Responsible for leading strategic quality initiatives consistent with establishing and growing the organization's quality and continuous improvement culture. Member of Strategic Planning Committee - responsible for collaborating with organizational management/leadership to establish strategic business initiatives and develop systems/methods/KPI's to measure progress toward the achievement strategic objectives. Works closely with New Product Integration and Design Engineering groups within APQP process to achieve smooth transition from design to full scale production. (DFMEA, PFMEA, Control Plans, PPAP)Leader of standard operating objective "Cost of Poor Quality" and associated initiatives relevant to reduction of cost associated with the 8 wastes.Leader / Facilitator of Kaizen Events. Responsible for selecting individuals / SME's and driving team to problem understanding, establishing current/ideal state, identifying root causes (5-why, Fishbone), creating and assigning actions/countermeasures, establishing plans to verify effectiveness of actions taken, and reviewing potential for horizontal deployment.Responsible for creating, revising, deployment, and training of product and process inspection/audit procedures and systems. (Redzone Software - Compliance module)Company Liason for all 3rd party (ISO9001) and customer specific supplier quality audits. Leader for Internal Audit Program.

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Responsible for oversight and improving quality performance of 30+ suppliers in Midwest region. Liaison between Honeywell Aerospace sites and supplier manufacturing facilities charged with ensuring corrective action plans were in place to mitigate delivery risk through the elimination of product and process Quality issues. (8-D, FMEA, Control Plans, Lean/Six Sigma methodologies)Initiated and assisted implementations for Supplier Improvement Plans (SIP) for underperforming / at risk suppliers. (Zero Defect Plan)Conducted quality system audits at supplier locations in accordance with Honeywell command media requirements. (AS9100, AS9102, AS9145)Responsible for performing reviews and approvals of all supplier first article inspection report submissions. (Net-Inspect).

- Responsible for the leadership, growth, and development of a team of 7 Quality Engineers. - Worked directly with customers (GE. PWC, PWA) and PCC engineering on product and process quality improvements (process yield, deviation justifications/approvals. corrective actions, etc) to obtain customer engineering source approvals. - Interfaced cross functionally in daily TOC (Theory of Constraints) meetings to help eliminate or reduce bottlenecks in production to improve achievement rate against requirements for customer demand.

- 7 Direct reports: Quality Engineers, Quality Technicians, Calibration Technician, Quality Inspectors, Quality Control Supervisors.- Management Representative; AS9100 Compliance (Quality Management Systems for Aviation, Space, & Defense Organizations)- Lead Instructor / Program Manager for site-wide training program (Saint-Gobain Development Academy) 6 courses and 40 on-site classroom hours. Training course topics: AS9100, Process Variability & Statistical Process Control, Customer Focus, World Class Manufacturing, 5-S, Process Documentation. - Implementation of Zero Defect Programs. Utilized In-Process Inspections and inspection data collection leading to an 18-month period during which 0 escapes / 0 PPM scores were maintained with top Aerospace customers.- Implementation of electronic quality management software (EtQ Reliance) at site resulting in the automation of numerous time-consuming paper driven processes and change approvals.-Designed, Developed and implemented homegrown Risk Management / Continual Improvement web application (PIO – Problem, Idea, Opportunity) ensuring site-wide participation in risk identification, reduction, and mitigation through the creation of continual improvement projects.- Establish and monitor department & individual staff member goals and objectives.- Lead Major Continual Improvement / Kaizen Events- Customer point of contact for Quality/QMS related topics, issues, and concerns.

- Responsible for maintaining AS9100 / ISO9001 management system certifications. - AS9100D (Quality Management Systems for Aviation, Space, & Defense Organizations)- Oversee and manage internal audit program.- Point of contact for certification and customer QMS audits.- Perform company-wide training on topics pertaining to the Quality Management System.

- Root Cause Analysis (5-why, Fishbone, C&E)- Identify and solve problems in manufacturing processes- Statistical Process Control / Capability Studies - Document Author (procedure, process, policy, forms, specifications, etc.)- Development of Zero Defect Plans, Inspection Plans, and Process Control Plans- Corrective Action / Risk Management- Internal Auditing

- Plant Quality Engineer- Point of contact for all plant quality issues & decisions (60,000 sq.ft manufacturing facility)- 7 direct reports (Quality Technicians, Quality Inspectors, Quality Specialists)- AS9100 compliance (internal auditing)- Process Improvements (Scrap Reduction, Escape Reduction, Value Stream Mapping)- Document Author (procedure, process, policy, forms, specifications, etc.)- Material Review Board (MRB)- RCCA (Root Cause Analysis / Corrective Action)- Inspection Plans / Process Control Plans- EQMS (Electronic Quality Management System Software)

- APQP (Advanced Product Quality Planning)- Process Control Plans- Internal / Customer / Supplier Non-Conformance & Corrective Action- Document Author (procedure, process, policy, forms, specifications, etc.)- Root Cause Analysis- Rework Planning - Calibration & Metrology- First Article Inspection (AS9102) - New product launch- AS9100 / ISO9001 - Manufacturing for Aerospace, Automotive, & Medical industries