Experience

Reynolds Industries

• United States
• Machinery Manufacturing
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Master Planner/Operations Production Coordinator

  • May 2021 - 2 years 8 months

  Fort Mill, South Carolina, United States Master Production Planner and Manufacturing coordinator for an industrial mixer OEM operating from a 28,00SF facility. Responsible for developing and maintaining the master production schedule, creation and monitoring of KPIs, supervision and management of shop salaried and hourly personnel, facilities maintenance, liason with engineering, purchasing and sales teams and assisting the President/CEO with assigned special projects including lean six sigma and 6S implementation, HR related issues… Show more Master Production Planner and Manufacturing coordinator for an industrial mixer OEM operating from a 28,00SF facility. Responsible for developing and maintaining the master production schedule, creation and monitoring of KPIs, supervision and management of shop salaried and hourly personnel, facilities maintenance, liason with engineering, purchasing and sales teams and assisting the President/CEO with assigned special projects including lean six sigma and 6S implementation, HR related issues and cash flow management. Show less



Northrop Grumman Synoptics

• United States
• Aviation & Aerospace
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Manufacturing Production Scheduler/Value Stream Mapping Project Manager

  • Aug 2016 - May 2020

  Charlotte NC Sr. Scheduler for Crystal Growth and Fabrication Responsible for the planning and scheduling of 93 crystal growth stations for 25+ crystal types supporting over 3,000 parts for distribution world-wide and maintaining a harvest schedule for the individual growth stations (range between 10 and 75 day cycles) to support internal, R&D, domestic and international orders. Serve as a team lead or facilitator for multiple value stream mapping projects. • Team lead for a Harvest to Allocation… Show more Sr. Scheduler for Crystal Growth and Fabrication Responsible for the planning and scheduling of 93 crystal growth stations for 25+ crystal types supporting over 3,000 parts for distribution world-wide and maintaining a harvest schedule for the individual growth stations (range between 10 and 75 day cycles) to support internal, R&D, domestic and international orders. Serve as a team lead or facilitator for multiple value stream mapping projects. • Team lead for a Harvest to Allocation Value Stream Mapping project to reduce the average elapsed time between crystal harvest to actual allocation. Result: This program resulted in over $60K per year annual savings in 2018 and 2019. • Created min/max Kanban programs for coating witness samples and polishing feet to reduce or eliminate production slow-downs or stops. Result: after full scale deployment in May of 2017 there have been zero production delays or stops. • Team lead for a Shipping/Receiving Value Stream Mapping project to improve and re-define the shipping and receiving department to accommodate expansion from $10M annual shipments to over $60M. Result: Reduced average domestic order prep times from 11 minutes to 6 minutes (46% reduction) per order and international orders from 25 minutes to 13 minutes (48% reduction) per order. • Developed and implemented a re-order point strategy for multiple high use parts for a major customer with weekly and bi-weekly draws to avoid stock outs and missed deliveries. Result: Since implementation in February of 2018 and there have been zero stock outs and 100% on-time delivery to this customer. Show less



The Manitowoc Company

• United States
• Machinery Manufacturing
• 700 & Above Employee

• Sr. Supply Chain Analyst - CraneCare Division

  • 2012 - 2016

  Shady Grove PA Responsible for inventory control of a $50 million, 65,000 SKU, global inventory at internal and 3rd party logistics warehouses in the US, Germany, and France, with auxiliary facilities in Australia, South America, and Asia. * Forecast review and coordination of purchase order release for stocked, and non-stocked parts * Creation and maintenance of required parts list * Creation and maintenance of reports, KPIs/inventory strategies for increased fill rates and velocity *… Show more Responsible for inventory control of a $50 million, 65,000 SKU, global inventory at internal and 3rd party logistics warehouses in the US, Germany, and France, with auxiliary facilities in Australia, South America, and Asia. * Forecast review and coordination of purchase order release for stocked, and non-stocked parts * Creation and maintenance of required parts list * Creation and maintenance of reports, KPIs/inventory strategies for increased fill rates and velocity * Analysis of data to monitor fill rates, inventory stocking levels, velocity and on-time delivery & risk * Coordinated direct delivery of goods from multiple company locations and with off site vendors. Key Result: Increased stocking level parts global fill rate from 95.7% to 98.6% and reduced pending order aging average at US warehouse from 8 to 5 days.

