Michael Gaeta

About Michael Gaeta

Technical and management professional with 25 years of experience with high volume Commercial and low volume Government contract manufacturing. Success in Operations, Supply Chain, Training and Continuous Improvement. Experience leading improvement teams across businesses and international boundaries, including Europe and the Middle East. Technical knowledge with practical application in mechanics, electronics, and computers. Extensive experience with P & Gs IWS (Integrated Work Systems) and Lean & Six Sigma. Skilled facilitator in identification of financial, operational and supply chain losses, root cause analysis, Solid results employing different continuous improvement methodologies. Experienced “wins and losses” in lean implementation gained me the capability to effectively navigate organizational change. Results: • Led downtime team for Gillette Mach3, resulting in 33% improvement on downtime, yearly cost savings =$33M.• Led 4 international material improvement teams in U.S. and Saudi Arabia resulting in a cycle time reduction of 55% and a cost avoidance of $9M.• Led team to refine material replenishment strategy aligning with demand reduced on hand material by $8.5M.• Supported effort in Saudi Arabia to reduce movement of WIP and major end items resulting in $4M cost avoidance.• Improved process and complete redesign for frozen food production process five year cost savings =$5M.• Led OEE performance team for Gillette Venus Disposable, performance gain = 16.6% OEE, yearly cost contribution =$2.5M.Specialties: CORE COMPETENCIES:Leadership / Team BuildingCoaching, MentoringTraining and DevelopmentTechnical Training / presentingAdvanced Computer SkillsSAP Process Improvement / Lean MethodologyRoot Cause Problem SolvingCost reduction/ Loss eliminationLEAN TOOLS:Cost Modeling (Loss Analysis)Data AnalysisProcess ImprovementCost reduction/Problem SolvingValue Stream & Process MappingPull SystemsSWOTSMEDMetric Development & Tracking

Experience

1. Smt Engineering Section Manager

   RTX

   Sep 2020 — Present · Andover, MA, US

Education

• Northeastern University

  Bachelor's degree, Bachelor of Science Organizational Leadership

  2000 — 2006

Skills

• Manufacturing Operations
• Process Engineering
• Mentoring
• Root Cause Analysis
• Problem Solving
• Operations Management
• Submarines
• Design of Experiments
• Manufacturing
• Kanban
• Supply Chain
• Security Clearance
• Process Development
• Training
• Logistics
• Cross-Functional Team Leadership
• Lean Manufacturing
• Sap
• Value Stream Mapping
• Process Improvement
• Mrp
• Kaizen
• Smed
• Technical Training
• Engineering Management
• Supply Chain Optimization
• Coaching
• Spc
• 5s
• Tpm
• Dmaic
• Operational Excellence
• Manufacturing Engineering
• Leadership
• Cost Reduction
• Continuous Improvement
• Career Development
• Iso
• Business Process Improvement
• Process Simulation