Project Manager Management

Travis Ramsey

Industrial Performance Manager - Vallourec Star

Canfield, OH

*********@*****.*** - 330-***-****

Obtain a position that allows me to utilize both my engineering and business management expertise in either a strategic business management or strategic operations management setting. Leadership

Approach: Servant leadership approach with a strong emphasis of team building, accountability, and a focus on continuous improvement from a managerial and operational standpoint. Continued self, resource and operational growth through communication: first of expectations, secondly continual progress/metric updates, and lastly (DMAICs) approach to operational, managerial, and developmental improvement. Authorized to work in the US for any employer

WORK EXPERIENCE

Industrial Performance Manager

Vallourec Star - Girard, OH - July 2014 to Present Responsible for multi-facility Capex budget management of $80 million annually.

Implemented FEL stage gate Capex management process to improve return on investment and project management within the company.

Responsible for all continuous improvement efforts for 7 production plants, maintenance, logistics and business support functions.

Assisted local plant management with defining KPI's and completing a full cascade from the floor up to the management level.

Leader of the Lean Steering Committee with 11 direct reports achieving $13.4M of Opex savings in 2014.

Developed cost reduction acceleration project aimed at delivering $39M of savings in 2 years.

Developed manufacturing simulation models and integrated with strategic planning and value stream analysis.

Currently maintaining previous project manager role. IT Implementation Project Manager

Vallourec Star - Girard, OH - March 2014 to July 2014

Responsible for developing project proposals for IT Manufacturing Execution Systems

(MES); upgrading infrastructure to support business expansion and Six Sigma process control.

Project manager for multi-facility MES project and ERP costing project totaling $10M.

Develop projects through the initiation, planning, execution, monitor/control and closure process groups

Successfully integrated shop floor data system that communicated automatically with ERP/MES to provide over 1000 points of statistical data for each production unit as well as a fully detailed P&L.

General Supervisor for Finishing

Vallourec Star - Girard, OH - November 2011 to March 2014

Responsible for the recruitment, training and leadership of 200 plus hourly team members and 10 salary team members for a non-union production facility with a capacity of 250k metric tons of production annually.

Successfully led the ramp up of 5 production lines achieving business ramp up target while maintaining operational and project budget.

Implemented safety risk reduction process resulting in year over year 5% risk reduction.

Led the development of a $1.2M Manufacturing Execution System to facilitate production monitoring and control and ERP integration.

Vallourec Performance Analyst (VPA)

Vallourec Star - Girard, OH - April 2011 to November 2012

Developed 60 hour (hands on and classroom) lean management training and deployed to 200 team members to facilitate ramp up of new production facility.

Responsible for greenfield design of $400 million dollar seamless pipe manufacturing facility.

Worked with original equipment manufacturers to integrate SMED, Visual management, TPM and SPC into the design of their equipment prior to installation in the facility.

Developed manufacturing simulation model to analyze value stream for the business and manufacturing process which was utilized to improve the facilities ramp up plan. Process Manager - Director of Engineering

American Standard - Salem, OH - July 2007 to March 2011

Director of all operations and engineering for the Acrylics department.

Directed entire Acrylics team, including 3 supervisors, 1 maintenance supervisor, 2 Engineers, 3 purchasing agents and 80 hourly associates across 3 shifts.

Evaluations of manning, man hours per piece, scrap, downtime, efficiency, and rework, on a weekly basis to help operate the department by business metrics.

Monitor production planning and reporting to ensure that orders were met in a timely fashion to reduce our lead-times, and finished goods inventory.

Achieved lead time reduction: 14 day to 2 day manufacturing lead time to support corporate sales force.

Plan calculated inventory reductions to minimize warehousing cost.

Developed in-depth training program to reduce turnover rate impacts on both product and scrap.

Implemented departmental Critical to Quality Check (CTQC) system which communicated and incorporated all quality standards through SOP's, improving internal yields and quality creating a significant improvement in customer complaint and warranty issues.

Successfully managed 9 new product launches in 5 years

Worked with Human Resources and union management in creating new policies and repairing the union management culture after the 2008 union strike.

Answered 65 union grievances, none were overturned in arbitration.

Member of the plant-wide Safety Steering Committee, which conducted safety data analysis, incident investigation, and DMAIC based safety improvements.

Repeatedly achieved 1.70 Total Case Incident Rate; 1,000,000 plus man-hours without a lost time incident. Process Control Engineer

American Standard - Salem, OH - May 2004 to June 2007

Engineer for entire Acrylic operation including, 80 hourly associates, acrylic vacuum forming machines, FRP ventilated spray booths, CNC routers, and polyester resin mixing.

Led Quality Improvement Teams (QIT) to a total of 4.58% reduction in scrap over 3 years.

Managed summer engineering interns and guided their projects. Senior Engineering Technician

American Standard - Salem, OH - November 2001 to April 2004

Worked on continuous improvement and Lean manufacturing projects for Acrylics Process Control Engineer.

Worked 40 plus hours per week while attending Kent State University full time. Additional

EDUCATION

Masters of Business Administration

Geneva College

May 2010

Bachelor of Applied Science in Manufacturing Engineering Technology Kent State University

May 2006

SKILLS

Project Management (10+ years), Manufacturing (10+ years), Operations Management (7 years), Lean Manufacturing (10+ years), Six Sigma (10+ years), Auto Cad (10+ years) ADDITIONAL INFORMATION

Certified Project Management Professional; Member of PMI since April 2014 Completed Safety Leadership Training in 2003, Completed Six Sigma Green Belt Training in May 2005, Completed Lean Systems Training in 2006

Strong understanding, professional and educational experience with the following: Project Management, Front End Loading (FEL), Computer Integrated Manufacturing (CIM), Statistical Process Control (SPC), Kaizen, 5- S, Work Standardization, Work Balancing Principles, Work Content Analysis, Lean Manufacturing, Pokayoke, Time Study, Production Planning, Design for Six Sigma, DMAIC’s Problem Solving, Scientific Management, SMED

Computer skills include: Power Point, Excel, Word, Project, Outlook, Auto Cad, Auto Desk Inventor, MiniTab, Solid Edge 3D Modeling, RS Logix, Process Simulator, SAP, PSI

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