Wayne Brooks

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Manchester New Hampshire 03102

603-***-****

E-Mail: wja99m@r.postjobfree.com

Summary:

Skills include a working knowledge of Lean Manufacturing, Material / Enterprise Resource Planning, GMP, Cell Manufacturing and adherence to principles of 5S. Trained in the use of WORD, EXCEL, ACCESS and PowerPoint.

Willing to relocate nationally.

Accomplishments include successful implementation of the Continuous Quality Improvement program which resulted in a 10 percent decrease in product defects while striving to achieve policy of " Zero Defects" Effectively trained all employees on the proper use of new high tech "state of the art" manufacturing equipment, while maintaining production schedules and insuring compliance with all Industry, company and OSHA standards.

Experience:

04/2004 - 06/2009

Harvey Industries Manchester NH

Manufacturing Supervisor

Supervised up to 30 Window Fabricators in a "state of the art" manufacturing facility. Responsible for on-time delivery of scheduled product. Expedite the production of "must ship" hot rush orders on a daily basis. Interface regularly with Inside Sales and Engineering departments to insure customized orders were produced to the exacting standards required by customer. Insured all manufactured products Meets or exceeds ISO 9000 and Glass Industry standards. Managed a multilingual, diverse workforce.

• Led the transition of Harvey Industries Glass Line department movement to a new "state of the art " manufacturing facility. Responsible for new plant area layout, installation of over 2 million dollars worth of high tech new equipment and training of all personnel.

• Assisted in the development of new manufacturing processes, freeing Process Engineers to work on pressing issues in other parts of the new plant.

• Lean Management: Successfully implemented significant cost savings resulting in a 30 percent reduction of workforce, while maintaining and in several instances increasing productivity using principles of Lean Manufacturing.

• Improved area efficiency by successfully implementing 5 S principles. Use of these best practices, incorporated with Cell Manufacturing theories, enhanced the Glass Lines ability to produced quality products, on time and within allotted budget.

• Successfully transitioned from an IBM based inventory management system to Enterprise Resource Planning. Provided the training necessary to familiarize all personnel on the use of the system.

01/ 2000 - 04/2004

Smart Modular Technologies Wilmington MA

Production Supervisor

Supervised 1st shift manufacturing operations. Responsible for two supervisors and up to 40 Surface Mount technicians, Electro-Mechanical assemblers, testers and Quality Assurance Inspectors. Insured product met the standards outlined in IPC -A -610 Acceptability of Electronic Assemblies. Responsible for meeting on-time delivery of all scheduled product, including all aspects of packaging and shipping. Interface with Engineering department to resolve all design and documentation issues with the Bill of Materials and Electrical drawings. Create production work orders, pick list and monitor inventory level using SAP Inventory Management system. Generated daily Work In Progress reports using WIPTrack.

• Led bi-weekly Customer Service meetings with the customer service representatives and purchasing personnel. Increased on-time deliveries to customers by insuring sales department was given realistic ship dates based on actual parts availability.

• Identified parts shortages and provided manufacturing lead times to Sales team.

• Successfully transitioned manufacturing operations from use of PointMan to SAP as the primary document and inventory control system.

10/1983 – 01/2000

Raytheon Missile System Division

Andover MA

Technical Supervisor

Supervised 20 Test Technicians. Perform highly complex and diversified testing. Maintain overall responsibility for testing, troubleshooting, and acceptance of deliverable product. Directed the assembly and testing of prototype units. Assist in the development of manufacturing processes leading to the production of deliverable systems, subsystems and lowest replaceable units and components.

• Improved operator efficiency during testing time cycle by identifying test stations capable of auto testing. This accomplishment freed test technicians to operate multiple test station.

• Implemented an effective operator training procedure that identified qualified test personnel. Motivated and instructed new personnel working off-shift eliminating the need for expensive technical support.

General Foreman - Microelectronics' Department

Supervised one Foreman and 40 Substrate Device Processors performing electrical assembly of printed wiring boards in a advanced clean room environment. Responsible for wire bonding, die bonding, laser printing and etching. Insured all product met or exceeded strict military specifications and Raytheon Quality standards. Captain -Total Quality Management team. Team member: Material Resource Planning.

• Eliminated numerous non-value added steps in the manufacturing process that resulted in increased employee efficiency by pre-staging employees daily work loads.

Foreman - Patriot Final Missile Assembly

Responsible for 35 Guided Missile Forebody Assemblers performing assembly, inspection and testing of the Patriot Surface to Air Missile System.

• Reduced the departments yearly grievance rate from a all time high of 35 down to 5 yearly.

Military

US ARMY CAPTAIN Infantry 1979 - 1983

Education

Wilberforce University BA Psychology 1975 – 1979

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