Steven Bell
Albany,OR
Summary
Determined leader eager to leverage knowledge in engineering principles and concepts. Skilled in implementing manufacturing processes, improving production systems, and finding innovative solutions. Dedicated to cost-saving initiatives and process improvements.
Overview
30
30
years of professional experience
Work History
Manufacturing Engineer
Georgia Pacific LLC
01.2022 - Current
- Manufacturing engineer with ownership of multiple tissue rewinders, wrappers, bundlers, and palletizers
- Manage preventive maintenance through scheduled PMs., work prioritization, and backlog management
- Manage and reduce costs by reviewing job costs, cost benefit analysis, and storeroom control
- Determine top losses and develop WAVE initiatives and milestones to improve throughput and increase uptime
- Lead RCA’s and develop corrective actions for unscheduled downtime
- Daily review of MUST system reports to ensure product stability in the warehouse
- Create ZM03s and ZM05s in SAP to ensure necessary work is completed on a cadence.
Facility Logistics Professional & Automation Leader
Georgia Pacific LLC
01.2012 - 01.2022
- Direct outbound shipping across 4 rotating shifts in the shipping/warehouse department
- Motivate, guide, and train individuals to make good decisions and succeed in their work
- Automation leader
- Assisted in executing a successful installation and start-up of 10 quad-fork LGV’s in 2020
- Successful implementation of SAP S4 Hana EWM for the shipping department, including enhancement projects
- Worked with Deloitte and Georgia Pacific programmers to successfully create positive changes to SAP, E80 automation, and our packaging equipment to increase efficiency and improve inventory accuracy
- Initiated and completed multiple automation upgrades and changes to improve efficiency
- 97% on-time and in-full shipping rate to-the-minute (domestic and export) for 40 to 50 outbound trucks per day
- Raw materials import/procurement via rail, truck, and intermodal transportation modes
- Collaboration with customer service, central transportation, deployment, partner carriers, production, and shipping
- Purchase orders, inter-company transfers, stock transfers, monthly inventory posting, OS&D.
Production/Shipping Supervisor
Weyerhaeuser Engineered Lumber Products
01.1996 - 01.2009
- Supervisor of production, shipping, quality assurance and maintenance personnel (9 to 35 direct reports)
- Lean Manufacturing experience - Lean green belt Certification 2008 (5S, Kanban, value stream, poka-yoke) Initiated innovations to eliminate waste, increase production, and reduce controllable costs
- Exercise process engineering methods to reduce cycle times and increase output
- Guided pre-shift, safety, and tailgate meetings
- Project management, capital projects and budgeting
- Raw materials procurement practicing FIFO and JIT inventory management
- Attained 100% on-time loading for interstate and international shipments
- Managed production processes requiring ISO 9001 quality measures
- Established written procedures for safety, quality, production, and environmental concerns.
General Manager
Viewpoint Sign Company
01.1994 - 01.1996
- Customer Service, 7 direct reports, managed commercial accounts
- Development of new products, outside sales, manager of the safety program.
Education
Bachelor of Science - Business Management
Oregon State University
Corvallis, ORMBA - Supply Chain Management
Oregon State University
Corvallis, OR12.2024
Skills
- Process Improvement
- Maintenance Planning
- Manufacturing Resource Planning MRP
- Financial Analysis
- Analytical Skills
- Manufacturing Performance Reports
- Cost Reduction
- SAP
- Problem-solving abilities
- Organizational Skills
- Problem-Solving
- Root Cause Analysis
- Interpersonal Skills
- Team Collaboration
- Waste Reduction
- Cost Control
- Product Troubleshooting
- Equipment Installation
- Continuous Improvement Methods
- Assembly Line Optimization
- Robotics Integration
- Facility Layout
- Manufacturing automation
- 5S methodology
Timeline
Manufacturing Engineer
Georgia Pacific LLC
01.2022 - Current
Facility Logistics Professional & Automation Leader
Georgia Pacific LLC
01.2012 - 01.2022
Production/Shipping Supervisor
Weyerhaeuser Engineered Lumber Products
01.1996 - 01.2009
General Manager
Viewpoint Sign Company
01.1994 - 01.1996
Bachelor of Science - Business Management
Oregon State University
MBA - Supply Chain Management
Oregon State University
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