Leah Elliott
Director Of Manufacturing at Nugget- Claim this Profile
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Christopher Etzel
Leah and I worked on, at the time, the largest production development project in A-dec's history. As the project manager, I sought out Leah's skills to be the Lead NPI (New Product Introduction) Engineer. Leah brought a wealth of skills, experiences and abilities in the NPI discipline to the project. She helped me understand the challenges of the NPI team, as well as the resources and timelines needed. Leah was excellent in working across diverse business domains, interfacing with: Product Management, Product Engineering, Purchasing, Planning, and Sales. When Leah joined the team, she had a ton of experience as an NPI engineer, but not with the product family that we were working on. She was able to quickly gain the confidence and trust of her peers as she was a quick study of the teams challenges and issues. I highly recommend Leah to any organization that would be lucky to have her. Chris Etzel Sr. Staff Manufacturing Engineer
Katie Eichelberger
Leah was my mentor at A-Dec for my first MECOP internship. She coached me during the six months and provided excellent leadership by defining my projects, connecting me with others, and patiently answering all my rookie questions. Leah took complex problems and created methods to originate solutions in a timely manner that directly related to my industry experience. The skills I learned from her on my first internship have helped me in my career and life. Leah was, and still is, an excellent mentor.
Christopher Etzel
Leah and I worked on, at the time, the largest production development project in A-dec's history. As the project manager, I sought out Leah's skills to be the Lead NPI (New Product Introduction) Engineer. Leah brought a wealth of skills, experiences and abilities in the NPI discipline to the project. She helped me understand the challenges of the NPI team, as well as the resources and timelines needed. Leah was excellent in working across diverse business domains, interfacing with: Product Management, Product Engineering, Purchasing, Planning, and Sales. When Leah joined the team, she had a ton of experience as an NPI engineer, but not with the product family that we were working on. She was able to quickly gain the confidence and trust of her peers as she was a quick study of the teams challenges and issues. I highly recommend Leah to any organization that would be lucky to have her. Chris Etzel Sr. Staff Manufacturing Engineer
Katie Eichelberger
Leah was my mentor at A-Dec for my first MECOP internship. She coached me during the six months and provided excellent leadership by defining my projects, connecting me with others, and patiently answering all my rookie questions. Leah took complex problems and created methods to originate solutions in a timely manner that directly related to my industry experience. The skills I learned from her on my first internship have helped me in my career and life. Leah was, and still is, an excellent mentor.
Christopher Etzel
Leah and I worked on, at the time, the largest production development project in A-dec's history. As the project manager, I sought out Leah's skills to be the Lead NPI (New Product Introduction) Engineer. Leah brought a wealth of skills, experiences and abilities in the NPI discipline to the project. She helped me understand the challenges of the NPI team, as well as the resources and timelines needed. Leah was excellent in working across diverse business domains, interfacing with: Product Management, Product Engineering, Purchasing, Planning, and Sales. When Leah joined the team, she had a ton of experience as an NPI engineer, but not with the product family that we were working on. She was able to quickly gain the confidence and trust of her peers as she was a quick study of the teams challenges and issues. I highly recommend Leah to any organization that would be lucky to have her. Chris Etzel Sr. Staff Manufacturing Engineer
Katie Eichelberger
Leah was my mentor at A-Dec for my first MECOP internship. She coached me during the six months and provided excellent leadership by defining my projects, connecting me with others, and patiently answering all my rookie questions. Leah took complex problems and created methods to originate solutions in a timely manner that directly related to my industry experience. The skills I learned from her on my first internship have helped me in my career and life. Leah was, and still is, an excellent mentor.
Christopher Etzel
Leah and I worked on, at the time, the largest production development project in A-dec's history. As the project manager, I sought out Leah's skills to be the Lead NPI (New Product Introduction) Engineer. Leah brought a wealth of skills, experiences and abilities in the NPI discipline to the project. She helped me understand the challenges of the NPI team, as well as the resources and timelines needed. Leah was excellent in working across diverse business domains, interfacing with: Product Management, Product Engineering, Purchasing, Planning, and Sales. When Leah joined the team, she had a ton of experience as an NPI engineer, but not with the product family that we were working on. She was able to quickly gain the confidence and trust of her peers as she was a quick study of the teams challenges and issues. I highly recommend Leah to any organization that would be lucky to have her. Chris Etzel Sr. Staff Manufacturing Engineer
Katie Eichelberger
Leah was my mentor at A-Dec for my first MECOP internship. She coached me during the six months and provided excellent leadership by defining my projects, connecting me with others, and patiently answering all my rookie questions. Leah took complex problems and created methods to originate solutions in a timely manner that directly related to my industry experience. The skills I learned from her on my first internship have helped me in my career and life. Leah was, and still is, an excellent mentor.
Experience
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Nugget
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United States
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Furniture and Home Furnishings Manufacturing
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1 - 100 Employee
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Director Of Manufacturing
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Mar 2019 - Present
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Manufacturing Engineering Consultant
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Feb 2018 - Mar 2019
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Virality Coffee
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Beaverton, OR
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Director of Business Development
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Oct 2014 - Apr 2016
Being a startup business, I wore many hats for Virality Coffee. They included, but were not limited to, sales, delivery, process improvements, marketing, and drinking copious amounts of coffee. I worked at Virality Coffee starting about a year after having my daughter. I loved staying home with her but I felt that I needed another outlet that enabled me to use my brain and interact more with adults. It was wonderful to be able to spend time with my little one, but also be able to work part-time and keep my mind active. My goal at the company prior to leaving to move cross country with my family was to set up a functional MRP system to ease the amount of effort it took to track, summarize and analyze all the orders that were required to roast coffee each week. I relied heavily on my understanding of ERP to build a product that was appropriate for a very small company, yet would still be sustainable for them without having to do much continues maintenance.
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A-dec Inc.
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United States
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Medical Equipment Manufacturing
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700 & Above Employee
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Manufacturing Project Engineer
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Jul 2011 - Aug 2013
Performed duties as the New Product Introduction Manufacturing lead. This included, but was not limited to:- Coordination of the Manufacturing schedule through the phase gates of Product Development (Concept Development through Production)-Cost analysis and reporting of true product cost versus project cost targets-Research and Development of new Manufacturing processes-Design (FMEA) reviews with Mechanical Engineering to help steer product design to be more cost effective and easy to assemble, without compromising the design intent set forth by Industrial Design-Accountability of all Manufacturing product deliverables by phase gate, per the Product Development Procedure, in concurrence with ISO standards
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Senior Manufacturing Engineer
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Feb 2007 - Jul 2011
As a Senior Manufacturing Engineer, I supported the NPI process from the Manufacturing side. I worked with the mechanical engineers to optimize new product development, specifically with a focus on ease of assembly and cost reductions.I reported to the Project Engineer and acted as the liaison between project leadership and the manufacturing engineer responsible for the departments we were directly affecting with our current project.Tasks included assisting with cost rolls, working with the tooling department on development of appropriate fixturing, setting up new assembly areas, designing robust packaging, ensuring that the work instructions were created in a robust manner for start-up, and many other activities.
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Manufacturing Engineer
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Aug 2003 - Feb 2007
My responsibilities as a Manufacturing engineer included:- setting up new assembly lines using Lean methodologies-implementing kanban systems and one piece flow-fixture design for assembly tooling-quality issue resolution from returned/damaged items-improvements to cycle time and throughput time-ergonomic improvements to workstations
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Education
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1998 - 2003
Oregon State University
Bachelor of Science (B.S.) Manufacturing Engineering, Dual degree: Industrial and Manufacturing Engineering
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