Henri Honkanen

Experience

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  Finnish Police Technical Center

  Jun 2003 - Dec 2003

  Trainee, Technical Installations

  Installed police car accessories in different national locations. Different small design tasks (CAD-design). Radio and other technical device service and installations.

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  Powerware Oy

  May 2004 - Aug 2004

  Trainee, Line Management

  Summer trainee in the Production Management team. The job included production line management and ERP-system training.

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  Eaton

  Sept 2004 - now

  As a member of plant Leadership I lead Continous Improvement, Lean system, Manufacturing Technology & Engineering and Industrialization project organizations. Key drivers for CI Culture development are Leadership, Performace, Compency and Management,. My dream position in worklife! Responsible of leading a team of highly skilled Electrical, Test and Technology Engineers. Managing site’s strategic investment projects. Champion in Lean Manufacturing and Digital Business Systems. Studying, benchmarking and implementing new technologies in the field of industry 4.0 and smart factory. My main responsibility was to manage top strategic projects for industrialization & production development and support continuous improvement. At the same time facilitating lean kaizen events for gross-functional teams to achieve common goals more efficiently. Also responsible of Industrial & Marine Products manufacturing and develop production processes. Leading a team of professionals. Project Manager of a new production line industrialization project. Leading 6 direct employees and 7 functional project subordinates. Addressing and scheduling industrialization activities with the project team members. At the same time leading the Marine & Special Products modification and the Witness Test Specialist teams. Supervised 26 direct employees and managed 5 different functions. The main responsibility was to develop the plant material processes and vendors supply processes by using the Eaton Lean System tools. Physical inventory manager in the production for several years. Coached other employees as ERP End user trainer and Inventory Super user. Further development of the hourly paid bonus system. Strong supporter and executor for continuous improvement throughout the production processes. Project Engineer in the Production Management team. Main responsibility was to develop a new ERP-system with manufacturing and international system development team. Supervisor of the Special Configuration team. Several process development tasks. Project Manager for renewing the hourly paid worker bonus system. Supervisor of different production lines. Main responsibility was to schedule the production capacity and manage the resources. Also responsible of continuous improvement in the manufacturing environment. Graduation thesis (Attaching a three-phase transformer to a UPS-Device). The work was carried out in the Product Development team. The task included the test program design, product testing and documentary. Product was released to market on time. The thesis got a best possible grade 5 and also was rewarded with a stipendium from the school.

  • Continuous Improvement Manager

    Jun 2023 - now

  • Manufacturing Technology Manager

    Oct 2019 - Jun 2023

  • Project Manager - Production Development

    Feb 2013 - Oct 2019

  • Project Manager - Marine & FAT

    Jun 2011 - Feb 2013

  • Materials Manager

    May 2008 - Jun 2011

  • Project Engineer

    Oct 2007 - Apr 2008

  • Line Manager

    Dec 2004 - Oct 2007

  • Trainee, Engineering

    Sept 2004 - Dec 2004