Engineer Power Plant

DAVID E. LESTER

*** ******** **** *******, ******* 30224

H 770-***-**** C 678-***-**** ********@*******.***

SUMMARY

A resourceful and efficient operations professional with broadly diverse expertise encompassing operations logistics, quality assurance, process control, material management, packaging, inventory control, Six Sigma testing and design, as well as strategic planning. Implements purchasing and delivery systems to promote cost reductions and to maintain high levels of customer service. Collaborates with clients, vendors and internal stakeholders to strengthen and improve product design. With a solid commitment to excellence, facilitates the lasting success and prosperity of an organization.

KEY ACCOMPLISHMENTS

• Established vendor managed inventory systems and outside warehouse logistics.

• Redesigned DuPont packaging in wipes for cost savings of $50,000 in first three months. Automated labeling systems.

• Oversaw redesign of packaging department and packaging for an overall cost savings of $500,000 yearly savings within 10 months at Trico Products. Redesigned warehouse for efficiency.

• Earned feature design in Packaging Digest as well as on space shuttle. Designed packaging for Fortune 500 companies.

• Wrote new packaging specifications and general delivery specifications for Nacom, DuPont and Trico Products.

• Managed design production of packaging materials used for commercial and military projects.

• Provided insight to daily business decisions, with emphasis on cost control and budget allowances for International Safe Transit Authority (ISTA) certified test lab.

• Managed off-site warehouse and set up twice daily delivery system at Nacom and in Mexico. Coordinated outside warehouse returnable systems and vendor negotiations.

• Served as head of DuPont packaging for Sontara Business unit and over five warehouses.

• Held responsibility as packaging department manager over Trico Products/ACD Tridon Packaging as well as Warehouse Distribution areas.

• Increased profit margins in Packaging Department and Warehouse as project engineer at ACD Tridon.

• Implemented delivery JIT system to assembly line of parts to build engine.

• Purchased and managed installation of new packaging equipment and materials.

EXPERIENCE

Decostar Industries-Magna Interior and Exteriors Carrollton, GA

Packaging Engineer 2010-present

Hold responsibility for design, purchasing, maintenance of all packaging. Manage the packaging of exterior auto parts between Decostar and customers. Purchase vast fleets of returnable containers and metal racks. Establish relationships between customers and suppliers. Maintain packaging work instructions and customer packaging specifications. Control capital for all packaging equipment and returnable purchases.

• Launched BMW, Mercedes Benz and VW new product lines in the last 5 months.

• Packaging Engineer over two sequencing centers and the Parts Distribution Center

• Repaired the existing vast fleet of returnable racks to get them back in good working order.

• Refurbished existing old metal racks into new racks for new programs greatly reducing costs.

NACOM CORPORATION Griffin, Georgia

Packaging Engineer (Corporate) 2001-2009

Held responsibility for design, purchasing, inventory control, label design and programming of all company packaging. Managed vendor inventory as well as outside warehousing, and package forecasting for suppliers. Completed purchasing from third parties and collaborated with sister companies on design and control for returnable inventory. Established relationships with clients’ packaging engineers. Accepted expanded responsibilities for Yazak, Nacom’s parent company. Conducted vendor negotiations and composed packaging work instructions. Held responsibility for relocating plant successfully to Mexico.

• Quoted packaging for new products and oversaw incoming product from suppliers as well as expanded new product line and reduced left over inventory.

• Reduced packaging costs by $1,800,000 by combining parts, re-designing packaging as well as creating re-usable packing containers.

• Decreased packaging parts numbers from 350 to 80 as well as reduced department costs by ten percent annually.

• Managed outside vendor inventories and reduced carrying inventories to average of one day’s worth of product.

• Lessened production down-time due to lack of returnable containers as well as achieved seven years free of lapses within production.

• Composed packaging specifications for suppliers to standardize incoming labeling of purchased parts.

• Tracked purchased parts during product line build out preventing leftover parts.

• Saved more than $400,000 annually by relocating supplier warehouse inside of corporation.

• Achieved seven years without customer complaints due to damage from packaging design.

• Redesigned packaging to reduce under quoting costs. Moved label production in-house as well as reduced label components to achieve savings.

