Program Manager Supply Chain

Dirk K Nelson Business Program Manager

720-***-**** ***********@*****.***

Proven to drive portfolio management through the Big Picture/Detailed Issues, with organizational cultural development, lean methodology, ensuring all projects with leadership in project plans, timelines/milestones, financial management, performance metrics and resource management. Able to quickly grasp advanced technical project and simplify understanding to stakeholders. Managing cross functional teams on multiple projects, including Supply Chain, Engineering and Sales, with continuous improvement

FEDERAL PROGRAM DIRECTOR – Sanlor Tech: 11/22 – 3/24 Hot Springs, AR

oStrategize business development, marketing, allocation of capital along with client interface

oResponsible for planning, scheduling, coordinating, implementing and evaluating programs

oEnsuring on time delivery, within budget and according to the contracts’ quality requirements

oLead workshops, marketing, hiring events, trained top staff, guided clients on proper systems acquisitions

oLead LTTS on-site/off-shore teams analyzing/creating a capacity model for medical manufacturing

SR OPERATIONS ANALYST Consultant – Implementation Engineers: 9/22 – 4/23 AR/MX/MO

oAnalyzed/solved operations plastic injection molding manufacturing for factory layout redesign, taking a 19-machine space into a 32-machine expansion plan over 3 years with AI interfacing

oAnalysis and improvement of automated production from 20,400 to over 45,000 units per shift

PROGRAM MANAGER Consultant – LTTS: TECOMET 5/22 – 7/22 Boulder, CO

oTasked with solving machining, handling, documentation/creating KPIs, training & Value Stream Mapping to get the new medical product line production levels and yield levels to a profitable level

PROGRAM SITE MANAGER Consultant – LTTS: STRYKER 2/22– 3/22 Cork, Ireland

oToured, analyzed operations of Tullagreen and Macroom sites for bring on 20 engineers

CONTINUOUS IMPROVEMENT Consultant – LTTS: STRYKER 7/6/21– 1/5/22 Portage, MI

oLeveraged lean manufacturing, 6-S and supply-chain management with Root Cause Analysis (RCA) Agile and Sprints, performing Value stream mapping/earned value management

oAnalyzed and improved JIT/Chain Supply, material handling, storage, warehouse and robot welders

SR CONSULTANT – BUSINESS NAVIGATORS: 8/07–2/21 Denver, CO

oLead IT and non-IT Projects, created and managed: Business Requirements, Scope, WBS, Costs, Human Resources, Risk, Stakeholder (internal/external), ERP Communications, Time & Quality

oGuided global Supply Chaim / sub-contracts for medical devices, using 6-Sigma & PMBOK

oTranslated FDA requirements for CEOs, aiding them in quick and effective decision making

SENIOR IT PROJECT / PROGRAM MANAGER Consultant – QWEST 9/98 – 8/99 Denver, CO

oProject portfolio management of over 80 projects, with cost controls & conflict management

oBrought in a new $640M call-center 90 days ahead of schedule, earning $90M, coordinated with vendors, project and budgetary oversight: simultaneously managing 50 other projects

oOversaw other telephone/wireless companies utilizing our infrastructure

SENIOR PMO IT PROJECT MANAGER – MCI SYSTEMHOUSE 2/97 –12/98 Denver, CO

oThe clients’ interface, defined scope, schedules, resources, resolved issues, with well used lines of communications, while traveling over 50% (domestic and internationally) leading $15M projects

oLead multiple international software and implementation projects, with SLAs and KPIs

SATELLITE MANUFACTURING Consultant – LOCKHEED MARTIN 11/96–2/97

oBrought back in for creating manufacturing and testing processes for a unique speciality satellite

ANALYST/ IT PROJECT MANAGER Consultant – QUANTUM 2/94 –7/95 CO-Spgs, CO

oAnalyzed worldwide manufacturing, data collection and supply chain operations and then created an MES (UNIX) integrated global computerized ERP (MRP/Six-Sigma) with KPIs, dashboards and SQLs for controlling the progresses, implementing worldwide, saving $7M/month

LEAD MANUFACTURING ENGINEER Consultant – LORAL 2/92 – 09/93 Colorado Springs, CO

oAssumed the USAF’s missile launch consoles manufacturing leadership for the $632M contract

oDesigned Plant layout/flow, gain EPA permits, Capital Equipment Justification and managed risks

oSchedule time critical production based upon my PERT chart/CPM, winning a $4M early delivery bonus

SR. ENGINEER – MARTIN MARIETTA 10/84 – 7/91 – Denver, CO

oManaged systems engineers, conceptualizing designs/configurations, leading all engineering departments

oManaged $480M of avionics technical contracts: (SOWs) (FARs), verifying manufacturing/certification

oManaged manufacturing engineers, supported production with process plans with floor support

EDUCATION AND TRAINING

Southern Illinois University: B.S. Industrial Technology (Tied Best in Nation)

Continuing Professional Educational Courses: University of Nebraska, University of West Berlin, MIT, Society of Manufacturing Engineers, Project Management Institute, Institute of Industrial Engineers and others.

SIX SIGMA / MANAGEMENT THEORY / PARETO PRINCIPLE –

Massachusetts Institute of Technology / Juran Institute /Deming Institute 1984

SIX-SIGMA GREEN BELT CERTIFICATE – 2023

SANDLER SALES METHODOLOGY – Sandler Sales Training 2008

7 HABITS OF HIGHLY EFFECTIVE PEOPLE / CORPORATE INSTRUCTOR – Franklin Covey 2000

PROJECT MANAGEMENT CERTIFICATE – Capgemini 1997

PROFESSIONAL CERTIFICATES –

Government Procurement, Lasers, Cost Accounting, MRP, MRPII, Mission Operations, Proposal Writing, Shock, Vibration & Acoustics, Structured Analysis & Design – Martin Marietta 1985 – 1991

CAD, Business Communications, Contract Law, Data Processing, Investment in Excellence, Logistics, Manufacturing Cost Accounting. Quality – McDonnell Douglas 1983 – 1984

Business Law, Six-Sigma, Technical Writing – Motorola 1980 – 1982

SYSTEMS ENGINEERING CERTIFICATES – McDonnell Douglas 1984 & Martin Marietta 1991

Deployment Planning, Project Engineering Management, Project Risk Analysis & Mgmt., Security Systems, Systems Requirements Analysis & Definition, Systems Design, Systems Integration

INDUSTRIAL PSYC/HUMAN FACTORS (Graduate Studies) – Washington State University 1978 – 1979

IT SKILLS: Microsoft Office, Teams, Microsoft Project, SQL, Outlook, ADA, Basic, Cobol, UNIX, Abode Suite: Visio, Final Cut PRO, Artificial Intelligence, HTML, PHP, Data Processing

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