Mark Donnell Email & Phone Number

Kansas City Metropolitan Area

Kansas City, Missouri Area

Kansas City, Missouri Area

Directed Engineering Test Centers including Test Engineering, Product Validation, Product Specifications, Field and Track Testing, R&D Test Equipment and Vehicles, Metallurgical Analysis, Benchmarking, Prototype Build and Test, and Global Laboratory Roadmap & Vision. • Grew revenue by working closely with customer's and their applications ensuring products met or exceeded vehicle and regulatory requirements.• Centralized R&D Test Facilities in North America while concurrently developing and implementing a strategic Global R&D Test Roadmap.• Specified and purchased $4M in investments in 2018. These investments included specialized equipment for new product lines and upgrades to the test facility. • Worked with European software developers in the creation and implementation of a Global Test Order System with proven cost savings and increased effectiveness.• Led root cause of customer field issues avoiding millions of dollars in warranty claims.

Oversaw Test Engineering, Field Testing, Track Testing, R&D Test Equipment and Vehicles, Metallurgical Analysis, Benchmarking, Prototype Build and Test laboratories, and the North America Laboratory Roadmap. • Led Engineering and Quality structure reorganization by creating position of Test Release Engineer. This resulted in failure rates of less than 25 PPM on new products.• Restructured 5 existing reporting structures into 1, improving costs, test processes, throughput, transparency, and reducing total headcount by 4.• Implemented use of many toolsets resulting in the development of personnel, increased morale, and an open culture.

Spearheaded new product launches in North America within the Air Controls Business Unit. This included managing up to 3 project managers concurrently, accountability of budgets, timing, quality, and scope of projects. • Designed and implemented standardized project requirements, formats, and gate review process with the purpose of successfully launching new or redesigned products.

Iola Kansas

Oversaw Global Quality within the Air Controls Business Unit, and successfully implemented multiple improvements. Served as Deployment Champion of 6 Sigma within Haldex globally yielding millions of dollars in warranty exposure or avoidance• Reduced Zero Mile failure rates from 2500 to 75 PPM. • Developed and implemented Supplier Management Program reducing supplier parts failure rate by 60% and improving supplier on-time delivery by 15%. • Achieved 100% validation of successful corrective action closures resulting in 35% reduced warranty rate. • Instilled successful and effective utilization of automotive tools (APQP, DFMEA, PFMEA, Control Plans, DOE, Mistake Proofing, DFM).

Iola, Kansas

Led all Quality Functions including attaining and maintaining TS16949, Supplier Development and Supplier Engineering, Customer Quality, Quality Control, Test Center, Receiving Inspection, Department Financial Budgeting, Warranty Accrual.