Walter Gross Email & Phone Number

Greater Milwaukee Area

Support of new product development and production part approval process. Advising of customer concerns both internal and external through problem solving generating customer satisfaction throughout.

Process Improvement Utilizing Lean Tools.Quality Planning, Training and Continuous Improvement.Problem Solving using 8D Methodolgy.CMM Programming.ISO9001:2008 Auditing.

Manufacturer of printing press controls)QMS CoordinatorTrained new auditors, led and conducted company wide internal audits to maintain ISO 9001 andEN13980 certification.Developed process audit maps with key metric objectives to help drive process improvement for allbusiness processes.Reviewed, approved and distributed Internal Audit reports for all.

Improved manufacturing processes, reduced throughput and implemented new standardized methods toeliminate waste as a part of our Lean Manufacturing program. Lead ISO 9001and TS16949 auditor.Used value stream mapping to identify improvement opportunities; used SMED to make setups faster,converted assembly operation to a pull system and conducted a 5S.

Responsible for continuous improvement as productivity owner, project work for new expansion,programmer for the plasma machine, customer support for the shop and office, and routing analyst for allbills of material.Increased the productivity in several departments by identifying and prioritizing problems and solutionsresulting in a 6% increase in.

Continuous Improvement Engineer for fabricating, final assembly and shipping area including time study and maintenance of incentive program. Programmer for plasma machine. Drafter and trainer for transformer manufacturer.

Responsibilities included detailing internal and external transformer piece part and assemblies, usingCAD. Wrote bills of material requirements, engineering change orders, training manuals, engineeringinstructions, and non-conformance reports. Also set up and prioritized incoming work orders fordepartment.Trainer for our detailing department provided.

Responsible for detailing selected components and assemblies for transformers.Wrote bill of material requirements for each component and assembly.

Associate, Mechanical Design

Associate Degree, Mechanical Design

Lean Manufacturing Certificate Continuing Education in: Lean Manufacturing, AutoCad, Industrial Engineering, Continuous Improvement.