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Muskegon, Mi, Us

Creation, deployment and management of Safety, Health, Environmental and Quality Systems at 20 manufacturing, distribution and engineering sites (IATF 16949, ISO-9001, ISO 14001) in North and South America.

Landskrona, Se

Responsible for Global Quality (North and South America, Europe and Asia), and Technical Services (field support) and Warranty in North and South America.

Landskrona, Se

Monroe, Mi, Us

Provide strategic direction for all Product Safety, Regulatory and Social Compliance issues for all brands and subsidiaries of La-Z-Boy Incorporated. Provide enterprise-wide leadership in the development, implementation and maintenance of product safety, government reporting obligations, quality systems, social compliance systems, factory audit systems, and product integrity operations.

Monroe, Mi, Us

★ Oversees the performance of suppliers in NA, SA, Asia and Europe, providing materials and services necessary to the production of the company's furniture lines. Manages a team of five Supplier Continuous Improvement Managers located in North America, Asia and Europe.★ Assesses the operations of new and existing suppliers, enforcing compliance with La-Z-Boy standards governing quality, social responsibility, and regulatory compliance.★ Supports supplier performance improvement initiatives through Quality and Lean methods training, coaching and onsite kaizens.★ Consolidated multiple supplier development and supplier management functions under a single organizational structure.★ Introduced updated, balanced scorecards, providing timely feedback for supplier performance improvement.★ Championed the adoption of Quality and Lean initiatives throughout the supplier base, securing gains in risk mitigation, cost reductions, project management, and overall performance.★ Improved pricing and generated savings by recruiting alternate sources to address risk in single source situations.★ Recognized for building an integrated supplier management process that helped the organization exceed annual cost savings targets. ☲☲☲☲☲☲☲☲☲☲☲☲☲☲☲☲☲☲☲☲☲☲☲☲☲☲☲☲☲☲☲☲☲☲☲☲☲☲☲☲☲☲☲☲ABOUT LA-Z-BOYHeadquartered in Monroe, Mich., La-Z-Boy has been one of the world’s leading residential furniture producers for more than 85 years. The company manufactures a full line of comfortable products for the living room and family room, including the company’s world-famous recliners, reclining sofas and love seats, sleep sofas, modular furniture and leather upholstery, as well as stationary sofas, love seats and chairs.

Monroe, Mi, Us

★ Directed Quality Assurance efforts at four manufacturing facilities with a total of 1,400 employees and over $200MM in revenue.★ Supervised seven direct reports and 42 employees across all locations; launched a Voice of the Customer Award program to motivate the development of a customer-focused production culture.★ Through quality management, increased the overall level of customer satisfaction and safeguarded the company’s reputation in a challenging and highly competitive environment.★ Drove change in culture to a prevention-based QA model, focused on enhanced process control and process audits that yielded over $300K in cost savings; reduced End of Line inspection costs by 20%, while lowering COQ by 18% and COF by 23% over two years.★ Adopted FMEA, Control Plans, Statistical Methods, and detailed work instructions.★ Championed the adoption of Toyota Kata principles and methodologies throughout the campus, securing continuous process improvement.★ Led a campus-wide effort to achieve consideration for the Shingo Prize; the Shingo Prize is the world’s highest standard for operational excellence, granted annually to organizations worldwide by the Shingo Institute.★ Recipient of the 2012 Industry Week Best Plant in North America Award.☲☲☲☲☲☲☲☲☲☲☲☲☲☲☲☲☲☲☲☲☲☲☲☲☲☲☲☲☲☲☲☲☲☲☲☲☲☲☲☲☲☲☲☲ABOUT LA-Z-BOYHeadquartered in Monroe, Mich., La-Z-Boy has been one of the world’s leading residential furniture producers for more than 85 years. The company manufactures a full line of comfortable products for the living room and family room, including the company’s world-famous recliners, reclining sofas and love seats, sleep sofas, modular furniture and leather upholstery, as well as stationary sofas, love seats and chairs.

Provided technical advisory services on the testing and development of light, medium and heavy duty automotive brake rotor treatments and associated composite friction materials interactions.=====================================================================================About PUREFORGEPureforge is a technology start-up developing methods of treating automotive brake components for enhanced life and performance.

