Manager Engineer
Resume:
Marcelo D'Elia
**** ********** **. #*** ? Simi Valley, CA 93063 ? 818-***-**** ?
************@*****.***
EMPLOYMENT HISTORY
EATON AEROSPACE, GLENDALE, CA
Skydrol and Air Lab Focused Factory Manager
$92,000/yr.
. Responsible for achieving Strategy Deployment and Daily Management
objectives including Safety, Quality, On Time Delivery, Cost (over
time, rework, PRO's), Productivity, Cycle Time, support to other
departments including R & D, work in process inventory, and
employee job satisfaction.
. Lead communication efforts, presentations, meetings and charts to
ensure personnel are informed of conditions, trends, and important
activities as well as monthly goals and results, quality issues
and other business needs.
. In conjunction with Production Control, Maintenance and
Manufacturing Engineering, develop optimum capacity, efficiency,
and profitability through the upgrading and modernization of
facilities and equipment and improvements in manufacturing
systems, including test stands, pumps, testing and assembly
fixtures, training, cell layout, etc.
. Justify, plan and lead continuous improvements events (ELS, Eaton
Lean System).
. Actively manage and ensure training and development of assigned
personnel to maximize productivity across production departments
including Repair and Overhaul and Red Oil departments.
. Perform associate performance reviews, employee relations'
activities, and corrective action in conjunction with Human
Resources in a timely and effective manner.
. Justify, plan and lead continuous improvements events (Kaizen
events).
. Review daily production schedules with leads and production
control.
. Achieved a 30% improvement in the Boeing brake valve cell's
efficiency by rebalancing and reducing bottlenecks during the
assembly and hydraulic testing.
. Reduced 50% the Airbus Fire Shut Off Valve (FSOV) assembly and
testing cycle time by revising the process plan and retraining
technicians.
. Planned and executed the built-up of the second shift department
to support turn around time and increased production goals.
VISTA LIGHTING, SIMI VALLEY, CA
8-2000 to 8-2006
Operations Manager
$85,000/yr.
. Developed and implemented long range goals and objectives to meet
business and profitability growth objectives
. Managed a 23,000 ft2 plant expansion, doubling the size of the Die
Casting and the Machine Shop Depts.
. Cut assembly time 25% in the first 6 months on the job through the
implementation of internal Kanbans, material flow efficiencies and
employee involvement.
. Maintained a 24 hr-lead time in a make to order environment with no
finished goods inventory in an over 25,000 possible SKU's combinations.
. Improved inventory turns from 15 to 25 by implementing JIT concepts
. Saved the company over $500,000/ annually over the first 12 months on
the job by renegotiating better purchasing contracts, efficiency
improvements, over-time reduction and materials savings.
. Accomplished in-house UL lab certification, which led to the
introduction of the 110v line of product (UL and Canadian UL Listed).
. Managed the growth of the 110v line of outdoor lighting from
introduction to a $3,000,000 in yearly sales.
PENTAIR, MOORPARK, CA 2-
1997 to 8-2000
Business Unit Manager - Pumps/ Lights/ Fiber Optics/ Valves/ Niches
$72,000/yr.
. Accountable for generating 40 million in revenue through the above
departments.
. Leading 140 employees through five Supervisors, one cycle-counter, two
Buyer/ Planners and one Industrial Engineer.
. Negotiations with vendors and subcontractors (prices, forecasts,
Kanban implementations, safety stock
levels, capacity planning)
. Transformed manufacturing from make to stock to make to order.
. Master Production Schedule, Planning Bills and Forecast Maintenance.
. Increased inventory turns from 2 to 9.
. Redesigned Pump Assembly Dept., which decreased cycle time from 6 hrs
to 20 minutes.
. Accountable for writing proposals that improve and justify Capital
Investments
. Responsible for the design, coordination and implementation of
efficient Cellurized Manufacturing which included DFT Techniques,
Kanbans, and Point of Use Storage.
. Quality Improvements through employee involvement and implementation
of TQM
Train hourly employees on WCM Techniques
PRICE PFISTER/ BLACK & DECKER, PACOIMA, CA
1992 to 1997 Assembly Supervisor
$42,000/yr
Coordinated daily operations of 120 organized labor employees,
which included assemblers and CNC technicians.
Developed self-directed teams and guided them in their daily duties.
Team leader of one of four Continuous Improvement Teams, which
saved over $27,000 a month in scrap in the Foundry department.
. Developed Mixed Model Fixed Sequence schedules and trained production
teams, reducing changeover set-ups from 10 minutes to three to five "tack
times".
. Helped to develop "Point of Use" storage systems and Kanbans from
fabrication centers to final assembly
Education
MBA- Pepperdine University (2003)
Bachelor of Science Manufacturing Systems Engineering, California State
University Northridge (1999)
A.P.I.C.S. certification program. (1996)
Demand Flow Technology from the JIT Institute of Technology (1995)
Karrass Negotiation Course (1997 and 1999)
Boeing Lean Training (2008/ 2009)
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