Manager Six Sigma

CARL PETERSON

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Enterprise, AL. 36330

Phone: 651-***-**** Email: ***********@*****.***

SUMMARY

Creative Operations Professional with over 15 years of Planning, Scheduling and Managerial experience. Decisive problem solver, designed and implemented many scheduling, warehouse, and planning tools using Microsoft Office programs that were still in use when the factory relocated. Facilitator and leader of multiple production meetings, events and teams. Currently enrolled in my last semester of an associate’s degree in business administration – management and supervision.

• Master Planner • Six Sigma Greenbelt certified

• Operations Manager • Forecasting

• Master Scheduler • Lean Manufacturing Implementation

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

CELESTICA, INC. /MSL 1996-2009

Leading manufacturer of electronic assemblies.

Planning Advisor 2007-2009

Celestica’s equivalent to a master scheduler, I scheduled the factory’s 30 work centers to best ensure on-time delivery.

• Trained and developed associates on a delivery-driven WIP system, a key factor resulting in a 39% improvement in on-time deliveries.

• Drove outcomes by leading consensus-building dialogue between manufacturing, customer advocate, production control and engineering teams.

• Go to executive for ad hoc capacity, Work-In-Process, MRP system, and scheduling reporting.

• Eliminated aged Work-in-Process of $483,000 per month saving the company $82,000 per year by leading a team as a Six Sigma Green Belt.

Manager 2005-2007

Managed a customer focus team of approximately 40 associates in a contract manufacturing environment.

• Led Kaizen team that reduced work space by half and decreased takt time 37% by building a work cell based on Lean Manufacturing techniques.

• Introduced “5S” and SPC charting to associates which identified waste and opportunities for improvement.

• Eliminated a 2,800 assembly rework backlog in 3 months by leading a Kaizen team that built a work cell, calculated resources, prioritized and charted progress.

• Four Associates were promoted and 11 took advantage of Educational benefits under my guidance and mentorship.

• Led team awarded by customer for 100% quality for 12 straight weeks on very technical conformally coated boards.

Master Scheduler 1996-2005

Short term prioritization of the factory and long term capacity forecasting and planning.

• Developed and implemented many planning and scheduling tools by working with IT to translate our MRP system into Excel and Access files that were more flexible, adaptable and readable.

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• Established Production Control Department by writing and implementing policies and procedures, hiring and training planners and schedulers and training as a “superuser” of our MRP system.

EDUCATION

• Enterprise State Community College 2010 - Present

• University of Wisconsin Eau Claire, Eau Claire, WI

• APICS Certified

• Six Sigma Green Belt Certified

PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT

• Supervision 1 & 2

• Baan Superuser Training

• Lean Manufacturing – 5S

• Lean Manufacturing – Managers

• Manufacturing Leadership & Strategy Deployment

• Intermediate Excel, Access & PowerPoint

References gladly supplied upon request.

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