Industrial Engineer

William W. Walker Jr.

Phone 410-***-**** * **.********@*****.***

Proven solution-oriented problem solver, with a strong background in Lean Six Sigma methodologies, project management, supply chain management tools and data analysis. Work closely with program teams to provide timely status and solutions to help meet program goals. Technically proficient in data analysis with strong communication and presentation skills. Motivated and self-sufficient professional with a passion to lead, mentor and promote development opportunities and initiatives.

U.S Citizen; Active Secret Clearance

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

Northrop Grumman Electronic Systems, Baltimore, MD 07/2009-Present

Staff Quality Engineer (WCM Cost Deployment Pillar Lead)

Overall, this role provided a cost/EAC knowledge base to the WCM team’s direct efforts to impact waste, loss, and spending within the MS manufacturing organization.

Lead cross functional team to redefine cost savings definition and categorization for the Savings Tracking Working Group.

Collaborate with engineering, manufacturing and operations functions to track the impact of Quality/Continuous Improvement projects in comparison with program or cell allocated budgets.

Managed the BWI Lean Tracker database for all Continuous Improvement (CI) projects and authorized final project approval.

Consult with CI Project submitters how to best categorize and calculate difficult cost savings scenarios.

Co-lead CI training sessions with a primary focus on teaching about cost savings categorization and evaluating cost for Kaizen projects.

Support the developing process for strategic facility, capacity, & workload deployment

Supported a pilot with the P8 program to integrate WCM projects and potential savings into program EAC via Risk and Opportunity Matrices.

Senior Principal Industrial Engineer (Manufacturing Business Ops/OPM)

Manage Proposal, Baseline and Estimate at Complete (EAC) cost/data requirements process for designated Business Ops program portfolio.

Create work cell allocated budgets in Plato format templates to support multiple program CEAC’s bi-yearly cycles.

Monitor multiple programs allocated budget and performance hours for AMS product lines on weekly basis via Manufacturing Labor Performance (MLP). Key programs managed include SABR, ABR, and Cabin Fever.

Facilitate and lead process improvement team (which included OPM, Manufacturing engineers and Cell Manager) to reduce critical part cycle time by 15%.

Created Work Cell Curve Analysis tool to help Cell managers identify “actual” performance vs “projected” ETC performance on SABR. This analysis provided an overview of the performance needed to reach a particular Cost Factor based on current performance and future changes in work environment.

Developed MRP quantity based step-down process to implement and track process improvement performance for SABR product line.

Supported biweekly SBAR and F35 Board of Director’s meetings by developing trend analysis charts of performance data to identify cost reduction candidate parts in the Antenna cell.

Created weekly cost factor tracker for MLP template to highlight weekly cell performance vs EAC targets.

Facilitate monthly meetings between OPM and Cell managers to establish root cause of EAC target vs Actual performance delta’s which resulted in return to green plans and more efficient CF/CER selection for future EAC cycle.

Supply Chain Planning Analyst

Lead cross functional teams (which included Engineering, Program Management, Quality, and the Supplier executive management team) with high visibility and impact on AC4ISR division/RF Products and Subsystems to increase effectiveness of supplier deliveries which resulted in program satisfaction.

Monitor and manage the weekly status of program deliveries for the AC4ISR division/RF Products and Subsystems Technology Domain Team (TDT).

Facilitate and manage return to green plans with suppliers when experiencing a significant schedule slip.

Communicate supplier issues to cognizant program facing SCPP and SCPM’s, in addition to coordinating supplier corrective action with quality, engineering and program teams.

Identify future PO’s that do not support delivery schedule, and request expedites from suppliers to help meet program delivery needs.

Maintain two-way customer relationships by understanding capacity, personnel issues and future technology developments and potential NGC business opportunities.

Provide capability information to procurement teams to reduce capacity at major supply base, in addition to opening new opportunities for the less used supply base.

Facilitate yearly reviews with executive level management at our key suppliers within RF Products TDT.

Socio Economic Business Programs Analyst (Global Supply Chain)

Manage the monthly reporting requirements for Defense Contract Management Agency (DCMA); recommend suggestions to management organizations for corrective actions to improve the small business target spending areas.

Develop and analyze Ad-Hoc SQL reports in relation to NGC’s small business subcontracting.

Serve as a POC for potential small businesses interested in becoming a supplier for Northrop Grumman Electronic Systems Sector.

Counsel buyers, engineers and proposal teams on which small business to consider when planning and building new products.

Coordinate training efforts with the SAP Implementation team to train new campuses on how to connect small business contract reporting to SAP interface during new campus roll outs.

Attend National/Regional Small business conferences to target potential suppliers that will help the organization meet government statutory spending goals.

Information Technology Asset Management

Designated subject matter expert (SME) for FlexNet Management Platform and provide recommendations to management for tool usage, assist with managing the customization, development, upgrades and deployment of tool into the company environment.

