Engineer Six Sigma

Terrie L. Huddleston

Objective Seeking a position to utilize my analytical and leadership

skills to improve business processes and attain value for a

forward-thinking company.

Education

**/** - 09/09 University of Michigan College of Engineering, Ann

Arbor, MI

. Lean Manufacturing Certification Program

05/05 - 10/05 George Group, Fort Wayne, IN

. Black Belt Certified

. Completed Value Based Six Sigma training.

. In-depth study of Six Sigma problem solving

methodologies and statistical tools, lean manufacturing,

project management and product development.

08/98 -12/01 Defiance College, Defiance, Ohio

. Received a Bachelor of Arts Degree

. Majored in Business & Human Resource Management

. Captain of Varsity Softball team

Experience

01/02 - Present Defiance Metal Products

Defiance, Ohio

Cell Leader - Construction & Agriculture Business Unit (11/10-2/11)

. Responsible for supervising 20 indirect/direct employees

(CSR/Scheduling, QA, Production)

. Responsible for maintaining Safety of 0 incidents,

Quality PPMs of >500, Customer Relations and Setup

Reduction < 25%

Lean Engineer (4/07-10/11)

. Responsible for Lean/Continuous Improvement methods

. Restructured plant from Production Departments to

Business Unit Cells to meet market demand

o Led a project to put welding department into

cells, creating 4 continuous flow cells, resulting

in available capacity, increased production and a

decreased in labor and inventory requirements

o Led a project to convert the Heavy & Medium Duty

Truck customers into business units, resulting in

a voice of the customer office, continuous flow of

product, decrease in PPMs, 5S and an increase in

capacity

. Led a Kaizen Event on kanban and kitting of product for

welding cells, improving flow of product, 5S visual

controls and decreased inventory levels

. Developed 5S Training Program

. Led a Kaizen Event to develop standard work for welding

processes

. Participated on SPARC task force (incentive program),

implementing changes to KPIs

Cooper Standard Automotive (formerly ITT Industries, Fluid

Handling Systems)

Archbold, Ohio

Lean Continuous Improvement Engineer (01/07-03/07)

. Responsible for implementing Lean/Continuous Improvement

methods, conducting Kaizen Events, providing training at

all levels and ensuring plant cost savings target of

$2.5M was achieved.

. Led a project which automated data collection and

reduced variation in the paint viscosity check process.

. Led a Kaizen event utilizing 5S, Value Stream Mapping, 4

Step Rapid Setup, Process Flow & Other Lean Six Sigma

methodologies reducing production costs on a key cutting

machine saving $43K annually.

. Led a team through a transactional Kaizen Event

eliminating production positions by decreasing hourly

checks, consolidating personnel forms & implementing

hourly overtime sign up resulting in a savings of $360K

annually.

Financial Analyst / Indirect Buyer (10/04-12/06)

. Maintained weekly P&L Statement at plant level

. Monitored, analyzed, and controlled plant spending of

$3.5M annually

. Had plant non-capital buying responsibility - approving

& expediting plant purchase orders

. Assisted in budget preparation for a manufacturing

facility with annual sales of $40M

Production Supervisor, (5/03-9/04)

. Responsible for supervising 40 IAM union employees

. Responsible for attaining an Efficiency of 90%, OEE of

85% and Scrap Target of 4%

. Maintained material flow to efficiently utilize

workforce and meet production requirements.

. Maintained daily production reporting, safety standards

and housekeeping audits.

Human Resource Assistant (1/02-4/03)

. Responsible for hourly and salary payroll preparation

. Administrated the following hourly & salary employee

functions:

Attendance program, bidding, promotions, transfers,

weekly staffing reports, 401K, employee records,

interviews and hiring.

. Participated in IAM and CAW collective bargaining

negotiating teams.

06/00 - 12/02 Dekko Engineering

Butler, Indiana

Payroll & Purchasing Assistant (08/01-12/01)

General Laborer (06/00-07/01)

. Responsible for hourly payroll, attendance tracking &

record keeping

. Purchased & expedited all materials needed for factory

production

. Responsible for production output in accordance with

efficiency & quality standards

Computer Skills

In-depth knowledge of all applications in Microsoft Office

Professional

A working knowledge of Kronos, Infinium, Winstar,

Fabritrak, Syteline, Minitab

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