AAM - American Axle & Manufacturing

Upstream & Downstream Advanced Product Quality Planning
•	Leading 6 mechatronics supplier site in APQP

Global Supplier Quality Engineering

Ford Motor Company

Pre-Industrialization Advanced Product Quality Planning
•	Capacity Subject Matter Expert – Capacity Risk Mitigation on 50 out of 5000+ Global Supplier Sites 
•	Train the Trainer in migration from excel based capacity tracking into web based system for 5000+ Global Supplier Sites 
•	Led 10 APQP risk mitigation manufacturing feasibility assessments from supplier sourcing enabling quality delivery at rate

Global Supplier Technical Assistance Engineering

Lead Senior Lean Specialist focused on cost reduction through lean manufacturing techniques.
•	Led North America Lean Manufacturing Plan for Electrical Commodities
o	$8.5M in $ Gap Closure Identified in labor and overhead improvements versus Target $6.5M Achieved while Implementing $4.1M versus at target of $4.1M.

North America Senior Lean Specialist 

Supervise Lean Specialist in the Americas Region
•	Supervised and trained North & South America regional lean specialists through blended model of classroom, web based, and on-the-job lean implementation training

Americas Regional Supervisor - Lean Manufacturing

Led Global Process Development for Lean Supplier Optimization Team
•	Launched Lean Supplier Optimization on multiple continents to allow local resources to conduct lean workshops in region saving time & travel resources
o	South America lean supplier optimization resources with on-site training & leading initial local supplier site visits in 2014 
o	Eastern Europe (Romania) and Russia lean supplier optimization resources with on-site training & leading initial local supplier site visits in 2013
•	Coordinated internal Global Process & Procedure continuous improvement

Global Process Manager - Lean Manufacturing

Lean Specialist focused on cost reduction through lean manufacturing techniques.
•	Facilitated approximately 250 kaizen events at Tier 1+ supplier sites across the entire vehicle cost lifecycle in North America improving cost, quality, delivery.
•	Achieved targets of 25+ on-site supplier workshops & $0.75M identified savings per workshop consistently over the years

STA Lean / Lean Supplier Optimization Specialist 

Delphi

•	Halfshaft Product line cost reduction team improving our cost position on new programs by multiple dollars per unit 
•	Establish bill of process for a global Halfshaft manufacturing footprint

Halfshaft Product Line Manufacturing Engineer

General Motors

•	Shainin Red X Training – improved Halfshaft housing scrap by 50% through standardize chuck setup procedures

Manufacturing Engineer

MANUFACTURING EXPERT
PASSION FOR CREATING VALUE, ELIMINATING WASTE

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