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Mckinney, Tx, Us

Hickory, North Carolina, Us

- Project & Program managed strategic supply chain projects & programs between $0.5K and $7.5M of annual cost savings encompassing internal Transfer across regions & Outsourcing.- Received STAR Award for program managing operations transfer & supplier localization program with $0.8M of EBITDA cost savings. - Oversaw 39 CommScope Next Transformational growth and cost reduction initiatives by monitoring & controlling the execution with high management visibility.- Project Managed Supply Chain/ Operations Strategy development across multiple Business units.

Dfw Airport, Texas, Us

- Defined, managed & lead projects staffed by multi-discipline teams (Software, Mechanical, Electrical, Controls Engineers) that developed the next generation postal automation equipment.- Successfully completed projects on schedule and on budget with Agile method in JIRA and MS Project (Gantt schedule & critical path); also created WBS & performed project tracking.- Effectively communicated schedule and budget updates, risk analysis and mitigation plan to Stakeholders and leadership team.- Participated in Roadmap workshops to align projects with Vision for the upcoming year.- Lead team as Accountability Manager to implement continuous bidding process improvements.

Zurich, Zh, Ch

ABB Asea Brown Boveri (acquired GE in Jul 2018) Quality Management System (QMS) lead for EPIS ISO compliance program ensuring compliance to the ISO9001:2008 and transition to ISO9001:2015 Standard across 31+ sites.- Key contributor to development & publication of Industrial Solutions QMS and project managed QMS implementation schedule.- Conceptualized and delivered Quality University training program across BU (e.g. 8D report/ Root cause analysis/problem solving training, Systems training, QMS document training, etc.) resulting in 22 trainings with ~1000 participants per year.- Managed ISO sites with transition to ISO 9001:2015 standard by implementing self-assessment checklist, best practice templates & lessons learned across sites addressing high risk issues, facilitating Turtle diagram AWOs resulting in successful external Audits. - Improved Audit metric by collaborating with cross functional owners and stakeholders across Operations, Quality and Functional teams.- Led the development of annual audit program across all sites leveraging/ engaging others to accomplish tasks with strong organizational and follow up skills.- Performed 42 Independent audits per year with in average 2.5 findings per audit & served as an auditing subject matter expert and mentor.- Maintained global Industrial Solutions QMS documents and hosted community calls.- Coordinated Business unit level Quality Management Review communicating with all levels of hierarchy in a highly matrixed organization, multitasking & prioritizing tasks.

Boston, Ma, Us

Initiated Lean Six Sigma program in GE Critical Power BU (formerly Lineage Power) by driving and supporting the continuous improvement strategy across the BU, keeping employees & business leaders engaged, working with Stakeholders, organizing LSS GB classes, mentoring over 30 Lean Six Sigma Green Belts, teaching LSSGB classes, leading Lean Six Sigma projects, Lean events & Action Workouts/ Kaizen events over multiple functions and presenting on a regular basis to leadership/ executives/ GM.  Led Test Laboratory Lean event reducing the overall NPI Design Testing time by 20%; Introduced Thermocouple KANBAN, 5S and more automatic test sets resulting in shorter R&D testing duration decreasing non-value added process time.  Led Customer Service Lean event reducing the Standard order cash-to-billing cycle time by 8% and freeing up time for customer Service.  Led PSG Action Work Out/ Kaizen event initiating 36 Quick hits, Data collection plan, outlining Test coverage AWO, Standard Architecture plan and simplifying field failure categories resulting in ~50% reduction of Start-up field modifications. Mentored more than 30 Lean Six Sigma Green Belts exceeding the goal resulting in $3.3M of cost savings/ cost avoidance and simplified business processes, defect reduction and cycle time improvement. Led an Action Work Out generating a QlikView dashboard achieving an accurate and sustainable backlog report for accurate revenue recognition resulting in improved MSA. Effectively managed Cost of Quality initiative as Cost of Quality leader by driving monthly issue resolution of top contributors with all CP Quality leaders resulting in reduction of CoQ from 1.37 % to 1.16% of sales.

