Operations manufacturing Manager

Summary

Operations Management / Lean Manufacturing / Project Management

A Lean Operations Leader with distinguished track record leading business process transformation to achieve substantial improvements in all KPI’s; safety, quality, costs, productivity and people. A respected expert in lean manufacturing tools/techniques, program management, supply chain, and manufacturing excellence. Developed and orchestrated major change management initiatives while maintaining high standards of excellence and improved customer satisfaction.

Specialties

Operation Management P&L/Financial Accountability - SAP

Strategic Financial Planning/Execution Start-ups / Consolidations /Expansion

Supply Chain – Procurement Multi-million dollar Capital Expense Budgets

Lean System / OEE Expert Cost Champion / Inventory Management

Planning/Inventory Management Purchasing –Contract negotiations

Professional Experience

NXP Semiconductors N.V. is a global manufacturer headquartered in Eindhoven, The Netherlands. NXP reported revenue of $6.1 billion in 2015, including one month of revenue contribution from recently acquired Freescale Semiconductor (FSL).

Operations / Equipment Manager Chandler, AZ 2002 to 2016

Directed technical manufacturing operations to support backend processing, including final test (internally and externally). Full P&L ownership / strategies: benchmark unit cost, sourced consumables, chemicals, calibrations, and negotiated/contracted services. Developed and led staff of 6 managers, Industrial engineers, equipment and process technicians, associates, and document control / planning / logistics personnel; 150 to 85 total headcount. Partnered with leaders in HR, Engineering, IT, Finance and Business units, to align support towards factory goals and future strategies.

Responsible for Operations and Equipment performance of a 24/7 ISO9001 / TS16949 certified facility serving internal and external customers.

Achieved quarterly/annual financial goals, quality and productivity targets while driving a LEAN continuous-improvement culture, utilizing Statistical Process Controlled (SPC), which complimented NXP / Freescale fundamentals.

Supply Chain: Strategic in/outsourcing, purchasing and Vendor contract/management of services and materials; second sourcing saved 12% on consumables.

Inventory: Partnered with Vendors to validate/negotiate goods pricing and availability.

Maximized facility/factory output by understanding customer and business requirements (New Product Introduction) in all aspects of manufacturing and equipment capacities.

Implemented Lean systems to entire factory; 5S, value stream mapping, SMED, Kaizen trainer/facilitator; factory audited by key automotive customers with impressive results.

Motorola Inc.

Manufacturing Manager Mesa, AZ 1989 to 2002

Direct accountability for the front end wafer factory performance which included: cycle-time, on- time delivery, P&L, new product introduction and employee retention/training. Oversaw development of 8 managers, associates and personnel in training, wafer starts, and planning departments; 420 to 280 total headcount. Other roles: Business Manager, Planning Manager, Manufacturing Section Manager, and Equipment Technician.

Section Manager within all areas of the front end factory.

Implemented Lean Methodologies (Theory of Constraints) and Overall Equipment Effectiveness (OEE) to assist in on-time delivery improvements from 68% to 99%, along with a new product supply and demand program.

Reduced Test Wafer usage by implementing online system that decreased cost by 37%.

NON-MANUFACTURING POSITIONS HELD 1981 TO 1987 – Arlington Heights, Illinois Owned two businesses (auto repair & a restaurant) and held a sales position covering 5 states.

Education

BS: Business Administration, University of Phoenix: Phoenix, AZ

AS: Electronics and Computer Technology, High Tech Institute: Phoenix, AZ

Business: Murray State University, Murray KY; attended 2 years.

Expert in SAP, Microsoft Office tools, including Word, PowerPoint, Excel, and Project.

Dale Carnegie – Win Friends and Influence People.

Volunteer

Advisory Board: Smiles for Special Needs LLC. http://www.smilesforspecialneeds.com/.

Motorola and Freescale Volunteer Emergency Response Team member: 1992-2016

Arizona Certified EMT 1992-1996 HAZMAT certified.

Awards

Motorola Cost Saving Award 2006: Decreased annual budget by 12% without decreasing headcount.

Awarded Freescale Lean Systems Award Q1’09. Re-negotiated vendor global contract for a $164k annual savings.

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