CHRISTOPHER L VICKREY

Las Vegas, NV *****

770-***-****

adw49y@r.postjobfree.com

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WEBSITES, PORTFOLIOS, PROFILES

• https://www.linkedin.com/in/chris-vickrey-2415736a/

PROFESSIONAL SUMMARY

Accomplished, tech-savvy business professional who is adept at listening, communicating effectively, and providing experience and enthusiasm to solve problems. Over 15 years of expertise in new site development, streamlining of production processes, introducing new and effective process improvements while implementing Lean methodology. Excellent ability to establish and maintain relationships with customers, vendors, staff members and business partners. Resourceful individual; inventor and developer of software solutions for production problems. Excellent managing large teams successfully under deadline-driven environments. Highly organized and detail oriented with skill in conflict resolution, financial and technical reporting.

SKILLS

Cost Control

Continuous Improvements

Capacity Planning

Meeting Production Quota/goals

Change Management

Lean Manufacturing

Safety Awareness

Budget Management

Market Growth

Project Development

Workflow Planning

Policy and Procedure Implementation

WORK HISTORY

Operations Manager • PLI International

February 2023

Aggressively reorganized daily work of 4 divisions and 356 employees, changing production layout and reducing non-conformances by over 30% while overseeing greatest production improvement in company history for single year

Vigorously supported ESH efforts, identifying unsafe, or ineffective practices reducing TRR by 35% in first year

Reorganized inventory procedures dramatically, reducing losses by 10% and improving accuracy by over 35%

Devised automated tracking method for inventory.

Manufacturing Engineering Manager • Kratos UAS

October 2017

Successfully hired and trained 45 Manufacturing Engineers in the development, production, engineering, and manufacturing of eight unmanned aircraft drone platforms

Designed and built secured production document library of over fifteen hundred build plans for three company sites while successfully leading development of new operational procedures for prototypes

Introduced Design for Manufacturability system and introduced the first Corrective Action Board, serving as CAB Board Chair for Engineering

Controlled spending via balancing of 4 multi-million-dollar yearly fully inclusive operations budgets.

Sr. Product Manager, Operations Manager • Amazon

April 2016

Designed and implemented first time QMS procedures for Trade-In implementing DPMO measurement accuracy

Introduced SOP documentation for vendors, slashing customer concessions by 25% during first year and 10% thereafter

Strategically planned and then aggressively moved all product grading to new Amazon internal sites, established manpower requirements, saving $750,000 by repurposing existing hardware and equipment for grading line.

Board Chairman • Lockheed Corrective Actions Board

January 2004 to January 2015

Designed new CAB for Marietta Production Operations and Engineering Technology Departments, managing internal corrective actions and customer Audit Findings for Production Operations at Marietta, Clarksburg, and Greenville Sites reducing audit findings by 15% in first year

Organized all BSI and AOI record keeping processes saving ~200-hours per year.

Manufacturing Engineer (Senior Staff) MPS Group Supervisor/Lead

January 2004 to January 2006

Supervised operations of Manufacturing Process Standards Group of 13 Manufacturing Engineers, implementing libraries and ensuring configuration control and security of 1500 aircraft proprietary documents

Modernized technician production by developing “video process instructions” saving ~240,000 hours per year on C130 and C5 aircraft, 1600 hours per year on F22 aircraft.

CERTIFICATIONS

Master of Science - Management • Texas A&M University - Commerce

Commerce, TX • November 2015

Honor Roll 2013 to 2015 all semesters

GPA 3.9

Ranked in 5% of class

summa cum laude graduate

Bachelor of Science - Business Management • University of Phoenix

Tempe, AZ • May 2011

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