Quality Manager (230291) Black Belt, CQE, CQM / Machining, Extrusion, Stamping, Casting, Assembly, Welding, Fabrication, Heat Treat, Coating / ISO Internal Auditor 9001,14001, 45001, 19011

A proven Quality Leader with Manufacturing Management experience and Success. He is a Six Sigma Black Belt, a CQM Certified Quality Manager, a CQE Certified Quality Engineer and a Six Sigma Deployment Champion. He has completed multiple additional industry certifications and trainings. Gary has supported quality for Machining, Extrusion, Stamping, Casting, Assembly, Welding, Fabrication, Heat Treat, and Coating operations. While leading Quality Departments, he has been instrumental in Production and Operational Management. He has developed, implemented, and sustained ISO 9001, QS 9000, TS 16949, and IATF 16949 Quality systems.

He has a track record of working closely with suppliers, to solve issues, implement corrective action, and develop them to meet common goals. His quality improvements, cost savings, and achievements are in a word, IMPRESSIVE! He is a Game Changer in every sense of the word and can make significant contributions and improvements to any manufacturing bottom line! His notable experience includes:

• Manage IATF16949 Lab on site
• Reduced Customer Quality Incidents from 27 per month average to <1.
• Reduced customer PPM from over 2200 to 32.
• Reduced scrap 85% since by developing systems and moving Quality verifications upstream
• Reduced PPM from 2,700 to 440 by re-structuring Quality Team and by increasing involvement on the shop floor at the point of production.
• Maintained and improved ISO 9001 certified system in all facilities
• Direct staff of Quality Engineers, Quality Technicians, and Inspection Department
• Audited new suppliers for basic Quality tools and systems and helped develop them when tools were missing
• 40% drop in customer failures in the first 9 months with company, with an additional 80% drop in the following 6 months
• Achieved Caterpillar Bronze Certification. Plant was performing at Caterpillar Silver level when left.
• Lead Process Improvement Initiatives
• Worked with Suppliers to resolve issues
• Reduced Long term Employee turnover by over 10%
• ISO 9001: 2000 Management Representative
• Achieved Caterpillar Supplier Certification for company
• Improved Quality PPM 75% while reducing Quality costs 40%
• Supervised a staff of a Quality Supervisor and 6 Quality Technicians
• Traveled to customer’s plants in four states to represent company on all business matters.
• Reduced Quality PPM with a Major Customer from 220,000+ to 187

Operations

• Machining Operations
• Hi Volume CNC Machining Operations
• Extrusion Operations
• Stamping Operations
• Assembly Operations
• Welding Operations
• Fabrications Operations
• Heat Treat Operations
• Packaging Assembly
• Coating / Painting Operations
• Electronics Manufacturing
• Extrusion Operations
• Printed Circuit Boards / PCB
• Working With Cast Parts
• Working With Powdered Metal Parts
• Working With Forged Parts
• Working with Chemical Processes

Competencies

• Internal/External Quality Audits
• Tooling Quality
• Vendor Offsite Supplier Quality
• Supplier Validation / Qualification
• Quality Resident Engineering
• Using Quality Database Systems
• Process Control Quality Experience
• Creating SOP Training
• Quality Management Experience
• Shop Floor Process Quality
• Quality Training Experience
• Production Quality experience
• Total Quality Management
• Setting Up Quality Systems
• Component Design Review
• NPI
• Cold Starts
• ISIR Submissions
• Statistical Investigations
• Investigating Customer Complaints
• Documenting Initial Submissions
• Conducting Trial Fit / Function
• Using Control Plans
• Process Flow Diagrams
• Poka Yoke Assessments
• VAVE Projects
• Analyzing Production Limitations
• PFMEA
• Statistical Process Control (SPC)
• 5S / 6S
• 8D
• Troubleshooting Root Cause
• Implementing Corrective Actions
• ISO Standards
• ASTM Standards
• IATF16949/TS16949
• ISO Auditing
• Performing TS Audits
• Leading Kaizen Events
• Working With Lean Teams
• Performing Kanbans
• Implementing Continuous improvement
• Leading Six Sigma Teams
• Designing Process Improvement Trials
• Process Testing / Validation
• Product Reject / Defect Investigations
• Recommending Specification Revisions
• Reducing Scrap
• Reducing Manufacturing Cycle Time
• Improving Change Order Cycle Time
• Reducing WIP Inventory
• PPAP / APQP
• Gage R&R
• GD&T
• PPM Reduction
• De-bottlenecking Processes
• Non Destructive Testing NDT
• Metallography
• Metallurgy
• Heat Treatment
• X-ray
• Hardness Testing
• Liquid Penetrant Testing
• First Article Inspection FAI
• Delivering Cost Reductions
• Tracking Yield Metrics
• Tracking Defects Per Unit
• Sorting Suspect Parts
• Calibrating Equipment
• Directing Quality Techs
• Tracking Concessions / Deviations
• Toyota Production Systems

Education

• Associate Arts Degree / Illinois Valley Community College, Oglesby, IL
• Quality Engineer Certificate / John Deere, Dubuque, IA
• 6 Sigma Deployment Champion Workshop / Caterpillar University, Peoria, IL
• 6 Sigma Black Belt DMAIC (Audited as deployment champion) Caterpillar University, Peoria, IL
• CQM Certified Quality Manager (ASQ) Blackhawk College, East Moline, IL
• CQE Certified Quality Engineer (ASQ) Illinois Central College, East Peoria, IL
• Certificate in Total Quality Management / Illinois Central College, East Peoria, IL
• Certificate in Statistical Process Control / Illinois Central College, East Peoria, IL
• Human Resource Certificate / Employer’s Association, Peoria, IL / Blackhawk College, East Moline, IL
• ISO: 9001:2015 Internal Auditor Training / ABS-QE
• ISO 14001:2015 Internal Auditor Training / ABS-QE
• ISO45001: 2018 Internal Auditor Training / ABS-QE
• ISO19011: 2018 Internal Auditor Training / ABS-QE