Manager Manufacturing

REBECCA Lynn steele

**** ******* **** 818-***-****

Glendale, CA 91208 abm3ty@r.postjobfree.com

Summary

Senior manager with over 15 years experience leading complex manufacturing

operations and supply chain management, meeting and exceeding business

result goals. Strong team building and communication skills with a special

emphasis on leading and sponsoring change. Adept at matrix relationships,

project management and inter-disciplinary team leadership. Consistent

delivery of process improvements and application of lean manufacturing

methods to achieve labor reductions of 27% and, inventory reductions of

30% with a 9.5M in savings. Revenue management from $50 - $200 million

with a workforce from 50 - 250.

R&D Product Development Business Development

Organizational Restructure Leading/Building Teams

P&L Management Budget & Financial Analysis

Project Management Lean/Six Sigma Black Belt

EDUCATION

University of Washington Executive MBA Class of 2008

University of Washington Business School Class of 2004

Six Sigma Black Belt - Washington Association of Manufactures/ETI 2005

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

Milgard 2007-2009

Location Manager/General Manager

Responsible for overall division profit of Pultruded Fiberglass Products

including, New Product Launches, Plant Management, Coating Operations,

Veneering Operations and Research and Development, Finance and HR.

. Sustained steady business performance through cost reduction programs and

new product launches with sales revenue of $50m for fiberglass products.

. New product commercialization of polyurethane reinforcements and millwork

for Fenestration applications.

. Implemented Standardize Work, 5's, JIT and Lean Manufacturing

philosophies, resulting in 1.2m cost reductions.

. Lead Operations team to Flexible work force and pull systems, resulting

in labor reduction of 27%.

. Developed and Mentored new management team, 40% internally developed and

60% recruited externally.

. Shift internal supply chain culture from make to Inventory to make to

Order, reducing inventories by 25% in 12 months while increasing on-time

Delivery Metrics from 88.5% to a sustained 98.7%.

. Launched custom color coatings, new veneer and new designs, expanding our

product strategies to the customer.

. Developed new supplier relationships and procurement strategies,

resulting in inventory reductions and cost savings of 300k, utilizing

VOI, VMI, terms and formulation design and optimization.

PHILIPS MEDICAL

Sr. Supply Chain Manager 2005 - 2007

Managed all aspects of Mid - High End Ultrasound 200m product line from

product introduction, manufacturing engineering, production, new feature

and service upgrades, testing and distribution within a Matrix

organization.

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. Redesigned the Manufacturing Plant, integrating Lean Manufacturing,

Flexible Work Flow, VMI, VOI, 5S, cellular manufacturing, and Kanban,

resulting in reducing inventories from 6 -12 months of inventory on the

floor to .5 days, and increasing throughput from a build time of 8 days

to 9 hours per unit.

. Training and implementation of Lean including: Standardized Work, VSM,

Jadoka, JIT, Pull Systems and Kanban.

. Lead a high level cross functional, multi level project team that

evaluated Product Life Cycle Policies and Procedures, resulting in a

redesign and rewrite of the Product Life Cycle from Product Concept to

End of Life.

. Participated in a Lead Team of a Joint Venture with China. Leading the

planning phase of the transfer of manufacturing of a product line from

the US to China.

. Implemented a live interactive training and manufacturing system to

train, troubleshoot and track the manufacturing of Ultrasound products.

Capabilities to include but not limited to, detail manufacturing status

tracking by order, live troubleshooting, detail data capture component

usage tracking, build time, and testing results for analysis and ongoing

continuous improvement.

Rebecca Lynn steele

abm3ty@r.postjobfree.com

MIKRON INDUSTRIES INC. 1992-2005

Responsible for Composite Division including P&L, new product development,

multi plant management, manufacturing design, and distribution for

Composite Decking, Window Coverings and Window and Door profiles.

General Manager Wood Composite Division

(2000-2005)

. Managed the transition from R&D to production for new product lines,

increasing speed to market from 12-24 months to 6-8 months.

. Responsible for the breakout Product based P&L structure and reporting

for 67 million in composite revenue.

. Managed the design and implementation of new 14 million dollar

manufacturing plant, from design to operations in 16 weeks.

. Responsible for the design and development of manufacturing training

programs, to include quality, Lean, six sigma and 5's.

. Responsible for division Lean/Six Sigma project initiatives, which

resulted in 3.5 million in savings, in equipment, labor and materials.

. Manage and Develop Activity Based Costing programs for new product lines.

. Developed new supply relationships to optimize cost and formulation

design, resulting in a 670k in savings

. Manage all manufacturing support departments to include: Quality,

Production, Tooling Maintenance, New product testing, Maintenance and

Distribution Departments.

. Manage multiple Plant Sites, including manufacturing, R&D, and material

testing facilities.

Business Planning Manager (1995-2000)

. Managed the Material Requirements for all product lines and 5

Manufacturing sites

. Lead the implementation of Production, Purchasing, and Inventory Planning

Systems, reducing overall inventories by 1.5 million dollars.

. Responsible for the design and development of long and short term

material requirement plans for Manufacturing, Purchasing, Tooling, and

Distribution eliminating waste by 3.5% of overall budgets per year a 6

million dollar savings.

. Created and managed a 200 million dollar Budget, Procurement, and Sales

Forecast systems for multiple Plant sites that resulted in a +- 3%

accuracy.

. Created capacity planning systems for Equipment, Materials and Tooling,

that reduced capital expenditure costs 10% - 15 % per year.

. Responsible for creating and monitoring systems for reporting Sales,

Procurement, Inventory and Manufacturing goals against budget and current

forecasts.

. Educate and interface with customers on company Forecast and material

planning systems.

. Participated in due diligence teams for purchase and acquisitions.

Inventory Manager (1992-1995)

. Developed and implemented inventory management programs that resulted in

increased inventory turns from five to twenty seven per year.

. Responsible for inventory reduction programs in manufacturing, storage,

packaging, and shipping, that reduced inventories over 30%

. Responsible for purchasing and maintenance programs of material handling

equipment.

. Design, layout, and execution of materials storage and handling

warehouses that increased our shipments from 6 trucks per day to 18 per

day.

. Implementation of new ERP system, including bar code technology

integration.

. Packaging Cost Reduction Project Savings $800,000 per year.

. Integration of four departments, including cross training programs

personnel transition education, department function and documentation,

resulting in 15% labor and equipment reduction.

. Implement and design and perform Biyearly Physical Inventories

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