Management Project

WILLIAM P SCHWARTZ

Smyrna, GA ***** H: 678-***-****; C: 678-***-****

****.**********@*****.*** www.linkedin.com/in/williamschwartz82

SUMMARY

Energetic and versatile customer-focused, goals oriented and results driven Lean / Six Sigma Green Belt certified professional with business analysis, process continuous improvement, work flow optimization, compliance monitoring and reporting, and manufacturing and production earned value management. Skilled in organizational budget development, execution, and reconciliation and procurement planning, and execution. Trained in Project Management process groups and knowledge areas, Agile Project Management, Finance and Accounting for Non-Finance Professionals, and Supply Chain Management.

Manufacturing and Production: Work Planning and Crew Assignment, Process Adherence, Tool Control, Hazardous Material and Waste Control, Foreign Object Damage Prevention, Crew Labor Recording via Elapsed Time Generator software.

Business Analysis: Profit & Loss, Income Statements, Statements of Cashflow, Organizational Configuration, Policies and Procedures, Business Value Mapping, and document creation/editing.

Process Continuous Improvement: Waste Walks, DMAIC, PDCA, A-3, Metric Development, Measurement, Compilation and Analysis, Value Stream Mapping, Root Cause Analysis, Corrective Action Design, FMEA, 6S, Training Gap Analysis, Training Program Improvement.

Resource Advising: Budget development, execution and reconciliation, and financial health analysis; procurement source research and selection, and spending plan execution and oversight.

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

LOCKHEED-MARTIN AERONAUTICS CO., Marietta, GA 2011 - 2017

Senior Manufacturing Support Team Member

Provided support in a team-based manufacturing environment to include planning, production control, total quality management, systems, production, equipment and facilities engineering, material management, flight operations, customer ground and flight representatives and process reengineering. Provided specialized training. Filled in as manufacturing team supervisor to support needs and requirements.

Served as key member of a Kaizen Event to streamline part processing procedures. Identified potential quality escapes and implemented improvements. New process ensured 100% compliance.

Conducted various production floor walks with emphasis on safety and process adherence.

Identified lack of over and above document tracking. Streamlined process to link unexpected taskings to standard work. Reduced non-negotiable documents 45% and led to a 50% increase in deliveries.

Analyzed flight line work flow seeking maximized efficiency. Developed, printed new waterfall flow and briefed management on new, streamlined optimized flow. Test aircraft touch labor decreased 45%.

Designed and coordinated the realignment and 6S layout of production floor. New optimized layout increased employee efficiency and reduced external support 75%. Span decreased 33%.

Led collaborative project team to improve performance. Interviewed personnel to determine Voice of Customer. Leveraged knowledge to align Voice of Process. Efforts lead to 31.2% improvement.

Led aircraft flight line team’s effort to reduce open external and internal customer service concerns. Re-energized the answer process. Time to close timelines reduced 44.4% and 47.8% respectively.

Provided engineering dispositions for 500+ avionic and mechanical non-conformances; efforts reduced Material Review Board work load by 1,100 hours while improving ready document rate 35%.

Spearheaded the effort to pre-plan work scope outside of contract requirements. Efforts lead to the completion of 100 work packages and saved over 450 hours of labor by planning personnel.

Reviewed work prior to presenting to customer Quality Assurance Inspectors. Accept rate improved to an aggregate of 95% with no rejections and no new Customer Action Requests (CARs).

Coordinated efforts with parts, facilities, tool services, hazardous materials, and IT functions to shut down 250,000 square feet of production space; final bay expenditures reduced by 55% over first bay.

LOCKHEED-MARTIN FIELD TEAM OPERATIONS, Greenville, SC 2009 - 2011

Senior Systems Engineer – Field Technical Services

Provided a level of high-tech post-sales support at customer sites unavailable to the basic level of field hardware and systems software service. Analyzed Maintenance Group Maintenance documentation to address malfunctions with possible fleet wide implication and recommended courses of action with emphasis on time/budgetary savings. Assisted in the generation of documentation as required to expedite aircraft returns to service. Provided proactive C-5 Avionics Modernization Program (AMP) operational and logistical expertise in support of 433d AW operational and flight training sorties.

Analyzed documentation to identify bad actors and briefed findings. Increased Reliability Rates 19%.

STAY AT HOME PARENT 2006 - 2009

3D AIRLIFT SQUADRON, Dover AFB, DE 2003 - 2006

Squadron Resource Advisor

Charged with oversight of all organizational budgeting and procurement activities. Executed $2.5 million annual operating budget. Compared previous budgets, conducted research, and developed annual operating budget and procurement plan based on needs and requirements from department heads. Advised management on acquisition policies and procedures. Teamed with experts to create special use equipment lists and costs. Maintained supplier pricing information to support future procurements.

Drove re-invention of organization’s processes. New processes ensured 100% budget accuracy.

Directed the overhaul of squadron acquisition processes. New, streamlined processes saved $85K.

Established processes for justifying non-funded program requirements; funding increased 58%.

Keen attention to detail garnered 65% increase in spending plan efficacy.

Computed expenditures to indicate trends and other factors and reported expense budget.

3D AIRLIFT SQUADRON, Dover AFB, DE 2000 - 2006

Performance Qualified Flight Engineer (C-5A/B Galaxy Heavy Transport / 1,367 Hours)

MILITARY SERVICE

UNITED STATES AIR FORCE * MSGT/E-7 1986 - 2006

EDUCATION

Master of Science in Management – Project Management

Master of Business Administration – Operations Management

Colorado Technical University, Colorado Springs, CO

Master of Aeronautical Science - Aeronautics & Aviation / Aerospace Safety Systems

Bachelor of Science in Professional Aeronautics w/Aviation Safety Minor

Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University, Daytona Beach, FL

CERTIFICATIONS

Lean Six Sigma Green Belt; J. Osley & Co., Marietta, GA, 2017

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