Six Sigma Project

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OBJECTIVE:

Certified Lean Sigma Black Belt Professional with extensive experience in

Project Management, Business Operations,

e-Commerce, Supply Chain, Process Improvement, Supplier Quality, Logistics,

Manufacturing, & Retail Management.

EDUCATION AND CERTIFICATION: -

B.S. in Industrial Engineering; minor - Business Management - Tennessee

State University (December, 2009)

Lean Six Sigma Certificate - Purdue University, West Lafayette, Indiana

(April, 2011)

Lean Six Sigma certification with emphasis on Project & Operations

Management

TECHNICAL SKILLS:

Lean Six Sigma: DMAIC / DFSS, PDCA, CTQ, Value Stream Mapping, Quality

function deployment, Kaizen, Process optimization, 5-S, 5-Whys, Kanban,

SIPOC, 7QC tools, Total Quality Management, CTQ, VOC, Process flow map,

FMEA (Design and Process), DOE, ISO 9001, OSHA, Project management.

PM Skills: MS Office, MS Project, Visio, Clarity, SharePoint, Primavera.

Software: C++, Visual Basic.NET, Unigraphics, AutoCAD, SAP, ERP, ORACLE,

IBM Rational (ClearQuest, REQPro), PeopleSoft, Plan View.

WORK EXPERIENCE:

NISSAN North America, Inc. - Smyrna, TN

July 2012 -

Present.

Lean Six Sigma Project Management Consultant / Specialist (80 % Domestic &

International Travel)

Alliance Supplier Improvement Program (V-UP PMO) - Quality & Process

Improvement for North & Latin American Suppliers

Work as a Lean Six Sigma Project Management Consultant leading various

comprehensive Kaizen activities with rapid Project execution that support

suppliers in North & Latin America to achieve their "total delivery" cost

reduction commitment that aligns with NISSAN's financial goals.

Map out efficient processes for each project depending on project specifics

and supplier's unique operations, creating project road maps, schedule,

plans and responsible for overseeing the project life cycle from initiation

to closure.

Serve as a liaison between cross-functional teams to effectively

communicate project charter, timeline, budget, risk and resource

allocation.

Facilitate follow up meetings, coordinate and update project plans, ensure

projects deliverables are completed and create status report for

stakeholders.

Process Improvement Projects:

. Responsible for reviewing all current processes within the "Alliance

Supplier Improvement Program" to identify bottlenecks.

. Map out effective/efficient processes (value stream map) to improve

and promote corporation between cross functional groups.

. Utilize lean six sigma methodologies to improve / balance production

lines. - 40% manning reduction.

. Plan /oversee standard work study and training programs to promote

efficient personnel/machine utilization. Improved OEE by 20%, hourly

throughput by 15%.

. Crisis Team Member - responsible for validation of various suppliers'

capacity and develop improvement plans to eliminate capacity variation

between Nissan and suppliers.

. Develop and standardize efficient processes for new product lines.

Quality:

. Perform appearance analysis to ensure suppliers' quality is within

Nissan's quality specification limits.

. Utilize 'quality mapping' and '5 whys' to perform root cause analysis

for quality defects, 40% quality defects reduction by implementation

of countermeasures.

. Generate complexity reduction ideas to simplify technical processes,

minimize quality errors and reduce purchased part cost.

. Develop action plans to reduce scrap cost by 50%.

Logistics Strategy Engineering:

. Support Logistics Strategy Engineering team on inventory / floor space

optimization projects - 66% floor space reduction, 70% days on hand

inventory reduction.

. Develop efficient logistics route and improve components packaging to

reduce transportation cost.

. Support lean proficiencies through analysis and improvement of

Nissan total supply chain.

Amazon.com Inc. - Chattanooga, TN

July 2011 - July

2012.

Operations Manager / Functional Process Owner

. Responsible for strategic planning for efficient productivity and

labor needs to fulfill e-commerce sales and ensure rapid delivery.

. Supervised 100-120 hourly employees as part of a first shift

department that focused on exceeding operation goal.

. Facilitated the development and deployment of a quality tracking

database software. (SDLC)

. Reviewed weekly financial reports on resource budget management to

ensure a cost balanced & labor efficient shift.

. Process Improvement; Identified and led process improvement projects

by utilizing lean six sigma methodologies to maximize throughput,

reduced "assignable quality defects" by 70% to improve customer's

experience.

. Supported all safety programs and OSHA compliance to ensure a safe

work environment for all associates.

. Mentored, trained and developed team members for career progression

and advancement within the department and the company at large.

Akin Consulting, Inc.-Nashville, TN.

Jan 2010 - June 2011.

Continuous Improvement Project Specialist

. Facilitated a Process Improvement project for a manufacturing company

to redesign work stations and created process flow maps utilizing Lean

six sigma methodologies.

. Partnered with a healthcare billing company's six sigma team to

capture the voice of the customers and utilized critical to quality

measures to create the value stream map for customer satisfaction, and

also helped to determine process improvement opportunities in the

operations and trained associates to sustain the six sigma practice.

. Developed and maintained project schedule to ensured tasks are linked

to gate and project deliverables.

. Worked with project team to define Scope, budget, risks, issues,

generate defect reports and change management requests

ABBOTT Laboratories (Vascular Devices) - Temecula, CA.

May 2008 - Aug 2008.

Process Improvement Engineer Intern

General Electric - Louisville, KY (Consumer and Industrial)

Jan 2007 - Aug 2007.

Supply Chain Co-op

WAL-MART Stores Inc. - Lebanon, TN

June 2006 - Sep 2006.

Project Management / Operations Excellence Intern

DELL Computers Inc. (SabeRex Group Ltd) - Nashville, TN

June 2005 - Sep 2005.

Quality Engineering Intern

AWARDS & HONORS:

Dean's List for Academic Excellence.

TN-CIL -Tennessee conference for International Leaders

ORGANIZATIONAL AFFILIATIONS/ ACTIVITIES:

Treasurer: Student Election Commission (S.E.C) and Chairperson- Mr. TSU

Pageant Committee-2008/2009.

Treasurer: ATMAE (Association of Technology, Management and Applied

Engineering) TSU Chapter-2007.

Member: NSBE (National Society of Black Engineers).

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