Manager Manufacturing

Peter Fee

Email: abp7kp@r.postjobfree.com

Address: ** ****** ****

City: East Islip

State: NY

Zip: 11730

Country: USA

Phone: 631-***-****

Skill Level: Director

Salary Range: $125,000

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PETER FEE

36 Arline Lane, East Islip, NY 11730 631-***-**** abp7kp@r.postjobfree.com

Operations Management professional with extensive experience in industry leading organizations. Proven leadership skills in new product development, systems design and implementation, product and process improvement. Expertise in strategic planning, organizational development, cost reduction, budgeting and manufacturing.

EXPERIENCE

Telephonics, Inc., Huntington, New York 2012

Director, Manufacturing

Responsible for all manufacturing and test function in the $400 million aerospace and systems manufacturing company, 2 x 5 shift operation. Consolidated manufacturing space by 20% relocating key Radar focused factory on schedule.

Motorola, Inc. Holtsville, New York 2007-2012

Senior Program Manager

One of four program managers tasked with customer and technical coordination for the Mobile Computing Division relative to sustaining engineering activities, a $1 billion subsidiary of the Mobile Products Group. The unit, called Engineering Customer Response Team (ECRT), handles product and customer support at the highest level (Tier III) in the organization. Received 2011 Sales award for successful support of the company`s largest account (FedEx, $100 million)

J. D`Addario & Co., Farmingdale, New York 2003-2006

Director, Operations

Direct all Operations for this $95M privately held manufacturer including Manufacturing, Quality, Procurement, Materials, Logistics, Facilities and Industrial Engineering. J. D`Addario is the market leading manufacturer of musical instrument accessories.

* Directed a staff of 9 managers comprising three shift factory operations (24x5) of 600 persons. Re-engineered and developed West Coast distribution center. Instituted Lean initiatives including 5S, problem solving teams, cells and supply chain.

* Reduced product shortages and backorders by 50%; increased fill rates across the board in excess of 98%. Improved communication and controls between Sales and Operations, Implementing forecasting improvements and trimming lead times while improving order quality. Reduced overtime hours by 75% while increasing productivity by 3-5%; developed third shift in response to business growth and to handle demand dynamics (seasonality). Reduced raw material inventories by 25% over an eight month period through consignment, vendor partnerships and focus teams (Lean).

* Merged two acquisition companies with the parent organization on schedule with no adverse effects on customer shipments. Secured $100k in NYS funding for training programs. Direct all facilities functions for a four building campus comprising 200.000 square feet.

Operations and Manufacturing Business Consultant 2002-2003 and 2007

Provided local businesses with consulting services in Operations and Market Research with emphasis on competitive analysis, organizational structure, material control, planning and scheduling to improve throughput, product quality improvement, cost and lead time reduction. Businesses include Optics, Printing, Fabrication and Assembly.

ADEMCO GROUP (Honeywell International), Syosset, New York 1994-2002

Director, Operations Engineering

Directed all Operations support functions with an annual budget of $10+million for electronics and electro-mechanical products manufacturing with facilities worldwide. The ADEMCO Group is the market leader in residential and commercial security and access control systems, a $400 million subsidiary of Honeywell International.

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* Directed a staff of 71 professionals and department managers including Manufacturing Engineering, Advanced Engineering, Industrial Engineering, Test Engineering and associated support groups for new product development, production support, associated documentation, product costing, bills of material and routing, labor standards and methods, as well as new process and capital equipment justification. Redefined and developed all responsible functions to improve response time in close alignment with company operational, acquisition and growth strategies.

* Determined annual operating, capital equipment and facilities budgets; developed short and long term operations strategies in response to technological and business changes. Trimmed operational expenses an average of 10% while the growth rate of the company increased an average of 20% annually. Implemented a comprehensive capacity planning system for operation of manufacturing sites in New York and Mexico. Successfully integrated six acquisitions in four years.

* Management Advisor for implementation of Six Sigma processes installed after Honeywell`s acquisition. Responsibilities included project and candidate selection, establishing metrics and goals, project progress and participant sponsorship. Instituted a formal cost reduction program which yielded $300,000 in hard savings in the first year of implementation.