Boston, Ma, Us

Effectively resolved customer complaints by performing Root cause analysis (RCA) using Quality tools e.g. 5 Why’s, Fishbone, RCA Apollo, FMEA etc. identifying Containment, Corrective and Preventive actions (CAPA) and risk assessment following the 8 Disciplines of the 8D report and responsible for timely response as customer interface/ key customer contact.- Created and reviewed 8D responses, coordinated and led cross-functional international and geographically diverse teams (Design, Service, Sales, Product Line Management, Manufacturing, Plant/Supplier Quality) prioritizing on high risk customer complaints. - Reduced Customer response time for UPS 8D report aging P50 goal by 10% and for sites of CAR >90 days by 72% meeting deadlines in a timely manner prioritizing tasks. - Monitored & analyzed QA data on a weekly basis for trends & addressed systemic issues for continuous improvement e.g. reduced AC Power UPS load loss in NA by 30%. - Worked on special assignments e.g. driving change implementing standardized Quality procedure MTR (Manufacturing Test Requirements) procedure, conducting internal Audits, implementing Field Service open aging metric; reducing AC Power Accounts receivables past due Disputes from 44% to 22% past dues exceeding goal. - Communicated effectively to the customer and to multiple levels in the organization.- Developed and led 8D report/ problem solving training.- Supported QA data analysis with weekly status updates, trending, and reporting.- Successfully completed a Lean Six Sigma Green Belt project resolving supplier quality issue of Power supply AC plug for rectifier shelves reaching Six Sigma goal.

Vilsbiburg, Germany, De

Responsible for quality of high-end Jaguar & Daimler interior automobile products (Instrumental panel & Centre flour console) in from development to start-of-production based on TS16949, customer specific requirements & internal quality management system.- Implemented PPAP documents (inspection plans/control plans) at all plants by setting up QSYS, SPC-Monitoring and prototype result evaluation resulting towards successful PSW. - Effectively communicated as customer interface PPAP and CAPA status and coordinated internal & customer quality claims during NPI phase e.g. from Durability tests & Squeak & Rattle (noise) tests by driving root cause (RCA) & CAPA using 8D, DoE trial runs during prototype phase & Change Management resulting in successful start-of-production.- Coordinated Process relocation between plants resulted in passed run@rate.- Generated test & validation plans for Requalification or Model Year Changes.- Drove departmental PDCA Continuous improvement efforts e.g. achieving cost savings of 10% per year on re-qualification costs & 90% per year on test frequency reduction and created & implemented Quality Leader Reporting templates.- Compiled quality budget quotation including Risk analysis, which resulted in serious negotiation for an Acquisition project with a new customer.

Dallas, Tx, Us

Member of RFID PAR (Process, Assembly & Ramp up) Development Team responsible for Assembly process in Development & Ramp up to volume (RTV) with yield improvement till process release for series of LF (Low frequency) transponders (life stock & Industrial products).Implemented RoHS compliant and cost reduced transponder products by process optimization (process adjustment and yield improvement) with new design and material resulting in successful SOP (Start of production). Solved issues by using QM-methods FTA, DoE, Statistical evaluation, conclusion and implementation. Additionally applied 8D-report, SPC Monitoring, performed Failure Analysis at the lab from rejects, executed trial runs with initial process study and approved process related specification like P-FMEA, Control Plans, Process flow, Work instruction and Risk assessment corresponding ISO 9001 and customer requirements.Initiated supplier development of new part suppliers by evaluation of samples, process capability, release for assembly, driving maturity level of supplier quality, resulted in compliance with ISO 9001, TI specifications and cost reduction efforts.Worked as Project Manager (for one year) by driving the team and using MS Project including reporting to management; resulted in successful SOP.Implemented customer requests involving production process & supplier production process with Change Management, resulted in customer satisfaction.

Greer, South Carolina, Us

Worked on "Process capable application of Nano-layer with Lotus effect on vehicle glass panel" at QA.

Greer, South Carolina, Us

Worked on “Investigation on Noise between coupling of two materials on test bench” at QA.

Heerlen, Limburg, Nl

Gained insight of process control at pharmaceutical industry

Düsseldorf, Nrw, De

Gained insight of final assembly of Notebooks at production line.

Munich, Bavaria, De

Gained insight of visual inspection & inking of wafers.