Rob Hampton
Greer,SC
Summary
Knowledgeable Process Improvement Director with proven history of leading high-performing teams and executing strategic initiatives that drive organizational growth. Successfully directed cross-functional projects that resulted in significant process improvements and operational efficiencies. Demonstrated leadership and communication skills in fostering collaborative environments and delivering impactful results.
Overview
15
15
years of professional experience
1
1
Certification
Work History
Process Improvement Director – DG Solar Storage
NextEra Energy Resources
Juno Beach, Florida
02.2023 - Current
- Created lean road map using Hoshin Kanri strategic planning and led lean transformation, creating an employee-engaged culture while increasing performance and efficiency. Increased output by 230%, reduced construction throughput time by 25%, reduced quality defects by 90%, and reduced project budget overruns by 67%.
- Documented and improved state incentive collection process, collecting $40M of backlogged incentive payments.
- Implemented an Andon system to document, address, and prevent work stoppages, reducing construction throughput time.
- Led implementation of Procore project management system.
- Created and populated a quality document library to store all process and quality documents.
- Mapped value stream throughput times and defined roles and responsibility.
- Trained 10 lean yellow, 2 green, and 1 executive champion belts
- Created multiple Power BI dashboards and dataflows to display key performance indicators.
- Collected and implemented employee process improvement ideas.
Senior Product Manager – Value Engineering
General Electric Company
Greenville, SC
09.2020 - 02.2023
- Led cross functional ideation sessions resulting in $15M of value initiatives.
- Developed detailed business cases thoroughly documenting impacts throughout GE Power and calculating the net bottom line impact for value initiatives.
- Managed cross-functional team implementing $1.5M of value-generating initiatives in 2022 with $2M planned for implementation in 2023.
- Reduced non-value added meetings, organized team members into product and process concentrations, reduced throughput time by reducing initiatives in WIP.
Lead Continuous Improvement Engineer - Airfoils
Power Systems Manufacturing (Ansaldo Energia)
Jupiter, Florida
07.2019 - 09.2020
- Increased profit margin by 15% utilizing excess operational capacity via insourcing. Shifted operational focus to maximizing contribution margin.
- Increased sales and reduced tendering time by establishing minimum prices that require less review based on the contribution margin.
- Established and monitored performance metrics based on the voice of the customer: safety, quality, cost, and on-time delivery.
- Presented and led the implementation of lean cellular manufacturing, converting a workcenter-based push production system to a lean cellular pull (Kanban) system focused on customer needs.
- Developed and led continuous improvement activities such as 5S, kaizen events, shop floor layout, and lean training.
- From 2018 to 2019: Production Output increased 70%, TPT decreased 60% and WIP job count decreased 50%.
- Created an electronic visual control board that calculates and displays the cost and on-time delivery status for each job, allowing anyone to see the current performance and any potential production bottlenecks quickly.
Senior Manufacturing Engineer - Airfoils
Power Systems Manufacturing (Ansaldo Energia)
Jupiter, Florida
01.2014 - 07.2019
- Responsible for industrial gas turbine airfoils component assessment and reconditioning for 7FA, 9FA, W501F, M501F, GT24/26 and AE94 turbines.
- Six Sigma Green Belt AQS certification completed. Green Belt project reduced shroud machining operation time by 75%. I identified and removed forms of waste utilizing concepts like SMED, poke yoke, 5S, and gauge R&R.
- Developed, documented, and improved a cost competitive industrial gas turbine airfoil reconditioning process (Reconditioning Process Plans, Critical Feature Checklist, I&T Plans, SAP routers, work instructions and tooling.
- Formed and a led team of interns, supervisors, manufacturing and process engineers to create and complete all necessary process documentation.
- Selected for PSM's Leadership Development Program. This program trains and develops potential leaders using the following leadership assessments: Energy Leadership Index, Hogan Assessment, and Myers Briggs.
Production Planner/Scheduler
Power Systems Manufacturing (Alstom Power)
Jupiter, Florida
04.2013 - 01.2014
- Responsible for creating and maintaining SAP routers, value stream mapping, milestone, and share service scheduling.
- Reduced clerical workload, allowing my team to value-added work value stream mapping, level loading work centers, and milestone schedule creation.
Manufacturing Engineer With Gas Turbine Assembly
Alstom Power Inc.
Jupiter, Florida
05.2012 - 04.2013
- Prepared Manufacturing Operation Plans for production.
- Designed gas turbine casing stands and fixtures for the preassembly area.
Co-op With New Product Introduction - Frames and Casing Team
General Electric
Greenville, SC
01.2011 - 05.2011
- Assisted frames and casings design team for 9FB.05 gas turbine.
- Sized and analyzed compressor casings lifting lugs using Ansys Workbench.
- Documented and dimensioned interfaces between casings.
Education
Master of Business Administration -
University of West Florida
Pensacola, FL08.2022
B.S. - Mechanical Engineering, Business/Management
Tennessee Technological University
Cookeville, TN05.2012
Skills
- Six Sigma Black Belt
- Statistical Analysis(Minitab)
- Lean Methodology Transformation
- Lean Construction (Last Planner Sys)
- Takt Scheduling/Pull Planning
- Manufacturing Layout Design
- Business Case Development
- Strategy Development(Hoshin Kanri)
- Project/Product Management
- ERP/MRP Systems(SAP)
- MS Office/Project/SharePoint
- Unifier/P6 Primavera
- Power BI/Dataflows/Power Automate
Certification
- Six Sigma Black Belt, NextEra Energy - 2026
- Six Sigma Green Belt, Power Systems Mgf. - 2018
Timeline
Process Improvement Director – DG Solar Storage
NextEra Energy Resources
02.2023 - Current
Senior Product Manager – Value Engineering
General Electric Company
09.2020 - 02.2023
Lead Continuous Improvement Engineer - Airfoils
Power Systems Manufacturing (Ansaldo Energia)
07.2019 - 09.2020
Senior Manufacturing Engineer - Airfoils
Power Systems Manufacturing (Ansaldo Energia)
01.2014 - 07.2019
Production Planner/Scheduler
Power Systems Manufacturing (Alstom Power)
04.2013 - 01.2014
Manufacturing Engineer With Gas Turbine Assembly
Alstom Power Inc.
05.2012 - 04.2013
Co-op With New Product Introduction - Frames and Casing Team
General Electric
01.2011 - 05.2011
Master of Business Administration -
University of West Florida
B.S. - Mechanical Engineering, Business/Management
Tennessee Technological University
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