Engineering Management

MICHAEL STEVENS

***** ******* ***** *****, *******, TX 75089

C: 815-***-****, *****************@*****.***

CAREER SUMMARY

Natural leader with a solid track record of achieving organizational excellence. Proven ability to develop and drive strategic and tactical initiatives to increase operational performance.

• Operations Management • Continuous Improvement • Performance Metrics

• Engineering Management • Circuit Board Fabrication • Design for Manufacturability

• Program Management • Electronic & Mechanical Assembly • Customer Interface

• Project Management • Lean Transformation • Six Sigma Processes

• Quality Management • Multiple Site Responsibility • Facility Planning

• Change Management • Advanced Product Quality Planning • New Product Introduction

• Strategy Development • ISO9001, 14000, 13485, AS9100 • Product Bidding and Design

PROFESSIONAL ACHIEVEMENTS

PCC AEROSTRUCTURES, Arlington, TX 10/15 – 5/16

PCC Aerostructures is a leading Tier II supplier of highly engineered metallic and composite parts, kits, and assemblies to the global aerospace industry.

Director of Quality

Coached talent toward improved quality and on-time delivery significantly improving cycle times by 433%.

Reorganized quality functions to improve customer response, improve quality and reduce operational costs.

Developed KPIs, quality monitoring and response systems to production lines enabling a faster root cause analysis. Drove resolution of quality issues to operator level involvement. This resulted in a 78% reduction in end of line defects within three months.

Instituted new management techniques resulting in an average test backlog reduction of 90% within 10 weeks and test times up to 35%.

Implemented lean visual management and 5S which resulted in improved communication and throughput.

Drove a 76% reduction in average material review board (MRB) failures and a resolution response time reduction of 81%.

Introduced workforce to new quality tools and methods in conformance with AS9100.

Established standard work practices for exempt and non-exempt populations. This improved the quality and repeatability of product produced while increasing the flexibility of the workforce.

Directed customer interface, proposals, and production to contract specifications.

Instituted daily production plans to communicate daily status and production goals.

Implemented defect reduction plans and exceeded all goals.

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APEX TOOL GROUP, Garland, TX 4/13 – 6/15

Apex Tool Group is a $1.2B world leader in the production of hand, power, and electronic tools. Apex Tool Group is a Bain Capital subsidiary formed by a merger of Cooper Tools and Danaher's Tools and Components segment.

Engineering & Quality Manager

Drove the Garland plant closure and transfer of manufacturing to Sumter, South Carolina.

Coached talent in management, operations, design engineering, project management, product testing, manufacturing engineering, tool development, maintenance, and quality.

Directed new product development and production release while improving design engineering department effectiveness to handle a 348% increase in engineering demands.

Implemented Advanced Product Quality Planning (APQP) tools, statistical process control, and Six Sigma techniques to reduce process variation and increase product quality by 63%.

Designed a work order system resulting in 78% improvement in machine availability.

Directed a newly formed centralized maintenance department while absorbing a facility transfer resulting in the reorganization of 67% of the facility.

Organized and directed the formation of a new manufacturing engineering department.

Reduced repair department turn around by 83%.

SCHNEIDER ELECTRIC, Loves Park, IL 3/00 – 4/13

$29.8B Global Sales; 130,000+ employees; Electronic & Mechanical Manufacturing industry; Energy Solutions

Director of Lean Operations 10/11 – 4/13

Engineering & Program Manager 4/06 – 10/11

Engineering Manager 3/03 – 4/06

Engineering Supervisor 3/00 – 3/03

Coached talent in management, operations, design engineering, test engineering, project management, tool development, quality, maintenance, and manufacturing engineering.

Analyzed and improved business performance with teams in multiple large mix / low volume high technology facilities.

Led Schneider Electric contract manufacturing. Responsible for bidding, product design, and operational profit and loss for all programs. Directed software development, electronic hardware development, and product manufacture through matrix cross functional teams.

Implemented the Schneider Lean Production System (Toyota Production System).

Developed cost management estimates for direct and overhead elements.

Pioneered methodologies that reduced product ATE test development and fabrication costs by 75% while improving test coverage and test throughput by 50%.

Instructed Project Management, Continuous Improvement, and Six Sigma classes.

Improved business unit first pass yields by 89% while reducing work in process by 76%, labor content by 35%, and technical support personnel by 50%.

Drove continuous improvements through the use of DMAIC, Value Stream Mapping, Kanban, 5S, Poka Yoke, Kaizen, reduced setup (SMED), Gap Analysis, and material handling reduction.

Directed facility closures and production transfers. Results included direct labor savings of 32% and support personnel savings of 66% and realized 3.3 million dollars in annual manufacturing savings.

Created breakthrough process changes that reduced cycle time by 94% and labor content by 75%.

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CREATION TECHNOLOGIES, Lexington, KY 11/96 – 3/00

Electronics manufacturing services (EMS) provider

Manufacturing Engineering & Maintenance Manager 12/98 – 3/00

Manufacturing Engineering Manager 10/97 – 12/98

Manufacturing Engineer 11/96 – 10/97

Partnered with customers to ensure proper configuration, cost points, manufacturability, testability, and technical performance on electronic product.

Improved electronic and mechanical assembly processes to allow business to increase output by 92% without addition of support staff and only a 53% direct labor increase.

Designed and implemented employee training system.

Directed design for manufacturability (DFM) efforts.

Drove quality documentation and processes to become ISO certified.

Helped design and coordinate construction of a new facility.

ROCKWELL COLLINS, Cedar Rapids, IA 1/89 – 11/96

Aviation & Aerospace; 20,001+ employees; HQ: Cedar Rapids, Iowa

Division Operations Industrial Engineer Defense Communications Div. 9/95 – 11/96

Senior Process Engineer Defense Communications Div. 3/92 – 9/95

Industrial Engineering Supervisor Commercial Avionics Div. 5/91 – 3/92

Quality Control Supervisor Commercial Avionics Div. 6/89 – 5/91

Industrial Engineer Commercial Avionics Div. 1/89 – 6/89

Provided engineering expert support for three different hybrid circuit board, electronic and mechanical assembly complexes.

Administered division’s work measurement system by monitoring, analyzing, adjusting, and reporting division labor performances and efficiencies.

Developed proprietary conformal coating method which gave Rockwell Collins a competitive advantage on one of its products.

Developed and implemented a new conformal coating application process and automated programming software through a United States government funded project.

Provided leadership for product quote department, product build specification development, and customer interface for printed circuit board fabrication.

Reduced customer returns by over 60%.

Balanced factory production load resulting in completion of monthly production schedules days ahead of time. Not all monthly production schedules were met prior to load balancing. Load balancing reduced factory-wide overtime. Quality Control Department overtime was reduced by over 80% while reducing staff by 22%.

EDUCATION / CERTIFICATIONS

Master of Business Administration, Rockford University, Rockford, IL

Bachelor of Science in Industrial Technology, Iowa State University, Ames, IA

Certified Project Management Professional (PMP)

Certified Six Sigma Black Belt (SSBB)

Certified Methods-Time Measurement Practitioner (MTM-1)

Certified Internal Auditor ISO 9001 and ISO 14001

Training Contact Hours: Lean & Six Sigma (382), Project Management (212)

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