• Senior Production Inventory Control Supervisor/Value Stream Mapping and 5S Project Manager

  • 2002 - 2012

  Shady Grove PA 2009 – 2012 Sr PIC Planner/Scheduler – Boom Assembly Facility: Responsible for all production scheduling and inventory control activities including daily-weekly-monthly work schedules for 5 assembly lines (2 shifts); direct supervision of 5 hourly materials personnel and dotted line supervision of 40 hourly manufacturing personnel. 2007- 2009 Plant Service Coordinator/Project Manger: Responsible for leading the overall value stream mapping project team for the evaluation and… Show more 2009 – 2012 Sr PIC Planner/Scheduler – Boom Assembly Facility: Responsible for all production scheduling and inventory control activities including daily-weekly-monthly work schedules for 5 assembly lines (2 shifts); direct supervision of 5 hourly materials personnel and dotted line supervision of 40 hourly manufacturing personnel. 2007- 2009 Plant Service Coordinator/Project Manger: Responsible for leading the overall value stream mapping project team for the evaluation and reorganization of the plant’s service delivery process to the aftermarket CraneCare division and served as a subject matter expert (SME) for the eight separate focus factory project teams. 2005 – 2007 Sr. Production Scheduler/Supervisor – Rapid Response and Rework Shop: Responsible for all production and inventory control activities; Work order release and completion; Direct supervision of 3 salaried and 15 hourly personnel with dotted line supervision of 50 hourly manufacturing personnel. 2002 – 2005 Sr. Production Inventory Control Supervisor–Boom Fabrication and Assembly: Responsible for the direction of all production and inventory control activities for the 50,000SF factory to achieve the master build schedule; direct supervision of 8 salaried and 25 hourly with dotted line supervision of 150 hourly personnel .



Grove Worldwide LLC

• Production and Inventory Control Supervisor/5S Project Manager

  • 2000 - 2002

  Shady Grove PA Production and Inventory Control Manager –Boom Fabrication and Assembly Focus Factory: Responsible for managing all production and inventory control activities of the 50,000 SF factory to achieve the master build schedule; direct supervision of 15 salaried and 50 hourly materials personnel with dotted line supervision of 230 hourly manufacturing personnel. Trained building team in multiple JIT-Lean-Kaizen-5S techniques. Key Results: Led the building team to improve materials flow and… Show more Production and Inventory Control Manager –Boom Fabrication and Assembly Focus Factory: Responsible for managing all production and inventory control activities of the 50,000 SF factory to achieve the master build schedule; direct supervision of 15 salaried and 50 hourly materials personnel with dotted line supervision of 230 hourly manufacturing personnel. Trained building team in multiple JIT-Lean-Kaizen-5S techniques. Key Results: Led the building team to improve materials flow and reduce existing inventory levels. Results: Reduced existing raw-WIP-finished goods inventory from $147M to under $50M over a two year period. Created a Small Weldment area with POU inventory and established a synchronous N-S flow for Large Weldments. Results: A 20% increase in individual productivity and a 35% increase in product throughput. Show less



Link-Belt Construction Equip. Co.

• Production Inventory Control Sr Scheduler

  • 1995 - 2000

  Lexington, Kentucky Area Multiple production scheduling/planning/inventory control roles of increasing responsibility for the execution of the master build schedule, inventory control, work order release and movement/delivery of finished products.Functional areas included: Lattice Boom Shop Sr Scheduler/Inventory Control Manger; Boom Attachment Line scheduler, Major Weld and Machining Scheduler; Small Weldment and Bolt-on components scheduler; Material Handler and Service Expediter,



Various Architectural and Engineering Design Firms

• Marketing and Communitcations Specialist , Marketing Manager

  • 1985 - 1994

  KY and IL Held a variety of Marketing and Communications positions at three separate A&E Design firms over a ten year period with offices in Lexington, KY and Moline IL serving branch offices in IN OH IA WI and MO. Positions held include Marketing Manager, Communications Director, RFP Coordinator, Marketing Specialist and Assistant to the VP