Manager Plant Operations & Continuous Improvement

Robert A. Romano

**** ********* *****, *****, ** 75002

***********@*****.*** * 972-***-****

OBJECTIVE PROFILE

Lean Manufacturing with Continuous Improvement.

Lean Six Sigma, Kaizen Events, 5s, Hoshin Kanri, 3P.

Leadership through mentoring direct reports and empowering employees.

Proficient with SAP and Microsoft Office.

RELEVANT EXPERIENCE AND ACCOMPLISHMENTS

Implemented a unique shift schedule to accommodate increased production with the goal of reducing overtime costs and relief for employee’s personal lives. We ended up reducing our overtime costs by $500k.

Created and implemented a training program that trains, tests and certifies production employees in their processes.

Lead 47 fulltime production employees and up to 100 temporary personnel on a daily basis to execute the production schedule.

Led B-52 team to support a failing U.S. government project in one-third the allocated time and raised production rates by over 32% saving the company up to $650k in penalty fees.

Reduced rework by 56% on the V-22 Osprey project. Even after reducing headcount by 45% our high quality standards were maintained and output actually increased by 15%.

EMPLOYMENT

Plant Operations Manager, Central Life Sciences, Dallas, TX 2005 - Present

Driving continuous improvement using Lean tools in daily operations. Problem solving daily issues to quickly eliminate root causes. Utilizing daily GEMBA walks and providing leadership in achieving our company goals in Safety, Quality, Delivery, Cost and Empowerment.

Operations Manager, ABR Labs, Richardson, TX 2001 – 2005

Developed and oversaw all manufacturing objectives to support company goals.

Production Manager, Boeing Aircraft, Corinth, TX 1997 – 2001

When I left I was over the 737 Next Generation Program where I was responsible for 50+ team members. Responsible for achieving company’s quality, schedule and cost performance goals utilizing the principles of Lean Manufacturing.

EDUCATION

University of Washington, Seattle

New Mexico State University, Las Cruces

Boeing Management Training, St. Louis

Collin College, Plano

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