Quality Manager (223764) Six Sigma Green Belt, CQE, CQT, CSI, ISO Auditor / Machining, Welding, Cold Rolling, Stamping, Fabrication, Assembly, Coating / Will Relo

Quality Leader with 18 years of experience in supporting all areas of quality for metal , heavy equipment, and packaging manufacturing operations. He is a Six Sigma Green Belt, a, CQE Certified Quality Engineer, a CQT Certified Quality Technician and a CWI Certified Weld Inspector. He also has completed several professional certifications in Auditing. He is skilled in leading Kaizen events and improving processes while reducing waste. He is currently employed as a Quality Manager but his company is closing the plant. He is very interested in an opportunity where he can apply his leadership, track record, experience and Quality Took Kit to improve processes and raise the bar.

• Quality Professional with a desire to continually improve and bring standardization to every aspect of life.
• Eighteen years of experience in various roles in the Quality field and twenty-six years’ of experience applying 6-Sigma and Lean principles to previous opportunities.
• Training that led to certifications as a Quality Engineer / CQE, Weld Inspector / CWI, Quality Advisor, and Quality Technician, as well as training in leadership, 5-S, and various certification standards would be a great asset to your company.
• Managed Quality Technicians (4), Inspectors (3), CMM Operators (2), Quality Admin (1), and Assistant Quality Manager.
• Many years of experience have led to a solid understanding of metrology, gauge calibration, gauge R&R, and experience with a wide range of measuring devices.
• Experience in machining, engine assembly, materials, and various project and team leads and across different industries have led to a solid understanding of multiple types and styles of production techniques as well as a working knowledge of how processes succeed or what causes them to fail.
• Data collection and statistical analysis, SWOT analysis, 8Ds, PFMEAs, PPAPs, and DOEs are also performed under this position.
• This position is also responsible for the oversight and maintenance of the welding program, including weld certification program, the creation of weld procedures and PQRs, and inspections requiring QC1 certification.
• Improved Quality Department from a one-person compliance coordinator into a functional, multi-shift team monitoring processes and products.
• Restructure of measuring equipment tracking and calibration system, creating calibration procedures and more accurate tracking.
• Integrated laser measuring system on mills, performing real-time measurement of dimensions that were challenging to measure using traditional measuring systems.
• Implementation of Faro Tracker CMM into gage calibration, template validation, and fixture verification.
• Leader of Multiple Kaizen events, 5-S projects
• Responsible for Incoming inspections, PPAPs, FAIs, and 8Ds, conduct nonconformance disposition meetings, gage calibration tracking, Internal QMS audits, inspection plan creation, and document control of quality records.
• Worked directly with customers to establish procedures that would meet PPAP, FAI, and 8D requirements.
• Built a spreadsheet to track the BOMs of each product to improve order accuracy and scheduling efficiency.
• ISO Internal Auditor
• Lead Kaizen event to improve fastener storage, reducing storage space by 10 feet.
• Received internal Lean Manufacturing training/certification.
• Organized Quality Team meetings, met with Business Unit Management to establish, report, and establish/control business metrics, and delivered results to the workforce once per month.
• Worked with Quality Engineer to rewrite Quality Manual during transition from internal (Caterpillar) certification to ISO 9001.
• Led various cross-functional teams to create process FMEAs for each area.

• Machining Operations
• Cold Rolling Mills
• Stamping Operations
• Assembly Operations
• Welding Operations
• Fabrications Operations
• Packaging Assembly
• Coating / Painting Operations
• Metal Finishing Operations
• Supplier Validation / Qualification
• Tooling Quality
• Using Quality Database Systems
• Process Control Quality Experience
• Creating SOP Training
• Quality Management Experience
• Shop Floor Process Quality
• Quality Training Experience
• Production Quality experience
• Performing Internal / External Quality system audits
• Total Quality Management (TQM)
• Setting Up New Quality Systems
• Component Design Review
• Using CMM Equipment
• NPI
• Statistical Investigations
• Investigating Customer Complaints
• Leading Kaizen Events
• Performing Kanbans
• Leading Six Sigma Teams
• Analyzing Production Limitations
• Designing Process Trials
• Process Testing / Validation
• Documenting Initial Submissions
• Conducting Trial Fit / Function
• Product Reject / Defect Investigations
• Using Control Plans
• Process Flow Diagrams
• Poka Yoke Assessments
• PFMEA
• Statistical Process Control (SPC)
• DOE Design of Experiments
• 5S / 6S
• 8D
• Ishikawa Diagrams
• Establishing Cpk For Process
• Troubleshooting Root Cause
• Implementing Corrective Actions
• ISO9001
• ISO Auditing
• New Process Development
• Process Analysis
• Generating Process Control Charts
• Process Improvement
• Optimizing Manufacturing Processes
• Directing Quality Techs
• New production line startup
• Recommending Revisions
• Reducing Scrap
• Reducing WIP Inventory
• De-bottlenecking Processes
• Working with R&D
• Non-Destructive Testing NDT
• Mechanical Testing
• Liquid Penetrant Testing
• First Article Inspection FAI
• Reducing Manufacturing Cycle Time
• Improving Change Order Cycle Time
• Production Attainment Metrics
• Sorting Suspect Parts
• Calibrating Equipment
• Tracking Concessions / Deviations
• SAP
• PPAP
• APQP
• Gage R&R
• GD&T
• PPM Reduction
• ERP Software

EDUCATION
Associate – Northeast Mississippi Community College – Booneville, MS

PROFESSIONAL CERTIFICATIONS

• Six Sigma Green Belt
• Certified Quality Engineer / CQE, ASQ, Dec 2019- present
• Certified Weld Inspector QC1 CWI, American Welding Society, December 2018 to December 2021
• Certified Quality Technician / CQT, ASQ
• Quality Advisor, Caterpillar, Inc.
• ISO 9000:2015 Internal Auditor, Q-Max
• AAR M-1003 Auditor, Assoc of American Railroads
• SQF Principles of Internal Auditing, Novolex, Inc
• SQF Implementation/SQF Practioner, Novolex, Inc
• HACCP (Hazard Analysis Critical Control Point) Development & Implementation, Novolex, Inc / HACCP