Create and Determine management status report structures which track enterprise-wide IT assets for the FlexNet Platform.

Co-Project Lead on development of a Definitive Media Library that will manage all licensed software for NGC. Tasks include developing process flows to determine access right, acquisition of media and Proof of Entitlement.

Manage various software products through the Software Maturity Lifecycle to determine the licensing rights that NGC has acquired and recommend possible upgrades to licenses if necessary.

Define and design process flow and work instructions for ITAM product management via FlexNet tool

Develop training modules for creating a license, linking a license and managing Enterprise Agreements in FlexNet.

Socio Economic Business Program Liaison (Global Supply Chain)

Implemented Greenbelt/Lean techniques to develop a process improvement that reduced report cycle time from 40hrs to 12hrs.

Collaborated with SCM Visibility and Tools team to create an automated process to reduce additional cycle time for the SEBP Monthly reporting process.

Created SEBP Search Tool Requirements Document that specified the GUI controls, logic and process involved with the development of a web-based search tool.

Develop a template for the SEBP website using SharePoint.

Engineering Development and Support Analyst

Designated subject matter expert of MVP (Materials Visibility Planning), and DB02 tools to analyze data, and lead “Page and Line”/Program Status meetings for new development programs.

Lead multiple sector-wide training sessions for Engineering Program Managers, Operation Program Managers and Supply Chain Managers on how to use MVP, DB02 and Enterprise Scheduling and Planning (ESP) Tools.

Team Lead on the Implementation, Testing, and Evaluation phases of the System Development Life Cycle for the RN Log.

Collaborate with the Drafting Department to reduce the number of Unreleased Graphic and Part List Documents needed to build and purchase parts.

Train Drafting team on how to use Drafting Log and RN Log

Data Analysis review to understand all common and alternate parts affected by Revision notice Document.

oUnderstand why parts are not coded accurately in Information System for Engineering (ISE).

oDetermine how many inactive parts we currently have in inventory and if parts are still being purchased.

Work with New Development and Rapid prototype programs by facilitating the application approval process, in addition to establishing Page and Line/Program Status meetings.

Coordinated a team to quote a build and develop capacity study to determine if CCA’s from Rolling Meadows plant can be built at the BWI facility.

Manage weekly Page and Line meetings for new programs to ensure that the Engineering and SCM community properly identify parts, scheduling constraints and procurement issues when building product.

Supply Chain Visibility and Tools Information Analyst

Project manager for the redesign of the Supply Chain Management Website targeted to increase SCM user productivity.

Organize focus group meetings with the potential end users of the SCM website to understand user needs and requirements.

Interpret the customer requirements for the IT developer to address the proper applications needed for the website.

Develop “Use Cases” to determine how an internal and external Supply Chain customer would navigate the website.

Middle River Aircraft Systems/GE Aviation, Essex, MD 07/2004-07/2009

Lean/Continuous Improvement Engineer

Duties as the Supervisor of Rout and Trim manufacturing cell included creating schedules that minimized the non-value-added time spent on production parts, coordinated schedules with Production Control that reduced the amount of wait time due to incomplete kits and developed standard work processes to reduce quality errors on production parts.

Planned, lead and executed, manufacturing process improvement projects while ensuring internal customer expectations. Facilitated various process improvements which reduced bonding hours on V22 program by 42%.

Coordinated the calibration of die laser projector with quality, engineering and program management to eliminate defects caused by human error.

Additional major projects included redesign of factory layout to optimize process flow of Bonding, Teardown, and Autoclave work cells which reduced cycle team, while increasing part throughput to support Final Assembly production schedule.

Coordinated the scheduling sequence for repair of manufacturing tools between Program supervisors and Mechanical engineers which helped reduce scrap parts and rework by 63%.

Develop visual aids to reduce operator errors by 35% during the building process, also develop visual manuals to strengthen the workforce understanding of the proper controls and procedures for their appropriate work areas.

Manage Lean Engineering Intern and Co-op team (peers) with training on lean manufacturing principles, data and metrics management, kaizen project facilitation and weekly workload expectations.

EDUCATION

Master of Engineering in Industrial/Systems Engineering, Morgan State University, Baltimore, MD, 2009

Bachelor of Science in Industrial/Systems Engineering, Morgan State University, Baltimore, MD, 2006

COMMUNITY INVOLVEMENT

Bmore Hopeful STEM Enrichment Program, Co-Founder, Aug/2016 – 2020

National Society of Black Engineers (NSBE) Co-Chair for Mt. Royal Academy Middle School, Sep/2012 – May/2016

SKILLS

Microsoft: Office Programs, Access, Visio, SQL, SharePoint, Project Management, Earned Value, Supply Chain Management, Continuous Improvement, Proposal and Baseline Budgeting, Greenbelt

Additional Training: Northrop Grumman Greenbelt Certification Training – Sep/2016, Georgetown University Project Management Certification – March/2013

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