Mechanical Engineer and Purchasing Manager with more than 10 years of experience leading and supporting the design, engineering, and implementation of manufacturing operations. Fulfills all aspects of engineering project lifecycles, applying technical and operational knowledge to achieve cost-effective, sustainable designs according customer and business requirements. Professional history includes strong experience leading Procurement, Engineering, and Production teams responsible for producing components used in large diesel engines that specialize in marine applications. Knowledgeable in Six Sigma and Kaizen methodologies. Professional achievements include:
o Established and implemented improvements to engineering, production, and procurements lifecycles; identified and established a $1.5 Million per year savings on purchased products, and reduced total diverted material across all machine centers by 35%.
o Worked with Engineering Manager to combine and transform Design and Manufacturing Engineering groups into a single efficient and flexible Engineering group, achieving a 60% reduction in headcount and streamlined, effective engineering operations.
o Converted purchased components to an in-house model, an effort that produced annual operational savings of $825,000.
o Designed fabricated manifold and manufacturing process for manifold that reduced weld shrink by 80% and eliminated the need for obsolete processes.
o Conducted cost analyses and led approved initiatives that reduced time and expenses while increasing quality for production and new product implementations; achieved an average 10+% reduction in time and 20+% reduction in cost.
PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE
HADADY CORPORATION, Dyer, IN
Purchasing Manager and Engineering Supervisor - Industrial Group (December 2014 – May 2015)
• Led operational planning and direction of the Purchasing group; managed the work of senior buyer and administration personnel, with a focus on developing and governing procurement and proprietary control guidelines for all products produced by Company suppliers.
• Expanded supply base to reduce costs and establish supply chain redundancy by cultivating strong business relationships with international suppliers in India, China, Europe, and South America.
• Ensured the functionality of Hadady’s Internet web-based supplier demand system, and oversaw the entry and administration of all purchase orders and supplier pricing information.
• Collaborated with internal Materials and Production groups to determine optimum balance of inventory/service versus purchase price, enabling the development of best-fit plans with suppliers.
• Evaluated purchased price, quantity, terms, supplier selection, and other deliverables to ensure strategic conformance to company goals.
• Established and managed the supplier development program to track and respond to trends, problems, opportunities, and threats; reviewed supplier quality and delivery performance and initiated appropriate corrective action as required.
HADADY CORPORATION, Dyer, IN
Engineering Supervisor - Industrial Group (September 2014 - December 2014)
• Ensured that all engineering functions and documents conformed to internal and external customer procedural requirements.
• Managed the development and use of company, supplier, and customer design drawings, process documentation, machine CNC code, machine and welding work holding, tool sheets, tooling prove outs, production prove outs, tolerance stack up, file management, and other engineering and production deliverables.
• Identified strengths and opportunities for improvement in the work of Design and Manufacturing Engineers; created training and mentoring plans to enhance the efficiency of production efforts.
• Identified Engineering projects that reduced production time and cost, and recommended schedules and assignments to Engineering Manager to capitalize on continuous improvement opportunities.
• Coordinated initiatives with customer engineering teams and external engineering suppliers to ensure best combinations of quality, cost, and timelines aligned to Engineering, Quality, and Production expectations.
• Led design reviews for customer drawings, supplier drawings, production process creation and improvements; created documentation and procedures to document and track all manufacturing engineering initiatives.
HADADY CORPORATION, Dyer, IN
Senior Manufacturing & Design Engineer - Industrial Group (November 2011 - September 2014)
• Coordinated all CNC programs for milling machines and work holding design initiatives; set up, operated, and serviced flexible machine systems with machine management software controlling single deck rail guided vehicle platforms.
• Converted several families of components from an outside purchasing model to in-house production, which resulted in more than $750,000 cost savings.
• Reduced total diverted material across all machining centers by 35%; worked directly with machine tooling suppliers to cut overall cost of tooling by 17% and increase external engineering and production support.
• Collaborated with customer design engineers and suppliers to develop engineering and production requirements, and also led all engineering design reviews for internal groups, and assisted Engineering Manager with external design reviews.
• Mentored and trained engineers in design and manufacturing engineering procedures and best practices.
HADADY CORPORATION, Dyer, IN
Design Engineer - Industrial Group (August 2008 - November 2011)
• Developed and redesigned new laser/press ...
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