Mike W Jackson 316-***-****

**** *. ********** **. *******, KS 67235 acugd3@r.postjobfree.com

www.linkedin.com/in/mikewjacksonKS

Aerospace and Defense Industries

Results oriented Senior leader focused on continuous improvement and team development. 20 years of experience in the Aerospace and Defense industry with a proven track record in leading and motivating teams to increase quality, productivity, cost & cycle time reduction and new business development.

Client Account Management

Industrial Engineering

Project Management

Leadership & Employee Development

Continuous Improvement

Strategic Planning

Change Management

Trade Show Management

Work Experience

Spirit AeroSystems, Inc., Wichita, KS

Senior Industrial Engineering Manager; November 2013 – April 2016

Manage 6 management teams of Industrial Engineers (65 team members) to develop process, systems and metrics to drive continuous improvement in building the Fuselage, Struts & Nacelles for Boeing’s 747, 767, 777, 787, Rolls Royce BR 725 aircraft along with Strut & Nacelles for the Boeing 737.

Led Quality Improvement teams driving year over year double digit percentage reductions in scrap, re-work and repair.

Implemented buffer incursion charts in Strut & Nacelle programs to reduce operations flow days by 17%

Eliminated 55% of existing operations metrics by creating standardized operations performance metrics utilized across all programs in Wichita.

Facilitate and manage strategic planning initiatives to develop factory health metrics to eliminate waste and support corporate strategies on capital planning, rate readiness, work movement, quality, safety, cost and deliveries.

Create operational excellence targets against industry benchmarks to drive best in class manufacturing performance and support to base ratios.

Propulsion Segment Business Manager; November 2012 – October 2013

Led a team of 12 Propulsion business management employees building trend, variance analyses and risk assessments in order to develop plans for year over year reductions in operational and quality cost for Boeing Strut and Nacelle products.

Direct all phases of cross functional Propulsion rate readiness, non-labor improvements and inventory reduction projects from inception through completion.

Sales & Marketing Business Operations Lead; February 2008 – November 2012

Managed projects and served as primary liaison between Boeing and multiple internal groups to ensure clarity of goals, deadlines, customer satisfaction and prompt resolution of customer issues.

Led Boeing & Spirit joint team that developed the monthly company Performance Scorecard for all aspects of our partnership with Boeing.

Planned and executed Spirit’s presence at the Defense Manufacturing Conferences in 2011 & 2012 and Defense Supplier Symposium in 2011.

Lead cross-functional teams of subject matter experts to support customer requests on Commercial and Defense RFIs/RFQs, delivery status, production readiness and rate studies.

787 Fuselage Program Management Specialist; February 2005 to February 2008

Lead Program Change Control Board teams to approve and minimize impact of internal and external work scope changes.

Developed Executive level presentations capturing non-recurring and recurring impacts of rate and derivative customer request.

Boeing, Wichita, KS

767 Tanker Integrated Scheduling Specialist; February 2004 to January 2005

Developed requirements for monitoring Engineering performance of the RARO/Boom integrated design schedule and its impact to the overall integrated master plan.

Audited supplier schedules and recovery plans to mitigate out of sequence build impacts to the factory.

Cessna Aircraft Company, Wichita, KS

Flight Test Program Management; April 1996 to January 2004

Lead analysis of resource allocations to justify remote testing in Roswell, NM to meet accelerated integrated flight test schedules.

Lead cross-functional team in reducing flight test data analysis by 80% by automating existing manual processes.

Education

BS Computer Information Systems (Dec 2000) - Friends University, Wichita, KS

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