Lacey LeAnn DeBerry
New Boston,USA
Summary
Dynamic professional with extensive expertise in depot operations, dedicated to enhancing the effectiveness of Red River Army Depot. A robust 21-year background in Combat and Light Tactical Division includes managing over 300 programs with a combined value exceeding $1 billion, underscoring a commitment to operational excellence. Comprehensive knowledge of production and logistics processes ensures seamless integration of strategies that drive efficiency and uphold high standards. Proven success in implementing continuous improvement initiatives highlights a results-oriented approach, focusing on leveraging skills in production control, team collaboration, and inventory management to support organizational success and ensure timely mission readiness within budget constraints.
Overview
16
16
years of professional experience
Work History
Supervisory Production Controller
Red River Army Depot
Texarkana, TX, USA
08.2019 - Current
- I currently serve as the Branch Chief for Light Tactical Division overseeing 160 personnel in support of HMMWV, MATV, MAXXPRO, and JLTV logistics and production areas.
- I handle all personnel actions including promotions and grievances.
- I serve as the POC for senior level management and work directly with union representatives to resolve employee grievances.
- I serve as the management representative at official hearings to negotiate labor management issues.
- I create performance standards and assign performance ratings for each employee’s performance.
- I review the performance plans and performance appraisals initiated by my Branch Chiefs and supervisors to ensure the plans meet the organization compliance standards.
- I work directly with each employee by mentoring and provide each employee with the required training to ensure they perform in a successful manner.
- I work directly with CPAC to counsel or issue disciplinary actions to employees when their performance is not satisfactory.
- I serve as a mentor and advise my subordinate supervisors and leaders on all regulatory guidelines including fair hiring practices and personnel issues to ensure all regulatory deadlines and guidelines are achieved.
- I submit and approve employees for awards and bonuses.
- I approve leave requests throughout the entire Division.
- I prepare charts and executive summaries and brief depot senior leadership and TACOM/AMC leadership including the Commanding General, Commander, Deputy Commander, Chief of Staff, and Directors at various briefings including DAPR, CG Brief, and Command PSR, and Tier 4.
- I provide Business Unit updates by analyzing trends and creating charts for various briefings including Sales and Operating Procedures, Supply Review, Logistics PSR, DAPR, and Command PSR.
- I chair and serve as the primary POC for numerous LEAN and Six Sigma events including Value Stream Analysis (VSAs), charters, and Rapid Improvement Events (RIE) to reduce lead times, costs, excess stock inventory levels, increasing quality and turnaround time performance.
- I develop long range plans and mitigate workload challenges due to manpower, tools, equipment, floor space, personnel issues, and training to alleviate production delays.
- I organize all available resources to ensure my organization maximizes efficiency within all production operations.
- I create the hiring matrix and submit hiring requests or reallocate existing manpower to ensure my resources align with the current and future workload.
- I review job descriptions of all employees within my supervision.
- I direct the course of work to ensure that all production management missions are accomplished within cost and without delay.
- I audit production operations to ensure that areas are performing within cost and I look for ways to reduce costs across my various organizations.
- I am responsible for providing leadership, production management, planning, and direction of the overall mission within Light Tactical Division.
- I work directly with the Director and Deputy Directors in creating policies and reviewing existing policies to ensure effectiveness of all operations within the Division.
- I am responsible for ensuring Light Tactical Division remains focused on achieving production schedules within the established financial budget while providing a quality product to the warfighter.
- I monitor the performance of the Division’s daily activities to ensure we are executing the mission within the budget while taking into account the productive yield guidelines.
- I solve technical and management problems and implement corrective action plans.
- I take into account both short term and long range requirements based on funded and forecasted workload.
Logistics Management Specialist
Red River Army Depot
Texarkana, TX, USA
11.2014 - 08.2019
- I serve as Program Manager for HMMWV, JLTV, MATV, FMTV, BFVS, ASV, and MLRS.
- I am the key communication link between RRAD and the customer base including high-ranking military officers from all branches of service including multiple Commanders, Lieutenant Commanders, White House Executive Officers, senior leadership from all major Department of Army Commands, other governmental agencies and upper management from different defense contractors within the private sector.
- I am responsible for managing all aspects of current and future programs.
