Leah Ruppe Email & Phone Number

Plano, Tx, Us

Regional Business Product Owner in the Digital Inteligent Manufacturing Engineering (DIME) group within Production Engineering. Main Responsibilities: - Create digital use case development and strategy.- Prioritize use cases & functional requirements. Provide voice of the customer to the application development team-Create standard processes and governance guidelines for business applications-Provide product management and oversight for complex digital products and initiatives.-Develop and maintain product roadmaps, baselines, and implementation planning, and identify new solutions.-Ensure Project Quality Assurance through high-quality Testing Strategy and facilitation with all Stakeholders.-Guide team on how to use Agile/Scrum practices and values.-Use process knowledge to translate customer requirements into user stories, and process mapping.-Training material development and execution with business stakeholders

Toyota City, Aichi Prefecture, Jp

Ensured overall customer satisfaction by ensuring completed vehicle quality. Main responsibilities included investigating concerns, counter measuring issues, improving processes, training suppliers, and leading cross functional teams.Key Accomplishments:-Achieved IIHS TSP+ national ranking for headlamp aim during newmodel introduction by analyzing and reacting to headlampaim trends, improving VP audit equipment accuracy, and enhancedaudit measurement capabilities.-Spearheaded cross-functional team to close 2 warranty issues in2021-22 through equipment modifications, part design changes , and assemblymeasurement improvements.-Constructed and launched new process for headlamp aim calibrationand confirmation that reduced number of delayed vehicles by 50%and average time for completion by 15%.-2021 Plant Admin JKK winner for the development of a newheadlamp aim calibration confirmation.-Decreased PPHV/ADR by utilizing ICS+ to monitor daily defects forfast response time and effectively problem-solving issues on complexsystems (mechanical and electrical) across multiple parts andsuppliers.-Trained suppliers on how to effectively determine systematic issuesfor ongoing defects through 5-why, manufacturing JKK, properinspection, and root cause analysis.-Official mentor to QE new hires.

This was my third co-op rotation of three. During this rotation, my main assignments included creating a process for supplier reviews for nonconforming parts, integrating a new impeller balancing equipment into the facility, troubleshooting the turbo compressor and turbine wheel balancers, and completing gage repeatability and reliable to determine whether new balancing equipment was required.Overall Description:-Integrated new equipment into facility -Developed standard procedures for maintenance and use of balancing equipment for impellers, compressor wheels, and turbine wheels-Trained workers on proper use of new impeller balancing equipment

This was my second co-op rotation of three. During this rotation, my main assignments included investigating high warranty claims for turbochargers, creating standards for gage usage and inspections, and trouble shooting turbocharger flow stands.Overall Description:-Troubleshot turbo flow and balancing equipment. - Improved accuracy of quality inspections by researching and implementing the correct usage of gages- Standardized gage inspection procedures

This was my first co-op rotation of three. During this rotation, my main assignments included helping design a production area for assembling differentials and improving current production areas in respect to ergonomics and safety.Overall Description:-Gained experience in working with diverse teams-Designed fixtures using Inventor to support production-Improved safety aspects in plant by designing more ergonomic work stations and presses

Huntingburg, In, Us

I worked at OFS during the summers and after school during high school. During the day I would work on the line as a stain sander or chair builder and after hours I was a member of clean up. Overall description: -Entrusted with cleaning after hours unsupervised-Trained new workers

Bachelor'S Degree, Mechanical Engineering

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