About this Candidate
DAVRON CV: Candidate 1962437
SENIOR OPERATIONS LEADER | REGULATED MANUFACTURING | SCALE, LEAN & SAFETY
Core Expertise
- Scaling multi-shift manufacturing operations in regulated industries with hands-on floor leadership.
- Driving Lean transformations to improve flow, reduce waste, and standardize work across sites.
- Leading quality, compliance, and safety programs under FDA, ISO, GMP, OSHA and ASME standards.
- Delivering measurable productivity gains: capacity +30%, yield +10%, ERP adoption +50%.
- Building accountable cultures, staffing second shifts, and developing frontline supervisors and technicians.
Project Background
- Directed a facility expansion increasing production capacity by 30% and plant throughput.
- Led Lean facility redesigns using spaghetti diagrams and time studies to reduce material travel.
- Implemented structured cycle-counting improving inventory accuracy and supply availability.
- Managed capital projects including conveyor redesigns, equipment installations, and layout optimization.
- Developed custom electronic product test methods and managed NPI manufacturing engineering.
Key Skills
- ERP / MRP systems | capacity planning | scheduling and production control
- Lean Manufacturing | Continuous Improvement | Kaizen events and value-stream mapping
- Industrial Automation | PLCs | preventive maintenance | equipment validation and uptime
- Quality & Compliance: FDA | GMP | ISO | OSHA | ASME systems and audits
- Data analysis | KPI reporting | root-cause analysis driving defect reduction and cost savings
- Budgeting & P&L oversight | cost reduction initiatives | capital project justification
- Workforce development | multi-shift leadership | supervisor coaching | safety culture deployment
Education
- B.B.A., Management — Radford University
- A.A.S., Electrical/Electronic Engineering Technology — Virginia Western Community College
Awards & Recognition
- Achieved safety milestone exceeding 2,200 consecutive days without lost-time accidents
- Delivered 10% product yield improvement generating approximately $200K annual savings
Why Interview this Candidate?
They are a hands-on, data-driven operations leader with 25+ years stabilizing and scaling regulated manufacturing facilities. Proven ability to lead capacity expansions, Lean redesigns, and quality systems while delivering measurable yield, inventory, and safety improvements. Experienced in automation integration and electronic product testing with a track record of building accountable frontline teams capable of rapid performance gains.
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