Phoenix, Az, Us

Teach College Math and Business Courses

★ Provided training, auditing, and general support in the areas of Lean, Six Sigma, ISO9000 and TS16949 for clients.★ Developed client skills in statistical design and team-based problem solving, internal audit and ISO tools training, and process support.★ Hosted public training course programs spanning Lean Manufacturing, PPAP, APQP, Problem Solving and 5-S.

★ As a contractor, advised the client on all facets of Six Sigma and process improvement, with a focus on maintaining Ford certification requirements. ★ Managed quality systems and projects, including compliance with ISO/TS16949 and the new product launch process with OEM automotive manufacturers.★ Created a Corrective and Preventive Action System, as well as an overall Quality System, to maintain compliance with standards required under ISO/TS16949 and Ford Q1 Certification.★ Directed a series of Lean projects that upgraded quality systems, lowering administrative non-value added labor by 75%.☲☲☲☲☲☲☲☲☲☲☲☲☲☲☲☲☲☲☲☲☲☲☲☲☲☲☲☲☲☲☲☲☲☲☲☲☲☲☲☲☲☲☲☲ABOUT ACOUSTEK NONWOVENSAcoustek Nonwovens, Inc. manufactures and supplies acoustical insulation products for the automotive industry. It offers Citation, a noise reduction product; Vanquish, an insulator; and stuffer products and absorbers. The company is based in Statesville, North Carolina.

Dublin, Oh, Us

★ Created program to identify supplier defective components and drive Supplier Corrective Action. Developed an interactive database system for collection and manipulation of data and automatic notification to suppliers.★ Updated CAPA review system to provide more actionable information for managers and supervisors.★ Enhanced NCI process to collect meaningful root cause information for analysis of medium and long term trends to support improvement efforts.★ Implemented program to meet Florida State Drug Pedigree regulations, including design of containment area, procedures, personnel training and validation.☲☲☲☲☲☲☲☲☲☲☲☲☲☲☲☲☲☲☲☲☲☲☲☲☲☲☲☲☲☲☲☲☲☲☲☲☲☲☲☲☲☲☲☲ABOUT CARDINAL HEALTHCardinal Health's Fort Mill, SC facility produces over 20 million custom medical and surgical packs annually for hospitals, urgent care facilities and doctors offices across North America.

★ Launched a business dedicated to providing independent meal assembly for busy customers for cooking and serving at home. ★ Managed P&L, trademarks, facilities layout, staffing, training, product development, and marketing at two business locations.★ Successfully developed a portfolio of over 200 products

Clover, Sc, Us

★ Responsible for all aspects of Quality, Safety, and Training .★ Led improvements to Quality Systems to meet the requirements of the TS16949 certification.★ Successfully lowered non-conforming items from third parties by 62%.☲☲☲☲☲☲☲☲☲☲☲☲☲☲☲☲☲☲☲☲☲☲☲☲☲☲☲☲☲☲☲☲☲☲☲☲☲☲☲☲☲☲☲☲ABOUT PERFORMANCE FRICTIONPerformance Friction is a privately-held producer of automotive aftermarket and racing braking products.

★ Created and led Product Engineering, Process Engineering and Quality functions at this new business startup.★ Hired and led staff of 4 technical professionals and 22 technicians.★ Set-up and managed testing laboratories including chemical, corrosion, mechanical and road test. Managed prototype production facility as part of product/process development.★ Developed and launched 3 commercially viable automotive friction materials in under 24 months. ☲☲☲☲☲☲☲☲☲☲☲☲☲☲☲☲☲☲☲☲☲☲☲☲☲☲☲☲☲☲☲☲☲☲☲☲☲☲☲☲☲☲☲☲ABOUT TENNECO AUTOMOTIVE BRAKETenneco Automotive Brake was a division of Tenneco Automotive started in 1989 to produce light, medium and heavy truck brake pads and linings for the aftermarket.

Charlotte, North Carolina, Us

Responsible for OEM Product Programs and Applications for Ford, Chrysler, GM and Toyota applications.

Hebron, Kentucky, Us

Responsible for Light Vehicle OEM Application and Test Programs for Bendix Friction Materials. Customer included Ford, Chrysler, GM, Toyota

Bachelor Of Science - Bs, Chemical Engineering

Mba, Business

Ms, Materials Engineering