SUMMARY

• Solutions oriented Quality Manager with strong interpersonal aptitude and team building skills.
• Resourceful, results driven professional with broad experience in successfully managing quality systems and QC - labs and projects.
• Dependable, hardworking, leader with excellent organizational, and communication skills.
• Effective site quality representative in working with diverse disciplines to meet company objectives.

TECHNICAL SKILLS

• QA/QC, Manufacturing Management including internal and external auditing
• Creating and maintaining QA Manuals/Documents
• SAP/MRP experience
• Establishing internal and external specifications
• Training of staff on Quality and Safety
• Lean Manufacturing Champion and leader of Continuous Improvements teams
• Six Sigma Projects
• Successful plant/product start-ups (incl. some overseas)
• Setting up longtime customer/supplier, supplier/customer relationships to halp both companies be more successful
• Optimize work force utilization

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

Confidential

Head of Quality Management

Responsibilities:

• A producer of brominated and flame retardant products.
• QC labs at 2 sites and responsible for teh QA department.
• Active part of teh site leadership team.
• Responsible for teh implementation to optimize lab personal and change schedule for rotating shifts.
• Part of teh Laboratory Information Management System (LIMS) implementation
• Combined 2 QC-labs on 1 site into 1 central QC-Lab

Confidential, Louisiana

Quality Control Service Manager

Responsibilities:

• A producer of polymers for industrial and/or consumer applications (super absorbent)
• QC lab and representative for ISO 9001 and QAKE audits.
• Active part of senior site management
• Create presentations for customer audits and handled customer audits (Proctor & Gamble, Kimberly-Clark, Private label)
• Passed teh last three ISO audits with 0 non-conformity
• Total budget of $ 2.2 mil. managed
• Built longtime relationships with vendors, customers, and suppliers

Confidential, Centerville, Louisiana

Quality Assurance Manager

Responsibilities:

• High volume Manufacturer of Carbon Black for teh Automotive Industry and specialty Carbon Black for Industrial applications.
• Management of quality system and quality control lab, personnel scheduling, leading customer complaint program, client interaction, administrative office personnel, laboratory budget, purchasing all lab chemicals and equipment.
• Create presentations for customer audits and handled customer audits (Goodyear, Bridgestone etc.)
• Adjusted lab work schedule during low production need

Confidential, Houma, La

Quality Assurance Manager

Responsibilities:

• Manufacturer of API Offshore cranes and deck winches for teh oilfield.
• Daily process activities and quality assurance reports, internationally travel to oversee third party manufacturing to ensure company guidelines, direct on-site client interface, supervision of document department and of quality engineers.
• Traveled overseas to Germany, Poland, and Thailand to visit existing and potential new suppliers. Ensured that proper documentation was supplied for work completed. (~25 % travel)

Confidential, Alexandria, La

Quality Assurance Manager

Responsibilities:

• A privately held adhesive, wood filler, and epoxy manufacturer for commercial and industrial applications
• Daily process activities and quality assurance reports, supervision of QC-Technician, Maintenance department and batch room.
• Create batch tickets for daily production.
• Built longtime relationships with vendors, customers, and suppliers
• Created lab samples, run pilot batches up to full production runs
• Managed teh batch room, Maintenance and QC-Supervisor and looked for ways to produce bulk products safer and to increase productivity (13 reports)
• Reduced teh returned goods authorization process by 55 % due to better processes and detailed procedures
• Accountable for ~ $ 500,000 on hand of chemicals inventory
• Managed projects between $5,000 to $660,000 Used Lean Manufacturing to re-arrange teh production areas and saved teh cost for a new warehouse (saving about 2 million dollars)

Confidential, Riceboro GA

Quality Manager

Responsibilities:

• A privately held manufacturer of polymers for industrial application (super absorbers, flocculants)
• Responsibilities included, daily process activities and quality assurance reports, and ISO 9000 system
• Passed teh ISO audits with 0 non-conformity and upgraded ISO system from 9003 to 9001

Confidential

Senior Quality Control Chemist

Responsibilities:

• A subsidiary of Degussa and a producer of polymers for industrial and/or consumer applications (super absorbent, flocculants)
• Started as Senior Quality Control Chemist in teh super absorber/flocculants/textile/leather QC lab.
• From 1990-1992 me spent 2 years as QA/QC-coordinator in Greensboro, NC.
• Upon my return me worked in teh polymer lab and teh last months me was teh Quality Assurance Representative for teh analytical labs.
• Set up rework schedule for off spec. materials
• Set up ISO System in analytical labs and passed teh ISO audit with 0 non-conformity.
• Coordinated all QC/QA activities between teh headquarters and teh subsidiary to troubleshoot processes and made process improvement (in USA).
• Traveled to Taiwan to start-up a super absorber plant