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Marion, Ohio

Marion Ohio

Brought in and contributed to comprehensive turn-around plan focused on return to profitability. Observed manufacturing, determined and resolved non-conformance issues with production process, raw materials and final product; contributed to implementation of new tools and testing procedures; generated reports addressing supplier defects and collaborated with supplier quality department to resolve issues; created reports highlighting scrap, cycle counts, customer complaints, department complaints and customer audits; recorded weekly/monthly metrics; produced KPIs to reflect overall back-end cost of quality issues.* Contributions throughout tenure earned special recognition from union for supporting production associates.* Assisted with Value Stream Mapping of current state of facility and assisted with presentation of future state to senior management and company CEO.* Assisted with Kaizen improvement projects with measurement tools and methods; requested specifically by management to assist with placement of tooling and measuring equipment; includes millions of dollars invested in Forming Cell area to implement “make to order” process.* Provided insight into implementation requirements of new ERP system; addressed requisites to assist with organizing notifications of incoming inspections and customer audits (specific to international and domestic orders/customers).* Collaborated with galvanized steel supplier to address and resolve issues with raw material (causing increased packaging costs); lowered raw material sizes and offset packaging costs through collaboration with internal engineers.* Vastly reduced outflow of final product defects through development of new Operating Method Sheets for packing of paint, stainless and non-metal partitions as well as to combine and improve order packing.

Marion, Ohio

Oversaw and contributed to quality control operations accountable for production output within facility operating 24x7x365; communicated quality issues throughout all levels of management, including Japanese senior management.Trained and ensured performance of quality department associates; coordinated employee schedule and delegated job assignments; communicated with suppliers to correct defective and wrong parts provided; generated issue reports for suppliers; created and organized IPP tags for facilities worldwide; worked with new model group on new fuel tanks, accumulated data during new model testing and implemented new process instructions; adjusted cooling fixtures utilized in production process; collaborated with engineering to improve end products; conducted finished goods audits.* Recognized for start-finish knowledge of production process and frequently sought by engineering staff to resolve vast array of issues, from welds to development of fuel tank in blow molding process; swiftly determined quality of products developed and recommended adjustments to current and new model production.* Instrumental in several equipment and process modifications: introduced Change Point Control system (currently utilized throughout facility); assisted with implementation of Romer Measuring Arm produced programs for each tank model and input upper and lower control limits in reports for real time data analysis; implemented use of digital data forms used on and off production floor for real time data analysis.* Lowered operating expenses, reduced downtime and gained over 1 hour per technician labor contribution daily through conversion of paper documents to digital/electronic data collection spreadsheets; time savings included 10 technicians and 10 hours used to resolve issues and assist in daily production issues.