Operations and Production Leader Seeking Part-Time Role

Candice Hardy

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Professional Summary

Operations and production leader with over a decade of experience in satellite manufacturing, supply chain, and high-rate production environments. Known for driving execution across planning, assembly, integration, and testing while improving efficiency, cost control, and delivery performance. Strong background in demand planning, supplier coordination, and cross functional leadership within complex programs. Experienced in leveraging data, enterprise systems, and operational strategy to support scalable production.

Professional Experience

Sr. Assembly, Integration and Test Manager Maxar Space Systems September 2024 to April 2026

Lead production and test operations for multiple PLEO satellite programs supporting high-rate manufacturing. Own execution across labor planning, cost management, and production readiness while aligning engineering and operations teams to program objectives.

Managed labor and non-labor budgets while improving cost visibility across production lines

Developed demand plans to forecast workforce and resource needs

Led cross functional coordination across engineering, planning, and production

Spearheaded continuous improvement in torque inspection processes, eliminating redundant steps, improving efficiency, and saving over $65,000 while maintaining quality standards

Led PFMEA driven transition of non cross mate connectors to self inspection, increasing throughput without increasing risk

Partnered with engineering to address connector cross mating risks through design improvement requests

Sr. Planning Manager Maxar Space Systems April 2022 to September 2024 to April 2026

Led production planning and hardware delivery strategy for satellite manufacturing programs.

Developed hardware delivery strategies that improved production flow and reduced schedule risk

Analyzed labor plans and production data to support program decisions

Maintained data integrity across IFS and Solumina systems

Supported program leadership in managing constraints and execution decisions

Supply Chain Manager OneWeb Satellites October 2020 to April 2022

Managed supplier performance and delivery of critical hardware.

Owned supplier delivery performance across cost, schedule, and quality

Led supplier meetings and recovery planning for at risk deliveries

Coordinated across engineering, quality, and logistics teams

Reduced hardware costs negotiation saving $50,000

Maintained 85 to 90 % on time delivery performance for multiple suppliers

Material Master and Production Planner November 2017 to October 2020

Managed production planning within MRP systems across multiple manufacturing areas.

Planned and scheduled production orders to meet program timelines

Partnered with engineering and supply chain teams on design updates

Improved production flow through routing and bill of material updates

Supported SAP implementation improving planning accuracy

Production Planner Chipton Ross supporting SpaceX October 2017 to July 2018

Supported production planning and material coordination for launch programs.

Tracked work orders and identified material shortages

Managed over sixty thousand parts across multiple launches

Sr. Logistics Analyst CHEP February 2015 to June 2017

Managed logistics operations and forecasting across multi state plant network.

Maintained over 97 % on time delivery performance

Generated over $300,000 in cost savings

Reduced dwell time costs by 20%

Customer Service Specialist Staffing Resource Group supporting CHEP August 2014 to February 2015

Managed customer orders and resolved service issues while maintaining accurate reporting.

Education

Certificate in AI in Business Strategy Johns Hopkins University

Master of International Business Florida International University

Bachelor of Applied Science in Supervision and Management Daytona State College

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