Manager Manufacturing

Wes Brown

Silverton, OR

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MANUFACTURING MANAGER

Accomplished professional with extensive experience in multiple manufacturing plant environments specializing in Production, Process Control, Manufacturing Engineering, Quality Assurance and Supply Chain disciplines. A consistent, results-driven leader that manages multiple units and work centers and has a successful track record of delivering quality product on time and on budget. Possesses a keen understanding of critical business and technical drivers and who quickly reads situations, identifies issues and marshals resources to implement solutions.

AREAS OF EXPERTISE

Resource Allocation

Capacity Planning

Budgeting

Scheduling

Developing, Implementing, and Refining Manufacturing Processes

Team Building

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

ORACLE, Hillsboro, OR

Data Center storage, management and server systems manufacturer.

Manufacturing and Distribution Manager 2013 - 2016

Lead Engineered Solutions and SPARC assembly groups to deliver quality product on time to global customers.

Highlighted Achievements

Improved OSHA Recordable Rate to 0.8

Improved Test FPY (First Pass Yield) for SPARC and Engineered Solutions product lines to 99.4% and 94.5% respectively

Improved Daily Cycle Count Line Item Accuracy to 99.9%

Reduced Scrap Requests by 53%, reduced Scrap Rate to <0.03% COGS

Implemented process to recover >$96k of scrapped material

On-time Delivery Rate 100%

SCHOOLHOUSE ELECTRIC & SUPPLY COMPANY, Portland, OR

Period light fixtures, shades, home accessories, furniture and hardware manufacturer.

Manufacturing Consult 2012

Led manufacturing team to discover and adopt Lean Manufacturing tools and techniques.

Highlighted Achievements

Developed Current State Value Stream Map.

Developed Future State Value Stream Map, Future State Value Stream Plan and Future State Implementation Steps.

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ST. JUDE MEDICAL, Portland, OR

Medical Device manufacturer specializing in Neuromodulation products and services.

Materials Specialist II 2011 – 2012

Led cross-functional Kaizen Event team for the Wire and Cable Group to apply Lean Manufacturing tools and techniques within the Supply Chain. Represented Materials Group on Materials Review Board (MRB).

Highlighted Achievements

Reduced Days Inventory On Hand (DIOH) for primary product line by 62%.

Prioritized MRB activities to reduce MRB value by 52%.

SURE POWER INDUSTRIES, INC., Tualatin, OR

Automotive electronics manufacturer specializing in power management products.

Production Manager 2003 – 2009

Led manufacturing operations team with a payroll of over $2M, to include 3 shifts and 10 Production Leaders (supervisors) at 8 work centers. Our staff of up to 126 supplied quality product on time and on budget, delivering just under 1 million units per year. Responsible for Assembly, Test, Conformal Coat and Shipping functions. Represented Manufacturing on NPI team, RMA team, ECO board, Test Yield team, Six-Sigma team, Lean team, Production Scheduling team and PFMEA team.

Highlighted Achievements

Over tenure, the manufacturing operations team consistently met capacity expansion requirements during unprecedented growth in sales from $18M to $49M.

Consistently achieved an on-time rate over 99.5%, with customer returns for workmanship below 0.01%.

Achieved aggregate combined test first pass yield above 98.5%.

Reduced Daily Production Meeting time requirement by 97%, from a daily 1-hour meeting (65 man-hours per week) to 2, 10-minute meetings per week (2 man-hours per week).

Reduced inventory $600K and eliminated most work in progress without degrading on-time delivery by converting from multiple to single bills of material and transitioning from batch to single flow processing.

EDUCATION AND TRAINING

BS, Business Information Systems, Linfield College, McMinnville, OR

Electronics Technician Diploma, DeVry Institute of Technology, Phoenix, AZ

Lean Manufacturing training through Oregon Manufacturing Extension Partnership (OMEP)

Major Seminars: ISO Implementation, Applied Statistical Process Control

Various Performance and Management courses

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