- I provide consistent, timely and professional reporting, such as executive summaries of which can contain confidential or sensitive information, to customers and senior leaders as to the status of their programs.
- I maintain accurate, professional and timely communication with the customer, master scheduler, production controller, shop floor, and production planners.
- I oversee the production workload to ensure the daily quotas are met throughout each process.
- I review and schedule workload to ensure proper scheduling (both backward and forward) for work centers capacity throughout the entire depot.
- I utilize Computer Aided Process Planning Software (CAPP) for both inventory and production processes.
- I identify bottlenecks, what if scenarios, maximize machine throughput capacity, identify and plan for routine machine maintenance, machine failures, weather delays, and delivery date changes.
- I apply LEAN concepts to map out the process workflow, identify the critical patch, monitor change order requests, obtain design approval, and identify quality checkpoints to improve the production processes and efficiency.
- I supervise Capacity Planners and Production Controllers to ensure the production schedule are met and any delays are mitigated.
- I perform a daily review of the Capacity Planner’s post production analysis to ensure accuracy.
- I am responsible for responding to all data calls from all major commands within the department of defense.
- I ensure that the customers load all programs to include out-year programs correctly into the depot operating system with the correct schedule and quantities.
- I perform all pre-planning work in order to execute current and out-year programs.
- I am responsible for the development of the program schedules to identify the critical path and eliminate any bottlenecks in the production process.
- I am responsible for ensuring the production schedule maximizes the use of facilities, machinery, equipment, and personnel.
- I am responsible for managing current and future programs in excess of four years.
- I maintain contact with the customers to ensure that the planned order quantities and scheduled arrival times remain accurate and work with the customers to coordinate schedule changes.
- I oversee the communication of the Program Manager, Master Scheduler, Asset Planners, and Production Supervisors to ensure the production schedules are met and any necessary adjustments to funding, timelines, and priorities are implemented.
- I communicate and re-negotiate with the customer when planned work needs to be re-scheduled by RRAD or the Customer.
- I organize resources within the department to ensure that programs are executed and completed in the most efficient manner by utilizing the work centers capacity.
- I ensure parts are available in time to meet the production schedule.
- I direct courses of action to ensure that the organizational requirements are met.
- I serve as the primary POC to investigate and analyze data needed to resolve any issues during the production process.
- I establish guidelines for supply center parts operations to ensure that inventory consistency and accuracy is maintained.
- I work with the Master Scheduler and the Production Controller concerning cost to provide quotes in response to the customer’s request for a cost estimate.
- I negotiate with the customer to resolve any funding or scope of work issues.
- I verify the bill of material (BOM), route, and technical reference orders (TROs for Manufacturing) prior to accepting any maintenance programs.
- I check material availability and conduct preliminary capacity availability analysis and program pre-planning and pre-production meetings prior to releasing the maintenance programs to the shop floors.
- I contact the customer with new unit funded cost (UFC) at the end of the project or coordinate with customer to return funds left over.
- I manage any expected and actual program overcharges/expenses to the customer and submit a revised UFC.
- I attend weekly master scheduling update meetings, and advise planners on programs that require increase/decrease resources and possible remedies to resolve capacity imbalances.
- I perform extensive duties concerning logistic management operations that involve planning, coordinating and evaluating the logistics actions required to support depot mission workload and resource requirements utilizing the Logistics Modernization Program (LMP).
- I serve as project coordinator for systems and equipment, prototype development, initial fabrication, production run, initial and following fielding and major modifications of complex combat, tactical, engineering and weapon systems.
- I am responsible for specific projects, programs and procedures, and provide visibility and reporting of these projects to the depot command and higher headquarters.
- I coordinate the planning, directing, evaluating, and briefing of logistical actions to support the management of specified combat, tactical, engineering, weapon systems and other designated depot level projects.
- I maintain overall responsibility for all aspects of the maintenance program.
- I am responsible for over $150M worth of repair programs.
- I solicit new work for the depot by responding to solicitation requests and by reaching out to outside organizations to explain and document the depot’s capabilities.
- I manage maintenance programs for combat and tactical vehicle systems assuring depot level repair, rebuild, overhaul, conversion, and/or modification is accomplished in the most economical, expedient, and cost efficient manner feasible.
