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Lee'S Summit Mo

• Responsibility for the quality functions of 3 sites - Lee’s Summit MO, Edmundston NB, and the innovation center in St. Damien QC.• Developed quality KPI’s and goals and objectives for the division plants designed to facilitate continuous improvement in the operation.• Renegotiated specifications with a large customer that in tandem with operations improvements led to a 2-million-dollar reduction in costs in 2019.• Developed 3 plant Quality Managers and a Quality Engineer none of whom had prior quality assurance or food safety background.• Led efforts in conjunction with the engineering team to update product drawings in all facilities to a common format and to utilize common measurement tools to ensure seamless supply to customers from multiple plants.• Managed customer food safety regulatory requests including migration testing and irradiation of product as well as customer regulatory surveys for new and existing business.• Managed the quality group in the Edmundston facility remotely and on site for 3 months after the departure of the Quality Manager.• Ensured that the PDP (new product development process) functioned for both the customer and the plant site.• Utilized a data driven process (SPC measurement combined with customer returns and internal holds) to recommend capital expenditures to reduce customer issues.

Lee'S Summit, Mo

Reorganized Quality Department Implemented HACCP (Food Safety for Packaging)Oversaw the implementation of new SPC softwareFacilitated Continous Improvement TeamsLed the implementation of SQF Level 2 subcategory 27 (Food Packaging)Registered Facility to SQF Level 2 and maintained registration Implemented SQF internal audit program including SQF system and Facility AuditsImplemented Supplier Audits including external warehouse auditsWorked with the engineering team to update product drawings to reflect actual partsUtilized updated part drawings to provide realistic QA inspection criteria within the SPC system

Lenexa Kansas

World's largest PET container supplier with more than 5300 associates, 63 manufacturing operations in 12 countries; Complete oversight responsibility for plant quality function; produced preforms and blow molded bottles using injection molding, reheat and blow molding, and one step blow molding; supervised 3 to 7 employees• Key contributor to a safety incidence rate of 0 lost time accidents.• Primary plant contact for customer relationships; Nestle Waters, Coke, Pepsi, Unilever, and Alcon.• Quality assurance efforts reduced defective product shipments to less than 100 PPM on sales of between 2 and 4 billion units.• Implemented new SPC system allowing changes to be made in product specifications and production processes.• Monitored introduction of Post-Consumer Recycled (PCR) raw materials. • Successfully implemented the American Institute of Baking (AIB) Gold Standard Certification for Packaging Plants.• Managed AIB GMP, HACCP, and QSE audits of the facility maintaining certifications.• Awarded AMCOR environmental fellowship.

Piscataway Nj

Production of blow-molded bottles, injection molded closures, silkscreen decorated bottles, and pressure sensitive labeled bottles.- Responsible for the quality function of headquarters facility plant- Managed 8 employees. -Resolved customer complaints for personal care, distilled spirits, food, and pharmaceutical industry clients.-Continually upgraded and developed plant standard operating procedures.-Reduced quality department staff from 14 to 8 employees saving over $240,000 per year and achieving improved results.-Reduced dollar value of customer returns 88% year 1 to year 2 and sustained this reduction.-Responsible for developing product and process specific quality plans.-Served as 4 month interim quality manager for a satellite pharmaceutical plant while maintaining performance of headquarters plant.-Transferred personnel to a satellite plant to support a new quality organization.-Routinely interfaced with the quality and package product development organizations of customers such as Bacardi, L'Oreal, and Schering Plough.

-Focal point for all product nomenclature and BOM changes affecting this location.-Revitalized the ISO 9000 Management System by focusing on audits, internal corrective actions, and on procedure review and update.-Set product specifications and served as focal point for customer relationships.-Reduced customer product rejections by 30%-Edited OSHA VPP application

-Operational responsibility for three 8 inch biaxial oriented polystyrene sheet and film extrusion lines, a co-extrusion line, a repelletizing line, and 2 slitters.-Managed 4 shift supervisors and 60 hourly employees-LAN administrator for the site.-Managed all metrics associated with throughput, uptime, safety, and waste.-Increased plant production output by 25%.-Trained the workforce in the use and troubleshooting of new production technologies.

Led and maintained the registration of a bilingual plant to ISO 9002.Decreased rejected product by $300,000 by instituting a tracking and corrective action system for customer returned goods and customer complaints. Responsible for justification and calibration of plant test equipment.Justified over 3 million dollars in plant capital expenditures over the period 1993 to 1996

Manteno Il

Implemented ISO 9002 focusing on process flow diagrams and gap analysis.TQM facilitator for 5 cross-functional teams.Led National Quality Month celebration.Prepared COQ and Pareto analyses reports.

Manteno Il

Supervised 12 employees in the manufacture of BOPS sheet.Participated in the start up of 2 BOPS sheet lines and one cast sheet line.Shipping and maintenance responsibility.Increased the selling price of off grade product.

Gary Indiana

Managed a 7 person union workforce in a continuous process environment.

Bachelor'S Of Science In Engineering, Engineering/Industrial Management

Mba

Completed 21 hours of MBA prior to corporate transfer.