Responsible for global supply base and supplier quality team for startup of greenfield plant supplying to MBUSI. Start-up of 700K square foot green-field plant supplying bumpers, claddings, runner boards, spoilers and interior door panels to MBUSI. Collaboration with purchasing, engineering, injecting molding, assembly to launch 8 separate programs for MBUSI BR167. Hiring and development of SQA team, SQA budget, PPAP, VDA 6.3, supplier development, RC/CA. Support for Director of Quality, plant quality, assembly process and logistics

Manage day to day operations of 3 line CP/SSP 24/7/365 PET plant for DAK Americas, one of the largest integrated producers of PET resins in the world. Supply to customers such as Coke, Pepsi and Graham Plastics. Responsible for 8 direct reports: 2 exempt engineers, 1 technical supervisor/engineer, 1 technical specialist and 4 supervisors. Indirect reports include 2 technical specialist and 32 hourly employees. Responsible for operations budget, continuous production process; engineering/technical; driving continuous improvement in safety, quality, cost, team building and development of people.

Plant leadership team member; reported to plant manager. Managed front and back-end operations of union plant. Direct reports included up to 8 managers encompassing customer service, production control, scheduling, shipping and receiving, supplier quality assurance, logistics, distribution, raw materials and finished goods inventories as well as sections of manufacturing operation.Optimized logistics of distribution business resulting in $400K annual savings.Improved cash flow by $500K per month by developing improved tracking and communication tools for inventory usage and moving customers to standard ordering methods while improving availability of inventory to customers.Increased on-time delivery from 86% to over 98.5% within the first year of current position.Implemented 35% reduction in workforce, $605K annual savings; maintained customer service.Developed and implemented strike contingency plan for shipping, receiving, purchasing and customer service that preserved $6.4M in uninterrupted sales per month throughout strike.Hired and trained 200 position workforce to replace strikers for 2 years.Quality Systems Manager 2006-2007Plant leadership team member. Led Cost of Quality Steering Committee. Managed Quality Department budget, tracking and reporting of all production cost reductions, all aspects of ISO System, plus chemical lab and quality lab including hiring and managing of chemist and quality technicians.Developed and implemented gated approval process for supply base that verified suppliers’ capabilities. System also provided trending of supplier performance to targets that averted potential failures.Developed and implemented quality reports for critical products that led to overall improvement in quality.

Member of three manager leadership team responsible for every aspect of the start-up of a green field plant and transfer of current program from Germany to US; Tier 1supplier to Mercedes and VolkswagenPoint contact between all North American customers and plants and European management team and plantsDeveloped and implemented quality system including training of all personnelSuccessfully led plant to TS16949 certificationIdentified, developed and approved supply base for US plant

Hired/developed/managed supplier quality team of engineers for Tier 1 supplier to Mercedes M and R classDevelopment and management of 80 Tier 2 suppliers providing various parts for complex assembly into cockpit and floor consoles for Sequenced, Build-to-Order, JIT deliveryCompleted supplier PPAP and capacity Run-at-Rate confirmations for two Mercedes cockpit programsOversaw 15 Quality Engineers to successfully launch first cockpit program within 10 months, with no supplier disruptions and almost all parts at a Green or Yellow status