- I monitor all aspects of the maintenance programs to include direct labors hours planned versus man hours consumed and the productive yield.
- I coordinate maintenance production functions, which includes negotiation and acceptance of maintenance workload programs, re-negotiating with higher command and agency program leaders.
- I plan and implement functions of depot elements to ensure completion of assigned maintenance combat or tactical vehicle systems.
- I allocate manpower and funds to production shops based on workload utilizing the Logistics Modernization Program (LMP).
- I establish schedules and assign priorities for accepted workload.
- I monitor accomplishment of program management objectives through interaction with managers both on and off depot in coordinating the integration of maintenance production systems across multiple platforms.
- I analyze and develop procedures for major subordinate commands (MSCs) for data calls relative to determining areas of deficiency, workload carry-over, and to obtain various combinations of program data to meet management needs.
- I analyze data concerning labor, parts, costs, production requirements, schedules and I validate program expenditures.
- I attend work loading and program review conferences as scheduled by higher commands.
- I arrange for and conduct preliminary planning, preproduction and status conferences.
- I determine availability of parts, abilities, equipment, as well as project cost and man-hour requirements in consideration of amount, type, location and work required to complete a maintenance program.
- I am responsible for reprogramming workload when priorities change.
- I provide oversight of funds to assure accountability and proper utilization.
- I keep management apprised across directorate lines of overall planning and bottlenecks in all phases of the program.
- I maintain surveillance over program in order to assure accomplishment within allotted costs.
- I utilize a high level of individual knowledge and ability to search out information in order to manage older and new vehicle systems.
- I plan, estimate, schedule and expedite the use of labor, machines, and materials in the repair, rebuild, conversion, overhaul, and modification of combat and tactical vehicles.
- I visualize the broad span of activities involved (costs, manpower, materials, engineering data, test and support equipment, time-phasing of program into shops, shop capability, quality requirements or waivers, etc.).
- I perform in depth reviews and investigations when property or production vehicles are damaged as the result of an accident.
- I input my findings to include detailed part costs and labor hours needed to repair the vehicle into the Intelex reporting system.
- I review the program in detail for revisions required in such factors as age and condition of assets, current costs of parts and labor, labor time standards, shop loading, parts availability and delivery times, and item modifications.
- I translate information collected into a planned package including detailed requirements and supporting information, and the estimated unit and total costs.
- I develop programming on basic overall and long range basis, considering maximum usage of facilities, manpower, machinery and funds.
- I recommend portions of work to be placed on commercial contracts and initiate the contract request.
- I prepare detailed shop work orders and long range planning, verify availability of facilities, manpower, parts, tools and equipment.
- In case of non-availability, I recommend fabrication, local purchase, etc. of parts and tools required for successful operation and completion of program.
- I prepare job orders setting up workstations and outline detailed work steps to be performed at each station.
- I set up flow of work and routing through shop, utilizing existing facilities, requiring close coordination production personnel.
- I establish production schedules with quotas to be met.
- I serve as a supervisor, team lead, and mentor to lower grade employees.
- I monitor lower grade employee’s performance and recommend improvements or needed changes.
- I distribute work among subordinate employees according to the established workflow directives.
- I approve employee leave requests and monitor leave to ensure the leave policies are followed.
- I also perform other Human Resource Management duties such as making recommendations for placement of vacant positions.
- I also ensure that legal issues are handled in compliance with depot legal regulations.
- I chair meetings which cross directorate lines to plan and coordinate the requirements with other support Divisions and other support organizations.
- I act as an intermediary between the depot and Command for resolution of technical issues.
- Frequent contacts occur with the Project Managers and MACOM Item managers representing, TACOM, SOCOM, USMC, NG, USAR and other Commands within the Department of the Army.
Production Services Coordinator (Electronic) and Safety Officer for Combat Division
Red River Army Depot
Texarkana, Texas, USA
02.2010 - 11.2014
- I perform a variety of extensive and detailed production shop planning, execution, coordination and scheduling duties supportive to Combat Division in disassembling, repairing, reconditioning, and modifying weapon systems, launcher and fire control systems and small arms for Combat Division weapon systems.
