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Houston, Texas Area

Direct responsibility for all Global Quality functions. Manage staff of 23 employees, reporting directly to the Company President. Serve as a key member of Global Leadership Team. Responsible for ensuring ValvTechnologies meets regulatory, industry, & customer quality standards and requirements while meeting and maintaining compliance to ISO, API, ANSI, PED, ASME, and Nuclear N-Stamp requirements.Responsible for tracking, trending, and reporting monthly KPI metrics such as… Show more Direct responsibility for all Global Quality functions. Manage staff of 23 employees, reporting directly to the Company President. Serve as a key member of Global Leadership Team. Responsible for ensuring ValvTechnologies meets regulatory, industry, & customer quality standards and requirements while meeting and maintaining compliance to ISO, API, ANSI, PED, ASME, and Nuclear N-Stamp requirements.Responsible for tracking, trending, and reporting monthly KPI metrics such as Budget Compliance, COPQ, Scrap & Internal PPM, External PPM, Supplier Performance, Corrective Action Performance, and Audit Results. Responsible to drive process change necessary to strengthen ValvTechnologies’ competitive advantage and quality culture. Show less

Houston, Texas Area

Immediate responsibility for the Quality functions for both GP&C and GP Rubber, managing staff of 26 employees, and reporting directly to the Company President. Served as a key member of Corporations Leadership Team.Achieved significant PPM reduction within GP&C averaging less than 700 PPM over the last two-year period, having improved from over 90,000 PPM in the first year of my tenure. Improvements were forthcoming from the introduction of a zero-escape culture and the introduction of… Show more Immediate responsibility for the Quality functions for both GP&C and GP Rubber, managing staff of 26 employees, and reporting directly to the Company President. Served as a key member of Corporations Leadership Team.Achieved significant PPM reduction within GP&C averaging less than 700 PPM over the last two-year period, having improved from over 90,000 PPM in the first year of my tenure. Improvements were forthcoming from the introduction of a zero-escape culture and the introduction of a proactive and preventative Quality culture.Developed a series of initiatives and associated time lines yielding a new standard of excellence for Quality, resulting in a more mature non-bureaucratic Business Operating System comprised of a New Quality Manual, Standard Operating Procedures, Standard Processes, Work Instructions, and controlled Forms and Templates. Responsible for tracking, trending, and reporting monthly quality metrics such as Budget Compliance, COPQ, Scrap & Internal PPM, External PPM, Supplier Performance, Corrective Action Performance, and Audit Results. Developed and implemented advanced integrated reporting, metrics, and business solutions within the ERP System and Data Collection software, coupled with event-based system driven reporting and monitoring. Show less

Houston, Texas Area

Direct responsibility for Quality includes five (5) Manufacturing Business Units and three (3) Service Business Units. Responsibilities for Quality were holistic in nature and include Quality Assurance aspects from initial concept through Quality Control aspects in the daily manufacturing shop floor environments, as well as Configuration and Data Management, Risk Management, and Training & Competency. Proactively managed an overall staff of 65, with 13 direct reports, and reported directly to… Show more Direct responsibility for Quality includes five (5) Manufacturing Business Units and three (3) Service Business Units. Responsibilities for Quality were holistic in nature and include Quality Assurance aspects from initial concept through Quality Control aspects in the daily manufacturing shop floor environments, as well as Configuration and Data Management, Risk Management, and Training & Competency. Proactively managed an overall staff of 65, with 13 direct reports, and reported directly to the Executive Vice President. Key member of the Business Unit’s Leadership Team.Led the implementation of 3 independent ISO 9001:2008 Quality Management Systems with successful certification.Led the implementation of a Supplier Quality Management program. Developed and implemented strategies to move Quality from a reactive Quality Control state to a more proactive Quality Assurance and Risk Management organization; resulting in the adoption of more advanced tools such as: SPC, Gage R&R, DFMEA, PFMEA, Risk Analysis, Configuration & Data Management, Lean, and Six Sigma. Standardized common Quality tool software (Enovia PLM). Implemented within all major business units of Oceaneering. (NCRs, CARs, PARs, Record Retention, Document Control, and Specification Control )Developed root cause analysis/problem solving training program and led training for all locations. Led and facilitated roughly 4 Kaizen events per year. Each event led to clear measurable savings, as well as eliminated waste in the representative processes. Streamlined internal traceability documentation development, approval, and storage, as well as put in place a process to develop manufacturing records to the point of real-time MDB creation such that no product shipped without the MDB complete and approved. Led the effort to transform (BOP, SSFD, PCRS) ISO 9001:2008 Quality Management System into compliance with API Q1/ISO 29001:2007. Show less

Responsibilities for Quality include a Corporate Support site and Design Center in Rochester Hills, MI, and 3 Manufacturing sites in North America - Archbold, OH; Paris, TN; and San Luis Potosi, Mexico. Responsibilities for Continuous Improvement include all of North America as well as coordinating activities with both the Director of Quality and Director of Operations for Europe. Also Responsible for Global ISO/TS 16949;2002 Certification Compliance.

Lead role and responsibility for Lean Manufacturing for all 6 remaining manufacturing Facilities (Of the original 11, 3 were consolidated and 2 were sold). Act as Corporate Management Quality rep for each production facility as well as track and monitor Quality metrics for the division and each facility individually. Responsible for Six Sigma Program for 11 North American Manufacturing Facilities (Columbia City, IN; Andrews, IN; Mitchell, IN; Angola, IN; Archbold, OH, Wharton, OH; Upper… Show more Lead role and responsibility for Lean Manufacturing for all 6 remaining manufacturing Facilities (Of the original 11, 3 were consolidated and 2 were sold). Act as Corporate Management Quality rep for each production facility as well as track and monitor Quality metrics for the division and each facility individually. Responsible for Six Sigma Program for 11 North American Manufacturing Facilities (Columbia City, IN; Andrews, IN; Mitchell, IN; Angola, IN; Archbold, OH, Wharton, OH; Upper Sandusky, OH; Paris, TN; Pensacola, FL; SLP 1 Mexico; and SLP 2 Mexico) As well as support Division Quality Initiatives Show less

Provided strategic direction and leadership to supply base of over 300 suppliers. Worked with suppliers to improve their internal quality programs as well as conduct Supplier Quality Assurance Audits. Interfaced with Engineering, Warranty, Quality, and Purchasing to ensure proper communication flow to supply base to improve quality and function of product.

Responsible for maintaining and improving QS 9000 Quality System for continual compliance. Managed quality of product throughout process from incoming inspection of over 1500 components through assembly to packout and finally to shipping for over 3500 final brake hose assemblies. Supervised 3 employees in Shipping/Receiving, 3 Quality Assurance Auditors, and 1 Quality Assurance Engineer.