Shonisani Rapea
Albuquerque,NM
Summary
Proven leader in industrial engineering, adept in leveraging lean principles and strategic planning to enhance manufacturing processes. Spearheaded teams to refine workflow design, achieving significant efficiency improvements. Expert in workplace ergonomics design and team building, consistently delivering projects that exceed productivity targets.
Overview
14
14
years of professional experience
Work History
Plant Lean Six Sigma Manager
Jabil
Albuquerque, NM
09.2024 - Current
- Leading Cost Improvement Proposals (CIPs): Overseeing and managing Lean or Kaizen projects (FY25 @ $1.2 Million Forecast Savings) to improve production processes, increase productivity, and reduce costs.
- Training and Coaching: Training on Lean principles to plant employees and other team members in Lean Bronze to build internal capabilities.
- Promoting a Continuous Improvement Culture: Fostering a culture of continuous improvement by encouraging employees at all levels to contribute or recommend ideas for process enhancements and problem solving.
- Standardizing Best Practices: Ensuring that Lean best practices are documented, standardized, and implemented across the plant to ensure consistency and efficiency.
- Collaboration and Cross-Functional Engagement: Working closely with other departments (such as production, quality, maintenance, and supply chain) to ensure alignment on process improvements and the sharing of best practices.
- Aligning Lean Principles with Site Strategy: Working closely with the Operations Director, Business Unit Manager, and Plant Controller to bring the impact of projects that are part of the LSS program into Jabil's financial processes.
Production Manager
Jabil Inc
08.2023 - 08.2024
- Managed continuous improvement initiatives to drive gains in quality, flow, and output.
- Determined suitable crew requirements, scheduled employees, and worked with human resources to meet changing production schedules.
- Monitored team budgets to keep projects on task and avoid waste.
- Delivered a profitable FY23Q4 for the site with a +/- $7.1 million in revenue
- Evaluated employee performance and provided feedback and training as needed.
- Reviewed work for quality and compliance with company standards and design specifications.
- Partnered with leadership on recruiting, hiring and coaching production personnel.
- Estimated labor requirements to support anticipated workload.
- Managed internal operational standards and productivity targets.
- Oversaw 200+ direct employees and 5 indirect supervisors
Industrial Engineer
Jabil Inc
07.2022 - 08.2023
- Analyzed information regarding current production, future needs and costs.
- Reviewed schedules and suggested key improvements to develop leaner and more cost-effective manufacturing processes.
- Authored production reports on impact of amelioration measures applied to manufacturing processes.
- Streamlined material handling and material flow procedures to reduce overall production times and shorten lead times on custom orders.
Senior Industrial Engineer
Volkswagen Group South Africa
11.2010 - 06.2017
- Drafted equipment layout plans to enhance workplace efficiency for new and existing production floors.
- Reviewed schedules and suggested key improvements to develop leaner and more cost-effective manufacturing processes.
- Tutored workers on production and inspection procedures, implementing remedial education programs where necessary.
- Conducted time study using work measurement tools to validate accuracy of labor standard time.
Industrial Engineering Supervisor
Volkswagen Group South Africa
01.2012 - 12.2016
- Managed team of six industrial engineers in achieving on-time, on-budget quality standard processes.
- Leveraged statistical data on production failures to pinpoint and eliminate flaws in manufacturing processes.
- Responded to business unit managers' requests to improve productivity and increase process competence.
- Designed and evaluating human work systems using human factors engineering and ergonomic principles to optimize usability, quality and performance.
Education
Bachelor of Science - Business Management
Hanzehogeschool Groningen
NetherlandsAssociate of Science - Industrial Engineering
Tshwane University of Technology
Pretoria, South AfricaSkills
- Lean Principles
- Project Coordination
- Workflow Design
- Strategic Planning
- Process Improvement
- Team Building
- Production Planning
- Workplace Ergonomics Design
Accomplishments
- Supervised team of 200+ staff members.
Certification
Lean Bronze Certificate
Jabil Albuquerque, NM
2024
Timeline
Plant Lean Six Sigma Manager
Jabil
09.2024 - Current
Production Manager
Jabil Inc
08.2023 - 08.2024
Industrial Engineer
Jabil Inc
07.2022 - 08.2023
Industrial Engineering Supervisor
Volkswagen Group South Africa
01.2012 - 12.2016
Senior Industrial Engineer
Volkswagen Group South Africa
11.2010 - 06.2017
Bachelor of Science - Business Management
Hanzehogeschool Groningen
Associate of Science - Industrial Engineering
Tshwane University of Technology
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