Manager Six Sigma

George Karayianes

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Eden Prairie, MN 55347

952-***-**** home, 952-***-**** cell

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EXECUTIVE PROFILE

Results driven senior director of operations with over 15 years of cross-

functional experience in a manufacturing and distribution operations

environment. Outstanding reputation as a leader with strong interpersonal

and organizational skills and with a proven track record of contribution to

bottom line results. Demonstrated the ability to develop and execute

business and operations strategy across all organizational levels. Skilled

in new business start-up and in turning around under performing operations.

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

Premier Precision Group, Minneapolis, MN 2002-

2009

Director of Operations Excellence

Led the development and deployment of a business operational excellence

model across multiple plants for a $75MM metalworking company serving the

major OEMs in the Aerospace and Defense markets.

. Led the deployment of Lean and Six Sigma for major product lines and

customer fulfillment processes that reduced direct labor by 66%, cycle

time by 27% and defect rate by 73%.

. Led the turn- around for a major program that balanced market demand

and capacity requirements and improved on time delivery by 34%, daily

output by 27% and finished goods (FG) inventory by 48%.

. Co-led the Supplier Partnership Initiative (SPI) for the Weapons

Management Program with a major OEM in the Aerospace and Defense

market that achieved cost reduction of over $500MM.

. Re-organized and lead the development of the organization's Supply

Chain and Risk Management that guided supplier selection, development,

and certification and performance evaluation.

. Led the organization's certification and compliance program of their

Quality and Environmental Management Systems, Nadcap-Special Processes

and EPA Standards and Government Procurement Regulations.

. Created and deployed a sales and marketing model that segmented and

correlated customer quotation response time to sales contract success

rate and revenue growth.

. Led a Merger and Acquisition (M&A) cross functional team for the

development and implementation of a Business Intelligence and

Performance Management model that linked and integrated the

organization's Enterprise Resource Planning (ERP) with key business

processes and their key performance indicators (KPI).

Molded FiberGlass Inc., Cleveland, OH 1999-

2001

Engineering Manager

Led the New Product Development team for a division of a $250MM company,

for the development of exterior body panels of reinforced composites that

served the major OEMs in the Automotive and Heavy Truck Market.

. Led the implementation of a vaccum assisted resin transfer molding

application that fully eliminated hazardous emissions and reduced the

cycle time of secondary operations by 65%.

. Led the deployment of Lean Manufacturing and Six Sigma projects on a

plant wide level. Identified areas for improvement and achieved an

increase in productivity by 49%, an increase in output by 64%, a

reduction in scrap rate by 75% and a reduction of work in process

inventory (WIP) by $170K.

Camoplast Inc., U.S.A Division, Columbus, Ohio

1994-1999

Plant Manager (1997-1999)

Led the turn- around of a manufacturing and distribution operation for

composite- body panels with annual sales of $23MM, serving the Heavy Truck

Market to an operation profit of 12%.

. Developed and implemented Lean and Six Sigma methodologies that

resulted in doubling plant's revenue, increasing employee productivity

by 14% and reducing inventory by 60% and safety LWDII rate by 76%.

. Coordinated and led a Supply Chain-Six Sigma project with a major OEM

that reduced the cycle time of incoming material inspection by 87% and

achieved yearly cost reduction savings of over $175K.

. Reorganized the Materials Management processes that improved inventory

turnover by 24% and negotiated materials contractual agreements that

reduced materials costs by $123K.

. Led the Direct Shipping Program (DSP) that served the aftermarket

parts, a Supply Chain initiative that achieved a Just in Time (JIT)

delivery rate of 99% and reduced Finished Goods (FG) inventory by 66%.

R&D Project Leader (1996-1997)

Directed research and development for materials and application processes

for a 10MM project for reinforced thermoset composites in an automated

vacuum environment; reduced direct labor by 66% and void content by 35%.

Manufacturing Manager (1995-1996)

Reorganized and led the manufacturing group for the deployment of lean

manufacturing in a mixed model production line that improved daily

productivity by 33% and on time delivery by 28%.

Quality Assurance Manager (1994-1995)

Developed and implemented a Quality Management System based on the ISO 9001

Standards that received approval from a major OEM in the Heavy Truck

Market; reduced product quality defects by 35% and cost of rework by 47%.

Uretech Inc., Akron, OH 1987-1993

General Manager

Co-founded a specialty chemical manufacturing company for the production of

portable polyurethane foam systems that served the industrial and retail

insulation markets.

EDUCATION AND PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT

Mini Master of Marketing Management, University of St. Thomas, 2010

Mini Master of Financial Management, University of St. Thomas, 2009

Mini MBA Program, University of St. Thomas, 2008

Lean Certification -AIW Leader Program, Integrated Defense Systems, The

Boeing Company, 2008

Six Sigma Black Belt Certification, American Society for Quality, 2005

B.Sc. Natural Science, University of Akron, 1993

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