Joseph Todd Vanwinkle Email & Phone Number

Shelbyville Indiana

The Six Sigma Black Belt program at Freudenberg consisted of 2 full weeks of soft skills where management presentation, self awareness, DISC training, time management and other soft skills were reviewed in preperation for the Six Sigma training.The six sigma training consisted of a 12 month program where the DMAIC phases were taught. Each phase was reviewed in a week long training session where I was provided examples and in class exercises for specific aspects of each of the 5 phases. Each week was followed with 3 to 5 weeks of implementation time to work on my project. Additional requirements were 3 book reports, a completed project with all 5 phases documented and approved along with an 8 hour final exam. I use this training in current position in Shelbyville as the Quality/Continuous Improvement Engineer.

Shelbyville Indiana

The Lean Systems Black Belt training at Freudenberg was an intense 12 month training plan that included 2 full weeks of Soft Skills straining, 9 Kaizens learning weeks followed by 9 self lead Kaizens. Additional requirements were 5 Book reports, 9 management presentations for the self lead Kaizens and a 30 hour test covering all that I learned.I not only use this training in my current position in Shelbyville, I also travel to other facilities to share my skills and training to conduct Kaizens off site. .

Shelbyville In

As the Quality Growtth Engineer I am responsible for the Quality aspects of the Components division of the Shelbyville facility including incoming and shipping quality along with incoming quality and work in process aspect's of the production process. The Growtth (Get Rid of Waste Through Team Harmony) activities include daily, weekly and monthly improvement tracking that includes Kaizens, problem solving and other improvement activities. Developing Green Belts within my facility, sharing our best practices with other facilities and searching for better practices off site are key to our continuous improvement.

Indianapolis, Indiana Area

Responsible for all aspects of the facility including Safety, Quality, Production, Cost, Scheduling, Shipping, HR and Finance. Managed 8 staff members who were responsible for 47 hourly employees.

Indianapolis In

Responsible for incoming quality, process control and fielding quality complaints for the Midwest Unites States. Tracked and reported Cost of Quality, Process control documentation and quality training within the plant. Customer visits, monthly Quality conference calls and Quality training were ongoing throughout my term as Quality Manager.

Supervision of material handling repair garage, receiving dock, purchase part marketplace and service pack combined with packaging engineer responsibilities. Additional duties included writing projects and purchase orders for parts ordering, vehicle rentals, mandatory third party inspections and contract agencies.

Process flow coordination combined with data collection for Column Fabrication, Column Assembly, Pump Machining and Pump Assembly. Duties included calculation of First Time Through, Scrap Percentage, SPC charts, Production Rates for monthly Data Card reviews, tracking operator needs along with TS16949 documentation assurance. Develop Global 8Ds from root cause through implementation of permanent corrective actions. Superintendant and supervision responsibilities for 140 operators in 8 separate departments were covered as needed.

Supervision of 20-24 operators in two departments including Heat Treat and Hard Grind Machining. Maintain SPC charts, quality check sheets and additional documentation as needed. Coordinate with assembly to assure proper level of inventories of subcomponents. Supervision vacation replacement and timekeeping responsibilities for hourly operators.

Master Of Business Administration, Business

Bachelor Of Science, Mathematics & Mathematical Economics