Peter H. Chittick

Solutions – Focused Manager

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Baden, Pa 15005 ac0je5@r.postjobfree.com

http://www.linkedin.com/pub/peter-chittick/12/615/a8

Personal Profile

Extensive experience in a production environment resulting in a dedicated and knowledgeable manufacturing professional with diverse industry knowledge possessing special talent for searching out opportunities for improvement, contributing to cost reduction, increased production, and waste reduction. Provides objective analysis and innovative solutions to a wide range of manufacturing problems including production resource utilization, cost and productivity optimization in conjunction with safety and environmental issues.

Lean Manufacturing Cell Design

Kaizen Project Manager

Personnel Development / Training

Kanban System Integration

New Product Launch Coordinator

Critical Issue Resolution

TPM Development / Implementation

Production Planning Strategist

Quality Control

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

Toyo Denki USA (2012 – Present)

Factory Manager

Promoted to Factory Manager where I put my years of manufacturing & industrial knowledge to work. Utilizing purposeful departmental goals and employing metrics to focus on our weaknesses while building on our strengths, I effectively set the company on the road towards our 3 and 5 year plans. I achieved this by ensuring every employee is invested in positively influencing the financial situation of the organization.

Negotiated a sub-lease to reduce operating costs by 44% within the first month.

Developed the QMS into a “Customer First” environment.

Created systems to analyze our processes and document the findings in order to align our company's purpose with our strategic direction “The Customer Comes First”.

Refocusing all aspects of the factory into “Who is your customer?” with the emphases to exceed the customer’s expectations whether internal or external.

Implemented a Quality Management System that incorporates all-inclusive processes to eliminate silos within the organization.

Moving the organization towards ISO certification by enforcing “Document what you do & do what you say”.

Responsible for P&L of the factory’s $20m per year operations.

Direct reports are: facilities, engineering, purchasing, quality & production.

Production Manager

Developed and executed demand-based manufacturing strategies which support high customer satisfaction while balancing raw material and finished goods inventory levels. Direct multi-departmental resources for projects which include cost reductions, manufacturing process improvements, and corrective action investigations/ implementations. Identify, developed and implement operational and technical strategies to continuously improve the effectiveness of the manufacturing process to achieve benchmark-class standards.

Created SQCD Metrics, developed, implemented, and trended process metrics to monitor and improve the manufacturing process.

Created multi-project staffing plans while continuously implementing improvement along with providing input to and operating within the departmental budget.

Created long term production plans while leading personal development of the production teams involving Kaizen activities.

Expansion of the production facility increasing production capacity by 300%.

Implemented a new MRP system.

Negotiated several manpower contracts with local workforce providers.

Implemented several safety initiatives including monthly safety inspections, process reviews with safety emphasis, and teaching of new assembly techniques to eliminate repetitive injuries.

C3controls, Beaver, PA (2010 to 2011)

Manufacturing Manager

Responsible for the total control of the manufacturing division with the direct management of facilities (including the maintenance department), fabrication (processing various metal stamped parts and injection molded parts), assembly (mechanical electrical control components production), shipping, receiving, and purchasing departments.

Accomplishments

Managed the successful move of the entire assembly, shipping and receiving departments within the first two months of employment. Created a timeline, budget and an action plan, utilizing project management software, to achieve the entire move without missing any shipments.

Controlled operating costs of the manufacturing division by creating budgets for production, purchasing and facilities resources with a check / balance system.

Fostered a focused factory devoted to development and implementation of a visual shop throughout the manufacturing division including production status placards, warehouse systems legend plates and process control posters that brought a new level of attention to system processes.

Initiated production analysis boards, standard work charts, metrics and goals by area, Kanban, Kaizen events, and 5S.

Created an employee skills matrix utilized to analyze the weaknesses of the labor pool and adjust in-house training in order to reduce the venerability within the manufacturing division.

Utilized my supervisor’s 20 years of experience to create a training regimen for the assembly group in conjunction with the skills matrix to increase the worker’s skill level on all shifts.

Developed a ROP, EEOQ, and Safety Stock system for the production / stocking of manufactured products as well as purchased parts.

