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Kyle Tourtellot

Red Rock,AZ

Summary

Developed planning and coordination skills in fast-paced manufacturing environment, focusing on optimizing production schedules and managing resources efficiently. Skilled in identifying bottlenecks, streamlining operations, and collaborating with cross-functional teams. Seeking to leverage these transferable skills in new field to drive operational improvements and achieve organizational goals.

Experienced with coordinating and optimizing production schedules to meet operational goals. Utilizes effective inventory management and resource allocation strategies to enhance productivity. Track record of fostering team collaboration and maintaining flexibility in dynamic production environments.

Dynamic Production Planner with success in supporting production operations and supply chain management. Highly adept and detail-oriented in developing production schedules, promoting operational efficiency, managing inventory and coordinating logistics. Proven history of managing complex production schedules aligned with sales forecasting and customer order deadlines. Expert in maintaining meticulous records to identify aspects needing improvement and develop solutions.

Personable and methodical professional with strong aptitude for organizational and analytical tasks. Possesses solid understanding of production workflows and proficiency in inventory management and scheduling software. Capable of driving efficiency and enhancing productivity through effective planning and coordination.

Overview

28
28
years of professional experience

Work History

Production Planner/Materials Supervisor

Sargent Aerospace
12.2016 - Current
  • Plans and prepares production schedules for manufacture of government and commercial aerospace hydraulic actuators
  • Creates master schedule to meet customer requirements and financial plans
  • Analyzes production capacity data and performs mathematical calculations to determine manufacturing processes, tools, and human resource requirements
  • Plans and schedules workflow for each department and operation according to previously established manufacturing sequences and lead times
  • Plan sequence of operation, assembly, installation, and other manufacturing operations for guidance of production workers
  • Confers with department supervisors to determine status of assigned projects
  • Expedite operations that delay schedules and alters schedules to meet unforeseen conditions
  • Prepare production reports
  • Prepare lists of required materials, tools, and equipment
  • Prepare purchase orders to obtain materials, tools, and equipment
  • Supervise Hydraulics stockroom to ensure all training is complete, equipment is safe and operable
  • Manage daily cycle counts and resolve any issues as they arise
  • Responsible for staffing and job orders are pulled in a timely manner
  • Supervisor Productions Controllers and ensure they are completing their responsibilities

Production Supervisor

Sargent Aerospace
08.2012 - 12.2016
  • Direct and coordinate the activities of employees on the production floor and stock room of Kahr Bearing
  • Review backlog and ensure employees are working to meet customer demands while following production sequences to meet safety, quality, and production targets
  • Implement measures to motivate employees and improve production methods, equipment performance, product quality, and efficiency
  • Cultivate and maintain a standard work environment including 6S principles and Continuous Improvement activities
  • Assess and develop team member skill sets
  • Maintain high standards of performance, quality and customer service within all departments
  • Responsible for adhering and implementing company policies and guidelines as prescribed by Sargent Aerospace
  • Responsible for supporting and implementing company safety programs
  • Responsible for monitoring shelf life items and reordering production materials
  • Monitor COPQ (scrap & rework) to determine areas to deploy resources and track rework costs from our suppliers
  • Review low margin parts to determine cost reductions

Communications Cable and Antenna Systems/Systems Telecommunications Engineering Manager

Washington Air National Guard
04.2002 - 09.2013
  • Supervise and plan installation and maintenance of underground, buried, and aerial copper core and fiber-optic cables
  • Install and maintain dedicated local area network (LAN) and wide area network (WAN) media distribution systems, modems, and multiplexers
  • Monitors and analyze performance of these cable systems
  • Coordinate with the host base Comm Security Officers, tenants, and all FAMs at the base to determine plans that will impact the base communications and information systems infrastructure
  • Responsible to ensure that all cable and wireless systems are installed and maintained from Local Area Networks (LANs) and Wide Area Networks (WANs) to coaxial cable and antenna systems to make sure that we maintain the ability to monitor a mission and communicate with Airmen from anywhere in the world
  • Responsible for installing, maintaining, reconstitutes, removes, and modifying copper core, coaxial, waveguide, and fiber optic cable and antenna systems
  • Climbs antenna support structures and wooden poles to various heights for maintenance and installation actions on cable and antenna systems
  • Terminates copper core and fiber optic cables on main distribution frames and interface equipment
  • Operate and perform maintenance on tools, test equipment, auxiliary equipment, and vehicles such as backhoes, trenchers, cable trailers, cable reel trucks, and antenna construction vehicles
  • Locate, repair, and replace faulty closures in copper core, waveguide, coaxial, and fiber optic cable systems
  • Perform pneumatic troubleshooting to locate faulty splice closures
  • Excavates and backfills splice pits
  • Seal cables, repair and adjusts pressure transmitters and contactors

