George Stringham EEEGUY44


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George Stringham

896 Darlington Lane  l  Crystal Lake IL. 60014  l  Phone: 815-459-2846  l  georr64@aol.com

Operations Manager

  • 20 years experience in Manufacturing, Assembly, Purchasing, Facility Management, Inventory Control and Management. In the Automotive, Hydraulics, Communications, Post Printing, Military and Medical sectors.
  • Professional with 10 years of experience leading manufacturing personnel and continuous improvement initiatives.

Skills

  • Lean Manufacturing
  • Teambuilding & Training
  • C.N.C. Machining
  • Resource & Capacity Planning
  • Scheduling
  • Six Sigma
  • Logistics-Reporting
  • Inventory control & Management
  • Project Management
  • Communication
  • Customer Satisfaction
  • Cost-Reduction Strategies

Professional Experience

Command Controls Corporation Elgin, Illinois Manufactured hydraulic cartridge valves, and manifold systems

Operations Manager 06/2008-06/2009

Manufacturing Manager 06/2006-06-2008

Responsible for the following areas: Production Assembly, Manufacturing, Quality Control, Engineering, Purchasing and Facility Maintenance.

 
  • Managed 4 direct reports, and 71 indirect reports.
  • Reconcile quality issues, implement corrective actions.
  • Directed Lean activities: 5s, Value Stream Mapping, Waste Elimination, and Process Improvements.
  • Implemented Vendor managed tooling system reducing tooling cost by 10%
  • Negotiated blanket orders with vendors.
  • Instituted supplier report cards, and Conducted Supplier Audits
  • Resource, and Capacity Planning
  • Track and document training records.
  • Schedule machines daily/weekly/monthly
  • Initial set up of MRP software (Vantage).
  • Developed Method of Manufacturing for purchased and manufactured components.
  • Reduced machine shop rework from 40% to less than 5%
  • BOM creation
 

Senior Flexonics QS9000 Bartlett, Illinois Automotive-High Press Fuel rail program

Production Supervisor 04/2005-10/2006

Responsible for production, and efficiency in a cellular environment. C.N.C. Lathes, Mills, testing, and other various automated equipment.

 
  • Supervision of 30 union employees.
  • Daily reporting of production, scrap, and employee attendance
  • Implemented SOP’s throughout cells.
  • Provided training for operation, and setup, of C.N.C. machines, testing, assembly, and packaging of product.
  • Track and document training records.
  • Reconcile quality issues, implement corrective actions.
  • Scheduling
  • Initiated Vendor managed tooling system.

Gammerler U.S. Corp. Hanover Park IL. Post printing Industry- Machinery, and equipment

Manufacturing Manager 2000-2005

       Responsible for the following departments: Production, Assembly, Manufacturing, and Quality Control departments.

 
  • Capitol equipment acquisition.
  • Scheduling of jobs optimizing set-up potential
  • Raw material inventory reduction of 65%
  • Developed a vendor managed tooling system, cutting cost approx. 20%
  • Reduced rejection rate from 20% to less than 1%
  • Quality Manager
  • Performed cost analysis on prototype machining projects.
  • Conducted employee yearly reviews, training and disciplinary actions.
  • Inventory Management
  • Efficiency, and Utilization tracking
  • Facilitated training on Made 2 Manage ERP system
 
Gammerler U.S. Corp Hanover Park IL. Post printing machinery, and equipment

C.N.C. Lathe Programmer / Lead man 1998-2000

Responsible for Quality, Production, and Efficiency of the C.N.C. Machining department.

 
  • Program Eurotech Elite, and Somab 3 axis C.N.C. Lathes with live tooling, and Fanuc controls.
  • Programming and set-up of prototype, and standard production.
  • Initiated purchase of D.N.C. software, and the concept of computer generated tool sheets. Complete with pictures of multiple operation set-ups for the lathe, and milling dept.’s
  • Conducted programming, and set-up classes on lathes.
  • 70% set up time reduction.
Otto Engineering ISO9000 Carpentersville IL. Communication accessories/two-way radio market.

Leadman 2ND Shift 1995-1998

Supervision of 5 direct reports on 14 machines.

  • Machine list: Miyano BNC, BND34T, BND34S, ANC, BND20, Mazak QT-8, QT-15, Tsugami C.N.C. screw machine type lathe, and Nakamura-Tome tw-20 twin turret, twin spindle lathe.
  • Programming and set-up of prototype, and standard production.
  • Assisted In set-up, and ISO9000 training
  • Set up S.P.C. inspection sheets
  • Generated set-up, and programming documentation to secure initial ISO9000 certification
 

Recent Awards

  • Presidents Award For Outstanding Achievement, 2003
  • Runner up Presidents Award For Outstanding Achievement, 2001
  • Runner up Presidents Award For Outstanding Achievement, 2002

Accomplishments:

  • Command Controls 2008-Vendor Managed Tooling System Reducing Tooling Cost 10%
  • Command Controls 2007-Reduced machine shop rework from in excess of 40% to less than 5%
  • Gammerler 2003-Reduced rejection rate from 20% to less than 1%
  • Gammerler 1999-70% set up time reduction

Technology

Software:
  • AutoCAD 2000, Microsoft windows ‘95 through Vista, Word, Excel, Project, Outlook, Lotus Notes, and Power Point. Made 2 Manage, and Vantage systems.

Professional Development and Training

  • General Studies Triton College 1990-1992
  • Project Management ECC 2006
  • Lean Mfg. ECC 2007-2008
  • TMA Apprentice Program Oakton College 1992-1993
  • Time Management ECC 2007
  • Lean Six Sigma Villanova 2009
  • Intro to Comp Networking Ascolta 2002
  • Frontline Leadership ECC 2007

References Available upon Request