Zach Fittro
Product Sustaining Engineering Manager at Wolfspeed
- Role
- Product Sustaining Engineering Manager at Wolfspeed
- Location
- Fayetteville, AR, US
- LinkedIn followers
- 500 followers
About Zach Fittro
Results-oriented and strategic engineer with 8+ years of experience leading…
Experience
Product Sustaining Engineering Manager
Dec 2022 — Present
Pioneer BOM and labor cost reduction initiatives and orchestrate continuous improvement practices within local and global sites.• Directed small team in decreasing BOM cost by ~18% within the first 2 years of employment. Initiated the first BOM cost reduction project within the Fayetteville facility.• Developed and trained upper-level management to measure direct labor costs to cultivate informed decisions and cost saving analysis.• Established BOM cost tracker through Power BI to improve tracking assembly BOM costs and develop average and historical assembly family costs.• Leveraged manufacturing experience to highlight and facilitate labor cost reduction and BOM cost reduction opportunities.• Mentored and upskilled junior engineers in print creation and the importance of understanding product features/dimensions for manufacturing purposes and customer satisfaction.
Education
University of Arkansas
B.S., Mechanical Engineering
2007 — 2011
University of Arkansas at Fayetteville
Master of Science (M.S.), Operations Management
2012 — 2015
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