Brian Manson

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About Brian Manson

My professional passion is to deliver tangible process improvements that elevate product manufacturing and facilitate business success. My professional intent is to apply my expertise in Lean and Kaizen-related management to solve complex production problems. My professional principles are to engender collaborative engagement, inspire individuals to be better, and lead teams to perform at a high level. Throughout a 10-year career in progressive leadership roles with contract manufacturing entities, I have been able to leverage my expertise in holistic facilities and operations management, process improvement/LEAN manufacturing, product development/launch support, and other areas infrastructure adjustments and plant operations improvements to pave the way for $15M+ product sales revenue success against a mere $1.8 CAPEX spend implement modernized NPD Phase Gates enabling $7M+ annual sales of custom RF and digital products lead time reduction of 60%(20 days to eight days) via Lean methodologies and deployment of a new Machine Shop Order Entry system of a new NPI accelerating lead times and cycle times of a 11 LEAN production cells to increase labor efficiency 40% and reduce floor space consumption 75% I welcome contact through LinkedIn. Let’s talk! Lean Manufacturing, Manufacturing, Manufacturing Engineering, Continuous Improvement, Kaizen, Value Stream Mapping, Process Improvement, Six Sigma, Aerospace, Quality Management, FMEA, Design for Manufacturing, DMAIC, Process Engineering, Kanban, Quality Assurance, Quality Control, Industrial Engineering, MRP, Programming, Root Cause Analysis, SPC, 5S, Engineering, Product Development, Quality System, Electronics, Design of Experiments, Toyota Production System, Geometric Dimensioning and Tolerancing, GD & T, ISO, ISO 9001, AS 9100, ISO 13485, TQM, Testing, Project Management, Cross-Functional Team Leadership, Engineering Management