Manager Manufacturing Engineer
Resume:
Larry Smith
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Professional Summary
Over 20 years of experience in production management developing and improving in-house and multi-site production for aerospace, medical and defense industry OEM’s.
MBA, BS, state certified Journeyman Machinist and certified Lean/Sigma Greenbelt.
Experience Synopsis
Production Team Leader. Working for OEM’s in setting up in-house manufacturing and manufacturing supply chain systems and partnerships.
Experienced in low volume high mix production
Team-builder with the ability to break down barriers and enlist the support of the entire organization for positive results.
Culturally sensitive U.S. Citizen and have lived and worked in overseas manufacturing efforts four times for a total of nine years in Egypt, Taiwan, and Germany.
Professional Experience
Quest Global Systems – Pratt & Whitney VBU, East Hartford, CT February 2015 – November 2017
Manufacturing Technical Lead
Production cost reduction Leader.
Developed manufacturing cost reductions for the Pratt & Whitney VBU.
Specific areas of cost reduction included CNC machining, EDM, ECM, water-jet and surface finishing, welding and repair.
Interacted with suppliers to analyze risk and mitigate failure modes.
Improved quality and reduced QN re-occurrences.
Ultra Machining Company, 2011 – February 2015
Production Manager
Lead production efforts, supervisors, schedules and cost performance.
Planning and execution for machining commodity production of aerospace and medical devices for GE, UTC, Stryker Instruments, Woodward and other customers.
Developed backup machining supply chain systems and processes for new products.
Drove strategic and tactical in-house and supplier development and partnering
Root cause analysis and mistake proofing planning for escapes, MRB actions and corrective actions
BAE Systems, 1995 to 2011
Production Manager
I held many Production Leadership positions within BAE Systems.
Primarily responsible for in-house production systems planning and supplier development.
Responsible for the development and coordination of Global Supplier Manufacturing Practices for new production both domestically and internationally.
These efforts included developing Long Term Supplier Agreements, Teaming and Partnering agreements to include second and third tier suppliers.
Driving Lean concepts and continuous improvement methods and processes that included statistical methods, data mining, value stream mapping, Kaisen events, and 5S methodology among others.
Parker-Hannifin Corp. – Aerospace Division, Irvine, CA 1990 - 1995
Production Project Manager
Production operations leader, supplier qualification, and risk mitigation
Monitor capacity, schedule, delivery, delinquency, MRB and Corrective Actions
Manage new work placement planning, changes, deviations, non-compliances
Re-prioritize in-house production and suppliers for best delivery performance, eliminate bottlenecks, avoid delivery failure
Develop milestone schedules and inch-stone schedules to manage supplier work-in-progress to regain schedule
Conduct root cause analysis to determine schedule failure
Drive performance improvement at second and third tier suppliers
J.C. Carter Company, Costa Mesa, CA 1980 - 1990
Machinist, Toolmaker, Tool Room Lead, Tool Designer & Manufacturing Engineer
The company of approximately 150 people produced specialty pumps and valves.
I served a formal state certified machinists apprenticeship and trained on all production and inspection equipment.
I completed the program as a journeyman machinist, worked as a toolmaker, and was lead-man in the tool room.
I became tool designer and then worked as a manufacturing engineer.
Education
MBA in Global Management
University of Phoenix
Bachelor of Business Administration
University of Phoenix
Technical Certification - State Certified Journeyman Machinist
Santa Ana College
Certified Lean/Sigma Greenbelt
Pratt & Whitney VBU
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