KARLA ROMEREIM

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QUALIFICATIONS SUMMARY

A highly creative, detail oriented professional with operations, manufacturing, engineering, project management, leadership and management experience. I am organized and efficient with the ability to manage multiple responsibilities while maintaining focused on customer and business needs. I have a strong work ethic that is combined with a commitment to excellence. Possessing exemplary communication and presentation skills which allow me to function effectively as a team leader and player who can work effectively across multiple disciplines to ensure alignment and achieve goals.

AREAS OF STRENGTH

LEADING MULTI-DICIPLINED TEAMS ? PROJECT MANAGEMENT - PROBLEM SOLVING - DETAIL ORIENTED - RESULTS DRIVEN? IDENTIFY/IMPLEMENT COST SAVINGS ? PRODUCTION SUPPORT - LEAN MANUFACTURING TECHNIQUES ? MULTITASKING/ORGANIZATION SKILLS ? CONFLICT MANAGEMENT AND RESOLUTION ? VERBAL AND WRITTEN COMMUNICATION ? STRONG COMPUTER SKILLS ? STRUCTURAL DESIGN ?POSITIVE ATTITUDE

EMPLOYMENT HISTORY

THE KELLOGG COMPANY March 2006 ? Present

The Omaha Production facility is a one million square foot production facility with seven production lines that makes an average of 800 million pounds of cereal a day.

Operations Specialist (May 2014 - Present), Location: Omaha, NE

Work with teams to ensure the highest quality product, meeting competitive cost while ensuring personal safety.

? Responding to critical production outages or issues and Provide on-call support for after hours.

? Participating in special projects.

o Creating and implementing a Master Sanitation Schedule, Coordinating Monthly cleanups.

o Managed projects that enhanced the company?s ability for innovation, cost savings, sanitation standards, quality standards, safety standards and government compliance issues.

? Support tracking and reporting OEE metrics.

? Driving to root cause and resolution.

? Provide on-call guidance and technical support for after hours? needs.

? Interact with vendors and business partners.

? Empowering our workforce to help run the business as safely, efficiently, and effectively as possible.

Operations Shift Manager (May 2011 ? May 2014), Location: Omaha, NE

Responsible for working with and leading production supervisors to ensure the shift safely delivered expected customer service levels while managing cost.

? Manage and facilitate the prioritization of production breakdown and baseline activities.

? Communicate the status of all production problems, upcoming maintenance and release activities to business partners, stakeholders, and upper management.

? Responsible for team building and coordination between departments.

? Drive to root cause and resolution.

Capital Project Manager (February 2008 ? May 2011), Location: Omaha, NE

Associate Capital Project Manager (March 2006 ? February 2008), Location: Battle Creek, MI

Effectively manage all aspects of multiple projects simultaneously from conceptualization thru completion including budgeting, project planning, and execution. Work closely with Research and Development, Logistics, Finance, Supply Chain, Manufacturing Plants, engineering service providers, contractors, equipment manufacturers, and vendors to define project scope, and following through with project teams to achieve goals.

? Lead project delivery resources/team and provided project guidance, coordinating cross team activities and giving direction to achieve project goals.

? Implemented communication plan for meetings and written reports to keep client and project resources informed of status and variances.

? Actively manage progress of each project against goals, objectives, approved budgets, approved timelines.

? Create action plans to meet objectives, budget, and schedule.

? Successfully manage through multiple, sometimes conflicting priorities.

? Utilize management of change process when necessary.

? Project types included innovation products, capacity increases, productivity based and infrastructure projects.

? Assist in capital planning and responsible for managing period spending against the plan.

SPIRIT AEROSYSTEMS INC. ? Wichita, KS (formally The Boeing Company) June 2005 ? March 2006

Lead Systems Design Engineer

Responsible for leading both a local and international teams to design environmental control systems that fulfill customer specifications which also meet system requirements, cost, and manufacturing targets.

Additional responsibilities include:

? Lead teams of engineers and drafters in Wichita Kansas in Moscow Russia in a dynamic environment.

? Create and maintain work statements and schedules for several projects.

? Evaluating vendor quotes, documents of understanding, and services to determine most desirable suppliers.

THE BOEING COMPANY ? Wichita, KS 1997 ? June 2005

Senior Design Engineer

Responsible for working within a team to design detail parts and assemblies that fulfill customer specifications, strength, cost and manufacturing targets. Worked proactively to investigate current designs for redesign opportunities to improve ergonomics, reduce weight, cost and cycle time thereby reducing the cost of the final product. Worked to identify and incorporate the latest advances in manufacturing technology, materials and techniques. Support the launch of multiple new programs by defining product specifications to suit internal and external customer needs, applying engineering skills to design airplane structure, assisting with the design of tooling requirements, as well as creating assembly and build plans.

? Mentor and train drafters, summer interns, and fellow engineers.

? Verify and check that other?s work complied with ASME standards as well as company regulations and policies.

? Provide engineering and technical support to mechanics, finance department, and procurement teams.

? Lead a team of 7 engineers and drafters on various technical projects.

? Identified, investigated, defined scope and calculated Return on Investment calculations of future design projects. Prepared and performed technical presentations to management for project justification.

? Independently designed a monolithic casting to replace a built-up design composed of 46 discrete parts. Resulted in improved ergonomics, more than 26% savings on the cost of the component, 12% cost savings on surrounding structure, 12% weight reduction of the surrounding structure, and 86% reduction of assembly time.

? Identified and implemented a solution to resolve a interference problem resulting in a more structurally sound design and reduced assembly time.

? Created Boeing?s first monolithic floor beam resulting in a lesser expensive part and reduced assembly time.

SOUTH DAKOTA SCHOOL OF MINES AND TECHNOLOGY ? Rapid City, SD 1992-1996

Mechanical Engineering Lab Technician (1995 ? 1996)

Resident Assistant (1992 ? 1996)

MORTON ? AUTOMOTIVE SAFETY PRODUCTS ? Ogden, UT Summer 1994

Process Engineer ? Undergraduate internship

Previous employment provided experiences in Customer Service and Sales.

EDUCATION

Masters in Business Administration, 2004 BAKER UNIVERSITY ? Wichita, KS

B.S. Mechanical Engineering, 1996 THE SOUTH DAKOTA SCHOOL OF MINES AND TECHNOLOGY?Rapid City, SD

ADDITIONAL CERTIFICATIONS AND ACCOMPLISHMENTS

Society of Women Engineer?s Distinguished New Engineer Award Recipient, FY05

Listed in 2004 and 2005 National Register of Who?s Who in Executives and Professionals

Chosen to participate in The Boeing Company?s Executive Potential mentoring program 2004-2005

Lean Define Goals and Strategies ? January 2004

Structural Fuselage Design, Technical Excellence ? Fall 1997

Order of the Engineer ? December 1996

Engineer in Training ? April 1996

PUBLICATIONS

Contributing author of pages 44-55 and editor of Discover Engineering Leader Guide for Cadette and Senior Girl Scouts

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