Rob Dunn, CPIM, 6σ Black Belt

Experience

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  Mann-Russell Electronics

  Sept 1987 - Sept 1989

  Machine Designer

  Designed numerous components of lumber handling systems including continuous laminated-beam presses, finger jointers, traveling chop saws, rip saws, glue extruders, moisture detectors, & conveyors.Mann-Russell was purchased by Coe Manufacturing and integrated into their Portland, OR. facility.

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  Automated Systems of Tacoma

  Sept 1989 - Sept 2010

  Supervised Production Planning, Scheduling, Purchasing, Finished-Goods-Inventory, Customer-Order & Work-Order Administration, & Shipping departmentsSupervisory responsibilities for 9 employees, including hiring, training, workload prioritization and delegation, performance evaluations, and terminations.Focal person for company’s ERP system (Visual Enterprise v6.5.4), and provided training of ERP system to end users of all departmentsProvided oversight to the creation and maintenance of extensive bills-of-material of greater than 700 part numbers in an engineer-to-order capital equipment environmentSupervised periodic cycle-counts and year-end physical counts of Finished-Goods-InventoryPerformed job-costing of production work-orders, analyzed WIP, COGS, and Gross-Profit reports Show less

  • Materials, Planning, & Control Supervisor

    Dec 2000 - Sept 2010

  • Machine Designer / Project Manager

    Sept 1989 - Nov 2000
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  SEFNCO Communications

  Sept 2010 - Sept 2011

  Master Scheduler

  Analyze and report productivity rates for each department and business unit across 6 locations of a multi-site company.Provide forecast and capacity plans for each location and department.Collaborate with company executives to identify and prioritize key metrics to improve inter- and cross-departmental efficiencies.Develop, implement, and provide user training of procedures to capture employee and departmental performance to company's metrics. Audit the integrity of collected data.Analyze key metrics and process flow to identify and minimize constraints within production process to drive continuous improvement. Show less

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  Verus Aerospace - PMW Operations

  Sept 2011 - Jan 2019

  Conduct analyses of organization's existing business operations & systems: capacity planning against forecast; utilization; efficiency; absorption; headcount; contract termination claims; inventory valuationDevelop, present, and implement alternative solutions that meet business needs.Maintain company's ERP system by researching and resolving problems; maintaining system integrity.Job Cost AnalysisMine, analyze, summarize, and disseminate data metrics.Provide long-term capacity analysis for 5-year cap-ex strategy planning. Show less Lead all facets of PMW’s continuous improvement journey: 5S; Kaizen; Value Stream Maps; PDCA; Lean Assessments; 6-Sigma; DMAIC; Cycle Time Reduction.Facilitate kaizen events varying in duration from 1-5 days.Lead kaizen activities relating to product quality, production efficiency, utilization, safety, customer service. 5X-6X salary in annual cost reduction.Implementation of a visual factoryFoster culture of daily-standard-workMember of Boeing’s Complex Machining Symposium Lean Activities Group (LAG) Show less Establish, review, and maintain level-loaded master production schedule in alignment with sales, inventory, and operational plansWork closely with operational leaders, material planners, program managers, and procurement to coordinate manufacturing plans that achieve the company objectives relative to customer service, efficient resource/capacity utilization, job costing, and inventory investment.Develop and analyze scenarios that balance demand and supply while optimizing inventory and minimizing the impact to the customer.Conduct capacity planning and provide input to manufacturing and executive team regarding anticipated machine and manpower capacity issues.Provide leadership to Production Planning and Inventory Control personnelMonitor internal and outsourced manufacturing activities and schedule performance against plan.Vendor-site visits to present & review schedules, assess quality performance, grievances, debitsAnnual budget development and monitoring.Establish and provide training for procedures that ensure accurate usage of ERP Show less

  • Business Operations Analyst

    Jan 2017 - Jan 2019

  • Continuous Improvement Manager

    Sept 2014 - Jan 2019

  • Master Scheduler

    Sept 2011 - Sept 2014
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  Tri-Tec Manufacturing LLC

  Feb 2019 - May 2020

  General Manager

  Providing operational leadership to the manufacturing of actuator systems for Naval and Coast Guard ships; from planning, material procurement, programming, CNC operations, electrical and mechanical assembly, quality, and shipping/receiving during our growth and continuous improvement journey.Formulate strategic and operational objectives to improve quality of customer service and profitability.Improve operational management systems, processes and best practices.Establish and monitor production KPIs and use them to improve throughput and profitability.Establish staffing plans, recruit, train, supervise, and adherence to workplace standards. Show less

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  Verus Aerospace - PMW Operations

  May 2020 - now

  Director of Program Management & Supply Chain

  Responsible for leadership, strategic direction and execution for Program Management, Purchasing, Subcontracting, Scheduling, and Estimating functions.Contract initiation, negotiations, and review with customers and suppliers.Establish & maintain sales forecasts. Strategic sourcing and annual supply chain savings initiatives.Shop capacity planning and schedulingInventory Management