• Purchased resin and in charge of purchasing outsourced molding.

DUPONT Old Hickory, Tennessee

Packaging Engineer 2000

Responsible for packaging design and labeling design. In charge of 5 outside supplier warehouses which packaged and warehoused DuPont material. The onsite DuPont representative and had 3 offices. In charge of packaging from suppliers and packaging at the main DuPont plant in old Hickory. Automated the labeling systems at the suppliers. Worked with Marketing on artwork for the point of purchased materials for the customer.

• Reduced packaging costs by $50,000 by combining and redesigning packaging.

• Automated label printing.

• Launched DuPont landscaping fabric packaging for Lowes.

• Designed packaging for space shuttle wipes.

• Created bill of material system for product packaging as well as automated packaging lines to reduce size.

• Collaborated with marketing department and customers on press releases about design, innovation and artwork.

TRICO PRODUCTS/ACD TRIDON Lawrenceburg, Tennessee

Packaging Department/Outside Warehouse Manager and Packaging Engineer 1999-2000

Oversaw package and label design in department with 175 employees, as well as serving as outside warehouse manager and material handling engineer. Held responsibility for mechanical and industrial engineering, as well as plant closing. Redesigned packaging of wiper blades to correct all customer complaints in first two months.

• Reduced packaging costs by $500,000 in first ten months of tenure.

• Re-engineered outside warehouse for inventory accuracy.

• Increased production efficiency ten percent.

• Collaborated with marketing department and customers to combine packaging as well as create consistency across product lines.

• Finalized plant production as company relocated to Mexico.

DETROIT DIESEL CORPORATION PARTS DISTRIBUTION CENTER Canton, Ohio

Packaging Engineer 1988-1998

Held responsibility for packaging design, purchasing and vendor negotiations. Served as ISTA test engineer. Programmed incoming products into computer software to improve plant routing. Managed parts preservation and long-term storage as well as oiling. Composed work instructions for packaging. Military Packaging Engineer for packaging contracts.

• Purchased packaging equipment and material handling equipment as plants industrial engineer to increase warehouse efficiency.

• Relocated parts distribution center from Romulus, Michigan to Canton, Ohio.

• Secured and negotiated military contracts, including packaging and quoting, completing average of three per month.

• Completed warehousing and delivery of parts to new assembly line in Emporia, Kansas.

• Achieved certification in International Safe Transit Authority.

• Negotiated cost and design of supplies with vendors.

• Programmed company computer system with new incoming parts for tracking, creating bills of materials, routing instructions and packaging instructions.

• Oversaw long-term preservation of parts.

ADDITIONAL EXPERIENCE

U.S. NAVY, Gronton, Connecticut, Nuclear Engineer and Petty Officer First Class, 1982-1988. Operated and maintained navel nuclear power plant serving in mechanical engineering section of nuclear powered submarine. Held responsibility for quality control and staff supervision. Received recognition as supervisor during tour on USS Daniel Webster.

Naval Logistics Reserve, Supply Petty Officer First Class Cargo Battalion 1997-2000

EDUCATION

UNIVERSITY OF AKRON, Akron, Ohio

Degree in Chemical Technology, 1982

PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT

TECHNICAL SCHOOLS

Qualified Nuclear Plant Operation, 1994

Secondary Analytical Chemist, 1987

Lithium Bromide Maintenance, 1987

Electrical Distilling Plan Operator, 1987

Machine Tool Operator, 1986

Shipboard Gauge Calibration, 1986

Diesel Technician, 1986

Griscom-Russell Steam Evaporator School, 1985

Lithium Bromide Air Condition Plant Operator, 1985

Administrative Operator Maintenance, Material, Management System, 1985

Submarine Quality Assurance Inspector School, 1985

Oxygen-Acetylene Assurance Inspector, 1985

Qualified Nuclear Power Plant Operator, 1984

CERTIFICATIONS

Quality Control Technician, 1990

SECURITY CLEARANCE

Confidential, Granted by United States Government

COMPUTER SKILLS

Microsoft Office Suite, TLA Labeling Software Programmer and most labeling software

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