Product Development Manager (226806) Masters, BSME, Black Belt / Automotive Stamping, Tooling, Assembly, Welding / VAVE, Reverse Engineering, Lifecycle Costing / Patent Holder / Single and willing to relocate.

Engineering Professional with 20 years of experience supporting major OEMs in new product development. She has a Masters in Aerospace Engineering and Bachelors in Mechanical Engineering and is a Six Sigma Black Belt. She is also a Patent Holder. She is well known for her business plan execution, implementing complex projects, capacity and facilities planning, product costing and pricing, product design and production optimization, as well as cost containment and budgeting. She has developed many VA/VE projects over her career with Tier 1s and General Motors.

She has been a Senior Innovation Engineer, Manager of Competitive Benchmarking and Senior Product Development Manager for GM. She is a powerhouse who can do it all and most importantly deliver product improvements and save costs! She recently took a buyout from GM and is considering her next move. This Game Changer can develop your program and hit the floor running! Her impressive experience includes

• Created resource plans and project timelines and met 100% of program milestones.
• Applied Lifecycle Cost Analysis on Projects
• Evaluated Composite material. Aluminum extrusions for tie bar application to lighten the vehicle and ensure the best costs.
• Identified and performed appropriate ‘what if’ studies/alternatives, and recommended program direction based on cost, mass, and timeline.
• Managed cross-functional teams across different engineering interfaces by providing technical leadership, and recommendations on manufacturing and product development engineering processes.
o This resulted in a 4.5 Kg mass savings per vehicle.
• Responsible for vehicle level analysis of global competitor technologies, architectural improvements, and operational excellence to the senior leadership.
• Introduced new processes in supplier manufacturing that resulted in $6M savings per year.
• Developed and implemented new strategies for reverse engineering of competitor vehicles for Vice President and executive
• Led various prototype build activities between design studio, innovation engineering and fabrication teams.
• Proposed and led cost, cycle time reduction, productivity improvement, and optimized process flow for projects, resulting in $80K labor cost reduction per concept vehicle and $250K tooling cost saving.
• Innovated new process for developing seat structure that is used on all GM electric vehicles.
• In charge of validating and transferring 15 programs under the advanced development vehicle engineering team to new suppliers under a strict timeline and budget.
• Challenged a supplier and saved $850k in a VAVE project on tooling.
• Obtained Six Sigma Green Belt 2016 and Black Belt in 2017
• Monitored all my projects very closely to ensure deliverables.

• Utilized Lifecycle Cost Analysis on a project.
• Involved in vendor development for assigned new regions.
• Conducted business case analysis and participated in review meetings to validate potential business/growth opportunities.
• Reviewed and approved product designs, determining the costs and equipment needed to produce.
• Worked with senior management to define project scopes and deliverables that support business goals.
• Improved productivity by +32% and reduced scrap -by 54% on BMW step boards.
• Evaluated the products and process cost of automotive parts.
• Developing VA/VE Training for the team and challenging the team for cost reductions.
• Led VA/VE Idea Generation/Brainstorming
• Led VA/VE project for GM that resulted in
o Optimizing tooling usage
o Realized cost savings and optimized the quality of the new water valve
o Optimized Side Offset crash package
• VA/VE Projects resulted in:
o Optimizing the value of holding and checking fixtures
o Standardization Tooling Size (Dies)
o Saving mass cost of tolling for BMW and GM Products
• Implementing VA/VE Programs from Scratch
• Managing Programs Across the Organization Using Influence
• Developing VA/VE Training – FK
• Managing Scopes/Proposal Development
• Training Teams On VA/VE or Design to Value
• Identifying Design to Value Projects
• Managing Multiple VA/VE Projects
• VA/VE Idea Generation/Brainstorming
• VA/VE Product Development
• Reverse Engineering
• Leading Cross-Functional Teams
• Ensure Timeline / Results
• Project Management Experience
• Product Launch Experience
• Program Management Experience
• Coordinating Projects with Multiple Departments / Locations
• Complexity Costs
• Cost Analysis/Optimization
• Cost Driver Analysis
• Innovating Solutions
• Design Structure Matrix
• NPD (New Product Development) Stage-Gate process
• Functional Modeling
• PFMEA/FEA
• GD&T
• Conducting Business Case Analysis
• Managing NPD Projects Start to Finish
• Leading Benchmarking Events
• Leading Ideation Events
• Selecting Components for Evaluation
• What If’ Studies/Alternatives
• Increasing Company Profits
• Facilitate DFMA (Design for Manufacture & Assembly) Analysis
• Root Cause Analysis
• Using Earned Value Management
• Analysis Of Global Competitor Technologies
• Validation Implementation Verification Process
• Prototyping
• Requirements Management
• Solidworks Software
• Kerzner Project Management
• Using Design to Value Tools
• Developing Customer Insights
• Competitive Cost Analysis
• Cost Improvement Without Compromising Product/Process
• Using Best Cost Country Resources
• Using Should Cost Techniques
• Using Total Cost of Ownership
• Leveraging Supplier Input / Relationships
• Developing Construction/ Installation Insights
• Developing Design Insights
• Using Focus Groups
• Competitor Feature Comparison
• Using Competitor Teardowns
• Using Lifecycle Cost Analysis on a Project
• Identifying Distinguishing Factors
• Budget Monitoring and Cost Reporting for Each Project.
• Developing Manufacturing Insights
• Developing Projected Savings
• Developing Supply Insights
• Leveraging Spend across Business Units
• Feature Prioritization
• Using Survey Tools
• Best of Benchmark
• Using Clean Sheet Cost Buildup
• Using Value Stream Analysis on a Project
• Make/Buy Analysis
• Maximization of Product Value
• Recommending Program Direction Based on Cost, Mass, Timeline.
• Product/Market Segmentation
• Profiling Competitors
• Setting Project Timelines
• Using Data Mining of Part Databases
• Developing Quantitative Surveys
• Using CBOMs
• Linear Performance Pricing
• Total Cost Analysis

EDUCATION:
• M.S., Aerospace Engineering, Ryerson University
• B.S., Mechanical Engineering, Certified by University of Toronto
• Leadership in Project Management
• Leadership Management International