Debra Hyde Email & Phone Number

Charlotte, Nc, Us

Mooresville, North Carolina, United States

Huntersville, Nc

•Has managed over 15 new product development projects worth over $42MM in sales, over $500k in capitol spend equating to over 250 finished goods. •Responsible for leading projects in all aspects which include: creating new tooling, qualifying parts, running team meetings, creating timelines, managing financials, delegating tasks, communicating with suppliers, ensuring products meet quality expectations, and creating costing sheets•Also responsible for managing category maintenance… Show more •Has managed over 15 new product development projects worth over $42MM in sales, over $500k in capitol spend equating to over 250 finished goods. •Responsible for leading projects in all aspects which include: creating new tooling, qualifying parts, running team meetings, creating timelines, managing financials, delegating tasks, communicating with suppliers, ensuring products meet quality expectations, and creating costing sheets•Also responsible for managing category maintenance projects for the builder and retail channel involving hundreds of finished goods. This involves new material validation, color changes, tooling refurbishment, competitive analysis, and productivity projects for best cost.•Has completed several Six Sigma projects focused on investigating variation in processes and new product development and is a resource to other engineers on critical thinking, sample plans and data analysis•Presents at bi-monthly meetings to the executive team on each active project as well as at all new product gate meetings•Works with manufacturing plants (US and China) to ensure all products meet our timing, quality, and cost specifications•Travels to manufacturing facilities (US and China) when needed for support on items such as tooling runs, quality support, and PPAP approval•Engineering contact for all Closet and Garage related consumer complaint issues•Created test procedures and test plans based on DFMEA’s and consumer feedback for all projects to ensure products meet consumer quality and performance expectations Show less

Huntersville, Nc

•Used Six Sigma Black Belt skills to develop sample plans, test plans and recommendations to product teams•Completed 3 Six Sigma black belt projects worth an estimated $1,000,000 in new product development and new sales•Lead test engineer for Rubbermaid Food and Home Products•Worked with various products teams on writing DFMEA’s and test plans•Created test procedures based on DFMEA’s, competitive claims and Marketing studies•Developed and maintained a Microsoft SharePoint… Show more •Used Six Sigma Black Belt skills to develop sample plans, test plans and recommendations to product teams•Completed 3 Six Sigma black belt projects worth an estimated $1,000,000 in new product development and new sales•Lead test engineer for Rubbermaid Food and Home Products•Worked with various products teams on writing DFMEA’s and test plans•Created test procedures based on DFMEA’s, competitive claims and Marketing studies•Developed and maintained a Microsoft SharePoint site for storing procedures, submitting test requests, test plans, contacts, schedules and other documentation•Programmed and operated Coordinate Measuring Machine (CMM) to measure parts and help determine optimal processing conditions•Lead on moving the Home Products lab from Wooster, Ohio to Huntersville, NC. This included coordinating movers at both facilities, keeping up with invoices, receiving training on all new equipment, and shutting down the old lab.•Trained all new personnel on lab equipment and procedures•Lead tours of suppliers, customers, management and co-workers throughout facility Show less

Salisbury, Nc

•Conducted thermal analysis tests on materials using DSC, TGA and DTMA instrumentation•Photographed, inspected and/or measured the contact angle of samples by means of stereo optical microscope•Conducted abrasion tests on rubber, polyurethane and composite materials and evaluated wear data•Correlated materials behavior to properties such as hardness, abrasion resistance, and surface roughness•Created, maintained and distributed various databases on all materials tested•Wrote… Show more •Conducted thermal analysis tests on materials using DSC, TGA and DTMA instrumentation•Photographed, inspected and/or measured the contact angle of samples by means of stereo optical microscope•Conducted abrasion tests on rubber, polyurethane and composite materials and evaluated wear data•Correlated materials behavior to properties such as hardness, abrasion resistance, and surface roughness•Created, maintained and distributed various databases on all materials tested•Wrote project reports and procedures on various instrumentation that were referred to our European operations Show less

Huntersville, Nc

•Provided technical support by preparing samples to be analyzed by ICP, Flame and Furnace for the environmental laboratories of the Trace Metals and Organic Divisions•Identified unknown organic compounds using Fourier Transform Infrared Spectroscopy•Assisted with a special project involving developing a new procedure for analyzing coal samples•Provided technical support to laboratory and other staff