IT Quality Inspection Supervisor

Carlisle
10.2011 - 02.2012
  • Responsible for the direction, coordination and evaluation of inspection personnel
  • Planned, organized, controlled and directed the activities of the quality inspectors, quality leads and receiving inspectors to meet quality, cost and schedule objectives
  • Planned capacity requirements for meeting customer demand
  • Communicate directly with Production Scheduler on any conflicts with capacity availability, scheduled workload or other issues that would impact a scheduled shipment
  • Interact productively with all levels of Production, Scheduling, Engineering and Quality Assurance staff to share information and solve problems

Landing Gear Production Supervisor

Goodrich
02.2005 - 10.2011
  • Supervise production team working multiple shifts to ensure on-time delivery of landing gear to Boeing
  • Responsible for planning production schedule to meet delivery requirements for Boeing 737, 747, 767, and 777 programs
  • Coordinated offsite work at Boeing’s Everett, Renton, Seattle, and Texas plants
  • Support other Goodrich Landing gear facilities in Miami/South Carolina/Texas/California/Ohio/Canada to ensure they meet their deadlines to their customers
  • Reviewed customer demands to ensure proper staffing levels looking 7 years out
  • Analyze current data to manage capacity requirements for future increased customer requirements
  • Use the Toyota Production System to improve production, reduce waste, eliminate mistakes, and use a Kanban System to incorporate single piece flow
  • Ensure all required assembly tasks are completed in compliance with federal regulations, customer guidelines and company policies through effective use of available maintenance staff
  • Monitor progress of all internal and external support areas which impact scheduled delivery including, engineering, quality control, purchasing, and outside vendors/services
  • Read and interpret manufacturer and airline maintenance manuals, service bulletins, drawings and other specifications to determine feasibility and method of repair, replacement or modification

Munitions System Journeyman

United States Air Force
07.1997 - 04.2002
  • Perform and manage munitions production and materiel tasks and activities
  • Operate and maintain munitions material handling equipment (MMHE)
  • Complied with explosive, missile, and ground safety, security, and environmental directives and practices
  • Received, stored, handled, and transported nuclear weapons
  • Tested, assembled, and processed nonnuclear munitions
  • Prepared munitions for loading on aircraft
  • Checked safe and arm mechanisms
  • Installed warheads, guidance units, fuses, arming wires, explosive bolts, squibs, strakes, wings, fins, control surfaces, and tracking flares
  • Processed aircraft gun ammunition
  • Inspected munitions for serviceability and applied munitions product assurance procedures
  • Installed spotting charges in bombs
  • Processed ammunition
  • Prepared documentation indicating identification and quantity of assets

Education

Cyberspace Infrastructure Planning System (CIPS) -

Continuous Improvement Foundation Training Course -

Leadership for Innovation and Change Training -

Supervisory Leadership Education -

Team Chief Academy -

Craftsman Level School -

Cable/Antenna LAN/Fiber Course -

Cable/Antenna Systems Apprentice -

Electronic Principles -

Airman Leadership School -

Munitions System Apprentice -

Skills

  • Lean Production Methods
  • Goodrich Lean Product Development System
  • Carlisle Operating System
  • Toyota Production System
  • 5S
  • Six Sigma
  • Kaizen
  • Lean Daily Management System
  • Flow Charts
  • Pareto Charts
  • Process Mapping
  • Root Cause Analysis
  • Plan-Do-Check-Act
  • Organizational Skills
  • Leadership
  • Team Management
  • Production management
  • Training and mentoring
  • Team communication
  • Team collaborations
  • Scheduling

Accomplishments

  • Certified Team Chief, worldwide deployable qualified to fill any Team Chief opening manning requirement in the USAF.
  • Responsible for a team of 38 team members, ensuring their upgrade training and certifications are current.
  • SNCO (Senior Non Commissioned Officer) of the Quarter, 2012.
  • Installer of the year 2005.

Timeline

Production Planner/Materials Supervisor

Sargent Aerospace
12.2016 - Current

Production Supervisor

Sargent Aerospace
08.2012 - 12.2016

IT Quality Inspection Supervisor

Carlisle
10.2011 - 02.2012

Landing Gear Production Supervisor

Goodrich
02.2005 - 10.2011

Communications Cable and Antenna Systems/Systems Telecommunications Engineering Manager

Washington Air National Guard
04.2002 - 09.2013

Munitions System Journeyman

United States Air Force
07.1997 - 04.2002

Continuous Improvement Foundation Training Course -

Leadership for Innovation and Change Training -

Supervisory Leadership Education -

Team Chief Academy -

Craftsman Level School -

Cable/Antenna LAN/Fiber Course -

Cable/Antenna Systems Apprentice -

Electronic Principles -

Airman Leadership School -

Munitions System Apprentice -

Cyberspace Infrastructure Planning System (CIPS) -

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