Rick L. Kortekaas

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Professional Summary

Innovative Manufacturing Engineering Manager with more than 10 years’ experience in Lean Manufacturing, Quality Systems and Project Management. Strong leadership, problem solving, excellent communication, and interpersonal skills. Customer-oriented problem solver with an ability to handle situations under pressure.

Experience

Parker Hannifin, Wadsworth, OH March 2015-Present

Plant Manufacturing Engineering Manager

Site High Performance Team to improve plant safety.

Develops PPP goals and allocate resources appropriately

Coach machinists on set up & scrap reduction.

Aligns department plans with the divisional strategic goals.

Prepared authorization for expenditures submissions to support divisional goals.

High Performance Teams site coach and leader.

Directed HPT teams to achieve $104K in cost savings.

Reduce lead times by 50% on P5L product line

Write Work Instructions for Operations and Manufacturing Engineering Department.

Participate and responsible for manufacturing deliverables for Winnovation Gate Reviews

Received a grant from the State of Ohio for a high school engineering intern.

Prepare tooling and capital expenditures for future projects.

Plant layouts to support new products, and processes.

Work closely with product engineering, and quality to improve product quality and delivery.

Improved overall customer satisfaction with a sense of urgency to issues.

Mentor a group of students in Masters in Engineering from Case Western Reserve University

Parker Hannifin-QCD, Minneapolis, MN May 2012-March 2015

Supplier Development Engineer

Responsible for initiating and leading vendor quality management / improvements including evaluating process capability, tracking delivery, output, and reporting of supplier performance.

Responsible for maintaining and building supplier relationships and establishing a robust communication process.

Responsible for the divisions PCI program. Leading continuous improvement activities and provides suggestions for cost reduction and improved efficiency by employing the PLS.

Responsible for developing alternate sources of supply by identifying and researching prospective suppliers.

Responsible for leading supplier site audits and evaluating them as to process capability, performance, delivery, and other key business criteria. .

Collaborates with the business unit to establish preferred supplier selection criteria based on supplier evaluations of price, quality, delivery, certifications, and compliance with governmental procurement regulations.

Accountable for investigating and facilitating Low Cost Country sourcing.

Responsible for the implementation and monthly execution of Supplier Engagement Day for poor performing suppliers.

Work directly with new product development group on new market launches.

Team member on Group level project for improving Supplier Development Process

Malco Products, Annandale, MN February 2005 – March 2012

Manufacturing Engineer III/ Quality Systems May 2008-March 2012

Present to marketing new process concepts.

Project engineer to re-design all our product packaging for sustainability Work closely with purchasing and external suppliers on materials and new packaging designs.

Develop projects to support Malco Products Inc.’s Business Plan

Project team leader for new product development transfers to production. Perform validations and qualifications on all new processes.

Project team leader for capital projects.

Work with purchasing on testing and qualifying new materials for cost reductions. Achieved an overall savings of 40%.

Plant layouts and maintain facilities drawings

Coordinated 8D root cause analysis training for all technical associates Write and update procedures to align with current processes

Implemented new processes and updated existing processes, that reduced setup time by 33% and reduce cycle times by 25%

Delegate tasks within the engineering department

Mentor and advise engineering interns.

Team member to reduce LT on new product development transfers to operations

Manufacturing Engineer II February 2005-May 2008

Coordinate maintenance activities and establish a preventive maintenance schedule on new processes

New product development transfers to production.

Provide input to New Product Development on Failure Mode Effect Analysis (FMEA)

Design For Manufacturability (DFM) projects

Design and coordinate the fabrication for a new packaging machine

Research new materials to reduce overall product costs

Worked with Plant Superintendent to develop Preventive Maintenance database for equipment.

Dakota Molding Inc. Fargo, ND November 2002- February 2005 Quality Manager/Manufacturing Engineering,

Implemented an ISO 9000 framework with expectation to obtain future certification.

Manage and lead quality technician and indirectly a team of five line auditors.

Re-engineering of the production lines to process products by applying lean manufacturing practices.

Worked directly with customers in the design phase to ensure successful new product launches.

Developed a corrective/preventative actions to reduce warranty claims

Created Controlled Work Instructions on processes to increase quality

Developed process control plans on products

Justify and specify capital equipment purchases

Active role in establishing business planning goals

Education

1996-1999 Bemidji State University, Bemidji, Minnesota

Bachelor of Science Major: Industrial Engineering Technology, Minor: Manufacturing Management

1994-1996 Itasca Community College, Grand Rapids, Minnesota

Associate of Arts Major: Business Administration

Certification

APICS The Association for Operations Management

Certified Production and Inventory Management (CPIM)

Society of Manufacturing Engineers Certified Manufacturing Technologist

Quick Response Manufacturing

IPC-A-610

Oliver Wight MRPII

Developing Change Champions-Parker Hannifin

Lean Bootcamp II and III Train the Trainer-Parker Hannifin

Effective Project Management-Parker Hannifin

Software Solid Works, Inventor, AutoCAD, Minitab, MS Project, MS Visio, MS Office

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