GREGORY ROWELL
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SENIOR MANAGER, ENGINEERING
Accomplished engineering leader known for leveraging and incorporating solutions collaboratively across a company’s portfolio to address complex problems in manufacturing, process engineering and critical business infrastructures. Recognized for delivering engineered productivity and process improvements while ensuring optimized resource utilization through advanced operational technologies. Skilled at leading and empowering teams of engineers and business analysts to deliver at peak performance in fast-paced environments. Expertise in working cross functionally and maintaining positive relationships with both internal and external stakeholders, while aligning engineering activities and projects with company goals and objectives.
Strategic Planning
Lean / Six Sigma
Project Management
Team Building
Financial Models
Resource Utilization
Change Management
Continuous Improvement
Manufacturing / Supply Chain
PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE
FedEx Office, Plano Texas 2013 - Present
Senior Manager, Industrial Engineering
Led process improvements with manufacturing network operations teams to optimize productivity saving $2.5M in FY18 and $1.98M in FY19
Instituted critical to quality, CTQ, operations metrics to improve overall quality and operational efficiency for 17 central processing centers, increasing production by 11.8% or $5M and lowering manufacturing costs by 11% between FY18 – FY19
Decreased defects across the manufacturing network by 38%, while increasing delivery on-time service performance to 99.6%, through continuous improvement activities using quality driven management, QDM, DMAIC methodologies,
Executed cost-benefit analysis for implementation of new technology color printers, resulting in a net savings of $250K in FY19
Developed and mentored team using career strategies based on individual development, training and career plans
Transportation Engineering Manager
Established CTQ operations metrics to improve quality and operational efficiency for couriers and dispatchers, significantly increasing revenue and productivity by 15% across the United States Transportation Network, resulting in cost savings of $1.5M
Led deep-dive analysis examining hourly capacity, volume and productivity to determine whether to insource or outsource to third-party contractors, realigning capacity to save $41K per month
Collaborated with PU / Delivery and Network Operations teams to develop roadmaps and execution plans, increasing productivity by 10% and reducing cost by approximately $400K annually
Directly interfaced with engineering teams to leverage strengths and competencies to maximize efficiency and output
Bell Helicopter / Textron, Hurst, TX 2011 – 2013
Lead / Senior Staff Industrial Engineer
Increased overall performance-to-budget in each business unit by over 20%, while reducing headcount by 25%, despite increased production requirements
Earned over $50K in capital expenditure safety improvements, generating a facility tour by the CEO
Increased business operations and ROI through time-motion studies using DMAIC Six Sigma methods
Triumph Vought Aircraft Industries, Dallas, TX 2007 – 2011
Lead Industrial Engineer
Secured $63M with Gulfstream to assemble an additional 7 wing sets by estimating manpower, materials and capital investment assets required to achieve revenue, leading the industrial engineering team to develop detailed plans supporting the 20% increase in capacity
Established Spindle Engagement metrics program to improve productivity and quality of 5-axis machines, resulting in an 85% utilization rate within 2 months with an ROI of $200K
Reduced repair costs by 20% with machine use of over 85% achieved and sustained by instituting a Total Preventative Maintenance program across manufacturing floor
OTHER EXPERIENCE
Huawei Technologies, Program Manager / Hardware Ergonomics Lead
The Home Depot Corporate, Manager, Process Operations
Delta Airlines, Inc., Senior Business Process Principal
NCR Corporation, Senior Principal Human Factors Engineer
EDUCATION AND CERTIFICATIONS
University of Phoenix
Master of Business Administration
Texas Tech University, Lubbock, TX
Master of Science, Industrial Engineering
Texas Tech University, Lubbock, TX
Bachelor of Science, Industrial Engineering - Cum Laude
Six Sigma Black Belt certification – SSBB
Certified Professional Ergonomist – CPE
PROFESSIONAL ASSOCIATIONS
Institute of Industrial Engineers – IIE
Human Factors and Ergonomics Society – HFES