Engineer Manager
Resume:
JAMES O'LEARY
Dixon, IL ****1
**********@*****.***
EXPERIENCE
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Logistics Engineer/Productivity Manager, Rock Falls, IL
. Saved 10 hours physical inventory reconciliation analysis
. Saved $100,000 in green belt project to reduce physical inventory
variance
. Saved receiving clerk 45 minutes per day in standardizing packing
list design from vendors
. Performed customer critical activity to support Lowe's hardware
reset
. Re-slotted SKU's in DC to save $120,000
. Redesigned re-pack area layout to increase throughput from 1000 to
1800 cartons per day
. Member of team to consolidate building space saving $240,000
7/01-12/07 Simon & Schuster
Senior Industrial Engineer, Work Management Department, Bristol, PA
(7/03 - present)
. Responsible for continuous operational improvement of a 670,000
square foot distribution center
. Utilize PkMS to release orders to floor in batches (waves) in
order to maximize picking efficiency and minimize transportation
costs
. Supervised personnel responsible for maintaining RF
equipment and shipping/receiving functions
. Member of team that evaluated and implemented PkMS
Warehouse Management System
. Proactively created and designed the following tools to
improve distribution systems and operations:
. Database to replace outdated system for Value-Added Department,
averting disaster when older system unexpectedly failed
. Tool to eliminate duplicate shipping dock assignments, preventing
potential havoc in the warehouse management system, delays in
shipping and increased manual intervention
. New shipping labels using Zebra Programming Language (ZPL)
following the guidelines set by retail customers
. Tools to minimize shorted orders, resulting in 94% reduction of
incomplete order shipments
Industrial Engineer, Industrial Engineering Department, Riverside, NJ
(7/01 - 12/03)
. Hired and supervised summer interns
. Performed time studies to validate warehouse costs
. Developed database to automatically track warehouse performance
metrics
. Redesigned Canadian warehouse shipping department to enable use
of Advance Ship Notices (ASNs)
. Utilized Edisoft to get compliant shipping labels and EDI feeds
for retail customers
4/99-6/01 Air Cruisers Company, Belmar, NJ
Industrial Engineer, Manufacturing Engineering Department
. . Optimized pattern layout for the cutting of material to
minimize waste
. . Determined times for manufactured parts for MRP system
. . Wrote work instructions to aid the cutting department
operators
EDUCATION:
9/08 Six Sigma Green Belt, Villanova University
5/99 Rutgers University, College of Engineering, New Brunswick, NJ
Bachelor of Science, Industrial Engineering
COMPUTER
SKILLS: Software: MS Office including Access, PkMS, AutoCAD, Arena,
Edisoft
Operating systems: Windows, DOS 6+, Macintosh, UNIX
Programming Languages: SQL, FORTRAN, ZPL, Visual BASIC
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