Christopher Parham
Easley
Summary
Results-driven professional with strong background in production support. Adept at optimizing workflows and troubleshooting complex issues. Known for fostering team collaboration and adapting to changing demands. Skilled in process improvement, technical support, and stakeholder communication. Emphasizes achieving operational excellence and delivering consistent results.
Overview
11
11
years of professional experience
Work History
Production Support Manager
Sandvik Coromant
09.2023 - Current
- Created and unified a team dedicated to creating quality outcomes facing production and other stakeholders as their customers.
- Lead production support for round tools operations, coordinating issue triage and resolution across manufacturing, quality, and engineering.
- Created mechanisms to drive CI initiatives in alignment with the Coromant Production System
- Standardized workflows and improved handoffs between team functions and production resulting in a significantly reduced timeline for order preparation.
- Drove continued reduction in non-conforming product during a period of continual volume increase.
Q/CI and Projects Manager
Sandvik Coromant
01.2022 - 09.2023
- Managed quality integration between former Greer PU CRT production and Westminster reconditioning processes.
- Led CI efforts within the Westminster round tools area and served as liaison to external projects.
- Supported the transition of former Greer PU CRT production into Westminster round-tools operations.
Change Leader
Sandvik Coromant
01.2020 - 01.2022
- Drove internal transformation in the Greer PU with adherence to the Coromant Production System (CPS).
- Implemented a material management system using generalized blanks and outsourced OD grinding, shortening lead times and eliminating early blank-prep operations.
- Authored geometric scripts for ANCA machines, standardizing programs and enabling localized design automation of legacy Precorp round tools.
ISO Leader
Sandvik Coromant
01.2016 - 01.2020
- Standardized the integrated management system across three former Precorp production units and led ISO 45001 transition.
- Represented PUs during external audits; organized and led internal audits across standards and production processes to support CI.
- Implemented systems/policies that increased CI and hazard/near-miss reporting engagement from near-zero to target levels.
- Supported KPI design and governance to drive sustained change across the Greer PU.
Management Assistant
Precorp, Inc.
01.2015 - 01.2016
- Developed and deployed KPI analysis/reporting models for daily management decisions.
- Built digital solutions for nonconformance management within production processes.
- Created a quotation logic model to reduce quote lead times and manpower, standardize lead-time accuracy and transfer pricing.
Education
A.S. - Business Management
Greenville Technical College
Skills
- Continual Improvement
- ISO management systems
- KPI development and analysis
- RCPS expertise
- Process Digitalization
- Data-driven decision making
- Skilled in Microsoft 365 tools
- Advanced Excel skills
- Power BI data visualization
- VBNET programming
- VBA programming
- Skilled in ANCA script development
- Operational excellence
- Incident management
- Capacity planning
- Business process mapping
Timeline
Production Support Manager
Sandvik Coromant
09.2023 - Current
Q/CI and Projects Manager
Sandvik Coromant
01.2022 - 09.2023
Change Leader
Sandvik Coromant
01.2020 - 01.2022
ISO Leader
Sandvik Coromant
01.2016 - 01.2020
Management Assistant
Precorp, Inc.
01.2015 - 01.2016
A.S. - Business Management
Greenville Technical College