Patrick Monk

About Patrick Monk

Professional Summary*Wide range of experience in project management, quality systems, cost estimation, lean implementation, continuous improvements, cost reductions and software development.*Experience with pulling together a diverse cross functional team to achieve a common goal.*Wide ranging grasp of Advanced Product Quality Planning systems and how to effectively implement them in the launching of a successful project.*Experienced at analyzing the structure of a system and implementing continuous improvement processes.Summary of Accomplishments*Project Management - Successfully launched 50+ projects over a period of 10 years. Over 90% of those projects came in on time and under budget.*Quality - Led team in development of commonized process specific PFMEA, Control Plan and PPAP documentation to increase read across capabilities. Reduced the occurrence of incorrect information and incorrect documents by 75%*System Design - Championed the development and implementation of electronic Driving Performance Boards. Use of boards in daily lean processes contributed to reduction in PPM from 400+ to <25*Software Development - Managing a team of developers building software modules to add functionality to Driving Performance Boards and other systems*Coaching - Established and implemented a training regiment to roll out a daily lean agenda process including GEMBA, APU teams and SDCA.*Visual Management - Managed team that converted 180K sqft facility from painted floors with no visual management to polished concrete with visual marking. Eliminated need to repaint floors saving on regular plant upkeep.*Plant Flow - Trained multiple plant process responsible teams on concept of block layout for plant flow optimization. Eliminated need to outside consulting costs of over $50K per facility.

Experience

1. Project Manager

   Seaman Corporation

   Jun 2023 — Present · Bristol, TN, US

Education

• University of Michigan-Dearborn

  BSE, Manufacturing Engineering

  1994 — 2004

• University of Michigan-Dearborn

  BSE, Industrial and Systems Engineering

  1994 — 2004

Skills

• Time Study
• Industrial Engineering
• Kanban
• Dmaic
• Manufacturing Engineering
• Continuous Improvement
• Lean Manufacturing
• Root Cause Analysis
• Apqp
• Project Estimation
• Value Stream Mapping
• Process Improvement
• Kaizen
• Fmea
• Injection Molding
• Engineering
• Dfmea
• Automotive Engineering
• Process Engineering
• Program Management
• Jit
• Automotive
• Process Capability
• 5s
• Tpm
• Ts16949
• Design of Experiments
• Manufacturing
• Pdca
• Cross-Functional Team Leadership
• Supplier Quality
• Minitab
• Pfmea
• Spc
• Product Development
• Ppap
• Design for Manufacturing