- I create and update cycle day schedules for boats, boat body process, cradles, Bradley Fighting Vehicle turret, BFVS vehicle, Multiple Launch Rocket Systems launcher, MLRS chassis, High Mobility Artillery Rocket System, Armored Security Vehicle, BAE Disassembly, Armored Multiple Purpose Vehicle, and all future programs performed in Combat Division based on shop capacity, manpower, cost, parts availability, and required tools.
- I create recovery schedules in the event production schedules are not met.
- I provide TACOM Program Managers with cycle day schedules and historical production data concerning BFVS programs.
- I submit service/work orders and review service/work orders and program schedules supplied by planning organizations prior to start of programs to determine if forecasted man hours, parts, cost, and equipment estimates are adequate and timely to accomplish within projected schedules.
- I review technical manuals, drawings and schematics to determine work sequences, to eliminate potential parts shortages, and to determine special equipment or tools requirements not forecasted.
- I coordinate and recommend required changes to supervisors, program planning and support organizations on a daily basis.
- I determine and recommend appropriate work site locations considering requirements of concurrent programs, available storage space and efficient work flow.
- I contact transportation to direct asset movement.
- I identify the most efficient method to accomplish production schedules while reducing turnaround time and minimizing program costs.
- I schedule the flow of work through the shop areas considering the work processes to be performed, manpower, shop capabilities, shop capacity, cost, and availability of required equipment, sequence and phases of repair or rebuild operations, parts status, and availability of required skills.
- I provide on a daily basis Combat Division and supporting shops with daily, weekly, and monthly production schedules.
- I monitor on a daily basis program charges and notify management when program charges are exceeding cost based on comparing program completion totals.
- I monitor cost charges for vehicles in process to ensure that the charges equal the portion of the process that the vehicle is currently in.
- I ensure that all schedules are capable of being met considering shop capacity, skill, parts availability, and manpower.
- I calculate manpower needed to accomplish current and future programs.
- I provide Combat Division Chief, Deputy Director of Production/Maintenance and Director of Production/Maintenance with schedule updates and communicate any schedule delays such as down times for shop capacity, manpower, equipment, facilities, asset or parts availability.
- I coordinate efforts directly with supervisors and leaders on an hourly basis for all Combat Division functions located in multiple depot locations including buildings: 150, 154, 323, 343, 345/1, 345/2, 403, 406, 406A, 406B, 407, 421, 421A, and 490B.
- I provide information to Production Management Division and Material Management Division concerning production schedules and parts shortages while serving as a liaison between Maintenance, PMD, and MMD.
- I review all vehicle short sheets and verify in LMP that all required parts have been either requested or received.
- I provide guidance to expeditors and parts managers concerning any parts which need to be requested to accomplish production goals.
- I obtain drawings or samples and submit fabrication requests for parts which will not be received in time to meet production schedules while considering cost of fabricated item versus cost of ordering item including any down time encountered by the shop.
- I track fabricated items from start to completion through all support organizations such as machine/body shop and Surface Support.
- I report to Program Parts Managers any parts which should be added to the Critical Parts List (CCIR) based on demand and delivery dates.
- I report to higher depot management any parts which will have a negative effect on production schedules based on long lead times and stock quantity.
- I monitor due dates for parts and direct vehicle movement into the shop based on parts availability.
- I work directly with program expeditors and direct movement of required parts to the shop to eliminate any delays in production.
- I created and maintain on an hourly basis the Combat Division Shared Folder which is used at the directorate level by the Deputy Director of Maintenance/Production and Director of Maintenance Production.
- This folder lists in detail exact location and status of all items in Combat Division.
- I have been appointed by Director of Maintenance/Production to train other Production Specialists on how to develop daily cycle day excel spreadsheets concerning asset status and location.
- I identify assets by serial number in storage areas such as OTC and AMMO for availability concerning asset requests and relay information to Production Management Division.
- I serve as POC for all questions relating to schedules, parts, capacity, cost, production processes, tools, and equipment within the division.
- I have an extensive and vast knowledge of Combat Division functions including electronic and mechanical functions which I have obtained from working in the division since 2004.
- I have a direct proven working relationship with all supervisors and leaders in Combat Division and the supporting organizations which greatly improves my effectiveness in succeeding in accomplishing tasks in a timely and efficient manner.
- I work directly with depot engineers to create drawings of equipment such as test stands, turret stands, and lifting devices to accomplish Combat Division production requirements.
