● Mentor and provide technical guidance to a team of 8 technicians across 3 shifts.● Provide comprehensive supplier support on quality specifications and engineering changes. ● Implemented failure mode investigation techniques and corrective actions using 8D, 5Why, fishbone and pareto analysis for defective products and customer complaints.● Trained suppliers on our quality procedure and production part approval process (PPAP).● Successfully completed and processed over 700 PPAPs that were open for almost 1.5 years.● Supported Kaizen events to identify and implement improvement opportunities. ● Updated Pilot run and Audit processes along with supplier (Buy) and internal (Make) PPAP Process. ● Implemented an automated process for production approval of a new product launch. ● Spearheaded a supplier change project with moving 400 items and initial cost saving of $220,000 along witho Reducing Minimum Order Quantitieso Reducing Inventory (to bring in daily requirements vs months/years of inventory)o Reduce sq. ft. requirements in warehouse from 1300 pallets of corrugate to 950 pallets.o 3% year over year savings from each supplier ($240,000)o All products shipped in on pallets ($80,000) with pallet grade defined.o Cleaned up drawings that were not conforming with the physical samples.● Created and managed compliance database for RoHS, Prop 65 and Reach compliance which increased the PPAP closure rate by 13%.● Internal Auditor: completed five internal audits per year and ISO 9001:2015 (re-certification and surveillance) audit.● Supported Warehouse System Management (WMS) launch as a junior auditor and participated in yearly physical inventory count.● Performed supplier and facility audits for qualifying new suppliers.● Experience in Fabrication process and handling Packaging and Raw material (Sheet metal/Plastic) commodities

● Developed product design and product definition data- BOM, drawings, specifications of products to meet schedule, cost, and quality targets as part of Stage gate NPD process.● Reviewed, interpreted, and marked-up Engineering drawings according to the standards.● Developed, managed, reviewed Engineering Changes (ECR’s/ECN’s/ECO’s) through a workflow process.● Prepared DVP&R and testing plans for new products per UL requirement.● Collaborated with Supplier Quality Engineer (SQE’s) for disposition of non-conforming product to ensure proper preventive actions are taken.● Supported the new product development activities such as prototyping, testing, verification and validation testing.o Qualified new material for impellers that netted a 15% cost reduction.o Developed and prepared DVP&R for Impellers.o Standardize labels to reduce quantity of labels and cost.o Rectified non-conformance in product and their PPAP’s.o Released quality acceptance standard for color Orange.o Competitor Teardown Analysis Project. Software: Agile, AS 400, AutoCAD, CREO, Windchill, Excel, Outlook, WMS, Access.

● Performed work within ISO and ilumi’s Quality Management System.● Initiated Nonconforming Material Reports identified during manufacturing process.● Communicated issues and followed-Up on Quality and process alerts and responded to customers' concerns.● Reviewed and approved Production Part Approval Process (PPAP) as part of APQP process.● Ensured parts/product manufactured meets quality standards for engineering specifications, including ISO 9001 and QMS.o Identified and resolved customer complaints and contained and dispositioned all the products inside the facility and warehouse.o Documented all the returns and Refurbished of A-19 and BR-30 light bulbs that were part of customer complaints and returns.o Created Supplier database in Texas area using CRM tools. Software: AutoCAD, Minitab, CRM, ERP, Excel.

Used MS office suites, Excel(advanced) and banner for data entry task, develop spreadsheet, chart table, v-lookups etc. Communicate and assist students and faculty with admission and academic issues.Software: MS Word, Excel(advanced).

● Assisted and performed an in-process inspection for parts/products. ● Improved production process using continuous improvement (Kaizen) philosophies and reduced production downtime by 5% by applying FMEA principles.● Identified the scarp area and documented and maintained scrap report.● Analyzed defective products and performed root cause analysis (8-D & 5WHY’s) and ensured effective corrective and preventive action (CAPA) were implemented. Software: SolidWorks, AutoCAD, ERP, MS Project.