Experience

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  Reynolds metals flexible packg

  Feb 2005 - Mar 2007

  Sr. op[erations supervisor

   Lead plant wide initiatives to reduce the amount of OSHA recordable injuries, resulting in a zero recordable rate for two years.  Lead Kaizen events to focus on inventory control, product quality and waste reduction. Created a KANBAN system that helped control material movement through the production process, also helped to identify quality issues related to the material or machine defects.  Reduced inventory levels by one million pounds and established a lean production operation. Managed work orders to ensure proper finished goods inventory is produced according to SOP plan. Created a master schedule that forecasted demand for a two-week period, made schedule changes deemed necessary to achieve goals. Achieved best production output in six years, producing 110 million pounds in 2006. Partner with other departments within production facility to support a wide range of ongoing projects which included lot tracing/product identification in the production process. Good knowledge of raw materials, production process, quality control, costs reduction, and other techniques. Implemented team-building exercises to promote unity as well as employee involvement. Zero OSHA record able for two years. Reported as well as fixed problems related to production delays. Supervised and synchronized production to produce a quality product at the lowest possible cost. Show less

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  Reynolds metals company

  Mar 2007 - Oct 2009

  Assistant material manager

   Responsible/accountable for the forecasting, purchasing and inventory control for a company with 10 million in revenues. Responsible/accountable for the forecasting, purchasing, inventory control, production planning, receiving and warehousing of all raw material for the entire production plant. Managed, prioritized production schedules on a tactical level to ensure that the manufacturing of finished goods where produced in a timely manner in order to provide outstanding customer service, honor delivery commitments for lead time agreements.  Responsible/accountable for the International and domestic procurement based on JIT, KANBAN as well as forecasting to a master schedule for all business segments in the plant. Planned production based on SOP forecast as well as schedule machine utilization/ man hours based on work orders for the “make to order” segment of the business. Lead daily production meetings with account representatives, production managers to revise the production schedule, machine planning based on production delays as a result of material shortages and or equipment downtime. Responsible for the set-up of all new items along with BOM, router and material use. Worked on continuous improvement initiatives to reduce schedule interruptions, improve capacity and eliminate or drastically reduce quality issues as well as waste. Ensure proper specification compliance was achieved, per customer agreement throughout the production process. Developed a KANBAN system of ordering raw material to reduce on-hand inventory levels for JIT production. Improve cycle count reporting to make aged inventory more visible, which help to reduce aged inventory to forty-five days old. Show less

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  Reynolds consumer products

  Oct 2009 - Aug 2011

  Supply chain/transportation/warehouse planner

   Plan, control, coordinate, evaluate and integrate logistics activities to include warehouse planning, distribution, transportation/logistics analysis as well as provide customer service for internal and external customers. Responsible and maintained (2) warehouse locations, planning the shipment of orders, FG movement and expedites where necessary. Worked with Warehouse Managers and CSR’s to plan the movement of FG inventory to other Reynolds warehouses based on availability, production failures to ensure customer satisfaction. Generates standardized process for clients assigned to group including report requirements, compliance requirements and systems requirements. Analyzes service issues and implements performance improvement processes to improve future service delivery. Assisted in creating a shipping schedule that shipped and delivered to the customer in certain regions weekly. This helped to increase truckload shipments by consolidating shipment. This resulted in a $441,000 transportation saving for my assigned warehouses, a 1.7M saving across the entire department. Reported and filed carrier claims for damaged/lost product, also assigned RMA’s for all returned product. Show less

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  Honeywell electronic materials, inc.

  Nov 2011 - Jan 2016

  Area manager

  • Accountable for all Safety and Environmental concerns in Area(s) of responsibility.• Serve as Area technical expert, leading Area Leadership Teams• Team with Supply Chain Organization to drive Sales Inventory Operations Planning (SIOP) process• Drive operator excellence and consistency through training programs• Accountable for meeting cost center budgets• Accountable for daily/weekly production Key Process Inputs (KPIs)• Responsible for ensuring product quality and meeting customer deliveries• Responsible for International Standard Organization (ISO) / Process Safety Management (PSM) compliance within Area(s)• Enforce employee discipline through consensus triangle• Team with Technical Services to identify, implement, and sustain process improvements• Communicate raw material/logistics needs to Customer Care & Logistics group• Accountable for Management of Change (MOC) process management in respective areas• Responsible for area specific production planning and forecasting for the SOIP process Show less

