Dear MR. /Madam,

My interest in joining as a Lean Leader has prompted me to forward the enclosed resume.

As of Late, my education and background has been concentrated in the Lean Enterprise Process one of our cornerstone tools for future success. In my present position, Lean Change Agent, I wear several hats, not only do I understand the principles of lean I have the skill set to plan, organize, communicate and lead. Through all of my assignments at AREVA NP INC., I’ve learned that Client Relations is the ultimate goal. Customers not only want to reduced cost, but add value to their products and services. Although I am a liaison, between Management, Engineering, Maintenance, Licensing Compliance, Production, Transportation, Planning and a Certified Facilitator. I could confidently transfer those skills along with my education to a Lean Leader position. I understand the importance of dealing with diverse customers and know I can adapt to other ways of doing business. As I look ahead, I realize that not only am I qualified, I feel I’m the best fit for any of the current openings. I will bring creativity and innovation to this position daily.

In addition to earning my MBA (Project Management), I have a Lean Manufacturing Certification / Lean Product – Process Development Certification, a Bachelor of Arts in Business with an emphasis in Management Information Systems; I have completed a Bachelor of Science in Business/Social Sciences as well as a Master Business Administration (MBA) with an emphasis in Project Management. I make sound judgments as well as handle potentially volatile situations in a calm and effective manner. I am a self-motivated, dependable individual. My work quality and job knowledge has distinguished my services to management and customers.

If we could meet in a personal interview, I could discuss further my qualifications. Thank you for your consideration

Sincerely,

Howard Harrison

HOWARD HARRISON

Home: 509-***-**** P. O. BOX 14179

Work : 509-***-****

Cell: 509-***-**** Mill Creek, WA 98082

E-mail hap.harrison@areva,com (work) E-mail js63p1@r.postjobfree.com (home)

DEMONSTRATED SKILLS

Goal Setting Communications Training

Team Building Leadership Analyzing/Problem Solving

Organization Planning Computer Presentations

EXPERIENCE

Walden University, 2009 – Present – Doctoral Learner

• Quantitative Decision-Making for Business Analysis of Professional Practice - develops doctoral learner skills (e.g. in descriptive statistics, statistical inference, quantitative techniques including analysis of variance and covariance, multiple linear regressions, and various non-parametric techniques).

• Applied Research Methods (Qualitative and Quantitative)

• Seminar in Law and Compliance

• Seminar in Sustainability

Areva NP INC. 2007 – 2010 - Lean Technical Specialist

• Collected, compiled and summarized data to identify trends and transferring that data into a graphical medium to be presented to management, customers and other stakeholders such as INPO for review. (Quarterly Review)

• Assisted the direct manager and other PC/CC managers with WEBCAP human performance trending reports as well as other Lean Six Sigma projects and initiatives as assigned.

• Leads process improvement initiatives through the disciplined use of measurements, accountability, analysis and discussion of process alternatives in order to arrive at best practices.

• Provided technical support and advice in analyzing and evaluating routine plant or field systems, equipment and programs (Reduced reload cycle time by 75% through weekly cycle time reduction kaizens).

• Developed Overall Equipment Effectiveness (OEE) system for entire plant. Improved weekly schedule performance to 80% in 2010.

• Conducted and Improved on-floor problem solving kaizens through resolution by 20%

• Improved operator workflow efficiencies by 40% in the assembly area Best practice line project.

• Assigned to a lean relocation best practice line project (from east to west coast).

Areva NP INC. - 2002 –2007 - Lean Enterprise Change Agent

• Customer: Designs and manages a lean enterprise proccess to better address the satisfaction of a customer, a user or a provider on an ongoing basis. Developed Lean scorecard to track lean progress quartlerly.

• Process: Developed an overall strategy with more than 30 cells for expanding lean principles throughout the organization (i.e conducting over 100.Value Stream Mapping, 5S (visual workplace), Standard Work, Mistake-Proofing, , Lean Six Sigma, Total Productive Maintenance, Quick Change, Pull Systems, Level Production, and Built in Quality kaizenss).

• Employee: Trained entire workforce (500 employees) in Lean 101 Simulation.

• Finance: Establishes systems for the necessary skills and work arrangements to support the objectives of the team.analyzing cycle times and inventory levels (and other measurements, as appropriate) and report against goals so that the Lean Enterprise Process meets economic objectives.

Siemens – 2000 – 2002 - Process Engineering

• Led process technicians in the operations of complex Nuclear Absorbent Fuel (Gadolinium) process.

• Established work schedules and plan daily production from powder preparation through finished product.

• Tracked and reviewed production trends in all areas.

• Write/update “Essential materials” specifications.

• Propose corrections for support software and follow those changes through to successful product certification

or implementation.

• Monitors and audits installed systems and processes.

• Coordinate production parameters and support Production Control with scheduling on a daily basis.

Computer Skills

• Process Simulator modeling Value Stream Processes and Kanbans.

• Designed, tested, and maintained Consulting Office and Information (COI) scanning database system.

• Designed, built, and maintained Department Employee Training Records database using Access.

• Designed, built, and maintained Traffic & Warehousing Intranet web page.

• Database: Oracle Relational Database, Access, and Excel.

• Programming HTML, Java Script, Visual Basic, and C.

Education

Project Management Emphasis, Masters in Business Administration MBA – City University - 2006

Management Information Systems BA – Washington State University 2000

Business / Social Sciences BS – Lewis & Clark State College 1991

Professional Development

o University of Michigan College of Engineering Center for Professional Development ( Lean Product – Process

o Development Certification /Lean Manufacturing Certification Program)

o Fundamentals of Leadership and Team Development

o Certified Group Facilitator

o Professional Personal Growth Training

o Toast Masters (Public Speaking)

o Train the Trainer - Diversity/ Cultural Competency

o Change Management Facilitator

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