- I work directly with Equipment Specialists to ensure that service and work orders are completed in accordance with drawings and tech data to eliminate any delays in the production process.
- I create documentation relative to quantity and quality of production achieved, and monitor the performance of the disassembly, repair, reconditioning, and modification accomplished at production sites to detect real and potential delays in meeting schedules such as equipment failures or parts shortages.
- I follow up on reports of delinquent gauge and test instrument calibration and quality problems.
- I recommend corrective action and coordinate required changes with appropriate program planning, support organizations and production supervisors.
- I continuously review and maintain a variety of statistical data and narrative records concerning production and projected man-hours versus actual man-hours.
- I represent Combat Division at planning conferences to determine capacity, schedules, cost, skills, tools, and equipment requirements.
- I work with supervisors to achieve production schedules, and make appropriate changes derived from material or parts shortages, priority claims for required skills, or equipment time.
- I track all secondary items within Combat Division including turret drives, 25MM guns, ammunition cans, ammunition chutes, support rollers, idler assemblies, final drives, distribution boxes and other electronic equipment.
- I also track all secondary items outside of Combat Division to include items such as engines, transmissions, and actuators to ensure items are available when needed.
- I provide secondary organizations with a schedule of when items are needed based on end item production schedules.
- I maintain necessary records of data to be able to provide status of all scheduled production items within the division including past and present programs.
- I review cost charges made to Work Breakdown Structures (WBS) and individual Production Order number (PO) to note potential or actual abnormal increased costs.
- I monitor WBS and PO numbers for release status and inform shops when programs are available.
- I serve as POC for Internal Quality Audits concerning the division.
- I investigate all ECATS non-conformances and provide immediate action, remedial action, root cause, corrective action plans, and follow up action plans.
- I serve as POC for all ECATs actions pertaining to Combat Division.
- I serve as Storage Area Coordinator for the division and perform the Maintenance Vehicle/Component Storage Check Sheet for all storage areas in the division.
- I ensure that storage area space is available for asset storage and delivery of all combat vehicles.
- I represent and provide information on behalf of Combat Division at OCI/LEAN events concerning production and planning processes.
- I create and provide War Room Charts and Command Center documents.
- I created and maintain the Combat Division Portfolio detailing production area square footage, processes performed in each area, lifting capabilities in each area, and available storage space for each area in the division.
- I have extensive knowledge & skill in depot operations which can be applied towards continuously improving the effectiveness of Red River Army Depot.
- I have worked in Combat Division since 2004 and have a vast knowledge of all process performed in the division.
- I have served as team leader and coordinated projects which require extensive integration and coordination with various organizations within Red River Army Depot.
- I am an expert in various computer applications to include, but not limited to Excel, Power Point, Word, etc.
- I have served as team lead on projects for the depot to include preliminary research & fact-finding, gathering & compiling pertinent data, developing plans, surveys, spreadsheets, papers, and reports as input for Director's & Command Group briefings.
- Safety Officer Duties: Appointed as Combat Division Health, Safety and Environmental representative.
- I work directly with Intelex programmers to create and implement the Intelex System to determine and establish which modules and reports will be created to ensure that all key areas are tracked such as near misses, property damage, risk assessment codes, corrective and preventative action plan, etc.)
- I serve as system administrator for the Intelex system which tracks all safety and environmental related issues concerning the depot.
- I perform and monitor all Intelex transactions and provide expert knowledge to Intelex users for all aspects of the Intelex system.
- I serve as Intelex point of contact for all safety non-conformances, environmental non-conformances, safety inspections and hazard abatement plans.
- I investigate all safety non-conformances including accidents, near misses, property damage, and inspections and enter corrective action plans into Intelex.
- I serve as an unexploded ordnance first responder in the event unexploded ordnance is found in a production vehicle.
- I work with incident command to determine safe zone perimeters and evacuation procedures.
- I work directly with GS11 Safety Specialists and GS12 Safety Manager to ensure all OSHA and Army explosive requirements are being followed at the 25 MM Gun Range.
- I work directly with safety specialists to develop and establish guidelines pertaining to ordnance and explosive requirements.
