PRODUCT/PROCESS ENGINEERING MANAGEMENT
Results-oriented Product Development Manager with 20+ years experience in manufacturing environments. Solid engineering and technology background. Expert in planning various product lines and handling projects from conception to completion. Equally effective in reorganizing, streamlining and strengthening existing operations. A recognized leader, known for staff development, training and mentoring. Strong general management, HR management and P&L management skills, in addition to a team-based leadership style, with excellent interpersonal skills. Speaks fluent French and Spanish. Other core competencies include:
Lean Manufacturing ~ Customer Service ~ Continuous Improvement ~ Quality Systems ~ Strategic Manufacturing Continuous Improvement ~ Leadership & Staff Development ~ Technology ~ Problem-Solving ~ Decision-Making Motivator ~ Training ~ Cost Controls P&L ~ Team Building ~ Budgets & Finance ~ Product Design
MBA, Technology Management, UNIVERSITY OF PHOENIX, Gardena, CA
BS, Industrial & Systems Engineering, THE OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY, Columbus, OH
CHRONOLOGICAL HISTORY
PRODUCT DEVELOPMENT MANAGER / SENIOR INDUSTRIAL ENGINEER, 2002 – Present
Promoted to assure feasibility and planning of product lines and approve documentation of processes. Verify documentation cost analysis, construction feasibility, pre-production verification and material sourcing. Set up and manage process functions for sales activities, prototype and production.
• Accomplished sourcing functions for raw material, equipment for production and standardization of specifications and costs as the technical liaison between design and manufacturing
• Reduced lead times of new products, including approval of prototypes and cost standards, from initial stages to production by ensuring standard costs feasibility in initial stages and maintaining cost standards and production efficiencies
• Known as a "Super User" with Oracle EBS [E-business Suite] implementation for OM [Operations Management], Financials, Inventory, and Purchasing including Data Migration from AS400
• Increased efficiency of sales personnel response to inquiries 60%, and rate of capturing orders 35% through documentation and solid technical liaison, such as CAD and Oracle custom documentation and cost analysis to initiate projects with latest approved revisions
• Implemented precise product development activities, vertical sourcing along with applying flexible inventory levels and use of standard data which contributed to a JIT work environment – efforts increased plant efficiencies 30%
• Raised productivity levels 20% after working closely with plant personnel and contractors in classical plant management and industrial engineering functions such as equipment analysis, plant layout and quick response cells
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