Operations Manager Process Improvement

Skills

Advanced Excel

Pivot Tables & VLOOKUP

Leadership

Management & Interpersonal Skills

Lean Manafacturing

Managing in both Union and Non

Union enviornments

Cost Reduction Elimination

Employee Relations & Dispute

Resolution

Project Management

ERP

Oracle & SAP

Written & Verbal Communication

Process Improvement

Mentoring and Development of Staff

FOD Prevention, Process and Control

Professional Experience

08/2016 – present

Burbank, California

Operations Manager, Senior Aerospace SSP

•Supervise and coach 2 team managers in the implementation of new manufacturing strategies, improving operations, and exceeding plan quality and productivity goals

•Supervise, manage, coach, and provide training for 50 employees via the hiring of personnel, performance review preparation, making recommendations for compensation, promotion, demotion, and termination

•Employed new machinery and equipment designed to comply with state regulations, reducing the environmental impact of manufacturing processes by 65%

•Analyze production data and use Minitab to adhere to DMAIC roadmap, guaranteeing efficient production of defect-free products

•Work closely with Tooling-Engineering, Production Control, Manufacturing Engineering, and other cross-functional departments to overcome possible material shortages or machine and tooling breakdowns in order to maintain quality

•Approval and appliance of all time standards by the Manufacturing Engineering function and ensure they are properly administered and used

•Responsible for responding to employees' grievances and reviewing appropriately with the Industrial Relations department

•Assist in administering the provisions of the labor agreement and/or corporate policies and procedures

Edward L. Hicks

Operations Manager

Burbank, California ************@*****.*** 661-***-****

•Assume full responsibility for the quality of parts leaving the department and for the accuracy of all production counts

02/2016 – 08/2016 Front-Line Manager, Northrop Grumman

•Responsible for the efficient performance of the assembly units and maintaining the quality of the production process

•Supervision and responsibility of 11 employees; involved with the hiring of personnel, performance review preparation, making recommendations for compensation, and all other managerial decisions.

•Responsible for quality, cost, and schedule attainment for F-35 Program.

•Work closely with Tooling-Engineering, Production Control, Manufacturing Engineering, and other cross-functional departments to overcome possible material shortages or machine and tooling breakdowns in order to maintain quality

•Approval and appliance of all time standards by the Manufacturing Engineering function and ensure they are properly administered and used

•Responsible for providing direction and coaching mechanics and other personnel and response to employee’s grievances and review appropriately with Industrial Relations.

•Assist in administering the provisions of the labor agreement and/or corporate policies and procedures

•Assume full responsibility for the quality of parts leaving the department and for the accuracy of all production counts

07/2015 – 02/2016

Burbank, California

Production Supervisor, Senior Aerospace SSP

•Supervise, manage, coach, and provide training for 30 employees via the hiring of personnel, performance review preparation, making recommendations for compensation, promotion, demotion, and termination

•Responsible for the efficient performance of the assembly units, maintaining quality, production, and other standards

•Utilization of variance reports ensuring costs align with budget & business needs

•Work closely with Tooling-Engineering, Production Control, Manufacturing Engineering, and other cross-functional departments to overcome possible material shortages or machine and tooling breakdowns in order to maintain quality

•Approval and appliance of all time standards by the Manufacturing Engineering function and ensure they are properly administered and used

•Responsible for responding to employees' grievances and reviewing appropriately with the Industrial Relations department

•Assist in administering the provisions of the labor agreement and/or corporate policies and procedures

•Assume full responsibility for the quality of parts leaving the department and for the accuracy of all production counts

11/2010 – 07/2015

Burbank, California

Production Planner/Production Supervisor, Crane Aerospace

•Accountable for meeting production schedules

•Improved “on-time shipments” from 80-90% in order to fulfill the availability of products to customers

•Increased monthly shipments from 2.5M to 4M

•Responsible for daily meetings with production to ensure customer service demand is met

•Supervise production personnel and schedule hours/overtime for production demand

•Integral in risk assessment for $4M monthly sales

•Responsible for monitoring and completing all work orders

•Created and maintain appropriate charts and reports integral to improving production output and overall efficiency

•Participate in interviewing process of new planners, as well as training

•Interface with Quality Control and manufacturing engineering on documentation changes on products

•Knowledgeable of Lean Operations Management techniques

•Experience in JIT (Just in Time), Single Piece Flow and KANBAN system 02/1998 – 10/2010

San Fernando, California

Master Scheduler, Precision Dynamics

•Implements, coordinates, and monitors production plans, schedules and workflow activities from time of release to delivery of the product to ensure delivery timely

•Coordinates cost effective inventory management

•Sustain appropriate inventory levels to support sales target and company growth opportunities

•Monitor lead times, lot sizes, bills and materials and product structures

•Solely responsible for forecasting work flow through actual demand versus monthly forecast

•Prepare appropriate charts, reports and graphs to match programs versus established schedules

•Measure sales forecast versus actual and report weekly

•Directly supervises production clerks in Production Control, responsibilities include: interviewing, hiring and training employees

Certificates

APICS Certificate Program

Profile

Education

1991 – 1993 Business Administration, Cal State Northridge

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