* Directed all Facilities related activities for 360,000 square foot corporate campus comprising nine buildings. Trimmed office renovation costs by 46% while decreasing occupancy times by 50%. Negotiated all building services and construction contracts in NY and select contracts for the Mexico facility.

* Responsible for the direction of production equipment analysis, justification, installation and programming functions which also included tool design, mechanical engineering, programming and a tool development shop. Coordinated activities between Purchasing, Engineering and external suppliers to facilitate material cost reductions and delivery improvements. Identified and analyzed potential suppliers. Established rapid prototyping system trimming development time from three weeks to three days. Cut preproduction manufacturing development by 50%. (An average of 6-10 prototypes are produced each week; 50+ products are released on an annual basis.)

* Installed systems which reduced employee compensation claims, lost time due to injury and insurance rates to the lowest per capita in the division. Achieved small generator status and full compliance with regard to hazardous waste generation and control.

SYMBOL TECHNOLOGIES, INC., Bohemia, New York 1981-1994

Thirteen years diverse experience in Operations, Marketing, Quality Processes and Organizational Development in a high technology, electronics manufacturing environment. Symbol Technologies is the market leader in laser based, hand held bar code scanners and portable data acquisition systems (electronics manufacturing).

Senior Manager, Quality Process and Projects (1992-1994)

* Designed and implemented a Total Quality Management (TQM) process utilizing the methods as championed by Philip Crosby.

* Led divisional efforts aimed at the achievement of ISO 9000 registration, including team selection, auditing, process and registrar evaluation. Achieved registration after the first audit.

* Proposed and justified a new company division to remarket field returns with an initial pre-tax profit of $1million and an annual projected growth rate of 30% utilizing products which were currently targeted as scrap.

Senior Manager, Technical Marketing (1988-1992)

* Documented, developed and managed two departments which provided factory based, strategic technical support and project management to an international sales force. Worked closely with Sales, Senior Management and Customers in the development of products and systems with direct focus on new market development. Directed a critical custom software group as an integral part of the department.

* Designed and provided marketing support for a new line of scanning peripherals for further penetration into the retail market. Coordinated and instituted technological developments with key customers such as General Motors; developed ergonomically based point of sale (POS) transaction centers for major retail customers such as Bloomingdales and K Mart.

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Senior Manager, Manufacturing Engineering (1981-1988)

* Created and developed the Manufacturing Engineering function. Directed support of manufacturing activities including staffing, tooling, facilities, hazardous waste control, work standards and facilities layout.

* Implemented automated processes for printed circuit board assembly and test as well as for material handling and storage. Justified and installed the first automated through-hole and SMT assembly production lines utilizing Universal and Fuji equipment.

* Optimized space limitations for expanding manufacturing processes, including three expansions in seven years from 10,000 square feet to more than 92,000 square feet. Performed comprehensive analysis to determine five year facilities requirements through capacity modeling.

* Served as primary liaison between Engineering and Operations for product designs; instituted design for assembly (DFA) techniques for new product designs reducing PCB assembly throughput, mechanical fastening and driving the snap fit designs for plastic parts from Engineering. Designed the present flexible coil cord used in all scanners improving MTBF from two weeks to five years.

* Implemented MRP for the manufacturing bills of material and routing functions. Transformed production lines from batch to continuous flow utilizing progressive and cellular manufacturing techniques. Sourced suppliers in Europe and the Far East for plastics and cabling.

EDUCATION

Master of Science, Operations Management

NYU/Polytechnic University of NY, Farmingdale, New York

Bachelor of Science, Industrial Technology

State University of New York, College at Buffalo, New York

PROFESSIONAL ACTIVITIES/AFFILIATIONS

* SME Certified Manufacturing Engineer (CMfgE), Assembly Operations

* Senior Member, Institute of Industrial Engineers (IIE)

* ISO 9000 Lead Assessor Certification Training (IQA Registered)

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