Deborah Bartlett Email & Phone Number

Tulsa, Oklahoma, United States

• Valmont Industries, Omaha, NE, (Remote in Tulsa, Ok) December 2022 – October2023Senior Quality Engineer/Project ManagerProject Manager implementing CAQ eQMS (electronic Quality Management System) Software provided, by.
• Organized team meetings to monitor and drive action item deadlines to match project timeline.
• Track and control project budget. Provide monthly graph to provide quick assessment of invoices, confirmed POs, and quotes to show all confirmed and potential impacts to the budget. Work closely with Procurement and IT.
• Primary interface with CAQ AG for understanding issues, recommend software enhancement changes, as well as issues. Schedule in-depth team training by specific module and / or task the team needed to complete. Primary.
• Train sites to use the CAQ software. Utilize feedback from users to make changes or request software updates to optimize CAQ software for internal processes. Created Camtasia videos and PowerPoint files with.

Tulsa, Oklahoma Area

Manage component suppliers to provide quality parts for new project launches and day-to-day production in order for Whirlpool to provide our consumers a high quality product.Manage assigned suppliers for product qualifications via the Production Product Approval Process, PPAP, utilizing product knowledge to determine required paperwork and testing to.

Tulsa, Oklahoma Area

Port Of Catoosa

Utilized design tools to review certified air ex-changer drawings, pricing and sale order requirements. Prepare job instructions, parts lists and shop paperwork verifying Customer PO requirements and Sales Order requirements are documented for manufacturing and testing. This was a great experience; however, after only a short while, due to industry issues.

Lincoln, Nebraska Area

• Focus on investigation, trending and reporting of consumer complaints for the Lincoln, NE manufacturing site. Utilize Six Sigma methodology including root cause analysis, problem solving tools, and statistical trending.
• Generate trend reports within the Consumer Complaints team for the Lincoln facility to identify emerging trends and initiate Deviations, CAPAs and/or Change Controls when necessary.
• Develop Annual Product Review / Product Quality Review (APR/PQR) technical complaint summary reports to be included in the APR/PQR report. This includes providing actions taken, recommendations for additional actions.
• Investigate and review technical consumer complaints to identify root cause and actions based on the consumer’s complaint.
• Authored new documents for trending requirements, including trending thresholds and how to trend for APR/PQRs, the creation / revision of product information within the Consumer Complaint database, and Training.

Boca Raton, FL

• Sr. Quality Engineer - Small Kitchen and Premium appliances (2006-2011) Led project teams in the application of quality tools for the implementation of investigation results back into the product development process of.
• Led cross-functional teams to identify causes for warranty returns and initiate corrective actions. Utilizing teardown findings applied Six Sigma tools and techniques to capture savings resulting in $600K to $900K/year.
• Analyze Warranty Returns data and Consumer Call data to identify emerging trends and initiate warranty reduction activities, including corrective actions, of top warranty drivers for focused warranty reduction.
• Authored and revised primary documents required to update ISO 13485 Quality system and continued maintenance for uninterrupted ISO certification. Performed customer audits and upgraded system to meet FDA requirements.
• Developed and Managed Quality Data Systems - managed the formal Corrective Action system driving corrective actions (CAPA) to timely closure with measurable effective actions. Created and managed the Discrepant.

Torrance, CA

• Managed the Quality Department with interface between Engineering, Production Control and all Manufacturing Departments. Actively oversaw and maintained all aspects of the Quality System while leading 16 direct reports.
• Implemented ISO 9001, achieved certification in August 2001 through Underwriters Laboratory. Authored and revised all of the documents required for the ISO 9001 implementation
• Maintained qualification to military specifications (QPL), by scheduling and overseeing the maintenance (re-qualification) process. Interface with customers to resolve quality issues, perform customer audits and to.

El Segundo, CA

• Certified Honeywell Black Belt: Implemented PO Process Review; reduced incoming material holds with an approximate annualized cost avoidance of $500K.
• Approved and maintained recommended suppliers: developed and maintained supplier quality performance metrics in easily understood charts and graphs and worked closely with suppliers to improve performance.
• Participated in the implementation and maintenance of the ISO 9002 Quality system.

Torrance, CA

• Responsible for interfacing with military, automotive and commercial customers and suppliers defining and understanding drawing and quality requirements including issuing and responding to external / internal.
• Implemented QS 9000 for the Selective Plating Process used on automotive products and started implementation of ISO 9001 throughout all other departments.
• Responsible for implementing, maintaining, training and reporting for the Statistical Process Control program.

Dallas, TX

Component/Part Selection Engineer (1995 - 1997)Closely interfaced with new programs and suppliers to assist with part selection, standardization and reduce cycle-time between design and production. Wrote two position papers: “The Use Of Commercial Connectors Within Military Product” and “The Elimination Of Cadmium Plating From Connectors”.