Nathan Eldridge

About Nathan Eldridge

Experienced, results-driven, forward-looking leader of technical teams and complex…

Experience

1. Director of Advanced Manufacturing Engineering

   Hunter Fan Company

   Aug 2016 — Present

   Establish advanced manufacturing roles and function within corporation and properly align talents and staffing to support changing focus and expectations Lead multi location engineering and technical team across both North America and Asia Drive continuous improvement and principles of Lean manufacturing to increase efficiencies and eliminate waste across all aspects of manufacturing, product development, and operations Support new product development initiatives and drive design for manufacturing and assembly (DFMA) to align manufacturing capabilities and cost expectations with product design needs Utilize consumer feedback to integrate multiple design poka-yokes eliminating repeat areas of consumer frustration in product interaction Drive contract manufacturing partner to establish robust PFMEA process to identify and proactively address areas of potential concern in maintaining product quality Develop analytics for various avenues of consumer feedback driving product design innovation, improved methods of consumer communication, and manufacturing improvements resulting in improved consumer satisfaction and reduction in total product returns Problem solving champion leading cross functional teams to drive to root cause of repetitive manufacturing and product issues coming to unique solutions and improved conditions across multiple performance metrics Establish robust problem solving expectations challenging root cause analysis methods and driving real improvement to products and processes generating improved performance and financial savings Drive focused Kaizen activities to improve manufacturing processes for glass components yielding improvements of nearly 40% in FPY and cost reductions of up to 36% while doubling production rates Develop and deploy cross-functional strategic goals and measures to align group initiates with corporate level strategic focus

Education

• Michigan State University

  Bachelor of Science, Material Science Engineering, Manufacturing Engineering

• Northwood University - DeVos Graduate School

  Master, Business Administration

Skills

• Cross-Functional Team Leadership
• Team Building
• Automotive
• Process Control
• Engineering Leadership
• Process Improvement
• Kanban
• Total Productive Maintenance (Tpm)
• Global Leadership
• Business Process Improvement
• Team Leadership
• Machining
• Program Management
• International Project Management
• Root Cause Analysis
• Project Management
• Manufacturing Engineering
• Fmea
• Manufacturing Operations Management
• Lean Manufacturing
• Engineering Management
• Operations Management
• Six Sigma
• Leadership
• Machine Tools
• Strategic Planning
• Tpm
• Global Engineering
• Failure Mode and Effects Analysis (Fmea)
• Cross-Cultural Teams
• Change Management
• Problem Solving
• Manufacturing Operations
• Design for Manufacturing
• Continuous Improvement
• Leading Change
• Technical Leadership
• Training
• Production Process Development
• Project Engineering