Jim Kufner Email & Phone Number

Grapevine Texas

Grapevine, Texas

Fort Worth, Texas

• A conscientious, resourceful, and innovative professional with wide ranging expertise in Quality Systems, Six Sigma, Continuous Improvement, Supplier Quality Management, Auditing, Corrective and Preventative Action.
• Led quality improvement initiatives for Department of Defense (DOD) and prime contractor programs. Improved quality performance of one major program from an at-risk “red” rating with the customer to exemplary “gold”.
• Managed investigation and corrective action of suspect counterfeit semi-conductor components at United States and Israeli plants to comply with AS5553, AS6081, and DFARS requirements.
• Performed annual audits of ESA management system compliance with AS9100/ISO9100 requirements.
• Facilitated prime contractor audits of ESA management system compliance with AS9100/ISO9100 requirements.
• Performed AS9102 compliant First Article Inspections of new design products and processes.

• Led projects spanning logistics, supply chain, inventory, and warehouse management for a major cell phone manufacturer.
• Developed recommendations to significantly reduce cost and improve inventory accuracy of warehouse operations at a large cellular telephone assembly plant.
• Analyzed storage requirements and warehouse cube utilization to improve inventory management practices and consolidate warehouses; created significant cost savings and efficiencies as a result.

• Directed startup of business-to-business dot-com enterprise.
• Developed and implemented a strategic business plan while holding accountability for enterprise P&L.
• Specified and organized core management and operations team as well as marketing plans and initiatives.
• Prepared requirements and guided development of corporate applications, including Microsoft ASP-based website, and Microsoft SQLServer 7.0 database.

Managed sales lead tracking, sales contract development, and sales commission preparation programs for the company while also serving as Project Manager and Lead Consultant. Oversaw consultants and led multiple projects concurrently.

M.S., Management And Administrative Sciences, Accounting And Finance, Gpa - 3.167

Accounting II, Financial Mgt., Investment Mgt., Money&Capital Markets, Advanced Financial Systems, Promotion, Marketing Mgt..

Bachelor Of Science (Bs), Industrial Engineering, 3.234

Activities and Societies: American Institute of Industrial Engineering, Tau Beta Pi, Alpha Pi Mu, Student CongressEngineering Probability.