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  Northrop grumman

  Jan 2016 - Feb 2019

  General manager manufacturing 2

  • Responsible for day to day operations in a manufacturing environment. Determined the daily production schedule that would maximize productivity as well as meet/exceed program delivery schedule(s). the direct supervision of approximately thirty salaried technicians, providing direct supervision of the staff, assignment of work, schedules, day to day workflow, and operating costs.• Created and delivered ceramic substates for military defense, space programs such as SEWIP, F35’s, Red Squirrel, Vesuvius, Cabin Fever, etc. • Manufacturing manager in an advanced ceramics lab. Responsibilities to include but not limited to, safety, quality, production cost, production scheduling, material planning, material control and continuous improvement initiatives.• Provided continuous technical performance feedback to program managers as well as program operation regarding production performance, on-time delivery, waste reduction to include re-work reduction, raw material planning, quality, etc. • Provides direction to subordinates using established policies, procedures and precedents. Monitor work operations of technicians on a daily basis to ensure hardware is being built according to established work instructions as well as compliance with the customers specifications. • Work in a collaborative setting with process engineers, management team, program management and other internal/external resources to plan production starts, provide a high-quality product, resolve technical or process issues as well as meet or exceed weekly deliveries.• Accountable for day to day manufacturing operation(s) that include overall performance, quality of work, manufacturing cost, program yield targets as well as continuous improvement opportunities.• Perform closely with internal Quality Manager to recommend process improvement initiatives focused on scrap reduction as well as build efficiencies into current processes. Show less

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  Bae systems

  Feb 2019 - now

  • Manage the day-to-day production operations to include program/ project priority for Microwave/ Microelectronics Lab.• Lead prototype and production quote and proposal efforts.• Work closely with Product Engineering, Quality Assurance, Technicians, Operations Management, and Executive Leadership.• Oversee large, complex programs and break them down into manageable projects to deliver on-time as budgeted and or better than budget.• Serve as the primary point of contact for program in the Manassas Facility, ensuring clear and consistent communication throughout the program/ projects.• Identify potential risks/ issues that may become costly or cause late delivery to programs. Work with all internal and or external teams to come up with a timely resolution.• Collaborate with the Program Management Office (PMO) and the Program Integration Office (PIO) to generate manufacturing inputs into the Integrated Master Schedule (IMS).• Operate as Cost Account Manager (CAM) for Manufacturing Integrated Product Team (IPT).• Plan, schedule, and prioritize manufacturing non-recurring and recurring work to meet established deadlines.• Ensure program/project success through Team leadership, resource planning and scheduling, risk analysis/mitigation, and technical oversight.• Maintain, track and drive to on-time completion closure all manufacturing actions items for their program(s).• Track project performance to include cost index (CPI) to project budget. Track HPU performance as well as touch labor by assembly.• Customer coordination including, but not limited to, new program kick-off, recurring status, and technical interchange meetings. Show less • Responsible for day to day operations in a manufacturing environment. Determine the daily production priorities that would maximize productivity as well as meet/exceed program delivery schedule(s). Provide daily leadership to four direct supervisors/lead technicians, twenty-three technicians and two assigned engineers with the goal of providing direction, day to day workflow, improvement initiatives and production operating costs.• Created hardware in a microwave lab for the military department of defense’s (DOD),” Concept of Command, Control, Communications, Computers, Intelligence, Surveillance and Reconnaissance” or (C4ISR) programs. Perform different projects/programs simultaneously, during production in order to delivery on-time for all program deadlines. This microwave lab is unique as all hardware is built by hand with technicians placing parts and components manually.• Execute lean tools and procedures within Value Stream atmosphere to minimize process variation. Execute Standard Work and develop SOP ’s for Operations associated processes.• Execute lean tools and procedures within Value Stream atmosphere to minimize process variation. Utilize external and internal VOC to evaluate or enhance processes and Execute root cause issue solving procedure to all functions.• Develop and utilize main performance goals to employees through Performance Ownership process as well as Daily Management. Identify improvement opportunities and perform under minimal supervision to attain results as well as process enhancements. • Improve as well as maintain quality goals with concentration on Customer Satisfaction as well as well as reduce waste to include the reduction and or elimination of the re-work operation.• Established best practices for production flow that helped the microwave lab return to green across all programs in eight months.• Delivered four one hundred plus units shipped for the microwave lab ever. This was a great team milestone. Show less

  • Sr. Value Stream Manager/ Project Coordinator

    Feb 2019 - now

  • Value Stream Manager

    Feb 2019 - Dec 2023