For the last 18 years, I’ve served as a Quality Assurance Manager, EHS Representative, and Plant Quality Manager in the Business Markets of Air / Liquid Filtration, Technical Nonwovens, Automotive, Construction, Thermal and acoustic insulation, Injection and Blow Molding, and Pressure Vessels.I’m a forward-focus Lean Six Sigma Black Belt Certified, with IATF 16949 Core Tools and 1st & 2nd Party auditor training. Expertise in Quality Assurance Management, IATF16949:2016, ISO 9001:2015, 8D / A3 Root Cause Analysis, and Advance Product Quality Planning. I’ve served within the manufacturing and quality environments for 26 years. I’ve traveled extensively to domestic and international Suppliers and Customers to work on APQP/PPAP activities, product trials, and New Product Development (NPD) qualifications. As a Quality Manager, I’ve directed 12 Quality Control Auditors / Technicians, 2 CMM Engineers, 4 Quality Engineers, 1 Supplier Engineer, 1 PPAP Engineer, 1 Service Engineer, 3 Laboratory Technicians, and up to 3 Quality Auditor liaisons.In addition, I have over seventeen years of experience visiting customers' facilities to sort materials and serve as a liaison between the company and the customer’s quality control department. I continuously conduct Supplier Assessment audits/capability analysis for vendor qualifications and oversee all internal ISO audits and in-process inspections. Finally, I am accountable for creating and maintaining all the weekly, monthly, and annual Quality Reports, which Top Management personnel review to assign countermeasures to problematic Key Process Input (KPIs) and Key Process Output (KPOs) trends, as deemed necessary.
Listed skills include Leadership, 2004 System Implementation, Team Building, Advanced Product Quality Planning, and 21 others.