Jenny Elphingstone

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PROFILE

Analytical engineer with MBA. Over 9 years of experience in aggressively progressive roles including

managing projects, compiling and analyzing data, resource planning, and employee management.

Background consists of large to mid-sized manufacturing companies in transition and/or turmoil. Depth

of experience includes:

Project Management & Execution Training Data Analysis

Production Planning Business Communications Process Improvement

Disciplined Cost Management Purchasing & Negotiation Change Management

PROFESSIONAL AND EDUCATIONAL EXPERIENCE

UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI – St. Louis, an AACSB accredited program August, 2011 – August, 2013

Masters of Business Administration

FREELANCE SERVICES

Volunteer August, 2005 - current

• Planned and taught lessons by adapting curriculum to the audience

• Managed sales and oversaw the management of sales

• Budgeted and scheduled activities, excursions, and service work

• Facilitated regular meetings with up to 28 people

KEMCO MANUFACTURING, an aerospace and defense industry supplier September, 2004 – July, 2006

Inventory Manager / Scheduler

• Managed 3 employees in the Shipping/Receiving department and reorganized to reduce one

employee and improve material receipts from 3 days to 1 day.

• Developed procedures and work instructions and trained end-users on new software

developments.

• Reduced late jobs from 90% to 30% by initiating and managing a shop schedule; included

inventory planning, prioritizing, and resource planning among 17+ areas. Influenced the daily

activities of 40+ union employees, engineers, and inspectors through managing the schedule.

• Increased production efficiency by implementing lean Inventory Control process

improvement techniques.

• Documented processes and trained replacement.

SOLUTIA, INC., a performance and specialty chemical company August, 1997 – June, 2004

JENNY L. ELPHINGSTONE

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Production Engineer (2000 – 2004)

•Organized and improved efficiency of department classroom training by re-writing all department

Standard Operating Procedures, which reduced training from 6 to 2 months.

• Influenced the daily activities of 20 union operators, mechanics, and electricians. Supervised 6

union mechanics and electricians during the last 6 months on the job.

• Planned production to meet customer demands and minimize rework of the product achieving a

“right-first-intent” of 99.8%.

•Identified a cost improvement opportunity in capital equipment that was replaced every 2 years.

Analyzed historical mechanical integrity data, designed and ran additional tests, then redesigned

capital equipment based on analysis saving 10% of typical annual capital budget every 4 years.

• Improved the scope, documentation, and schedule of a regular department turnaround saving

$50,000 every 2 years.

•Verified compliance with OSHA Process Safety Management, DOT, and other regulatory agencies.

• Provided Project Engineer responsibilities for the department.

Contract Project Engineer (1997 – 2000)

• Provided plant wide technical support through the design and management of projects for

cost improvements, process improvements, environmental control, product quality, and safety. Wrote

project approvals and communications, planned projects, evaluated and selected vendors, procured

materials, and supervised drafting and construction.

• Managed the mechanical integrity program and influenced the daily activities of the

inspectors. Analyzed the data and reported recommendations to the owning departments.

UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI – Columbia May, 1996 – May, 1997

Bioengineering Research Assistant

• Designed test fixtures and protocols based on ASTM Standards

• Performed laboratory tests on biomechanical constructs

• Evaluated, documented, and reported all test results

UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI – Columbia August, 1992 – December, 1996

Bachelor of Science in Mechanical Engineering

TECHNICAL SKILLS

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JENNY L. ELPHINGSTONE

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Microsoft Office SAP Visio

Microsoft Access JOBBoss Adobe Acrobat

Microsoft Project ERP/MRP Software AutoCAD

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