Eric Burlingame

Experience

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  Unique Indoor Comfort of Philadelphia

  May 2012 - Aug 2012

  Industrial Engineering Intern

  Redesigned the warehouse inventory layout and created and implemented a cataloging system for filter components and mass quantity storage items. Managed inbound and outgoing daily orders, deliveries, and installation crews. Ordered product components and facilitated the supply chain process of pick-up, delivery, and installation of individualized customer's work orders.Responsible for brand development, website and social media traffic growth, and online advertising and marketing. Generated new clientele segments through the use of customer relations and local area networking. Show less

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  Merck

  Aug 2012 - Aug 2012

  Lean, Six Sigma Kaizen Assistant

  Used Six Sigma and lean methodologies to reduce the touch time and cycle time of the Merck Learning Management System course distribution materials among required users. Evaluated and redesigned the current assignment process by identifying the 7 wastes of lean through the use of various six sigma techniques. Finalized redesign yielded a total touch time reduction of upwards of 30 percent with an overall cycle time reduction of 25 percent.

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  Penn State University

  Aug 2012 - May 2014

  Engineering Teaching Assistant

  Manage coursework and daily operational functions. Responsible for the course administration, and to facilitate the instructor in an interactive and dynamic classroom environment.

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  Volvo Trucks

  May 2013 - Aug 2013

  Logistics Engineering Intern

  Logistics and Supply Chain intern at Volvo GTO.In less than 60 days, netted actualized cost savings in excess of $95,000, in addition to a potential $500,000 in annual savings dependent on process redesign. Created a database to identify and target problematic suppliers and components. Led an investigation to reduce the number of receiving discrepancies, to increase supplier accuracy, and reduce the overhead capital and manpower time it took to unload inbound trailers. Additionally, designed and implemented a lean, 5S, train route delivery system for all non-production materials to reduce the touch time and cycle time of the process. Show less

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  Volvo Group

  Jul 2014 - Mar 2021

  Sr. Manager for high-volume production line. Core responsibilities include production, material handling, quality, and engineering, while focusing on safety, customer, quality, delivery, and cost. Led large-scale/scope strategic projects and developed, coached, and mentored operations managers, team leaders, and 300+ team members. Manager of end-to-end process creation and material flow engineering team. Team consists of 16 industrial, supply-chain, business analytics, and engineering members. Set strategic and tactical direction, manage department budget and KPIs. Build and organize highly effective and efficient teams. Drive innovation, new process creation, founded on lean and Industry 4.0 principles. Logistics projects implementation lead engineer. Manage and execute new process creation; SOP, KPI, and PI creation. PDCA, PPAP product and project introductions, request for quotes, industrial and infrastructure sourcing and testing, make vs buy, continuous improvement, and process optimization. Day-to-day shop-floor support engineer. Plan for every part (PFEP), root cause analysis (RCA), corrective and preventative action (CAPA), supplier compliance, cycle counting, warehouse and inventory management, industrial and reusable packaging, and lean/kaizen activities.

  • Senior Operations Manager

    Apr 2020 - Mar 2021

  • Manager - Industrial/Logistics Engineering

    Aug 2017 - Apr 2020

  • Senior Industrial Engineer

    Feb 2016 - Aug 2017

  • Logistics Engineer

    Jul 2014 - Feb 2016
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  Connectwo, LLC

  Sept 2014 - Jul 2017

  Founder & Managing Member

  Founded a company while in college with other university students.Meet someone new. Connectwo! Download the app on the app store:www.connectwoapp.com

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  Nike

  Mar 2021 - now

  Interim Director/AGM for 1.1 million sq ft, 4-shift regional distribution hub. Senior Manager for Logistics Strategy and Continuous Improvement.Direct teams designing and optimizing end-to-end logistics flows for forward and reverse logistics facilities. Responsible to support six sites across North America. Lead both Nike and external vendor and partner teams. Lean & Logistics Manager. Leadership team for new, greenfield site start-ups. Within two years the team has delivered three new sites in Dallas, TX, Philadelphia, PA, and Los Angeles, CA.

  • Director of Operations

    Jul 2024 - now

  • Senior Manager - Continuous Improvement

    Feb 2022 - Aug 2024

  • Manager - Lean and Logistics Engineering

    Mar 2021 - Feb 2022