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Director of Quality Assurance: • Manage quality management systems and Quality department. • Maintain ISO 9001:2015 and IATF 16949 certifications.• Lead QMS audits, Coordinate Third party audits. Conduct Supplier quality Audits• Manage quality issues investigation and failure analysis, corrective action process. • Key contact for customer and supplier quality issues and quality requirements.• Lead Management Review, report KPIs including customer satisfaction to Executive Management. • Coordinate APQP process for product development and launch. Manage PPAP process.• Lead quality improvement initiatives. Participate in Lean and Kaizen events. • Responsible for Strategic quality planning and Quality budget. Achievements: • Restructured the quality management system to the IATF 16949 requirements.• Restructured supplier quality management system.• Coordinated projects for process improvements.

Rickmansworth, Gb

Responsibilities included: Managing quality systems and quality departments at US and Mexico facilities and maintaining ISO and TS (IATF 16949) certifications. Lead QMS audits, Management Review, corrective actions and supplier quality process. Lead APQP process for product development and launch. Report KPIs (PPM, Cost of poor quality, Scrap, Failure modes, Corrective actions, on time delivery and other measureable. Coordinate external audits. Lead quality improvement initiatives. Strategic quality planning. Participate in Lean and Kaizen events. Achievements:• Restructured ISO 9001/ TS 16949 (IATF 16949) quality management system.• Led Internal audits, management reviews and corrective actions resolutios at US and Mexico sites.• Managed ISO 14001 implementation and certification process at Mexico facility.• Developed Strategic quality plan.• Rewrote quality manual and procedures to align them with revised policies and ISO/TS requirements. • Led Records control Kaizen project for improved record keeping and accessibility. • Consolidated the calibration process that resulted in 60% annual cost savings in calibration.• Supported project transfer from US to Mexico plant. • Redesigned the Layard Process Auditing to Include middle and executive management in LPAs.• Helped in realligning APQP process that resulted in improved product launches. • Worked with Engineering and Sourcing for restructuring of supplier quality management system.

Hartsville, Sc, Us

Responsibilities included management of:• Corporate quality functions and ISO 9001, TS 16949 QMS and ISO 14001 EMS of 16 plants across the United States and Mexico. • Corporate strategic plan, key process and product matrices.• Critical quality issue failure analyses and implement corrective actions. • Quality issues escalation process.• Customer contracts and Warranty Program.• APQP process and PPAPs for new product launches.• Supplier quality management.Achievements:• Restructured Quality and Environmental management systems. Quality system improvements resulted in 40% reduction in Quality credits in 2013. • Managed QMS, mentored quality managers and resolved critical quality issues within Sonoco Protective Solutions division.• Re-certified four plants in TS 16949 and ISO14001.• Trained four groups of managers and supervisors for Internal Auditing in the US and Mexico.• Enabled company to achieve certification for the GM QSB specification.• Consolidated ISO/TS/EMS certifications under one registrar, significantly reducing the annual cost.

Responsibilities included management of:• ISO 9001, TS16949, ISO 13485, AS 9100 QMS and ISO 14001 EMS certifications and Quality functions in the US, Greece, and China. Quality Functions manage • QMS/EMS audits and management reviews. • Quality budget.• APQP, PPAP (FMEA, Control Plan, GR&R, Capability studies, SPC).• Corrective action and MRB process. • Customers’ visits for QMS audits or product quality issue resolution. • Corporate inspection and testing equipment calibration program.• New product launches, PSO audits at the US, China and Greece facilities.• Suppliers’ quality and suppliers’ approval process.Achievements• Set up QMS and achieved ISO9001-2008 certification of the US and China facilities. • Set up an 8D-Corrective Action process that helped resolve quality issues in a structured fashion.• Set up the APQP Process that streamlined the new product introduction process. • Conducted internal auditing and and ISO Process approach (3 groups, 36 hours course), and quality tools (APQP, SPC, MSA, 8D-Corrective Action training at the US, China and Greece facilities. • Renegotiated the equipment calibration contract, resulting in 30% annual savings.• Participated in 3 Kaizen blitz. Each project saved .50 to .65 Mhr/unit in manufacturing costs.

Carol Stream, Il, Us

Responsibilities included management of;• ISO/QS-9000 Quality system. Internal audits and Management reviews.• QA/QC function, Receiving, In-process and Final inspection process.• Corrective action process.• Statistical analysis of processes. • APQP and PPAP.• Supplier product quality and suppliers quality systems.Achievements• Participated in Lean projects that saved considerable money by redesigning process flows.• Provided training on QMS internal auditing and SPC (6 groups).• Installed SPC process with multiple electronic data input stations at Prince Industries and Fabricator. • Implemented the ISO 9000 systems at Prince Industries and Prince Fabricators and later upgraded it to QS-9000 for both companies. Wrote Quality Manual, Procedures and Work Instructions.• Wrote supplier quality manual. Established supplier assessments and ratings system.

Master'S Degree, Industrial Engineering

Bachelor'S Of Science, Mechanical Engineering