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•Manage supplier quality and supplier development engineers and technicians.•Manages the team’s day-to-day activities for the CMM lab and incoming inspection.•Manages supplier APQP and PPAP process with over a 98% on time, first time success rate.•Create yearly development plans for each of the team members.•Conduct team member’s yearly performance appraisals.•Exemplar Global certificate of successful completion of AIAG IATF 16949:2016 supplier auditor Certification.•Conduct supplier audits and evaluations.•Define and implement incoming inspection plans.•Create daily, weekly and monthly reports and presented to upper management.

•Rockwell certified supplier auditor.•Rockwell certified Lean Six Sigma Green Belt.•Global supplier quality engineer lead for multiple commodities. On average, have reduced PPM by 55% for my assigned commodities•Part of global supplier quality team that on average has reduces overall PPM by 31%.•Lead and support supplier assessments and final supplier approval based upon risk analysis by evaluation suppliers quality systems, process capabilities, and technical capabilities.•Develop, lead, support, and implement plans for supplier development and continuous improvement using six sigma tools and methodologies. •Provide technical training and support for AQP, PPAP, 8D process, quality plans, and process capability studies.•Establish and support the supplier management teams with an overall supplier quality performance program. Create, implement, and analysis of quality performance metrics and indicators. •Have achieved the highest rating on Rockwell Automation's performance review three out of five years.

•Developed a supplier quality program for all of North America Twin Disc Incorporated facilities.•Wrote and implemented a supplier quality manual.•Implemented a supplier corrective action system.•Conducted audits of new and existing suppliers.•Developed and implemented a supplier rating system.•Reduced suppliers scrap by 5% year to date ($5,000 per month).•Working with suppliers on continuous improvement programs.•Implemented level 3 PPAP’s for all of Twin Disc Incorporated suppliers.•Responsible for all commodities that are supplied to Twin Disc Incorporated North America (Castings, forgings, machined parts, gear, heat treat, bearings, pumps, screw products, electronics and international purchases).•Work with India Country Manager in developing and approving suppliers.

A global, 150 million dollar tier 1 and tier 2 automotive supplier of manufactured assemblies.; Performed corrective action facilitation functions with suppliers and MPC buyers.Lead / assist in supplier development programs.Performed corrective action auditing.Acted as corrective action champion or team member.Maintained corrective action response times to departmental goals.Reviewed submitted corrective action responses for completeness.Qualified supplier auditor to ISO/TS16949 standard.Responsible for 7 manufacturing locations throughout North America and Mexico.

•Managed one senior buyer.•Consolidated supply base to improve operations and costs.•Developed, negotiated & executed supplier initiatives to drive business productivity that resulted in over $1,500,000 annual savings to The Cherry Corporation.•Managed a commodity spend of over $21,000,000.•Commodity spend consists of passive and active electronics, lamps, LED’s, LCD’s, plasma displays, relays, transformers, paint, capital equipment and packaging.•Analyzed, created and managed process improvement plans for targeted suppliers.•Monitored project status of cost reductions and process improvements.•Improved supplier performance through product/process capability evaluations.•Processed new parts: RFQ’s, purchase masters, tooling, part approvals, avoid excess inventories, supplier selection, negotiate pricing and determined economic order quantities.•Involved suppliers early in the design and development stages for lower costs and better quality.

•Consolidated supply base to improve operations and costs.•Developed, negotiated & executed supplier initiatives to drive business productivity that resulted in over $2,000,000 annual savings to Life Fitness.•Analyzed, created and managed process improvement plans for targeted suppliers.•Monitored project status of cost reductions and process improvements.•Improved supplier performance through product/process capability evaluations.•Purchased over $8,000,000 in electrical and electro-mechanical parts.

•Implemented an 8D process into the Outboard Marine electronics commodity team.•Conducted supplier audits.•Implemented cost reductions totaling over $4,000,000.•Consolidated suppliers to improve operations and costs.•Approved and resolved discrepancies with invoices.•Expedited new parts and worked with those suppliers that had delivery problems.•Processed new parts: RFQ’s, purchase masters, tooling, part approvals, avoid excess inventories, supplier selection, negotiate pricing and determined economic order quantities.•Procured over $50,000,000 in material in support of worldwide manufacturing operation for outboard engines.

•Planned and executed Motorola’s supplier material quality program for their 500+ suppliers with the cellular and cordless divisions, resulting in savings of $6,000,000.•Increased the quality department’s performance and respectability through the training of suppliers on Six Sigma/SPC methods.•Conducted supplier audits.•Managed three electrical auditors and three process auditors. •Implemented a supplier certification program that resulted in 25 suppliers being certified in 1.5 years as a first time program.•Engineered and designed a supplier quality system that resulted in a drop in defects from 2000ppm to 100ppm during a four-year period. •Worked with a cross functional team to consolidate supply base to improve operations and costs.•Involved suppliers early in the design and development stages for lower costs and better quality. •Wrote and conducted an audit questionnaire to help determine the capabilities of potential, current and new suppliers.