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Saint Paul, Mn, Us

Elkhart, Indiana, Us

Corporate Multi-Site Quality Management - IATF 16949:2016 & ISO 9001:2015• Lead multisite teams to help achieve key business objectives through monitoring and analyzing functional activities and making recommendations for improvement.• Set clear standards for suppliers and administer compliance with timely audits.• Direct team to manage process risks in technology with early stage development and to prepare quality defense lines for mass production of 500+ products.• Lead critical comprehensive OE customer audits.• Collaborate continuously with engineering, operations, services group counterparts, and executives to drive quality indices and to meet quality goals.• Enforce process and systems adherence supporting operations while ensuring company procedures are current and continuously evolving.• Implement rigorous compliance of quality initiatives by identifying/closing quality gaps in SOPs and setting/driving matching standards.• Ensure effective and consistent quality inspections support as requiredLippert™ is a leading, global manufacturer and supplier of highly engineered products and customized solutions, dedicated to shaping, growing and bettering the RV, marine, automotive, commercial vehicle and building products industries and their adjacent markets. Lippert is a complete house of brands, serving the RV, marine, towing and automotive industries and beyond with premium products. We are proud to own names like Taylor Made, CURT, Aries, LUVERNE, UWS, RETRAC Lewmar, Ranch Hand, Furrion and others – names that our customers trust for quality, dependability and service.We are a team of more than 15,000 associates world-wide. We combine our strategic manufacturing capabilities with the power of our winning team culture to deliver unrivaled Customer Service, award-winning Innovation and premium products to every customer we do business with.

Elkhart, Indiana, Us

Led the Quality Teams in our manufacturing plants in Wisconsin, South Dakota, Florida, Texas, and Juarez Mexico and testing in Michigan and 7 regional warehouses across the United States and Canada.The Wisconsin location is officially IATF 16949:2016 certified. This certification recognizes our company as a manufacturer equipped to the highest quality standards specifications, capabilities and Customer requirements for the automotive production and relevant service parts worldwide. We are continually innovating our processes, products and services for our current and prospective Customers while advancing our industry as a whole.

Hastings, Mn, Us

Facilitated the implementation of a Quality Management System that resulted in the company becoming ISO 9001:2015 certified in December 2017. Planned, developed, implemented, improved quality processes and objectives that supported corporate strategies, policies and procedures to ensure customer satisfaction. Led, coached and empowered the Quality Engineering team to realize company goals and objectives, including managing requirements, schedule expenditures, and variance analysis to determine areas of improvement in the Value Streams. Realized significant cost reductions with process improvements that exceeded $250,000 in annual savings. Led the development of a companywide document control system to centralize the storage and use of company documented information to support knowledge transfer. Developed and reported on key performance indicators in weekly Level 10 with an Entrepreneurial Operating System (EOS) centered on Traction. Participated in New Product Development initiatives focused on the simplification of design and designing for manufacturability, process and procedural improvements using FAIRS, FMEAs, Control Plans and PPAPs in a phase gate process. Directed Kaizen events focused on quality improvement and LEAN activities in support of continuous improvement initiatives. Assisted in a collaborative team environment working, approving and delivering formal SCAR responses with sustainable action plans for customers. Issued and tracked supplier SCARS for effectiveness to stated action plan. Hosted and facilitated all external regulatory agencies surveillance and new customer qualification audits. Managed a departmental budget, inclusive of salaries, incentives, and other operational expendituresIntek Plastics is a premiere custom plastic extrusion company. Serving large-sized OEMs in a wide variety of industries:ConstructionFenestrationLightingPower ManagementRefrigerationHorticulture Other Industrial OEMs

Bloomington, Mn, Us

Led a team of engineers to realize department objectives, including managing requirements, schedule expenditures, and variance analysis to determine areas of improvement.Managed the departmental budget, inclusive of salaries, incentives, and other operational expenditures. Led the development of domestic and global engineering standards documentation and procedures (supporting locations in United States, Mexico, Canada, China and across Europe) in accordance with ISO 9001:2008, ISO/TS 16949:2009, and AS9100 requirements.Developed and reported on key performance indicators to executive leadership team on a monthly basis.Facilitated the product development and improvement teams leveraging Lean Six Sigma - primary focus was concentrated on Design and Process FMEAs, product improvements, process and procedural improvements, simplification of design, design safety and environmental concerns.

Bloomington, Mn, Us

Managed the Corporate Quality Systems supporting 45 global locations under ISO 9001:2008, ISO/TS 16949:2009, and AS9100 by means of leading the development and documentation of procedures; maintaining critical quality related databases for COQ information and corrective actions; planning, scheduling and performing supporting applicable audits; providing weekly and led monthly quality management review updates with Senior Executive Leadership Teams.Led, managed and staffed the Corporate based precision quality inspection lab. Met quality assurance lab financial objectives by estimating requirements, scheduling expenditures, and analyzing variances for improvements.Negotiated multi-year contract with third party certification body that included over forty certifications at twenty locations resulting in corporate annual spend reduction of over 10%. Served in a leadership role with manufacturing locations and third party assessors.Led issue resolution processes by ensuring effective preventative and corrective actions were in place for OEM Automotive “On-Road Customers”.Supported product development and improvement teams through leadership and contribution of lean and efficient operations including, product improvements, process and procedural improvements, simplification of design, design safety, environmental concerns, margin improvements and product rationalization.

Minneapolis, Mn, Us

South St. Paul, Mn, Us

A manufacturer of the most advanced and reliable fire suppression pumps, hydrants, and flow control valves in the market since 1886.

South St. Paul, Mn, Us

Bachelor’S Of Science, Business Administration

Precision Inspection And Nondestructive Testing