Jason E Lesko

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Greensburg PA ***01

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Summary Statement

A highly qualified management professional focused on results oriented operations through the use of Lean Six Sigma and Operational Excellence techniques. Expertise in team building, project management, problem solving, value analysis, risk analysis, lessons learned, and 5S.

Experience

Carpenter - Dynamet Inc. Washington PA

2017 - 2020

Area Manager Manufacturing

Responsibilities: Manage all aspects of manufacturing to support a 400% increase in demand for coil and shaped bar products.

Initiate focus on the Carpenter Critical Seven Safety attributes creating shift over shift communication and tracking progress daily.

Implemented the Carpenter Operating Model including daily management, leader standard work, hour by hour boards, and problem solving.

Collaborated with Materials and Planning groups to develop capacity models for six separate flow paths to support level loading of manufacturing.

Lead capital project expansion to support increase in demand including manpower increases.

Due to a catastrophic loss of chemical etching capacity, I assumed a temporary role as Manager – Outside Conversion. Developed and managed four flow paths for outside processing supporting 100% of current demand.

Siemens LD, New Kensington, PA

2013 - 2017

Manager Production Planning/ Manufacturing Engineering

Responsibilities: Implement the use of lean scheduling techniques to efficiently flow multiple product families including MTO MTO+E and ETO variable frequency drives through production facilities. Create mature standard work for existing product lines while creating lean and innovative methods to produce new product lines.

Restructured the planning group to implement the use of master scheduling.

Through the use of master scheduling, improved and documented a process for Sales and Operation Planning.

Lead a collaborative effort to involve the master scheduler in the upfront sales and application engineering processes.

Implemented a structured method of analyzing upcoming demand to prioritize the creation standard work.

Lead a collaborative effort to involve manufacturing engineers in the early design phases of new product launches with a design for efficient manufacturing mindset.

Facilitated a continuous improvement project to reduce the lead time of the engineering change process resulting in a 30% reduction.

Implemented the use of PDCA throughout entire group.

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Elliott Company, Jeannette, PA

2009 - 2013

Process Innovation Engineer

Responsibilities: Analysis and identification of opportunities to reduce process variation, improve process capabilities and optimize process performance. Facilitate the deployment of new and improved processes to provide improved results.

Lead an improvement project team of twenty people, resulting in improved on-time delivery to customer for the Americas Service Parts Group from 79.2% to 94.6% over a period of eleven months.

Developed and documented standard processes for Lessons Learned and 5S events to be used by the organization.

Facilitated five, eight-hour process simulation exercises involving 90 participants supporting an organizational restructuring to focus factories.

Held a Focus Factory Steering Committee role managing action items stemming from process simulation exercises.

Facilitated the successful implementation of a process for Sales and Operation Planning.

Special assignment: Assumed Production Control Manager responsibility while existing manager was on extended medical leave.

Lead a risk assessment of the process used by the North American Global Service group from order entry to final shipment resulting in numerous action items designed to remediate the identified risk.

Elliott Company, Jeannette, PA

2008 - 2009

Rotor Division Supervisor

Responsibilities: Supervision of 20-25 hourly and salaried bargaining unit employees in the acts of welding, grinding, machining, assembly, balancing and production control in the process of manufacturing compressor and turbine rotating equipment.

Empowered a culture of lean manufacturing and continuous improvement while providing operational leadership.

Facilitated 5S projects in each of the functional areas improving organization and visibility.

Coordinated preventative maintenance on existing production equipment, including routine calibration.

Implemented root cause corrective action as a tool to remove production constraints and improve product quality.

Airo Die Casting, Loyalhanna, PA

1997 - 2008

Foreman

Responsibilities: Supervision of 15-20 bargaining unit employees in the acts of vacuum impregnation, hydro testing, gas leak testing, chemical conversion coating, machining, burnishing, and tumble vibratory of aluminum die castings, and aluminum, cast iron, brass, and bronze sand castings

Held one of two Operational Excellence Professional positions in the organization.

Assessed and cross-trained personnel for movement within multi-functional operations.

Reduced scrap rate from 30% to 5% for a critical product line.

Developed production schedules and supervised production quality and on-time delivery.

Lead regular stand-up meetings, events and continuous improvement projects with measurable goals.

Education

Seton Hill University

Greensburg PA

Business Administration- International Organizations

Bachelor of Science

Credits Earned 120

GPA 3.77

Dean’s List 2013 and 2014

Expected Completion 2021

Training

Siemens 2016

Siemens Production System Expert

Harris Lean Systems 2014

Level Scheduling Certificate Program

Catalyst Connection 2011

Lean Six Sigma Green Belt Certification

PMI 2011

Effective Project Communications Techniques

PMI 2010

Project Management Overview

Catalyst Connection 2009

Lean Certification

APICS 2009

Basics of Supply Chain Management

Detailed Scheduling and Planning

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