Dave Russ

About Dave Russ

Experienced Program/Project Manager with 40+ years of demonstrated history, working in…

Experience

1. Director of Program Management New Product Development Applications for Automated Guided Carts

   Idc Corporation

   Mar 2021 — Present · Dimondale, MI, US

   Manufacturing of AGC systems (Automated Guided Carts) consisting of:• Manage multiple customer programs simultaneously• Manage through external and internal lessons learned continuous product improvement.• Manage all new system and existing system AGC applications• Manage all new product development through utilizing lessons learned from previous projects.• Manage new and existing customer accounts• Resolve complex issues thru innovation and ingenuity while in continual communication with other shareholder departments – research, design and manufacturing to provide direction for design concepts.• Manage and develop task driven planning that supports engineering, manufacturing and tooling for integration. • Demonstrating the ability to conduct studies to confirm manufacturing capability and capacity for functionality, fit and finish.• Manage and conduct tooling and manufacturing discrepancies thru various problem solving and root cause analyses to determine problem resolution.• Oversee and evaluate supplier performance for opportunity to improving performance and capability.• Ability to meet customer expectations thru collaboration to define and understand their requirements.• Negotiating project, action and priority timing commitments using tooling organizational strategies and resources.• Resolve priority and scheduling conflicts between customers and suppliers.• Develop a plan of critical events; and communicate any critical status issues with customer.

Skills

• Machine Tools
• Ppap
• Fmea
• Kaizen
• Lean Manufacturing
• Project Management
• Gd&T
• Customer Service
• Program Management
• Supply Chain Management
• Automotive
• Geometric Dimensioning & Tolerancing
• Process Engineering
• Ms Project
• Root Cause Analysis
• 5s
• Six Sigma
• Engineering Management
• Continuous Improvement
• Microsoft Word
• Industrial Engineering
• Strategic Planning
• Apqp
• Product Development
• Manufacturing
• Powerpoint
• Microsoft Excel
• Microsoft Office
• Autocad
• Automation
• Project Planning
• Manufacturing Engineering
• Engineering
• Purchasing
• Manufacturing Operations Management
• Cad