Industrial Engineering Manager

Paul Wennemann

**** ********* **. - ***** ********, GA 30087

Phone: 770-***-**** Mobile: 678-***-**** E-mail:*************@*****.***

Industrial Engineer

Industrial Engineering / Improvement Processes / General Business Practices / Manufacturing Operations

A results oriented and continuous improvement focused business professional with a proven record of evaluating and conceptualizing processes, planning process changes, project managing process implementations, and establishing and implementing process metrics for efficiency improvement. Able to establish procedures to identify best practices and process weaknesses in order to create and implement standards and procedures to optimize efficiency and business practices which results in bottom line improvement. Demonstrated ability to build, lead, and motivate a team to accomplish goals while controlling cost and effectively utilizing resources.

•Process evaluation

•Process development

•Process streamlining

•Project Manager / Team Leader

•Labor utilization analysis

•Industrial Engineering Practices

•Best Practice implementation

•Continuous improvement

•Six Sigma Green Belt

Summary of Qualifications

•Graduated with Highest Honors in Industrial Systems Engineering from Georgia Institute of Technology.

•Graduated from the MBA program at Georgia State University with a focus in Finance.

•Demonstrated ability to create and implement process changes to result in achieving company strategic and financial goals.

•Experienced in determining and implementing process metrics to focus on continuous improvement.

•Experienced in operations restructuring to address business growth, cost reduction, and service improvement.

•Planned and implemented manufacturing process changes resulting in a 50% reduction in labor and achieving the Team of the Year Award for Siemens’ North American operations.

•Experienced in operations supervision and management in a multiple team environment to achieve safety, production, and service goals.

•In depth and hands-on capacity evaluation and planning to achieve customer demands while minimizing costs.

•Experience creating and implementing a safety program to reduce OSHA recordables to zero.

•International experience as a student in Germany and as a process consultant in Germany and Mexico.

•Demonstrated capacity to work as a consulting project manager and project engineer in diverse product, process, and cultural environments.

•Experienced in process simulation utilizing ProModel simulation software.

Experience

Industrial Engineering Manager, Schwing America, Marietta, GA (9/2006-5/2009)

•Initiated and managed engineering design change projects to reduce labor in a low volume concrete pump assembly facility. Changes resulted in a 2900 annual hour reduction of direct labor or approximately 6.5%

•Initiated and managed several projects to completely restructure the facility layout to promote better efficiency. Facility efficiency improved from %50 to %60 over the course of a year

•Managed and conducted an initiative to establish accurate time study work standards and maintain routings in SAP

•Performed data driven capacity analysis and planning for production scheduling

•Implemented and managed production metrics for quality, efficiency, safety, and downtime. Utilized metrics to make facility and process improvements through a team oriented approach

•Managed the facility safety program which involved OSHA records, working with the Georgia Tech Research Institute to establish a comprehensive safety program, conducting safety training, managing incident and accident reports, and safety committee supervision. OSHA recordable accidents reduced to zero in 2008

•Managed capital projects including concrete pad addition to the facility, bridge crane addition, jib crane installation, and facility restructuring

•Maintained facility maintenance records working with outside maintenance contractors

•Designed production incentive program for employees

Senior Project Manager, Siemens Energy & Automation, Norcross, GA (10/2004-9/2006)

•Project engineer and manager for the planning and execution of the shutdown and transfer of a 600 employee facility

•Duties included capacity analysis and planning for fabrication and assembly, best practice transfer, facility layouts, implementation of a new assembly line, and completion of Six Sigma project in course toward Green Belt certification

Senior Process Leader, Siemens Energy & Automation, Tucker, GA (5/2003-9/2004)

•Train and supervise circuit breaker box assembly line consisting of 30 employees where greater than 99% fill rates were achieved and zero safety incidents were incurred

•Process improvement projects for bottleneck areas and high variability equipment on the assembly line

Senior Industrial Engineer, Siemens Energy & Automation, Tucker, GA (11/2000-5/2003)

•Process design, improvement, simulation, and change support in a high volume metal stamping and circuit breaker box assembly facility

•Design, installation, and implementation of a $1,000,000 semi-automatic assembly line and a $450,000 semi-automatic assembly line for the introduction of two redesigned product lines with new packaging. Assembly lines accomplished the goal of producing the 33% increase in production demand

•Engineering support for the implementation of Lean Manufacturing. Support included process analysis, process mapping, data analysis, and time studies

Process Engineer, Siemens Technology Group, Production Processes, Norcross, GA (10/1999-11/2000)

•Project management and engineering in diverse environments for data driven process simulations and improvements using ProModel software

Process Engineer, Siemens Technology Group, Production Processes, Munich, Germany (4/1999-9/1999)

•Simulation and best practice benchmarking of manufacturing processes using ProModel software

Manufacturing Engineer, Siemens Energy & Automation, Grand Prairie, TX (9/1997-3/1999)

•Design and implementation of process flow line for assembly resulting in a 50% labor reduction per device

•Induction, installation, training, support, systems orientation, and programming for brake press fabrication machines and flexible manufacturing machines used for production of sheet metal and bar stock

•Assembly and fabrication process improvements utilizing Lean methodologies and Kaizen for cost reduction for the medium volume production of low voltage switchgear

Industrial Engineer, Carrier Transicold, Athens, GA (4/1993-5/1995)

•Process improvement in logistics, assembly, and manufacturing through process analysis and team oriented change initiation for the medium volume production of trailer refrigeration units

•Assembly line balancing and capacity analysis through time studies and process mapping

•Designed fixtures and layouts to facilitate better parts presentation and improve efficiency

•Performed process analysis and created method sheets to achieve maximum utilization of paint line nesting racks

•Participated in company Kaizen event for implementation of an assembly process for a new product

Honors, Activities, and Skills

•Fluent in German

•ProModel simulation software

•AutoCAD

•Project Management

•Six Sigma Green Belt

•U10 soccer coach for Georgia FC, U14 and U16 soccer coach for Gwinnett Soccer Association

•Siemens Energy & Automation TOP award (2002)

•Siemens Energy & Automation Team of the Year participant (2002)

•Siemens worker exchange program in Munich, Germany (1999)

•Siemens Energy & Automation TOP award (1998)

•Siemens Energy & Automation’s Team of the Year Award (1998)

•World Student Fund Scholar 1995-1996

•Scholarship awarded by the World Trade Center of New Orleans (1992)

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