Reconfigured the entire stocking plan while identifying dead stock, overstock and reducing total stocking levels within the stockroom by several days of inventory.

Produced a hiring process with interview questions, applicant ratings and an evaluation system designed to increase the skilled labor pool for the fabrication, shipping and assembly groups.

Maximized equipment operation by developing and scheduling preventive maintenance; organizing change-overs.

Metalor, Export, PA (2008 to 2010)

Production Supervisor

Supervisor of several large production departments while successfully decreased time loss injuries, increased productivity and reduced costs enabling Metalor to continue to lead the field in Electrical Contact Switch Gear.

Metals Department

Led specialty metals manufacturing of electrolytic silver powder production, melt shop continuous casting furnace and grain casting furnaces, several hot & cold metal rolling mills, Ag to Cu continuous strip bonding lines, slitting, knurling, and metals extrusion machines in addition to wire drawing machinery.

Improved competitive standing by leading effort to enhance equipment reliability and capability to produce high-quality product through planned equipment upgrades.

Developed employees by training, cross-training, and providing continuing education opportunities.

Powder Metal Contacts Department

Responsible for the manufacture and assembly of electrical contacts utilizing compression die presses, sintering furnaces, brazing furnaces, and resistance welding machines.

Evaluated worker performance through the use of hour by hour charts and continuous feedback.

Developed visual feedback boards for Safety, Quality and Productivity to track departmental and intra-departmental performance.

Stamping Department

Daily supervision of 22 ton to 60 ton high speed punch presses with single feed, continuous feed and inline welding of Ag slugs onto Cu strip into a continuous feed high speed punch press.

Organized department according to product flow and machine capacity.

Utilized lean manufacturing skills as member of plant reorganization team to lay out machine clusters along value streams for optimum resource utilization.

Warn Industries, Clackamas, OR (1984 to 2008)

Production Supervisor

Supervisor of several high-volume production lines where I effectively implemented the production plans of an $8 million a month assembly operation in accordance with the master production schedules.

Industrial / Military Winch Assembly

Supervised six mechanical and electrical assembly lines consisting of industrial, military, and WARN Works® winches and hoists.

Prepared work schedules for employees according to the requirements of the production demands.

Ensured quality of assembly and testing work while promoting a culture of quality excellence.

Recreational Vehicle / Light Truck Winch Assembly

Supervised 12 mid-size winch assembly lines with integrated sub-assembly stations.

Designed production processes and assembly lines in conjunction with Warn’s EHS, quality, and manufacturing engineers for several new product launches.

Conducted formal performance appraisals for hourly employees to assess employee performance and help employees improve their performance.

Winch Sub-Component Machining Cells

Coordinated five sub-component machining cells with winch assembly demands to maintain Kanban levels.

Monitored sub-component machining cells production and adjusted processes as needed to obtain product flow.

Maintained material handling systems to align with lean manufacturing Value Stream Map.

Reorganized sub-component machining cells with the implementation of new product launches.

Lean Manufacturing and Continuous Improvement Coordinator (2004 – 2006)

Over the course of two years, integrated lean manufacturing into all aspects of Large Winch production, utilizing Value Stream Mapping to create product focused manufacturing cells while implementing Kanban systems originating with the ordering of raw material though delivery of components to assembly lines.

Interim Production Leader (2003 – 2004)

Interim Production Planner / Buyer (2002 – 2003)

Journeyman Machinist / Team Coordinator (1995 – 2002)

Machinist (1986 – 1995)

Assembler (1984 – 1986)

EDUCATION

University of Phoenix

Dual Degrees: Bachelor Degree Business Management & Bachelor Degree Marketing

Seminars

Fundamentals of Lean Production - Creating Stability in the 4Ms at Lean Enterprise Institute (http://www.lean.org).

TECHNICAL SKILLS

Internal ISO 9001 and TS 16949 Auditor

Proficient in the following software applications:

-Number Cruncher (ERP System)

-Microsoft Dynamics (ERP System)

-JD Edwards (ERP System)

-Full range of Microsoft Office Products

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