Manager Six Sigma

Summary of Qualifications

• ** years of experience in Aviation

• Extensive project experience assessing and improving business process ranging from high-flow/low-cost to low-flow/high cost

• Internal Audit Management experience.

Accomplishments

• Provided overall management of domestic wheel & brake system for Southwest Airlines resulting in ~ $5m in reduced spares requirements.

• Mentored six (06) cross functional L6S cost reduction teams resulting in savings of >$0.5m.

• Aligned customer forecast with production in accordance with contract previously a traditional customer ordering trigger system resulting in excessive lead times.

• Transformed at-risk contract with Embraer to no competitive bid on block-point change.

• Mentored 09 Continuous Improvement/ Greenbelt Six Sigma Teams.

• Mentored on-site Customer Six-Sigma team reducing aircraft depressurizations - integrated problem solving methodologies of Southwest Airlines, Boeing, and Honeywell.

• Represented Business Unit at companywide SAP implementation baseline.

Professional Experience

B/E Aerospace 01/06 - 05/12

Project Manager (Management Rotation 2) Winston-Salem, NC 04/11 - 05/12

• Developed Project Playbook including scheduling rules; Escalation/ Change procedures; Status Reporting templates/ requirements; Onboarding Process;

• Developed, implemented and managed internal Sharepoint document management system.

• Performed reconciliation process for description P/N’s from 15+ sites in preparation for P/N master consolidation efforts and required OEM and FAA actions and responses.

Internal Audit Manager (Management Rotation 1) Wellington, FL 11/08 - 04/11

• Represented Corporate Operations Process Improvement and Quality for; Sox Audit of multiple domestic sites. Comprehensive Internal Audit of multiple international sites - developed recommendations lists for each audit regarding both required corrective actions and possible process improvements; negotiated/ followed up on responses from local management;

• Developed Operations Audit for Internal Audit in accordance with Segment/ Corporate Dashboard reporting requirements.

Program/Account Manager Miami, FL 01/06 - 11/08

• Deployment of new Embraer UCT contract into Operations; Lean Alignment of supply chain (JIT)

• Position created specifically to solidify position as sole seat supplier to Embraer for new mid-size platform - additional $25.0M annual revenue to existing $11.0M annual revenue.

• Mentored six (06) cross functional L6S cost reduction teams 05/08 - Savings = $500,000. Teams consisted of Finance, Sales & Marketing, Engineering, & Procurement./ Successful roll-up of team(s) progress/ gains to Group Executive General Manager.

• Aligned customer forecast w/ production IAW contract; initiated customer quality strategy and Corrective Actions follow up system - Quality = 4S/ Follow up = 95% w/in 30 days.

• Transformed at-risk contract with Embraer (~$7M annually) to no competitive bid on block-point change. Within six (6) months assumed Account Manager responsibilities for Cessna Aircraft (~$8M annually) and Raytheon Aircraft (~$5M annually.)

• Assumed order management responsibilities for emerging Super-First Class suite market (current revenue ~$35M annually.)

• Mentored nine (09) Continuous Improvement/Greenbelt Six Sigma Teams.

AlliedSignal/Honeywell 09/96 – 12/05

Program/Logistics Manager for Southwest Airlines Dallas, TX 08/02 – 12/05

• Developed Six Sigma asset control methodology allowing; 1) Management of domestic wheel and brake program for Southwest Airlines - 400+ aircraft/ 7-10% annual growth/ 60 delivery locations/ 03 domestic sites/ $70.0 M in assets.100% availability of asset to customer upon demand. DSO = 12 days; and 2) Reduction in asset requirements by ~$15.0M/ Negotiated $6.0 M / 3 yr. Regional Distribution Contract IAW 5.5d delivery requirements to Southwest Airlines;

• Member of comprehensive proposal to Ryan International - supporting logistics elements for European Hub.

• Maintained existing transaction levels (RO’s) during 50% increase in demand by working with customer to rationalize quality reporting requirements (QA doc.’s/ 8130’s)

• Mentored On-Site Customer Six Sigma team reducing aircraft depressurizations - integrating problem solving systems of Southwest Airlines (Human Resource orientation), Boeing Aircraft (New Six Sigma process), and Honeywell International (established Six Sigma processes).

• Mentored on-site aircraft component FSE for Greenbelt certification.

• Coordinated quarterly reviews with Customer and Honeywell resulting in 50% reduction in RAIL list items.

• Represented Business Unit at company-wide SAP implementation baseline.

Quality/ Lean/ Six Sigma/ HSE Manager Kingman, AZ 06/01 - 08/02

• Quality ; Integrated new customers into site/ Setting up new contracts and rolling out to different sites and departments domestically; Managed 05 inspectors for <30 different customers and associated requirements; Established Quality performance targets for different platforms

• Six Sigma ; Certified 22 Greenbelts/ Projects resulting in $0.5M in annual savings; Led Six Sigma/Lean Project addressing floor space utilization avoiding $1.0M cost of expansion

• HS & E ; Led Re-certification of Arizona State Safety VPP (State version of Baldridge Safety Process requirements; Set up Site Safety Process for self-ownership by frontline employees.

Logistics Manager Kingman, AZ 11/98 - 06/01

• Responsible for $0.75M in inventory; $19.0M revenue target; $.85M Distribution budget; $5.0 margin target; Materials management; Account Receivables; Shipping and receiving department; Inventory accuracy; audits; customer interface; $15.0 M in key customer contracts (Southwest, Continental and American Airlines); Member of Site STRAP, P&L, Departmental Expense, and AOP Team/

• Led and Submitted Site application for Arizona State Quality Award

Logistics Coordinator Seattle, WA 01/96 - 11/98

• Implementation of Alaska Airlines Wheel and Brake program ($4.0 Million/year)/ Established distribution West Coast system/ Provided <95% forecasting accuracy for customer.

• Integrated customer interface environment with emerging Honeywell processes

EDUCATION

University of Texas at Dallas BA Interdisciplinary Studies (Cum Laude)

CERTIFICATIONS:

Certified PMP®; Six Sigma Lean Enterprise Expert; Six Sigma Black Belt

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