Results oriented Senior Industrial Engineer with thirty years of experience in project management, supervision and cost reduction / improvement.

 

My Expertise: 

Consulting

Warehouse Design

Team Building

Continuous Improvement

Performance Measurement 

Packaging / Manufacturing

Project Management 

Automated Warehousing

Materials Handling

 

 

Project Management:

 

Developed and installed a $2,000,000 automated guided vehicle system to eliminate non-value added activity and reduce damage.

 

Developed and installed a $1,000,000 electronic printed matter security verification system mandated by the FDA.

 

Provided leadership for continuous improvement and management of capital projects associated with expansion of capacity and cost improvement for several companies.

 

Chaired task force to evaluate and design a 20,000 pallet high rise, stacker crane warehouse.

 

Benchmarked several packaging operations in Pharmaceutical and Cosmetics facilities and recommended immediate and long-term improvements to enhance capacity and reduce costs.

 

 

Classical Industrial Engineering Duties:

 

Developed and maintained site cost improvement programs focusing on manning, line speeds, value analysis, variation analysis, and overall restrictions to output.

 

Developed standard data for evaluation materials handling alternatives to optimize labor and space utilization in warehousing operations.

 

Focused on cost reductions, cost avoidance’s, and cost containment.

 

Designed, debugged and installed a custom, PC based, user friendly packaging efficiency system to track all direct labor efficiency, all non-standard and indirect labor and track all equipment downtime by shift, by mechanic, and by supervisor.

 

 

Management and Administration:

 

Supervised seven Industrial Engineers and a six person Systems improvement team in a pharmaceutical manufacturing and packaging environment.

 

Supervised three graduate industrial engineers as Manager of  Industrial Engineering for a large cosmetic facility with over 100 packaging lines.

 

Prepared dozens of capital expenditure requests for capital projects associated with plant expansion, tooling, cost reductions, regulatory issues or for safety.

 

PC Skills:

MS EXCEL, MS Word, Wordperfect, Timeline, WITNESS modeling, Harvard Graphics,

Autocad Lite

 

Education:

M.S. Management Engineering   N.J. Institute of Technology (N.C.E.)

B.S. Industrial Engineering  N.J. Institute of Technology (N.C.E.)      

 

Memberships:

Senior Member Institute of Industrial Engineers

ISPE

Lions Club International

 

 

Employment History:

 

E & J GALLO WINERY   Modesto, CA                          11/00 - Present

(World’s Largest Winery Operation)

 

Manager of Process Improvement Supply Chain Logistics

 

Analyze, develop and improve technical systems and processes which enable and support the key Supply Chain Logistics initiatives.

 

Re-engineer warehouse operation work processes based on best practices to eliminate non-value added activity. 

 

Identity and recommend improvements to Regional Distribution Centers throughout the world. 

 

Serve as Supply Chain Logistics technical point of contact for technology transfers.

 

 

 

 

PERRIGO COMPANY    Allegan, MI                                                    1998- 2000

(Largest OTC Generic Manufacturer in US)

 

Manager of Industrial Engineering

Responsible for Industrial Engineering and Systems Improvement for OTC division’s, five site pharmaceutical producing environment.  Engineers were  responsible for design, installation and/or modification of pharmaceutical packaging and manufacturing operations.  Engineers identified, evaluated and resolved any engineering problems to insure compliance with cGMPs. 

 

Responsible for developing and tracking the $50MM capital assets budget and monthly spending for the OTC , Distribution and Nutritional Divisions.

 

 

 

LOGISTICS CONSULTANTS INC.    York, PA                                   1996-1998

Senior Consulting Engineer

 

Performed  evaluations of alternatives for several new, consumer product distribution centers. 

 

Designed materials handling systems, engineered work standards and management productivity control systems.

 

Coordinated operational and space optimization, vendor selection for all materials handling equipment and warehouse automation, issuance of and review of bid responses to written specifications.

 

Improved layouts and operating plans for multiple distribution centers and warehouses emphasizing materials flow, staffing and equipment.

 

Established productivity standards, reasonable expectancies and labor crewing for multi-shift operations. Performed labor productivity audits.  Performed warehouse cost audits and benchmarking of numerous sites.

 

 

 

AL PHARMA Inc.,     Baltimore, Maryland                       1992 - 1995

Senior Project Engineer

 

Provided leadership for continuous improvement and management of capital projects associated with expansion of capacity and cost improvement. Reported to the Director of Engineering.

 

Developed and installed a $1,000,000 electronic printed matter security verification system mandated by the FDA.

 

 

  

REVLON INC.  New York, New York                                                     1979-1992

 

Manager of Packaging Cost Engineering                               1988 - 1992

Reported to Vice President of Revlon Worldwide Cost Administration

 

Supplied marketing and cost administration at Revlon's world headquarters with accurate manufacturing cost estimates for all new products launched by Revlon. 

Saved $ 500,000 /year.

 

 

Manager of Industrial Engineering                                         1981 - 1988

 

Led Industrial Engineering support for 100 packaging cost centers in eight, highly automated packaging departments as well as blow molding, decorating, screening, and manufacturing.