Ryan Walker
Fort Worth,TX
Summary
Seasoned operations lead with extensive experience in aerospace manufacturing, leveraging data driven insights for strategic planning and optimization. Proficient Control Account Manager delivering advanced project and operations management to drive critical program objectives.
Overview
5
5
years of professional experience
Work History
Production Operations Lead Senior
Lockheed Martin, MFC
Grand Prairie , TX
05.2023 - Current
- Lead Sustainment Production Operation efforts across various manufacturing sites for the PAC-3 program missile product line
- Act as liaison between program team and production site shops to ensure unified communication and coordinate action items
- Assess project issues and develop resolutions to meet productivity, quality, and program-satisfaction goals and objectives
- Engage cross-functional collaboration to clear sub assembly hardware delivery hurdles to meet customer fielding needs
- Implemented first sub assembly Integrated Operations Plan (IOP) to improve repair work scheduling and site build planning
- Active Lockheed Martin certification in Control Account Management (CAM)
- Serve as the primary Control Account Manager (CAM) for Missile Maintenance and Surveillance operations contracts totaling $25M
- Ensure adequate staffing and control account work package funding for site work are supported for long term budget planning
- Risk and Opportunity Management Board member effectively identifying and mitigating critical program risks
- Captain of program Corrective Action Board acting as sustainment voting chair for root cause corrective action plans
- Assist in program sponsorship and steering of affordability efforts producing reduced labor cost savings of $12K in 2023
- Develop Tableau Line of Business dashboard report monitoring sub assembly hardware levels for critical IOP schedule demand
- Effectively transfer end item missile IOP schedule into Tableau for program and sustainment LOB transparency
- Co-lead Total Asset Visibility initiative aimed at enhancing the accuracy of physical hardware status and location within MRO ERP system
Subcontract Administrator
Lockheed Martin
Fort Worth , TX
12.2021 - 04.2023
- Subcontract Administrator sustainment buyer on TFE Majors Subsystems team for F35 program
- Supported Non-TFE sustainment spares demand for standalone efforts with NGAS teammate supplier
- Implemented SAP & ERP tools to create and modify purchase orders, manage excess demand, and validate shipment data
- Monitored over 200 drop shipment deliveries weekly to track and support scheduled program contract dates
- Created and solicited request for proposal (RFPs) of sustainment replenishments and safety stock
- Successfully negotiated and executed RFPs totaling over $1M in award value for 2022
- Conducted price analysis to assess and negotiate purchase requisition unit costs for Purchase Orders
- Lead Change Request mod turnaround spares effort driving upgrades and repair actions from inception to completion
- Utilized RapidResponse to provide STAT date swaps and requirement need date re-sequencing to support program LOB
- Analyzed and coordinated demand smoothing opportunities to accelerate delivery execution with LOB integrators
- Prepared F250 Noncompetitive Acquisition Justifications on LM-P2P to support RFP solicitations
- Successfully reduced Past Due Need sustainment demand backlog by 23% for 2022 from monthly quantity 101 to 78
- Post Award execution metric reporting captain presenting key operational data to leadership; On Dock & Award to Need
- Maintained effective working relationships with stakeholders and teammate supplier to foster effective LOB support
Manufacturing Planner
Lockheed Martin
Grand Prairie , TX
07.2019 - 12.2021
- Make MRP Controller and Bills of Material (BOM) planner for (PDRR) Production Development Rapid Response department
- Supported over 10 individual programs and respective schedulers and engineers
- Collaborated with hardware representatives to track parts and monitor work order progress
- Implemented APRISO reporting system for material movements to transfer stock and monitor inventory
- Converted and released work orders daily to the shop floor based on schedule and shortage analysis
- Coordinated with engineering to ensure operations planning and drawing details are accurately transposed to SAP
- Generated and manage more than 3000 line items daily in shared production queue
- Created 178 Material Master Requests (MMR) to set up part numbers in SAP requested by engineering
- Structured and maintained 49 Bills of Material (BOM) components list to engineering workbench
- Successfully loaded and maintained 394 development driven reservations on SAP to facilitate material demand
- Generated and maintained shortage data file of over 100 relative Purchase Order materials to mitigate slack time
- Managed exception reports daily of 16 different SAP correction code alerts to react to scheduling changes
- Submitted Purchase Requisition Request (PRR) expedites of material from vendors to financial approvers
- Owner of PCUT reporting metric for DMHR PMT team achieving 100% scorecard grade for 2021
Education
Master of Science - Business Analytics
Texas A&M University - Commerce
Commerce, TX08.2023
Bachelor of Business Administration - Operations and Supply Chain Management
University of Texas
Arlington, TX12.2018
Skills
- Proficient in resolving operational roadblocks and hardware issues across multiple sites, ensuring seamless and optimal performance
- Adept in MRO ERP system applying sustainment objectives
- Effective at data and metric reporting to leadership
- Extensive background in sustainment procurement execution
- Detailed price analysis skillset for proposal negotiations
- Advanced customer and stakeholder relationship management
- Managing Control Account Management functions across build cycles to drive financial work package planning success
- Expertise with MRP in SAP/Hana Production Planning and APRISO Material Management
- Proficient in MS Office (Project, Excel, Word, PowerPoint)
Timeline
Production Operations Lead Senior
Lockheed Martin, MFC
05.2023 - Current
Subcontract Administrator
Lockheed Martin
12.2021 - 04.2023
Manufacturing Planner
Lockheed Martin
07.2019 - 12.2021
Master of Science - Business Analytics
Texas A&M University - Commerce
Bachelor of Business Administration - Operations and Supply Chain Management
University of Texas
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