Bernard (Bernie) D. Clark, Jr.
12622 W. Campbell Avenue
Litchfield Park, AZ 85340
Home: (623) 251-4784
Work: (623) 939-9441 x3135 Cell: (623) 256-4834
Accomplished senior management professional with extensive experience in the aerospace and automotive industries. Proven ability to develop, manage and motivate successful teams, projects, budgets, departments, and programs. Demonstrated success in planning and implementing LEAN and Six Sigma tools to minimize waste, reduce cost, and improve production throughput.
Education and Training
Bachelors of Science, Manufacturing Engineering Technology, Arizona State University, Tempe, Arizona
Certified Program Manager (PMI-PMP) Six Sigma Black Belt Trained
Six Sigma Greenbelt Certified Lean Expert Trained
Professional Experience
MAGELLAN AEROSPACE 03/2013 - Present
Glendale, AZ: Engineering and Continuous Improvement Manager
Products: Aerospace aluminum and magnesium sand castings
Manage an engineering organization providing engineering support to the production of aerospace sand castings. Responsibilities include pattern design and fabrication, New Product Introduction (NPI), manufacturing processing, Quality Clinic, foundry capital planning, and management of the site’s continuous improvement program.
Created a new engineering structure and team
Created a 2014 new technology plan which includes the latest technology in the sand casting industry
Developed a Microsoft Project master scheduling plan to manage all existing and New Part Introductions (NPI)
Leading the Site Leadership Continuous Improvement team having implemented and closed numerous projects.
Implemented system for electronic work instructions on factory floor
Re-structuring plant layout for flow and received capital funding of $100,000 for a 9,000 sqft manufacturing building
Creating CNC machining capabilities within operation for rough machining castings to net shape
Managing the site Quality Clinic to address customer quality concerns
HONEYWELL INTERNATIONAL 01/2012 – 03/2013
Deer Valley, AZ: Site ISC Product Mfg Engineering Manager
Products: Aerospace flight control systems and Sensors
Manage a product manufacturing engineering team providing technical support to the production of aerospace flight control systems and sensors. Responsibilities include product design, manufacturing processing, product quality, supplier quality, all factory capital, multi-million dollar site AOP, capital, and Continuous Improvement budgets.
Developed and implemented APQP process (PCPX) in alignment with new RCCA process to support a closed loop process improvements system.
Rolled out Honeywell 5-S program in Product Mfg Engineering department and achieved level 3 rating
Achieved 2012 annual AOP budget
AERO DESIGN & MANUFACTURING 07/2008 - 01/2012
Phoenix, AZ: Director of Engineering & Customer Service (10/2009-01/2012)
Products: Aerospace precision machined components, solenoids, electrical mechanical assemblies
Lead the front end of a medium size aerospace business. Responsibilities include management of all quoting and pricing activities, margin analysis and goals, contract review, customer relations, and all engineering activities required for the launch and fabrication of precision aerospace components, solenoids, and electro-mechanical assemblies.
Co-lead a 53% increase in business growth from 2010 with major aerospace customers
Designed four (4) product cells as part of a $7M quote proposal for a new major aerospace customer
Worked with casting supplier to resolve Honeywell A350 program investment casting core shift issue to correct technical issues
Created repair process on Honeywell sand castings to salvage critical inventory in order to meet customer programs deliveries.
Planned and managed the launch of over 75 new products into production in 2011
Successfully completed companies first Honeywell PCPX project
Phoenix, AZ: Director of Engineering & Quality (07/2008-10/2009)
Managed all activities related to pricing, quoting, engineering, and quality operations in the fabrication of major aerospace components. Responsibilities included the manufacturing engineering, CNC programming, inspection department, quality engineering, and quoting in the pursuit of new business. Lead continuous improvement initiatives.
Planned and created a LEAN manufacturing cell for a family of large housings reducing the lead-time by 30% and improving product margin to off-set customer give backs
Implemented engineering management system to manage resources for all newly launched products
Developed all plant business metrics
Completed AS9100 3rd party compliance audit resulting in zero findings
EATON CORPORATION 10/2002-07/2008
Jackson, MI: Plant Quality Manager (04/2007-07/2008)
Products: Hydraulic piston actuators, Servos, and Torque Motors
Lead the quality management system for three U.S. production facilities, activities included management of customer and supplier quality and all third party auditing. Managed Eaton’s Repair and Overhaul business and lead all continuous improvement projects.
Developed and implemented PFMEA, Control Plan, and Measurement System Analysis (MSA) processes for the plant.
Lead and successfully obtained Eaton Business Excellence certification, which is based on the Malcolm Baldridge criteria. Achieved plant score of 581 points and was the category 7 champion.
Improved plant quality performance metrics:
25% scrap reduction by improving the robustness of the corrective action process, identifying the sources of the scrap using Pareto analysis and attacking the causes to eliminate scrap.
35% Improvement in Customer PPM by analyzing...
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