TIMOTHY E. ROYER

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College Station, TX 77845

979-***-****

ada16v@r.postjobfree.com

www.linkedin.com/in/tim-royer-734a5a2

SUMMARY

Extensive experience in production processes, from manufacturing, supply chain and inventory analysis to attendance and labor reporting systems. With 19 years as a lean proponent of process improvement and 19 years leading multiple plant process improvement initiatives. Demonstrated “hands-on” approach in assisting companies develop a lean process vision. Designing and implementing systems that reduce costs and improves productivity.

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

FORUM ENERGY TECHNOLOGIES 2018- Present

Lean Engineer

Analyze and improve manufacturing Processes in 2 Facilities.

Develop layout to triple inventory capacity within a facility

Develop a standardized quote to order processes

WEATHERFORD INTERNATIONAL 2006-2018

Business Analyst, Data Collection -Houston, Texas

Managed all implementations and customer support for both inventory control and attendance data collection.

Directed a team of 6 in the global conversion of an attendance and labor reporting system for 414 facilities, 15K employees, and 700 site administrators.

Converted onsite training systems to online training systems.

Managed role specific User Acceptance Testing for all software upgrades.

Project Manager -Houston, Texas

Developed Inventory stocking program based on smoothed demand analysis.

Developed Visual Production systems for work flow management.

Built digital real time production metrics delivery system.

Started vendor managed inventory system for shop expendable supplies.

Global Manufacturing Process and Inventory Analyst -Houston, Texas

Verified global inventory accessibility and recommended net current inventory against regional demand forecast.

Wrote a corporate standard for inventory transactions to improve inventory accuracy.

Collected and analyzed manufacturing lead times to develop realistic inventory planning parameters.

Interfaced with the regional inventory planners to validate inventory level targets.

Developed key performance indicators for inventory positions across the globe.

Supply Chain Manager -Houston, Texas

Developed global inventory system to net current inventory to anticipated product line demand.

Conferred with vendors to obtain product or service information, such as price, availability, and delivery schedule.

Developed corrective action plans for defective or unacceptable goods or services in concert with quality control personnel, and vendors.

Lean Manufacturing Manager -Houston, Texas

Managed and led a team of 3 manufacturing process improvement specialists.

Provided Value Stream Mapping and manufacturing process analysis to 9 manufacturing facilities. And then longer term process improvement initiatives in 3 plants, resulting in 20% improvement in assembly hours produced and a $214,000 reduction in inventory handling costs.

Developed Lean Manufacturing training programs.

Developed capacity analysis and production flow layout for 2 new manufacturing facilities.

MOTION CONSERVATION (MOCON CONSULTING) 2005-2006

Independent Manufacturing Consultant- College Station, Texas

Working through Systems Lean, for Grant-Prideco

Adapted training materials for lean manufacturing, for contract customers.

Conducted 5s training events.

Process and Value Stream Mapping for multiple facilities.

Developed process improvements that allowed a threading facility to double its output.

GOODMAN MANUFACTURING COMPANY – Houston, Texas 2004 – 2005

Manufacturing Engineer

Co-developed Goodman Lean Manufacturing Program.

Modified lean manufacturing concepts and approaches to fit the company’s needs and shortened the learning process and led to improvements in implementing lean manufacturing processes.

Participated in the evaluation of the first takt time line balance Kaizen for a specific manufacturing process which showed a 15% reduction in manning requirements or between $100,000 and $200,000 in annual savings.

Built a mechanical capacity matrix which led to a machinery rebuild project, resulting in a 20% increase in machine uptime or $2.9M extra production capacity per year.

Implemented a tooling changeover Kaizen in the tubing benders section, reducing the changeover time on eight machines by 50% saving $75,000 in lost production.

Initiated three six sigma projects totaling $150,000 in company savings.

Worked with tooling and equipment vendors to produce $33 million of new tooling and equipment on schedule.

BAKER OIL TOOLS – Houston, Texas 1997-1999 / 2000- 2004

Manufacturing Engineer, Global Changeover Reduction Team/Organizational Development Group

Responsible for seeking out, quantifying and spreading best practices in machine change over; across eight manufacturing plants worldwide.

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Facilitated changeover teams in each of the manufacturing plants saving an average of $250,000 per plant per year.

Facilitated plant wide manufacturing cell development consisting of process or product family assessment, mechanical capacity assessment, and training of cell members in focus factory concepts.

Developed manufacturing cell based performance metrics.

Facilitated 25 5s Kaizen events in eight facilities with an annual average savings of $163, 000.and 20 Changeover Reduction Kaizen events, reducing changeover on average by 50%, saving on average $75,000 per event per year.

I have worked in facilities all over the US, Canada, Venezuela, Brazil, Scotland, Germany, UAE, Saudi Arabia, Qatar, Oman, Algeria, Singapore, Indonesia, and Malaysia.

EDUCATION

Bachelor Degree – Mechanical Engineering - Texas A&M University – College Station, Texas – 1997

Associates Degree – Machine Tool Technology – St. Phillips College – San Antonio, Texas – 1984

ADDITIONAL EDUCATION

APICS Certified Supply Chain Professional-2011

APICS Certification in Production and Inventory Management -2009

Improving Profitability through Factory Physics Principles Seminar, 2007

University of Michigan Business School – Rapid Plant Assessment – 2003

University of Oklahoma – Training and Development Certification – 2001

SPECIAL SKILLS/TRAINING

LEAN MANUFACTURING TOOLS

COMPUTER SKILLS

Value Stream Mapping

Rapid Plant Assessment

5s, Changeover Reduction

TPM, QAS, Kan Ban

Six Sigma (green belt)

JD Edwards 9.1 ERP system

MS Word, Excel, and Access

AutoCAD, Solid works

Microsoft SQL Server Management Studio

MILITARY EXPERIENCE

U.S. ARMY RESERVES - 1986 – 1993

Senior Mechanic, Motor Sergeant

Includes tour of duty during Operation Desert Storm 1990 – 1991

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