Paul J. James, BA, CLSS-GB

Experience

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  LMI Aerospace - A Member of the Sonaca Group

  Feb 2007 - Jun 2012

  • Began as a Deburr operator• Worked my way up to Wastewater Treatment• Promoted to Environmental Supervisoro State and Federal reporting and compliance dutieso Supervisory duties over Wastewater Treatment o Led Maskant (a chemical-manufacturing process)o Attended Lean Leadership classes and led Kaizen eventso Implemented Lean business tools • Under some company reorganization, my title changed to Environmental Technician with Lean Leadership duties.o Continued EHS, OSHA, EPA, and NFPA compliance and reporting dutieso Served as Safety Coordinator over two plants, led Safety Team o Led Maskant process with stem-to-stern responsibility for all aspects of Production, Lean Process Improvements, quality control, supplier relations, supply chain management, inventory control, order acceptance and fulfillment, demand forecasting, and establishing and meeting production schedules to meet customer demand, customer service o Led and completed multiple layout and infrastructure improvements, both to my process and to several other processes within both facilitieso Served on the company-wide Green Team, which focused on environmental-sustainability improvementso Accomplished big improvements in Safety, Cost, Quality and ProductionLean Leader, Safety Coordinator, Maskant Production and Environmental Compliance. Project Lead and Project Management, Process Improvements, Continuous Improvements, Kaizen events and Layout Improvements. Establish Control Metrics and control processes. Train all Safety Team members and conduct all safety meetings. OSHA Compliance. Assisted Production with meeting Takt times, establishing Cycle Times and reducing Lead time. Conducted Value Stream Mapping and significant Rapid Improvement Events and Ergonomic improvements, Motion reduction, Inventory Control, Cost Savings, Flow Time Reduction, Quality Control. Show less

  • Environmental Technician, Lean Leader, Safety Coordinator

    Apr 2011 - Jun 2012

  • Environmental Supervisor

    Jan 2010 - Apr 2011

  • Wastewater Treatment

    Oct 2008 - Dec 2009

  • Deburr Operator

    Feb 2007 - Oct 2008
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  Tulsa Rock & Shale Transport LLC

  Jun 2012 - Mar 2016

  Owner

  Materials transport service in Tulsa, Oklahoma and surrounding areas

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  Process Improvement Specialist

  Mar 2016 - Aug 2016

  LSS Green Belt Lean Leader and Process Improvement Specialist

  I am a Lean Six Sigma Green Belt seeking opportunities to grow into a Black Belt, while helping to grow Lean productivity, efficiency, and enfranchisement in a business or manufacturing setting.

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  Tsuda USA Corporation

  Aug 2016 - now

  Pioneer the Training and Development department and trainer role by being the first in the company to specialize focus in learning and development. Assist in the planning, design, and development of the department and its goals, developing a training plan in line with company goals and Hoshin. Develop and deploy learning materials and curriculum for leadership and team members. Helped plan and design classroom, furnishings, equipment, and technology integration. Instructional design - Design, develop, and deploy learning courses and technologies, and expand employee engagement, skill, and human development. Focus on the meaningful and effective development of people in pursuit of operational excellence, culture change, and high team performance goals. Train new trainer and delegate part of the work allowing specialization. Show less Develop and implement production plans and supporting data-processing tools. Apply Just-In-Time and Lean Manufacturing principles in planning Production (multiple products, multiple lines) to meet Customer Demand over time periods up to 2 years in length. In this position, I've applied kaizen techniques and fundamentally rewritten the production plans, refining them with customer needs foremost, and implementing new dynamic capacity planning tools to attain long-term MRP/ERP planning efficiencies. I've supported the reduction of wastes (muda, muri, mura) including Overprocessing, Inventory, Overproduction, and others. Took over a paper-printing process which moved data from the EDI mailbox to the Production plans, and built parsing and mapping tools in Excel to make the process paperless. Saved hours per day off handling this data manually. Show less

  • Training and Development Specialist

    Jan 2018 - now

  • Production Control Specialist

    Aug 2016 - Jan 2018