Michael Hester Email & Phone Number

Louisville, KY

• Created Supplier Scorecard to monitor and report supplier performance
• Perform PPAP inspections and communicate results with suppliers and internal business partners
• Communicate poor supplier performance through Supplier Correct Actions
• Perform supplier audits, process improvements and validate SCAR’s
• Manage supplier inspectors daily as well as manage all staff when Supervisor is OOO
• Write Procedures, SWI’s, Quality Alerts and Technical Bulletins

United States

• Created Supplier Scorecard to monitor and report supplier performance
• Perform PPAP inspections and communicate results with suppliers and internal business partners
• Communicate poor supplier performance through Supplier Correct Actions
• Perform supplier audits, process improvements and validate SCAR’s
• Manage supplier inspectors daily as well as manage all staff when Supervisor is OOO
• Write Procedures, SWI’s, Quality Alerts and Technical Bulletins

Louisville, Kentucky

• Perform in-process inspections including fabrication and weld quality.
• Authorize completed jobs to be invoiced and released to customers.
• Adhere to DOT, CGA and ASME standards and practices
• Create customer quality document packets
• Arrange and facilitate third party inspections/ certifications
• Conduct and document procedural training for all production employees

Louisville, KY

• Perform outgoing visual inspection of units.
• Adhere to DOT, CGA and ASME standards and practices
• Create customer quality document packets
• Arrange and facilitate third party inspections/ certifications
• Perform safety audits on facility
• Conduct safety training for all production personnel

Lousville, KY

• Monitored supplier quality as well as monitored installation quality
• Audited mechanical installation against facility blueprints
• Performed pre-shipment audits at supplier facilities verifying fabrication and paint quality
• Sourced third party material analysis for critical component failure and participated in root cause analysis and resolution for customer satisfaction
• Participated on team to create and implement supplier sourcing for North American DPP Operations

Leesburg, FL

• Designed and implemented the Quality Assurance program.
• Created all documents, set up control measures and audited processes against them.
• Provided technical support to machine operators with all facets of automation and system analysis, as well as tracking all downtime to monitor any trends that arise.
• Assigned key metrics for charting progress and maintaining continuous improvement.
• Managed new production facility as acting plant manager in interim until new plant manager was hired.
• Supervised all facets of 1st shift production, including packaging and shipping operations

Louisville, KY

• Performed on site process audits on all suppliers.
• Reported supplier quality status to other departments for establishing purchasing scorecard.
• Provided feedback to all suppliers with quality reports charting all in house inspection results.
• Created documents for new processes, as well as converted all existing documents to meet Sorbian Oxley requirements.
• Supervised inspection team of 7 full time employees and up to 10 temporary employees (utilized during peak season).
• Performed 1-to-1’s and reviews for direct reports, as well as peer-to-peer’s.