Engineering Engineer

Anthony J. Paone

*** ********* *****, *****, ** 29369

864-***-**** ***********@*****.*** www.linkedin.com/in/TonyPaone

Summary Engineering Executive known for improving productivity and margins through Value Engineering Analysis, Lean Principles, Six Sigma, New Product Development, Industrial Engineering, Project Management, Product & Process improvements and Continuous Improvement across all cost-critical operations.

Proficient in:

Six Sigma / DMAIC

Project Management

Cost Analysis & Control

Design for Lean Sigma

Team Building / Development

Engineering Management

Lean / Kaizen / 5S

Continuous Improvement

Leadership and Problem-Solving

Capital Expenditure Projects

Budgeting/Cost Management

Classical Industrial Engineering Techniques

Value Analysis / Value Engineering

Product / Process Improvements

Experience:

2003 – 2015 Director of Value Engineering, Hubbell Lighting Inc., Greenville, SC

$1B market leader in lighting, including 16 distinct lighting brands with 13 manufacturing locations in the United States and Mexico.

Directed the Value Engineering Analysis (VEA) Team, driving cost reduction initiatives for the entire lighting platform. Led team of 7 VEA Engineers, Lean Six Sigma Engineers and Packaging Engineers in product and process improvements.

Identified and implemented product and process improvements, yielding $11.5M/year cost savings, exceeding the annual goal for twelve straight years and earning 6 annual Operations Excellence Awards for exceeding all major goals.

As Lean Sigma Champion, drove 350 Kaizen events, improving quality and service and reducing cost by over $5M/year. For example:

oDrove quality defect rate from 3.1% to 0.9% while improving on time delivery from 77.3% to 95.0% across the lighting platform.

oLed a Design for Lean Sigma (DLS) event at Tijuana, Mexico manufacturing facility, saving $1.3M/year.

1989 – 2003 Progress Lighting

$200M market leader in residential lighting with 10 manufacturing locations in the

United States, Mexico and China.

Director of Engineering, Spartanburg, SC (1996 – 2003)

Directed Engineering team of 14 engineers providing value engineering, new product development, sustaining engineering, product documentation, quality assurance, product warranty, field services, product testing & compliance (UL), photometry and technical services.

Improved product development cycle from 39 weeks to 26 weeks.

Reduced product warranty and field service costs by 26%.

Drove value engineering initiatives, saving $1.2M per year.

Senior Product Development Engineer, Spartanburg, SC (1994 – 1996)

Developed 200 new products annually, including estimating costs.

Improved accuracy of new product cost estimates, resulting in reliable and achievable margins.

Accelerated development of new products, reducing time to market over 20%, from 50 weeks to 39 weeks.

Product Development Engineer, Philadelphia, PA (1992 – 1994)

Developed 150 new products annually, including estimating costs.

As liaison for new product development from initial design through manufacturing, created bills of material and manufacturing routings, developed estimated product costs and drove implementation of initial production.

Industrial Engineering Supervisor, Philadelphia, PA (1989 – 1992)

Managed Industrial Engineering Team of 6 in improving plant methods and productivity for a vertically-integrated 1.0M sq. ft. manufacturing plant.

Identified, justified and implemented capital expenditure projects, primarily focused on automating labor intensive operations and packaging machinery, reducing material and labor costs by 30%.

Designed tooling and assembly fixtures, improving productivity and throughput by 25%.

Estimated labor costs and set standard labor rates.

Improved manufacturing methods throughout the plant, improving productivity by over $1.5M/year.

Education: Bachelor of Science, Operations Management, Drexel University, Philadelphia, PA

Systems: SAP, Microsoft Office (Word, Excel, PowerPoint, Outlook, Visio)

Certifications: Six Sigma Green Belt Certification

Project Management Professional (PMP)

Kaizen Promotion Officer

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