Engineering/Manufacturing Project Manager

Career Summary

Extensive manufacturing experience addressing a range of projects and programs. Demonstrated leadership, teamwork, and problem-solving skills. Proven ability to deliver quality, cost-effective and innovative manufacturing and engineering solutions. Skilled in a variety of manufacturing environments. Consistently keeps projects on time and on budget. Certified Six Sigma Green Belt. International manufacturing experience. Professional, results-driven, persistent. Analytical, detail-oriented, innovative.

• Manufacturing

• Engineering

• Six Sigma

• Project Management

• Program Management

• Process Management

• Logistics

• Production Analysis

• Production Reporting

Professional History

TYCO SAFETY PRODUCTS / SENSORMATIC, Boca Raton, FL 1994 - 2009

Advanced Manufacturing Program Manager

UNITED STATES MARINE CORPS, Cherry Point, NC

Quality Assurance and Production Supervisor 1989 - 1993

Functional Expertise

Project Management

• Coordinated production of new products and contributed to new product introductions, as liaison between manufacturing and engineering, in a $343M electronic article-surveillance and RFID business.

• Directed release of new products from engineering to manufacturing, providing technical leadership within a cross-functional team environment.

• Supported engineering, manufacturing, procurement, demand/supply planning, contract manufacturing, and OEM suppliers utilizing “stage-gate” process to drive timely market release of new products.

• Developed and maintained project schedules, manufacturing plans and procurement plans.

• Conducted status meetings and coordinated new product verification and production requirements.

• Directed diverse manufacturing projects internationally (Puerto Rico, Ireland, Mexico, and China) to achieve project goals.

• Managed division’s "Product Life Cycle" end activity (EOL) to support strategic product rationalization efforts.

• Maintained product phase-in/phase-out transition plans, prepared marketing bulletins, and defined service strategy, ensuring alignment with post-sales support.

• Identified and addressed material obsolescence issues to avoid excessive inventory in support of final production builds.

Six Sigma

• Influenced design by applying Six Sigma tools and principles including design for manufacturability assembly and test (DFMA/DFMT), lean manufacturing, process maps, design scorecards and failure mode effects analysis (FMEA), to ensure highest quality, lowest cost, and shortest cycle times.

• Assisted development team by offering guidance on printed circuit board fabrication, surface mount (SMT) component design guidelines, selective wave soldering, and automated test equipment (ATE) best practices to achieve lean, cost-effective designs.

• Expanded expertise to include design on multi-layer, double-sided, and mixed technology printed circuit boards, with varying thickness and minimum copper and insulation requirements.

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OPS / Logistics

• Identified and implemented cost-reduction strategies, realizing annual savings in excess of $500K. This savings contributed toward division goal of overall cost reduction of 5%.

• Identified alternative sourcing for cable assemblies, resulting in $600K annual savings and 50% improvement of deliveries.

• Ensured compliance with product safety and emission regulations UL, TUV, CSA, FCC, and ETSI.

• Served as the primary interface between manufacturing and engineering to quickly address and resolve production disruptions and/or production hold, which resulted loss of revenue.

Manufacturing

• Obtained, analyzed, and reported all manufacturing concerns, including direct and indirect costs, to ensure cost targets are aligned with expectations.

• Skilled within a variety of manufacturing processes, such as injection molded tooling, ultrasonic welding, heat stake, vacuum forming, and dispensing equipment.

• Executed material procurement strategies, interfacing closely with program managers and new product buyers, to properly align strategy with customer requirements.

• Conducted formal design reviews with manufacturing.

Education / Certifications

Six Sigma Green Belt Certification 2007

Technical Project Management 2005

U.S. Marine Corps and Navy Technical Schools

• Avionics and Electronics Technician

• Electrical Equipment Test Set Operator/Maintainer

• Corrosion Control

• Enlisted Basic Aviation Course

Computer skills include:

• Microsoft Project

• Excel, Word, PowerPoint, Access and Exchange

• Minitab 15

• Project Link

• PDM Link

• Windchill

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