{"id":1043,"date":"2021-05-20T09:27:14","date_gmt":"2021-05-20T13:27:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/mriomega.com\/?p=1043"},"modified":"2025-09-05T01:43:08","modified_gmt":"2025-09-05T05:43:08","slug":"plant-operations-engineering-change-agent-leadership-191325","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mriomega.com\/index.php\/engineering\/plant-operations-engineering-change-agent-leadership-191325\/","title":{"rendered":"Plant, Operations, Engineering Change Agent Leadership (191325)"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"has-text-color has-background has-very-light-gray-color has-vivid-cyan-blue-background-color\"><strong>An accomplished Manufacturing Leader with 20+ years of helping companies reinvent themselves to compete in a competitive global market<\/strong>.   He implements metrics, systems, best practices, makes it better and big profits and improvements are the result!<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li><strong>Implemented continuous improvement projects, KPI\u2019s and metrics <\/strong>to create an unattended\/lights out manufacturing facility that improved overall equipment effectiveness<strong> that improved machine utilization from 40% to 90% and reduced labor cost by 65%.<\/strong><\/li><li><strong>Developed quick reaction teams (QRT) <\/strong>where customer service representatives <strong>respond to and update customers, sales and plant managers within 30 minutes on all manufacturing concerns then follow on any open action items <\/strong><\/li><li><strong>Saved $3.3 million annually utilizing lean manufacturing processes for the <\/strong><em>Heavy Expanded Mobility Tactical Truck<\/em><strong> (<\/strong><em>HEMTT<\/em><strong>) vehicle program.&nbsp; A total savings of $16.5 million for the five year contract<\/strong><\/li><li>Performed a Kaizen event for a Rolls Royce engine component. <strong>Result; was a 300% production throughput and a margin improvement of 70%<\/strong><\/li><li><strong>Reduced manufacturing costs while improving delivery and machine productivity <\/strong>by developing and implementing advanced training programs and process optimization through continuous improvements <strong>that <\/strong><ul><li><strong>netted a cost savings of $600,000 over three months<\/strong><\/li><li><strong>reduced set-up times by 75% <\/strong><\/li><li><strong>increased delivery times from 50% to 98%.<\/strong><\/li><\/ul><\/li><li><strong>Cut manufacturing cost by 30% while improving delivery and machine productivity<\/strong> by <\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li>Change Agent<\/li><li>Mutliple Plant\nManagement<\/li><li>P&amp;L Ownership<\/li><li>CNC Machining<\/li><li>High Volume\nMachining<\/li><li>Increasing Sales<\/li><li>Improving EBITDA<\/li><li>Reducing Setup\nTimes\/ Changeovers<\/li><li>Team Leadership<\/li><li>Improving OEE<\/li><li>Increasing Output<\/li><li>Reducing\nManufacturing Costs<\/li><li>Fixing Broken\nOperations<\/li><li>Improving Margins\n\/Profits<\/li><li>Implementing Lean\nManufacturing<\/li><li>Running Kaizens<\/li><li>Eliminating Waste\n\/ Scrap<\/li><li>Value Stream\nMapping<\/li><li>Improving\nOperations \/ Processes<\/li><li>Running the\nBusiness by Metrics<\/li><li>Managing\nMachining Operations<\/li><li>Taking Corrective\nAction<\/li><li>Coaching \/\nTraining \/ Mentoring Subordinates<\/li><li>Improving\nDeliveries<\/li><li>Troubleshooting<\/li><li>Supervising Multi-discipline\nTeams<\/li><li>Budgeting \/\nForecasting<\/li><li>Continuous\nImprovement Goals<\/li><li>QS9000 \/ ISO9000<\/li><li>Improving\nManufacturing Methods<\/li><li>Customer Launch\nMeetings<\/li><li>Investment\nCasting Manufacturing<\/li><li>Ensuring Dimensional\nAccuracy<\/li><li>Flatness \/\nStraightness Tolerances<\/li><li>3D Modeling<\/li><li>Raw Material\nControls<\/li><li>Ensuring\nDimensional Accuracy<\/li><li>Minimizing Scrap\n\/ Rework<\/li><li>Improving Cycle\nTimes<\/li><li>Core\nManufacturing<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-color has-background has-very-light-gray-color has-vivid-cyan-blue-background-color\"><strong>Education, Affiliations<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li>Bachelors Manufacturing Degree; Tool Fixture and Die Design, . \/ Graduated Summa Cum Laude<\/li><li>Associate Degree Computer Systems Engineering <\/li><li>Member of the Society of Manufacturing Engineers<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Completed seminars\nincluding:<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li>Effective\nInterviewing<\/li><li>Successful\nSelling Skills<\/li><li>Lean\nManufacturing Principles<\/li><li>Management Strategies<\/li><li>Effective Negotiation\nSkills <\/li><li>Dale Carnegie\nLearning<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li><\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p> <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>An accomplished Manufacturing Leader with 20+ years of helping companies reinvent themselves to compete in a competitive global market. 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