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Dennis J. Monroe

Objective

Challenging and rewarding executive position in Quality, Operations, or Materials Management that utilizes my unique combination of experience and education.

Experience

2003-2018 Juran Institute/ Juran Global

2013-2018

Senior Associate

Lean and Six Sigma Master Black Belt Trainer

Teaching and employing a broad variety of management tools including 5S/ Lean Manufacturing, Lean Six Sigma, Program Management, Value Analysis/ Value Engineering, and Statistical Quality Control.

2010- 2013

Senior Vice President & Client Relationship Executive

Lean and Six Sigma Master Black Belt Trainer

Teaching and employing a broad variety of management tools including 5S/ Lean Manufacturing, Lean Six Sigma, Program Management, Value Analysis/ Value Engineering, and Statistical Quality Control.

Responsible for managing several client accounts, maintaining and growing business.

Process owner for all Lean and Six Sigma Certifications including final project reviews.

2004- 2010

Vice President & Client Relationship Executive, Lean Six Sigma Practice Leader

Six Sigma Master Black Belt, and Lean Expert, responsible for working with companies in business performance assessment, Lean and Six Sigma deployment and training, Quality System auditing and improvement, Value Stream Management, and cost reduction.

Teaching and employing a broad variety of management tools including 5S/ Lean Manufacturing, Lean Six Sigma, Program Management, Value Analysis/ Value Engineering, and Statistical Quality Control.

Responsible for managing several client accounts, maintaining and growing business.

Product owner and content expert for Lean Six Sigma.

2003-2004

Senior Consultant

Responsible for delivery of consultation and training to several clients including the largest client of the firm at that time.

Included consulting and training on 5S/ Lean Manufacturing, Lean Six Sigma, Program Management, Value Analysis/ Value Engineering, and Statistical Quality Control.

2001-2003and 2013-2018 Simplified Management Solutions

President

Responsible for all operations of an independent Quality Improvement Consulting firm including, sales, marketing, materials development, and delivery.

Experience (cont.)

1987- 2001 Kingston- Warren Corp./ Hutchinson Sealing Systems

1997- 2001

Director, Program Management

Responsible for all new product programs for $150 million automotive weather sealing division

Assured profitability on approx. $20 million in annual tooling expenditures

Assured success of multiple product manufacturing launches averaging $25 million in annual sales

Responsible for implementation of Six Sigma quality improvement initiative

Certified Value Engineering facilitator of 5- 6 workshops annually.

Directed the activities of 3-5 program managers

1995–1997

Group Engineering Director

Responsible for all Manufacturing Engineering activities for $150 million division with three manufacturing facilities

Maintained accurate estimates of manufacturing capacity and utilization

Managed tooling and equipment vendor evaluation and certification

Managed a special engineering “task force” during the successful launch of two new product lines at the Tennessee facility

Directed the activities of three Engineering Managers

1992- 1995

Program Manager

Co- authored the Program Management system for the company

Managed the successful development and launch of new products

Managed tooling expenditures of approximately $5 million annually resulting in substantial under budget results

Managed the cross functional teams to assure the successful development of several new products

1989- 1992

Account Executive

Responsible for approximately $30 million account with General Motors

Received multiple new business awards on the account

Dealt directly with customer buyers and engineers

Developed authorization and tracking system for tooling and sample expenditures

1987- 1989

Product Development Manager

Responsible for direct contact with multiple customers focused on bringing new business to the company

Company’s business expanded from $40 million to $120 million during this time, partly due to my efforts

Managed 4-5 Product Development Engineers responsible for implementation of new products

Experience (cont.)

1982- 1987 GenCorp Automotive

1985- 1987

Sales Engineer

Responsible for direct customer contact on the General Motors account

1984- 1985

Engineering Manager, Batesville, AR plant

Responsible for all engineering activities for a $40 million automotive weather sealing plant.

1982- 1984

Chief Tool Engineer, Batesville, AR plant

Responsible for all tooling design, build and development

1977- 1982 Teledyne Monarch Rubber

Progressively more responsible positions beginning with Quality Control Inspector, then Quality Control Supervisor and ultimately Tool Designer.

Prior to 1977

Various jobs including Oil Well Data Logger and laborer in a steel forging plant.

Education

1990- Master of Science in Administration, Central Michigan University

1988- Bachelor of Science, General Business, Central Michigan University

Training

2000- 2001- Juran Institute Six Sigma Executive, Champion, and Black Belt Training

1996- 1997- Value Management Institute VA/ VE facilitator training

1992- American Management Assn., Senior Project Management

1988- Rochester Institute of Technology, Taguchi Method

1977-1982 American Society for Quality, Metrology, Quality Systems

Interests

SCUBA Diving, Music, Travel, Family

References

Provided on request

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