Engineer Six Sigma

KENT A. WHITE

**** ***** *****, **** *********, Indiana 47906

765-***-****, ***********@*****.***

Creative, efficient, challenge-driven, detail-, and team-oriented manufacturing manager with

strong coaching, coordinating, leadership, mentoring, and motivational skills. Knowledgeable

about implementing and sustaining continuous improvement projects to enhance the bottom

line. Able to establish comfortable relationships with administrators and front-line associates.

EXPERIENCE

SEALY MATTRESS COMPANY, Rensselaer, Indiana

Director of Manufacturing in Training / Continuous Improvement Coordinator, 2003-present

Led teams to accomplish 15% increase in machine efficiency, 40% reduction in OSHA recordables, and

55% reduction in finished goods inventory; led joint Six Sigma Black Belt project with key supplier to

improve performance on innerspring wire, which resulted in 60% scrap reduction.

• Analyzed key business metrics.

• Developed countermeasures for improvement and out-of-control conditions.

• Coached and mentored supervisors to meet costs and operating equipment efficiency targets.

• Established budgets and plant goals; filled in when manufacturing director was absent.

• Led more than 100 continuous improvement teams to achieve safety, quality, and plant-cost goals.

TRI-INDUSTRIES, Terre Haute, Indiana

Manufacturing Quality Engineer, 2001-2003

• Managed aviation quality and cost reduction projects for this leading manufacturer of

aerospace and defense-related products and equipment.

• Developed new projects, processes, and tooling; ensured that operation sheets and sketches

met engineering quality and customer purchase order demands.

• Managed initial components through complete manufacturing process, including first article

inspection and presentation to customer.

• Evaluated existing hardware and sought new ways to improve processes, throughput, and

quality.

• Requested feedback and incorporated creative design changes.

• Participated in continuous improvement teams.

• Conducted presentations during corrective action board meetings.

Six Sigma Black Belt, 2000

• Led machine-time reduction project, which resulted in eight-hour work-time reduction on each

part and $8,000 annual savings; sponsored machine-time reduction project to change process

from lathe trim to laser time, saving $24,000 annually; managed set-up reduction project on

machining center with multiple parts, resulting in $18,000 annual savings.

Lean Initiatives Facilitator, 2000-2001

• Led more than 20 Kaizen events, which resulted in better quality, lower costs, and on-time

product delivery; established one-piece flow with daily operator responsibilities and output, which

resulted in increased output and productivity; established “first-in-first out” lanes for machining

centers with multiple parts, assuring the right parts were being machined at the right time.

Manufacturing Quality Engineer, 1996-2000

EDUCATION

INDIANA WESLEYAN UNIVERSITY, Marion, Indiana

Master of Science in Management, 2011

GPA: 4.0/4.0

INDIANA STATE UNIVERSITY, Terre Haute, Indiana

Bachelor of Science in Mechanical Technology, 1995

Certifications: ISO 9000, Six Sigma Black Belt

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