President
Resume:
JAMES C. EASTWOOD, PE
Torrance, CA 90505
*******@*******.***
VICE PRESIDENT OPERATIONS
P&L / Productivity Improvement / Engineering Design / Lean / TQM / Six Sigma / New Products Cost Control / Supply Chain / CRM / Budgets / Visual Factory / Employee Development
An award-winning executive consistently reducing costs, increasing productivity and performance, and improving customer satisfaction time and again. A record of attaining peak operational efficiencies in all responsible functions for mid-size to Fortune 500 companies, supporting significant growth and profitability. Some of my strengths include:
Streamlining operations to improve productivity, reduce costs, and increase profitability
An eye for new business opportunities and new product introduction/development
Effective planning, analyzing, and prioritizing multiple activities
Exceptional problem solving skills – quickly, effectively, and sustaining
Excellent relations with Sales, Customers, Supply Chain, Manufacturing, Engineering, and Quality
Creating and building infrastructures that increase customer satisfaction and value
Earned my MBA from Loyola Marymount University, both my post graduate Engineer’s Degree and my MS in Mechanical Engineering from Stanford University, and my BS in Mechanical Engineering from Arizona State University. Registered Professional Mechanical Engineer in CA. Lean and six sigma certified.
Key Skills: An excellent manager and mentor, known by management, customers and suppliers as the “go to” guy with exceptional people skills, instincts and expertise for what will work. Decisively performs against multiple tight deadlines and introduce change smoothly. An experienced executive consistently winning cooperation at all levels.
SELECTED ACCOMPLISHMENTS FOR MONOGRAM AEROSPACE FASTENERS
- Improved quality. Company was suffering from high scrap and rework costs and disorganized management. Introduced metrics to define performance status and set targets. Implemented root cause analysis / corrective actions. Reduced cost of poor quality $700K (70%) in first year, improved on-time delivery from 65% to 90%, increasing product daily flow 79%, with unified staff and strategic goal alignment.
- Increased productivity, supporting significant sales increase. Company manufacturing was stuck at 28,000 PPD for years, with demand dictating 50,000 PPD. Identified flow constraint. Created new plan for staff, equipment and capital needs. Increased production from 28,000 to 50,000 PPD in 60 days and shipments from $35M to $63M.
- Improved manufacturing process, reducing costs. Fastener nut process consumed multi-station operations at high labor costs. Teamed with President and found a machine distributor to meet the new process needs. Identified a 35% reduction in days to stock, a 25% reduction in machining costs, and a 16% increase in product margin.
- Implemented cost savings. Fasteners have a wide variety of grip sizes to meet design specifications. Consolidating grip sizes offered reduced manufacturing costs and elimination of obsolete stock. A review of high-volume core products consolidating and replacing 18 grips with 6 groups showed a $300K annual savings potential.
CAREER HISTORY
VP Engineering & Operations, Monogram Aerospace Fasteners, 2000 to 2011. $62M aerospace manufacturing firm. Developed new products for low cost, high margins and high quality. Led operations to productivity improvement, maximizing capacity utilization and on-time delivery. Managed staff of 12 and budget of $10M.
COO, Airdrome Parts Company, 1997 to 1999. $25M specialty aerospace fittings manufacturer. Recruited to improve engineering and manufacturing operations infrastructure. Ensured delivery of quality products, lean operations and ISO implementation and certification. Managed eight staff and $2.5M budget.
Earlier: Manufacturing Operations Manager / Program Project Manager, Honeywell (AlliedSignal) Aerospace. Managed budgets of up to $30M and oversaw staff of over 500.
Professional Affiliations: Tau Beta Pi (Engineering Honor Society), American Society of Mechanical Engineers, Society of Automotive Engineers, Beta Gamma Sigma (Business Degree Association), Six Sigma. I have held Secret and Top Secret clearances previously.
Personal: I enjoy skiing, wood working, car mechanics, photography and traveling.
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