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Quality Advisor, Assembly Coordinator - NA Supply Chain, Projects

• Hire, lead, supervise, evaluate, manage, motivate and train employees.• Assist outside sales representatives in all areas, including but not limited to preparing quotes, maintaining all literature required, providing customer follow-up, and gathering sales leads.• Coordinates sales promotion activities and prepares or directs preparation of merchandise displays.• Prepares market and competitor information, annual sales analysis and forecast for the Area Manager.• Prepares annual budget.• Monitors fiscal performance of the branch as compared to budget.• Controls branch expenditures and costs.• Ensures all customers receive quality service from company associates.• Oversees completion of sales-related paperwork (shippers, invoices, cylinder audits, month end reports, etc.) in a timely manner.• Demonstrates full knowledge of all order entry, data research and computer skills necessary to service customers and suppliers.• Ensures customer inquiries related to billing problems, cylinder balances, order status, time of delivery, etc. are promptly and courteously handled, providing follow-up as necessary.• Maintains existing accounts and new business with existing accounts.• Identifies, prioritizes and penetrates target accounts. • Identifies target accounts for telemarketing.• Responsible for maintaining adequate inventory levels.• Responsible for maintaining accounts receivable at an acceptable level in accordance with company guidelines and goals.• Reviews contract price file quarterly.• Relates gross profit dollars and margins to gross profit requirements and budget. Relates actual net income to budget.

Expanded and restructured inspection division to create companywide protocols and symmetry within the organization by developing and implementing improvements for simplified manufacturing and inspection processes through design, process and quality control. • Expand inspection department role to create product flow: from pre inspection through completion of item quality analysis and verification of assembly and shipping.• Innovate and enhance value stream analysis and mapping for better communication between project management and manufacturing team for necessary operation flow.• Work with process engineers on product design and manufacturing implementation to drive value both internally and externally.• Interface with customers on material and component issues to obtain information related to quality, technical, or capacity standards to meet customer criteria.• Review technical issues or challenges and recommend new procedures or solutions to maintain ISO regulatory & compliance standards for positive audit and certification upkeep.• Implement 5S process for efficiency and effectiveness in product flow sustainability and longevity.• Budget re-organization for allowances to upgrade existing equipment leading to improved efficiencies and accuracies of the inspection department.• Drive Root Cause Corrective Action for continuous improvement with internal and external customers for superior vendor quality.

Created & oversaw new water jet operations and sales division in a longstanding laser fabrication company.• Oversaw installation, setup and maintenance of water jet machining center to coincide with all critical aspects of the complete fabrication process.• Trained programmers and operators in OMAX package software.• Supervised the realization of finished goods from the initial quotation, materials supply, handling of manufacturing and inspection to final process of product to customer.• Responsible for 50% of company sales in all aspects of the fabrication company process, including laser, press brake, welding, water jet and assembly.

Supervised floor workers while scheduling incoming shop workflow, gained new customers and maintained longtime customer relations through superior customer excellence. • Created product flow operations from receipt of material and inventory, to setup and run of equipment, to the final shipping of end product.• Scheduled and monitored day/night shift workers productivity and on time completion.• Responsible for daily safety inspection of equipment for facility.• Consulted inside sales/programmers on job completion time lines to provided status reports to owners of company on multiple levels of operations.

Scheduled and monitored production flow of precision machined items through inception of design engineering to completion for 25 employees in 2 separate facilities.• Planned, analyzed, and supervised all machine activities including: the conduct of maintenance work, the preparation of reports and records, training and licensing of equipment operators, and parts flow monitoring.• Created and implemented new safety-related programs and procedures, including all safety training and certification.• Planned, coordinated, and consulted with company owners on the priorities, task assignments, reviews and work schedules of staff.

Work in conjunction with commercial Georgia Pacific engineers and production staff to develop and implement product improvements for simplified manufacturing processes including comprehensive product design, manufacturing and ISO 9000 quality control.• Create engineered drawings and shop prints for fabrication and assembly of various parts in the manufacture of large scale machines and converting equipment.• Prepare materials, set up, implement, assemble, test and complete machining with the use of vertical and horizontal mill, lathe, CNC, hydraulic press, iron worker, large scale roll grinder, surface grinder, boring bar, brake shear, radial arm drill, drill press and saw.

Sales and machining for specialty and precision tooling products and services.• Daily activities include sales, estimating, planning and scheduling of projects, budget analysis, materials management and general machining.

Tool & Die and fixture making and repair for production parts and die presses.• General CNC machining and welding for chair and table assembly.• Built Dies and Fixtures from prototypes.• Onsite Die and Fixture modification and repair, utilizing employee feedback to create necessary adaptations for improved performance.