Daniel Child

Reduced inventory by over $1mm while maintaining high level on-time delivery (OTD) Improved OTD from 72% to over 95% across product offerings Delivered over $500k annualized cost savings by leveraging international business connections both internal and external to the business Established Customer Service team local to Salt Lake City business Acted as Local Process Owner for two business process areas (Procurement to Payment and Warehouse Management) during company ERP system transition (MAPICS to SAP) Directed business activities at Salt Lake City Distribution Center – actively managing inbound deliveries, product stocking, work order issues and shipping Oversaw efforts for a team of twenty-five associates with four direct reports, both salary and hourly, union and non-union

-Developed and implemented sourcing strategy for a global supply chain - focusing on consistent improvements to quality, cost and delivery -Actively engaged in supplier development: Researching, visiting and auditing prospective suppliers and evaluating, developing and expanding or contracting business with existing suppliers

Tasked with creating Policy Deployment initiatives for both the EHS and Quality department. Deliverables for these initiatives include: EHS - Y/Y improvement of EHS metrics set forth by Weir Group - Developing and sustaining a risk-aware culture - capable and empowered to work injury free - Increase NM/Hazard reporting and involvement (50% improvement with 100% employee participation) QA - Lead efforts to reduce scrap, rework and warranty costs (both internal and external) through data collection, analysis, employee involvement and process improvement - Reduce cost of poor quality (scrap, rework and warranty costs) - Implement and manage an effective customer complaint, discrepancy tracking and warranty review process (reducing processing and resolution time by 50% while proactively resolving quality concerns)

Responsible for helping drive organizational continuous improvement and developing improvement culture Interact with VP and area managers to create action plans for accomplishing policy deployment objectives Improve office transaction processes to reduce errors and communication gaps Employ VSMs and other lean tools to target improvement efforts and maximize ROI Instruct workforce in Continuous Improvement principles - Lean, Six Sigma, TOC, etc.

Ensure compliance with State and Federal Laws and Policy for environment concerns Improve safety performance of company through identification of KPIs and targeted efforts to increase employee awareness and feedback Develop safety culture through training and one-on-one interaction from Senior Management to Shop Floor Level employees Maintain certification in both ISO 14001 and OHSAS 18001 Develop training for employees in both environmental and safety issues Enact systems and procedures to prevent both environmental and safety incidents and improve related metrics for the site

Worked to improve process capability, flow and reduce cost of manufacture. Interfaced with floor operators to gain insights and empower them to make improvements to their processes and our products. Transferred best practices and machine design specifications and improvements between multiple manufacturing locations throughout North America. Assisted in establishing Lean foundational principles. Helped design and implement operator interfaces - programming in VB.net and some Oracle.

Managed projects to support company and area strategy. Developed and maintained training documentation for several processes. Assessed processing method capability for new parts. Applied Six Sigma principles to determine root cause and resolve quality and processing issues and concerns. Assisted in on-site Six Sigma Instruction at and development of Six Sigma educational curriculum. Applied Lean Manufacturing principles and worked to integrate Lean methodology to manufacturing processes. Utilized design of experiments to define variable effects and reduce cycle time and increase capacity while maintaining or improving product performance. Interfaced with automation engineering to improve production processes. Improving user interface, reducing manual cycle time and improving process capability

Ran experiments to gather data on existing processes. Tracked results and arranged data into meaningful presentations. Interacted with shop floor to gain ideas for further experimentation and improvements. Trained as a Six Sigma Green Belt.

Team member on BYU's first Manufacturing Engineering Capstone team Worked with the company to improve their ability to meet manufacturing spec targets Determined current capability (Cpk) in regards to key metrics provided to the group by the company Developed standard work for machine operators to be utilized in future training

Took a wide range of courses giving me a base in manufacturing processes and engineering while also gaining exposure to business management aspects. Graduated magna cum laude in Manfacturing Engineering Technology with a minor in Business Management.

Provided support to the Process Development team at BD Sandy with an emphasis in Packaging Engineering. Tested product to ensure packaging integrity after design changes in accordance with FDA regulations. Redesigned current package designs (utilizing Solidworks) to improve function and resolve product issues. Interfaced with engineers to report and record data as well as implement engineering change orders.

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