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Durable Goods Industry
Six Sigma Black Belt / Project Manager for product development
Led implementation of Six Sigma, 7 years of experience in Lean, DMAIC and DFSS, implemented it globally in corporate and manufacturing. Mentored Greenbelts in our business and partnering companies. Identified and abated risks of multi-generation products.
* Planed and delivered 15 Six Sigma projects by managing sourcing products and Six Sigma implementation in Global Sourcing Department. Instructed and mentored 5 project mangers, 9 green belts and 5 people in partner companies from China, Korea and Japan.
* Reduced annual warranty claims from 65% to 8.9% in year 1, from 8.9% to 2.3% in year 2 by analyzing the electromechanical design, directing reliability test plans of high volume climate conditioning products and by leading a team of 7 shared functional leaders and partnering businesses in the New Product Introduction/Stage Gate Process.
* Organized spending for five global programs using electronic purchase orders system; presented projects progress to executive and project management groups.
Project Manager for product development
Built strategic alliances with partnering companies globally, grew branded AC product offering
* Evaluated qualification of new oil fueled furnace and launched product to market in 5 months, led virtually multi-functional ad-hoc team of 10 people using Webex and teleconferencing.
* Studied indoor air quality (IAQ) products market for residential applications, built strategic alliances with electro-mechanical durable goods providers, wrote requests for proposals, chaired new procurement bids, negotiated pricing – contracts terms for product buy and resale
* Took 20 durable goods from manufacturer in Korea and sourced them from USA and China providers, launched them to market in 12 months, managed multifunctional ad-hoc team of 37. Using Gantt, Pert, WebEx, MS project, and industry codes (AHAM, ASHRAE, ASME, ARI, FTC, ISO, UL, GAMA, CE, CSA, EPA, MIL, and ANSI).
* Planned and delivered 3 Six Sigma projects with direct savings from warranty claims and product costs savings. Using DMAIC, DFSS, SIPOC, Process Mapping, FMEA, Capability, Design of Experiments, Visual Factory, Market Segmentation, Quality Function Deployment, etc.
Operations Planner
Led implementation of Toyota Production Systems in 7 plants
* Evaluated manufacturing methods, equipment, and processes then listed multiple cost savings projects to optimize production and operational costs, value streamed order management process.
Research and Development Planner
Authored Stage and Gate (S&G) program to manage risks from new or improved products
* Implemented S&G program globally trained 350 multi-functional business partners in USA, Asia and Western Europe using Webex and teleconferencing, anticipated incremental sales revenues.
Technology Industry
Contractor
Allotted project budget, wrote client communications, technical specifications and project schedule.
* Wrote purchase orders. Collected, analyzed, graphed, and reported status of electro-mechanical system equipment with recommendations for aftermarket business.
Durable Goods Industry
Lead Engineer
Planned and managed thermal performance of appliances produced for USA and global markets. Improved product designs to better performance required by international standards.
* Launched to production in a new plant, 50 new refrigerator models, trained production and engineering personnel about product electronic technology and manufacturing methods in Spanish at the manufacturing site and teleconferencing with WebEx.
* Improved refrigerators internal moisture by 73%. Increased sigma score from 1.2 to 4.5 by designing new mechanisms and implementing new algorithms and earned promotion to Six Sigma Black Belt / Project Manager in 2001.
Food Industry
Continuous Improvement (CI) Manager
Led implementation of lean manufacturing, and CI for the production of liquid beverages.
* Trained and mentored Production, Maintenance, EHS, Quality and Information Technology mangers to find cost saving projects from material and production yield. Led SMED events.
Consulting Industry
Mechanical Designer
Evaluated HVAC/climate process systems and energy loads of buildings used for: research and development, industrial, medical, educational, automotive, institutional and scientific sectors. Created proposals, and developed designs with thermal systems equipment.
* Performed studies of energy and power management and recommended systems for code compliance, higher efficiency, and positive ROI. Conducted and wrote field reports with Architects, Electrical, Plumbing, and Civil Engineers.
* Developed energy and feasibility reports of projects. Designed systems, selected and specified climate conditioning equipment, focusing on time, budget and resources.
