Scott Sabo Email & Phone Number

Crestview, Fl, Us

• Overall quality oversight for South Bend (Indiana), Shanghai (China), and Monterrey (Mexico).• Primary quality contact for the customer (including CPAR, PPAP and IMDS activities) and vendor (including SPAR, PPAP, and MRB activities). • Conducted weekly 1-on-1 with Quality Leads at South Bend, Shanghai, and Monterrey locations.• Led and coordinated APQP/PPAP deliverables within Supply Quality Engineering group.• Maintained, evaluated, enforced, and applied Corporate Quality programs, policies, and procedures; including evaluating the precision and accuracy of production, testing measurement and analytic equipment. • Prepared monthly reporting and evaluations on Quality performance. • Provided information to support lessons learned efforts based on internal and customer related Quality issues. • Participated in APQP process and assured on time delivery of inputs required customer requirements for PPAP submissions. • Support in preparations and participate in activities related to ISO, Customer, and CCC Audits. • ISO Management Representative including oversight of applicable processes and documentation for ISO adherence.

• Led the planning and implementation of new paints and processes.• Established process controls, process flow charts and control plans that drive KPI’s and KPV’s for paint process control.• Developed process standards, effective layout and optimize processes as they pertain to paint conformance and quality standards.• Performed layered process audits to validate process standards• Performed paint shop audits as they pertain to process standards• Managed technicians and engineers as required.• Directed outside plant resources that support paint shop as required • Planned and scheduled project timelines as related to process changes and or material changes• Documented open issues and track project deliverables • Facilitated meetings and report progress or escalate issues to stakeholders at the same time ensuring that paint standards are adhered to• Completion of process flow/FMEA, control plan, IMDS, work instruction, BOM, capability study, and process documentation as required• Ensured that all documentation is controlled and managed as it pertains to auditing, paint process, paint standards and customer requirements as required• Responsible for continual improvement activities to enhance the quality system, such as WCM, 5S, Kaizen, and lean methods.

• Identified, analyzed and solved problems by leading cross-functional improvement teams.• Facilitated corrective action responses and drove preventive actions by evaluating solutions to solve root-causes of problems relating to components, assemblies, and finished products. • Evaluated and monitored parts, assemblies, and raw materials by adhering to exceptional quality standards. • Maintained robust Quality Management Systems based upon TS16949.• Reviewed and ensured projects for components (including electronic), small systems, processes or materials taken into account customers, product performance, packaging, cost and quality requirements. • Analyzed, evaluated and documented quality systems for Whirlpool Suppliers internal/external via PPAP process.• Provided support for the seamless launch of multiple new products.