Julia Seiler, Cqe Email & Phone Number

Bowling Green, Oh, Us

Rueil Malmaison, Paris, Fr

Supported 4 NAM Performance Cluster leaders drive KPIs across 32 manufacturing sites making home and industrial electrical products from within North American region of Global Supply Chain. Lead Quality KPI improvements across 5 US manufacturing sites, making load centers, safety switches, circuit breakers, transformers, and contacts within MTS-MTO cluster.• Reduced 70% of RPN >144 with severity 9 and 10 on PFMEAs with cross-functional projects in each plant in 2023 using poke yokes and judokas with daily red rabbit validation. • Decreased Field Failure Rates 50% through Manufacturing Quality Fundamental including ok first part, control of nonconforming material, standard work, poke yoke, stop work, final inspection or Temporary Quality Walls, check-do-check, layered process audits, and Kata Quick Response Continuous Improvement (QRCI). • Increased production output and reduced scrap with Kaizen for Kata QRCI by empowering line operators to resolve production issues like welding of brackets on load center box and bending of busbars.

Northville, Michigan, Us

Standardized and simplified Tenneco Manufacturing Excellence (TME) operating system with standardized visual management and daily KPI reviews. Created SharePoint site for CI change management training and tools including ADKAR. Supported 7 global CI directors covering 55 manufacturing sites producing automotive components, including brakes, shocks, and noise and vibration control. Drove reductions in customer claims and credits and resolved large national customer concerns. • Saved $55M+ annually as Subject Matter Expert (SME) on power-steering database for conversion cost-savings project management through setting up and training new users, troubleshooting, and monthly reporting of performance to budget targets for division and business unit leadership. • Decreased customer logistics claims and credits by creating standard processes, auditing all DCs to those standards, and measuring effectiveness via quality metrics. • Reduced LTL transit damage through improving packaging and palletizing standards.

Nashville, Tennessee, Us

Led advanced quality for 9 commercial roofing product groups, utilizing 8 engineers and 8 managers. Maintained FSBP as part of BSAM quality budget with monthly expense monitoring. Led customer product quality complaints, manufacturing quality, supplier quality, and Quality Management Systems (QMS) for 20 global sites. Represented quality in FSBP leadership and BSAM quality council indirectly reporting to BSAM Chief Quality Officer (CQO). • Increased vitality index from 3.5% in 2016 to 27% in 2020 with flawless launches and received BSAM Presidential Award for development of New Product Process (NPP) with Advanced Product Quality Planning (APQP) tools and risk-based options for fewer gate requirements.• Reduced product defects and customer complaints 10% by leading cross-functional work-group improvement and documentation of processes, including product development, formula control, change management, qualification and validation, conditional release, and other divisional procedures. • Improved safety and quality 88% for 13 manufacturing and 4 distribution centers via campaign focused on leading indicators such as internal audits and preventive actions. • Increased employee growth and mobility through developing teammates to promotions within and outside FSBP Quality Department.

South Hackensack, Nj, Us

Acted as corporate leader of QMS (ISO 9001:2008 to ISO 9001:2015), food safety (AIB and SQF), and social responsibility (SMETA 4pillars) certifications for 12 flexible packaging manufacturing sites. • Drove 10% reduction in complaints across multiple manufacturing sites using root cause analysis and no direct-reporting staff. • Created database with automated approval system for standardized controlled documents on internal website without dedicated QMS software to provide individualized access to same documents at all 12 manufacturing sites.• Received superior rating to AIB certification for food-contact packaging 5 consecutive years with cleaning, handwashing, GMP, and food safety programs processes, plant-wide training, and regular audits at Bowling Green, KY plant.