RONALD R FERNBERG

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Ashtabula, OH 44004

ab0npf@r.postjobfree.com

440-***-****

EXPERIENCE OVERVIEW:

** + years Manufacturing Leadership including:

o 11 years of SAP end-user experience.

o 12 years Continuous Improvement experience combined with

o 10 years of Quality experience.

Certified Six Sigma Black Belt and Lean Certified.

WORK EXPERIENCE:

Nov. ‘2010 to Aug ‘2012

SPX Corp. McKean, PA (Nuclear valve manufacturer)

Flow Division,

Served as a Production Manager in an extremely fast paced nuclear environment.

The following SAP screens were utilized for planning, purchasing, receiving and inventory functions

with a forward scheduling set-up.

o COOIS – Displaying planned orders. Reports were output to excel for expanded reporting.

o CO02 – Entering production orders and purchase order requests. Viewing production order

details

o MB51 – viewing goods movements. Reports were output to excel for expanded reporting.

o MB52 – used to run inventory reports. Reports were output to excel for expanded

reporting.

o ME23N – to display purchase orders.

o MIGO – to receive material into stock.

o MD04 – used to display active production orders

o CS15 – for viewing BOM’s. Reports were output to excel for expanded reporting.

Responsible for all internal and external scheduling.

Responsible for weekly progress reports.

Built and maintained all production reporting tools utilizing a combination of SAP and Excel

reports.

Used Lean Principles to improve shop floor productivity. This was accomplished by rearranging

inspection and storage areas to improve flow. Also utilized Human Performance tools to allow

easy identification of scheduled items.

Sept. ’97 to Nov ‘2010

RTI TITANIUM CO., Niles, OH (titanium producer)

Melt Control Manager – 2006 to Nov. 2010

Melt Control Supervisor – 2004 to 2006

Melt Control Specialist – 1999 to 2004

Managed department responsible for proper production and release of all metal melted at RTI’s

two melting facilities.

Created, maintained and updated all melting specifications used for the melting processes.

Responsible for troubleshooting all melting issues.

Served a quality function over all raw materials used for melting.

Served as Team Leader and Facilitator for most continuous improvement activities associated with

melting.

o Utilized Value Stream Mapping to define waste and identify IT opportunities within the

Melt Control Department. This yielded two productivity gaining IT projects that were

successfully implemented.

o Used Lean Principles to reduce Melt Control ingot release time for standard grade material

by 60%.

o Applied the Six Sigma process to reduce oxygen defects, an industry wide issue, by 50%.

Participated in customer and ISO audits.

Served as a member of the Technical Support Group for RTI’s Titanium Group.

Managed and maintained SPC data for both melt facilities.

Ran the chemical testing lab for 14 months performing all machine operations and maintenance.

Used SAP “batch management” system to perform production, purchasing, quality and inventory

functions:

o MB1B – used for stock and posting transfers.

o CO02 – used to monitor and maintain production orders.

o CO11 – for production order confirmations.

o COOIS – used to view production orders.

o MB51 – used to view goods movement transactions.

o ME23N – used to confirm purchase order requests.

o VA03 – used to view sales orders.

Accomplishments:

o Used Lean Principles to reduce ingot inventory by 50%

o Used a combination of Lean and Six Sigma tools to reduce Canton Facilities scrap

processing lead time from 5 days to 2 days.

o Applied Lean Principles to reorganize the melt shop to allow for the addition of a new

furnace.

July ’97 to Sept ‘97

CI Consulting (private consulting)

Consultant

Provided Lean consulting to a local tube fabricating company.

Jan ’95 to July ’97

Omni Fasteners, Inc., Valley View, OH (Fastener Distributor CNC lathe/ mill parts)

Outside Salesman

April ’91 to Jan ‘95

Champion Bolt, Erie, PA (Fastener Distributor and Manufacturer)

Inside Salesman

Dec ’89 to Mar ‘91

Broco Products, Cleveland, OH (Chemical Distributor)

Inside Sales Manager

May ’87 to Dec ‘89

Metal Sales Inc., Jefferson, OH (Metal roofing and siding Manufacturer)

Industrial/Commercial Sales Coordinator

EDUCATION AND TRAINING

Kent State University – Pursuing course work on a Mechanical Engineering degree.

Training:

o Six Sigma Black Belt – Akron University

o Six Sigma Green Belt – Kent State University

o Lean Manufacturing Certified – Lean Solutions

o Value Stream Mapping – Lean Solutions

o Minitab – Akron University

o Excel – Kent State University

o Auditor Training – RTI

o TQM – GE consultant

o Leadership Training – GE consultant

o Business Accounting – GE sponsored

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