Jeffrey A. Utesch E-mail: ady0hs@r.postjobfree.com

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Fort Collins, CO 80525

PROFESSIONAL SUMMARY:

A proven team leader for Supply Chain, Order Management, Customer Service, Project Management and as a Production Supervisor. A self-starter with strong organization skills and proven success in managing multiple projects and personnel to accomplish the desired goal. ADDITIONAL SKILLS:

EPICOR Business System

Oracle Business System

Agile, Product Data Management System

Microsoft Word, PowerPoint and Excel

Lean manufacturing concepts

EXPERIENCE:

Lincoln Electric Automation, Fort Collins, CO 2018 - 2023 Buyer / Customer Service

Procurement and expediting of all project materials as released by Engineering (electrical and mechanical). Request pricing and lead time quotes from suppliers. Contact suppliers to expedite Purchase Orders and or specific PO lines. Enter purchase orders and confirm pricing and delivery dates. Direct team members on priority to meet project schedule. Advanced Energy, Fort Collins, CO 2017 -2017

Project Coordinator, RF Products (Contract)

Update documents for customer specific product (Derivative Products). Contact suppliers to expedite Purchase Orders and or specific PO lines. Confirm pricing and delivery requirements from suppliers. Enter Engineering change orders (ECO’s).

Direct team members on priority to meet project schedule. Beckman Coulter, Inc., Fort Collins, CO 2003 - 2016 Analyst II, Project Management – Research and Development, New Product Introduction New product releases (NPI) for existing Flow Cytometry instruments. Work with suppliers to provide quotes for parts, assemblies, first articles and delivery expectation. Procurement and expediting of all materials (electrical and mechanical). Reconcile purchase order variances.

Responsible for sustaining changes to existing products. Enter engineering change requests and engineering change orders. Conduct daily management meetings to discuss project status. Direct team members on priority to meet project schedule. Beckman Coulter, Inc. / Formerly DAKO, Fort Collins, CO Analyst II, Project Management – Responsible for Cytometry Instrument Orders Entered Sales Orders and billing for all customer Purchase Orders, globally. Entered all customer spare parts sales orders and released for shipment. Product costing for quoting purposes.

Provide customers with pricing quotes for requested parts. Main customer contact and Daily Management responsibility for flow cytometry instrument orders. Enter return material orders (RMA’s)

Team Leader and a member of cross functional teams. Communicate order and shipment status to internal and external customers. Jeffrey A. Utesch

Analyst II, Project Management – Responsible for Cytometry Instrument Orders Maintain the Device History Record for each instrument order. Coordinate Global instrument shipments and installations. Support Field Service Engineers with information for spare assemblies, pricing and availability. Assist Global Sales with product costs, pricing and availability. Attend daily and weekly meetings to discuss and shipment priority, readiness and financial impact. DAKO Colorado, Fort Collins, CO

Production Supervisor – Responsible for Manufacturing Production Line Supervised Electrical Test, PCBA build, Mechanical Sub-assembly and Final test for instrumentation. Managed instrumentation builds and communicated status in weekly production meetings. Review and approved all Engineering changes that affected my product line. Coordinated training and maintained training records for my direct reports. Produced production schedules using TAKT scheduling process. Conducted yearly performance reviews for all my direct reports. Maintained department budgets and approved all purchasing requisitions for my product line. Participated in job fairs and job interviews for new hires DAKO Colorado, Fort Collins, CO

Process Engineering Technician – Responsible for Production Line Processes Created and executed Engineering Changes.

Coordinated procurement of new materials to complete engineering changes. Implemented and supported production manufacturing line changes. Facilitated internal project design reviews.

Produced and updated product process changes including product build procedures. ABB Inc., Fort Collins, CO / Formerly ESAB Automation 1985 - 2003 Project Manager – Responsible for the execution of Robotic Welding Cells. Generated project budgets and updated estimates to complete. Coordinated procurement of robots and standard products manufactured by ABB, Sweden. Facilitated internal and customer project design reviews. Maintained financial coding, costing and tracking of all project materials. Coordinated machine shipments, installations and acceptance sign-off. Participated in monthly financial accountability reviews for each project to assist senior management with critical decisions related to financial forecasts. Initiated all invoices according to contract terms and conditions. Conducted FMEA (Failure mode effects and analysis) reviews for new equipment designs. Directed and supported manufacturing technicians during the system manufacturing process. Attended weekly production meetings to review each project and communicate status to the customer. ESAB Automation, Inc., Fort Collins, CO

Associate Engineer, Robotics

EDUCATION and TRAINING:

Business Courses, Colorado State University

Diploma, Architectural and Structural Design & Drafting, Western Iowa Tech Community College Certified Internal Auditor ISO 9001:2000

Standards of Business Conduct

Contract Law

Leadership Training

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