- I participate in the Commander’s health, safety, and environmental walks and provide expert knowledge pertaining to safety and environmental non-conformances found in all production areas including heavy industrial, heavy combat vehicles, heavy mobile equipment, hazardous chemicals, explosive operations, heavy construction, painting, storage and handling of hazardous commodities, machining, maintenance and service on high and low voltage electrical equipment.
- I submit and track work orders pertaining to safety, environmental, and production issues and provide directorate offices and the command group with updates.
- I investigate all safety accidents and identify causative factors, analyze data, and recommend corrective actions to abate future accidents.
- I investigate all environmental non-conformances and recommend and implement corrective actions.
- I serve as Intelex training coordinator for supervisors, leaders, and employees needing assistance with any and all Intelex transactions.
- I assist supervisors with completion of safety inspections and ensure 1668 inspection forms are reported in Intelex.
- I attend all HSE meetings on behalf of Combat Division and distribute information to employees and supervisors throughout the depot.
- I conduct depot wide formal training sessions to approximately 5000 employees on various safety issues.
- I train collateral duty safety officers, supervisors, and employees on safety related issues throughout the depot.
- I perform safety surveys, safety inspections, and assessments of all work areas including heavy equipments operations, handling and repairing of equipment, warehousing operations, manufacturing and rebuilt activities of combat vehicles, transporting and handling of toxic and flammable materials, welding operations, industrial hygiene activities and small arms and artillery repair to ensure compliance with safety regulations, rules and standard practices.
- I document findings and follow up to ensure all corrective actions have been completed to eliminate safety deficiencies.
- I create and implement hazard abatement plans for new and current depot production lines.
- I assess all planned and actual operations for compliance with ergonomic principles, OSHA safety regulations and guidelines, industrial hygiene principles, quantity-distance guidelines, explosive requirements, employee morale and motivation, and efficiency and effectiveness of operations.
Education
Certified Professional -
Logistics Management
Associate of Applied Science - Specializing in Electronics Technology
Texarkana College
Texarkana, TXSkills
- Operations management
- Material planning
- Team building and supervision
- Quality control
- Production scheduling
- Excellent problem-solving/decision making skills
- Detail-oriented
- Continuous improvement
Awards
- Recipient of Command Coin from Chief of Staff of the Army, General Randy George for exceptional management.
- Recipient of Colonel Denis Fajardo Command Coin for $2M cost savings on the MATV refurbishment program.
- Recipient of General Kerns Command Coin for dedicated service to the warfighter.
- Recipient of Craig Riedel’s Coin in appreciation of my efforts in managing HMMWV programs.
- Recipient of Colonel Daniel G. Mitchell Command Coin for leading the Safety Excellence Rally Team.
- Recipient of Certificate of Appreciation from Colonel Charles D. Lassitter for training which I provided to the workforce during the safety portion of the Suicide Prevention Stand Down.
- Recipient of the Safety Excellence Award for recognition of my relentless drive in safety excellence and superb dedication to the Red River Army Depot Safety Program.
- Received a Letter of Appreciation for my knowledge and dedication in the Traverse Drive Assembly Process Audit
- Received a Letter of Appreciation for my knowledge and assistance in the writing of the Shop Work Instruction (SWI) for the Traverse Drive Slip Clutch
- Received a Certificate of Appreciation from Colonel Kredo for my hard work and dedication for the HMMWV Radiator Program
- Received a Certificate of Appreciation from Mr. John Hufstedler Product Manager Allied Tactical Vehicles for my outstanding support as the Program Manager in the planning and execution of the Afghan Excess Defense Article HMMWV Refurbishment Program.
- Received a Certificate of Appreciation from Mr. Tracy Mitchell Deputy Product Manager Allied Tactical Vehicles for my outstanding support as the Program Manager in the planning and execution of the Afghan Excess Defense Article HMMWV Refurbishment Program.
- Program Manager in the planning and execution of the Afghan Excess Defense Article HMMWV Refurbishment Program.
Timeline
Supervisory Production Controller
Red River Army Depot
08.2019 - Current
Logistics Management Specialist
Red River Army Depot
11.2014 - 08.2019
Production Services Coordinator (Electronic) and Safety Officer for Combat Division
Red River Army Depot
02.2010 - 11.2014
Certified Professional -
Logistics Management
Associate of Applied Science - Specializing in Electronics Technology
Texarkana College