Manufacturing Six Sigma

Ronald G. King

*** **** *** *** ******, California 95020

***********@*****.*** 408-***-**** (Cell)

www.linkedin.com/in/ronaldgking

Director of Operations

Strategic Planning Lean Manufacturing Project Management

Visionary, highly accomplished manufacturing executive offering proven success in leading, training, and motivating multi-disciplined teams in exceeding defined goals while maintaining product quality within fast-paced, high-volume, world class manufacturing operation. Exemplary record of developing innovative processes that deliver measurable improvements in teamwork, products, inspection, and safety. Creative problem solver adept at identifying areas for improvement, developing corrective action plans, and providing vision and focus needed to achieve objectives. Open communicator possessing resourcefulness and flexibility needed to create inclusive work environments where all voices are heard. Proven adaptability to changing priorities.

Core Competencies

Innovative Leadership

Change Management

Six Sigma Methodologies

Acquisition Integration

Cost Reduction & Avoidance

Training Program Design

Lean Manufacturing

Mergers and Acquisitions

Mentoring and Coaching

Professional Experience

Steiner eOptics Monterey, CA (Jan-2012 to Dec-2016)

Director of Operations: Responsible for managing all day to day and long term operations of a privately held company designing, marketing and manufacturing visible and IR aiming systems and tactical flashlights for military, law enforcement and civilian use. Reporting directly to the CEO, was responsible for Manufacturing, Manufacturing Engineering, ITAR Compliance, Inventory and Shipping and Receiving. Decisions had significant impact on P&L statements.

Key Achievements:

Reduced staff friction by fostering open communications and teamwork

Elevated on time delivery performance from 77% to 95%

Reduced BOM cost by 10-20% on 4 major products by;

oImproving manufacturing cost by leading efforts to redesign machined aluminum housings and sub assemblies.

oObtaining multiple vendors for parts.

oImproving assembler documentation AWI’s (Assembly Work Instructions).

Improved inventory accuracy by establishing cycle counts. Discrepancies improved from 80% to 95% count accuracy in a 6,000 line item plus inventory.

Established planning cycle meetings to improve order visibility. Visibility improved to at least 90 days.

Instituted Six Sigma philosophies (DMAIC, paretos) into manufacturing to improve 1st pass QA yields to reject rates of .05-1.0%. Achieving 5 Sigma results in several measured operations

Instituted Lean manufacturing initiatives that resulted in cycle time reductions of 37%.

MAXIM INTEGRATED PRODUCTS San Jose, CA (1990-2010)

Director of Operations: Established impressive career of achievement and advancement with worldwide leader in design, development, and manufacture of analog, mixed-signal, high-frequency, and digital circuits generating over $2B in annual revenues.

Summary of accomplishments:

Saved over $72K per quarter by identifying and rectifying redundancies in corporate logistics delivery flow.

Generated $25K in annual savings by developing and delivering in-house ERT training program and materials.

Increased production output 35% within Beaverton, Oregon manufacturing site by initiating new internal communication standards and work standards.

Slashed operational costs $55K per quarter through consolidation of sulfuric acid ordering for all 4 wafer fab locations.

Instrumental in company getting to market quicker with new designs by bringing manufacturing in-house and reducing cycle time from 4 weeks to 3.5 days.

Improved original ship dates from 75% to 98.8% by introducing wafer run tracking procedure.

Key role in implementing ISO14001 certification program and achieving continual annual certifications.

Significantly reduced loss-of-time injuries by classifying injuries by Pareto and resolving root issues with Safety Committee.

Spearheaded implementation and utilization of MS Project to track phase-out of Sunnyvale operations and ramping up of new fab in San Jose.

Instrumental in achieving aggressive hiring goal (doubling the current operator staff to meet the new business plan) by creating radio advertisements and company’s first-ever television spot.

Education and Credentials

Bachelor of Science in Engineering

UNITED STATES MILITARY ACADEMY West Point, NY

Certified Six Sigma Lean Black Belt Professional

Certified Lean Culture

Certified Cost Reduction Specialist

24 Hours OSHA Training Certificate

Red Cross Certified in CPR and AED Operations

Notary Public

Military Experience

Honorable Discharge - Captain – United States Army

Airborne (Parachutist) and Ranger Qualified

Recipient of 2 Bronze Stars

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