GEORGE A. TRUDEAU

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Medford, MN ***49

918-***-**** ac8k3x@r.postjobfree.com

SUMMARY

Strong team player with excellent teaching and communication skills. Eager and able to develop and implement creative cost conscious solutions. Thirty years experience in Six Sigma methods and Supply Chain Logistics for a variety of materials and processes. Analytical minded; yet adept at relating and interacting throughout the organization. Capable of translating data into valuable information for process owners as well as management. Skilled at tactfully questioning status quo to promote creative thinking in data-driven problem solving and system improvement. Practiced in the use and configuration of SAP R/3 and mining its associated databases. Proficient with Microsoft Office; especially skilled with Excel. WORK EXPERIENCE

Master Scheduler – SageGlass (Saint-Gobain), Faribault, MN 2012 - Present

• Built planning system around available LiSEC data for smart glass manufacturing start-up.

• Created planning methods to account for variable plant yield and strive for on-time delivery.

• Maintained overrun average below 4% through unpredictable process yield variability. Senior Production Planner-Analyst – Emerson Network Power, Waseca MN 2010 - Present

• Reduced backlogged work orders from 3 months late to on-time.

• Reduced overdue sales orders by 75%.

Senior Sales Inventory & Operations Planner – contract to Navico Inc., Tulsa OK 2010

• Reduced overdue purchase orders by 50% in just four months.

• Reduced overdue customer orders by 40% in same time period.

• Purged all customer and purchase orders of obsolete materials. Chief Forecaster - Supply Chain Logistics - ABB Inc., Bartlesville OK 1996 – 2009

• Minimized inventory levels while maximizing product configuration availability.

• Established production planning and forecasting process across product lines and suppliers.

• Improved planning effectiveness via Sales and Operations Planning (S&OP) process.

• Optimized planning through extensive data mining and analysis via Excel and SAP.

• ISO-9000 certification maintained through Quality System Audits. Statistical Methods Engineer - ABB Inc., Bartlesville OK 1992 – 1996

• Eliminated machined item warranty costs through Statistical Process Control (SPC).

• Developed and delivered statistical methods training.

• Supervised Metrology group.

• Launched statistical sampling program for incoming inspection.

• Certified as Quality System Auditor in support of ISO–9001 certification.

• Appointed to Quality Improvement Team.

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SPC Administrator - Boeing, Wichita Kansas 1990 – 1992

• Controlled and reduced variation in bonded composites through SPC applications.

• Improved equipment up-time by developing maintenance trouble-call database and data analysis.

• Performed statistical analyses and championed SPC applications for sheet metal fabrication. Quality Assurance Statistician - Boeing, Wichita Kansas 1986 – 1990

• Realized $3.9 million savings in painting processes through designed experiments and SPC: o Material cost savings, Improved process stability, Increased quality, and Reduced inspection.

• Improved supplier quality by assisting suppliers with SPC implementation.

• Developed and taught SPC courses.

• Significantly reduced work load by applying sampling inspection at receiving and sheet metal shops.

Life Cycle Cost Analyst - Boeing, Wichita Kansas 1986

• Developed standard life–cycle cost model based on Reliability and Maintainability and cost data for A–6 Re–wing program.

Lecturer - Wichita State University, Wichita Kansas 1986 – 1990

• Developed lesson plans and taught college algebra classes during fall 1986 and spring 1990 semesters.

EDUCATION

Mathematics and Statistics, BS, Wichita State University, Wichita, KS, 1986 Regression Analysis, Graduate work, Wichita State University, Wichita, KS, 1989 Quality Improvement Process Management College, Philip Crosby Associates, Inc, Chicago, IL, 1995 CERTIFICATIONS

Certified Quality Engineer, American Society for Quality Control, Wichita, KS, (lapsed) Quality System Auditor, Internal Audits, ABB Inc, Bartlesville, OK