Engineering, Procurement, Production & Operations Management
Resume:
Jeffrey K. Klein
Lilttleton, CO 80127
Objective: Operations Management position with a progressive, innovative health organization with excellent growth potential.
HIGHLIGHTS OF QUALIFICATIONS
Extensive experience with Design to Production Transition methodologies
Turned two unprofitable divisions at a ceramic manufacturing company into major profit centers.
Proficient at development and implementation of Activity Based Costing/Management Systems
Expert troubleshooter in electrical and mechanical manufacturing environment.
Thorough working knowledge of JIT/TQM techniques.
Expanded a machine shop while increasing equipment utilization on commercial product lines.
Twenty years of professional experience in fields of management, engineering, and operations.
Excellent communication and team building skills.
Experienced in formulating and implementing goals and objectives, and providing leadership to many disciplines
RELEVANT EXPERIENCE
Management
Expanded a research and development group into an integrated manufacturing company (grew from 6 to 60 people).
Coordinated daily operations of a 24 hr/day 7 day/week manufacturing facility in diverse product lines.
Managed the U.S. Air Force/General Dynamics Industrial Modernization Incentive Program for major aircraft subcontractor.
Built a highly effective management team, who are currently directing the manufacturing, engineering, procurement, planning, and quality assurance organizations.
Integral member of the management team that built a small research and development company and took it public.
Activity Based Costing/Activity Based Management (ABC/ABM)
Developed and implemented pilot ABC/ABM system at Honeywell’s Defense Avionics Systems Division resulting in an initial $2 million overhead reduction
Monitored the development and implementation of ABC/ABM at three other Honeywell divisions including commercial and defense divisions.
Chaired team of Operations, Finance, and MIS personnel to coordinate the program.
Project Accomplishments
Developed and implemented plan to outsource low technology assembly work from a fortune 500 company to a startup business including the transfer of personnel, equipment, and documented procedures.
Modernized/Standardized work instructions in high speed machine shop incorporating digital photography with cad drawings to create easy to understand set up documentation with funding assistance by State of Kansas in cooperation with WSU Cooperative education program.
Implemented point of use tooling and documentation program for fuselage assembly on two models of aircraft resulting in a 270 hour per aircraft savings.
Effected the relocation of operations for a defense contractor from Phoenix, AZ to Albuquerque, NM and an electronic component manufacturer from Golden, Co. to Grand Junction, Co.
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Production/Cost Reduction
Reduced time to produce and deliver custom products from 8 to 2 weeks, including prints, tooling (carbide), production, finishing operations and delivery of initial 100,000 piece first articles.
Developed and implemented set-up reduction program resulting in 82% improvement.
Modernized pricing/quotation estimating system to support expeditious preparation of manufacturing quotes (reduced quote lead-time from 3-week average to 2 days).
Conceived a highly profitable design of a 12-volt high intensity light for commercial and industrial applications currently in production at Coleman Co.
Automated functional testing capabilities in aircraft final assembly and flight test areas.
Achieved overall cost reductions/avoidance by $1,000,000 annually on 2 aircraft production lines
Transformed a division with a 27% customer commitment record to 99% within 18 months while under-running budget requirements for a 160-person organization.
With complete line responsibility, developed systems to efficiently coordinate production between shifts to effect significant savings in throughput time, direct labor, and overhead costs.
Custom designed production equipment to increase manufacturing efficiency and reduce costs up to 78% on wear resistant product lines.
Implemented Just-In-Time and TQM manufacturing techniques on selected product lines, resulting in 58% decreases in work in process inventory ($1.8 million first year savings) including 63% improvement in throughput ($800K first year savings) on OH-58D and AV-8B product lines.
EMPLOYMENT HISTORY
2000-Present Owner Health & Wellness Center LLC
2001 - 2004 Purchasing Manager/Prod Mngr Teledyne Controls
1999 - 2001 Production Manager American Maplan Corp
1995 - 1998 Engineering Manager Excel Manufacturing Inc.
1993 - 1994 Industrial Engineering Manager Learjet Inc.
1984 - 1993 Principle Manufacturing Engineer Honeywell Inc.
1976 - 1982 Superintendant Engineering & Mfg Coors Ceramics
ASSOCIATION
Member, Institute of Industrial Engineers
Member, Society of Manufacturing Engineers
PROFESSIONAL TRAINING
Evaluation of Defense Contractors Work Measurement Program, Certificate, US AMETA
MTM Certified, Blue Card Holder
Entrepreneurial Engineering (UNM credited course)
Cash Max Training, Certificate
Leader Effectiveness Training, Certificate
Effective Negotiating, Certificate (Dr. Karrass)
Managing Effective Meetings, Certificate
Dale Carnegie series, Certificate
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