: Lead, Manage, and Encourage co-workers
- Data Analytics: MS Excel, Minitab
- ERP Systems: Oracle EBS/ASCP, SAP
- Continuous improvement
- Inventory management
- Spanish
- Logistics
- Supply Chain Management
- Operations management
- APICS-CPIM
Timeline
Sr. Manufacturing Manager
GE Aviation
09.2022 - Current
Materials Planning & Execution Specialist
GE Aviation
03.2022 - 09.2022
Operations Supervisor
GE Aviation
03.2020 - 03.2022
Production Supervisor (Coach)
GE Aviation/Unison - Aircraft Systems
11.2017 - 02.2020
Manufacturing Operator
GE Aviation - Aircraft Systems
11.2011 - 01.2017
APICS
Bachelor of Science - Business Management
University of South Florida
A.A - Business Administration and Management
Hillsborough Community College
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