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Resume:
WITOLD “VITO” BALAWEJDER
CHARLOTTE, NC 28226
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SUMMARY
Creative and results driven Operations, Sourcing & Engineering Executive with extensive international experience in multi site manufacturing operations. Excellent understanding of business implications for worldwide customers. Pioneer in productivity/performance improvement, product design and rationalizations, setting up systems from scratch, root cause analysis, just in time, Kaizen, Kanban, SPC. Expertise and accomplishments in:
• General Management • Technology/Engineering • Logistics • Lean Manufacturing
• Strategic Planning • Mechanical Design • Warehousing • Quality Assurance
• Budgeting/Finance • NPI/Technology Transfer • Outsourcing • ISO 9000
• Project Management • Modularization/ Standardization • Inventory Planning • Continuous Improvements
PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE
Global Sourcing Manager IMO PUMP (Colfax Corporation), Monroe, NC 2005-curent
Responsible for global sourcing activities supporting multiple pump manufacturing facilities in US and Sweden, vendor management, cost reductions, support for new design and rationalization projects.
• Identified, started and completed projects with annual cost savings in access of $1M.
• Implemented new suppliers for major commodities reducing cost, improving quality without any delays in production schedules.
• Initiated product standardization program which will result in significant reduction of number of different components while reducing cost, improving availability and performance.
• Led global sourcing team at the corporate level (participants from US, India, China, Sweden and Germany) focusing on Colfax worldwide processes, procedures and projects.
• Negotiated service contracts (e.g. shipping, leased cars) with $200k+ annual savings.
Director of Operations, Powerwave (formerly LGP Allgon), Coppell, Tx 2004
Responsible for outsourcing activities and closing Forth Worth, Tx facility.
• Planned, negotiated and executed outsourcing of Fort Worth production to a contract manufacturer.
• Led sub assembly outsourcing activity at Wuxi, China facility.
• Supported new product transfer activities between Sweden and China.
Director of Operations, LGP Allgon, Forth Worth, TX 2003-2004
Responsible for base station antenna operations in US: manufacturing engineering, quality, purchasing, incoming inspection, planning, new product introduction and production team; and, global logistics supporting American customers through: RMA, warehousing for products originating from Asia and Europe and planning products originating from US, and shipping of all above mentioned products to end customers.
• Decreased raw materials inventory from $1.2M to $0.7M without increasing lead-times or reducing on time delivery performance.
• Reduced on hand inventory of previously purchased subassemblies from $200K to $5K by design changes and transferring production into own manufacturing facility without increasing cost.
• Successfully industrialized new design from Sweden and immediately implemented in US production.
• Streamlined warehousing processes through layout changes and dock-to-stock implementation.
Manufacturing Manager, Allgon Telecom, Fort Worth, TX 2001-2003
Responsible for base station antenna manufacturing consisting of manufacturing engineering, quality, incoming inspection, production planning and production team.
• Initiated and implemented 25% cost reduction and reduction in number of different components used resulting in $1.2M annual savings. Simultaneously product performance was enhanced resulting in increased sales at higher margins.
• Planned and executed new product introduction, product phase-in and out activities to support timely new product releases.
• Created and maintained budgets in access of $5M while responding to shifting customer demand
Manufacturing & Quality Engineering Manager, Allgon Telecom, Forth Worth, TX 1999-2001
Responsible for base station antenna and cell phone antenna incoming inspection and manufacturing engineering and all quality aspects of own manufacturing and externally sourced subassemblies and components.
• Planning of all production aspects of a new facility and leading production move
• Project management as a member and a team leader (i.e. equipment justification, process improvements).
• Led product transfers with no down time in deliveries during the project and shortened lead times and lowered cost upon completion.
Manufacturing and Quality Engineer, Allgon Telecom, Fort Worth, TX 1998-1999
Responsible for all technical and quality aspects of own manufacturing facility and externally sourced subassemblies and components.
• Utilized root cause analysis and periodical equipment verification to design assembly process control with high yield and 0 defects to customers.
• Participated in starting production in US resulting in increased market share.
• Performed technical and quality training resulting in less than 0.1% return rate while increasing work force 10x.
• Implemented ISO9000 quality system in 6 months.
• Participated in MRP system implementation with full responsibility for all technical aspects i.e. BOMs, assembly times, technical documents, etc.
Mechanical Designer R&D Base Station Antennas, Allgon Systems, Täby, Sweden 1992-1998
Designed several families of base station antennas for cellular communications worldwide.
• Designed a new family of antennas for the American PCS market.
• Implemented a new 3-D CAD tool for mechanical design.
• Established modularization of products allowing for better concurrent engineering practices and shortening design cycle.
EDUCATION
MBA, University of Texas at Dallas, 2002 Dallas, TX
Masters of Science, Environmental Engineering, Minor Mechanical Engineering, 1992 Warsaw Technical University, Warsaw, Poland
LANGUAGES
English: fluent Swedish: fluent Polish: fluent Russian: some knowledge
PATENTS
Co-inventor in US Patent Number 6,005,522 “ANTENNA DEVICE WITH TWO RADIATING ELEMENTS HAVING AN ADJUSTABLE PHASE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN THE RADIATING ELEMENTS”
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