Jeanette Nymon Peutz
Verified Expert in Project Management
Project Manager
Port Byron, IL, United States
Toptal member since April 23, 2024
Jeanette has over 40 years of experience in multiple industries, including metals, consumer goods manufacturing, and service industries, working with diverse stakeholders to design and implement Lean solutions. Jeanette holds a Lean Six Sigma Black Belt, which has allowed her to gain extensive experience on the shop floor, in training, and in facilitating change. She has a bachelor's degree in chemical engineering and a master's degree in manufacturing systems engineering.
Project Highlights
Expertise
- A3 Problem Solving
- Kaizen
- Lean Six Sigma Black Belt
- Microsoft Excel
- Process Engineering
- Statistical Analysis
- Supply Chain
- Training
Work Experience
Lean Six Sigma Black Belt Contractor
Self-employed
- Reduced casting turnaround time by analyzing and reducing off-analysis events.
- Completed a 5S project with casting operators, resulting in a more visual process that reduced casting turnaround time.
- Conducted a safety Kaizen event with casting operators and plant engineers, significantly improving process safety.
- Worked with shop floor operators to develop a shop floor scheduling system that resulted in improved delivery performance.
- Installed an aluminum tubing production line in the client's manufacturing system. I designed its layout, purchased production machines, and implemented the required safety, reliability, quality, and production control systems.
- Developed and taught light rail operator and maintenance training courses on upgraded trains in two different East Coast cities.
Process Engineer | Manufacturing Systems Analysis Leader | Supply Chain Superintendent
Alcoa
- Simplified product design to move inventory to a queue pull system, reducing ingot inventory by 35%.
- Developed a complex preheat/reheat furnace discrete event simulation model to analyze complex annual production forecasts, resulting in millions in capital cost avoidance.
- Designed and analyzed a queueing model of lignite strip mines, resulting in multimillion-dollar cost savings.
- Improved bath chemistry control from 75% to over 93% in an aluminum smelter, resulting in multimillion-dollar savings in energy consumption.
- Optimized the carbon baking process in an aluminum smelter, reducing its cycle time by 60%.
- Enhanced aluminum smelting pot stability by creating and installing equipment, resulting in multimillion-dollar annual cost savings.
- Developed and mentored a manufacturing systems analysis team, hiring both from within and from top universities (Stanford and MIT).
Project History
Aluminum Casting Process Improvement
Improved casting throughput by over 30% by utilizing Lean Six Sigma tools.
Casting Production Control Process Simplification
Consolidated and simplified ingot specifications in rolling operations, leveraging statistical methods to significantly reduce ingot inventory.
Aluminum Smelting Process Improvement
Achieved a significant reduction in aluminum production costs through three crucial projects.
Education
Master's Degree in Manufacturing Systems Engineering
University of Pittsburgh - Pittsburgh, PA, USA
Bachelor's Degree in Chemical Engineering
Washington State University - Pullman, WA, USA
Certifications
Certified Lean Six Sigma Black Belt
American Society for Quality (ASQ)
Skills
Tools
Microsoft Excel, Microsoft PowerPoint, Zoom, Microsoft Word
Paradigms
Lean, Agile, Kanban, Agile Project Management
Industry Expertise
Process Engineering, Lean Six Sigma Black Belt, Lean Six Sigma
Other
Kaizen, Minitab, Gmail, Adobe Acrobat Pro, Operations Research, Statistical Analysis, Systems Analysis, Training, Scheduling Tools, 5S, Inventory Management, Process Modeling, DMAIC, A3 Problem Solving, Systems Engineering, Chemical Engineering, Supply Chain, Project Planning, Cross-functional Team Leadership, Lean Startups, Manuals & Documentation, Backlog Management, Employee Training, Technical Training, Knowledge Sharing, Knowledge Transfer, Team Leadership, Teamwork, Business Consulting, Google Meet, Complex Data Analysis
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