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Supplier Quality Engineer Resume

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Warsaw, IN

SUMMARY:

  • Business Operations Management ProfessionalProgram Management Quality Management Business Development Process Improvement
  • Results - driven Business Management professional with proven experience in developing, managing, and executing innovative product technologies as well as process improvement methodologies utilizing tactical execution to optimize long-term gains in performance, revenues, and profitability for organizations ranging from start-up to multinational Confidential 500 market leaders.
  • Demonstrates expertise in productivity and performance improvement initiatives, in addition to facilitating continuous quality improvement of services, products, and operations.
  • Collaborates effectively in a cross-functional manner with all levels of personnel and ensuring business objectives are met.
  • Strong, decisive leader and mentor with excellent team development and training abilities.
  • Capable of cultivating lasting relationships with key suppliers & customers.
  • Latest ISO Quality Standards, 9001:2008, TS 16949:2009, Green Belt
  • Account and Program Management
  • Productivity & Performance Management
  • Supply Management and Logistics
  • Process Development & Improvement
  • Business Development & Sales Strategy
  • Finance, Cost, & Budget Management
  • Negotiation & Contract Management
  • Lean Manufacturing Strategy & Training
  • Value Stream Mapping & Commodity Analysis
  • Quality Control & Assurance Measures
  • Product Design & Development
  • Process Documentation Streamlining

TECHNICAL SKILLS:

Activity Based Costing, Green Belt (6-Sigma, DMAIC, DMADV, IDOV), learning Spanish / Italian Language, APQP, DFSS(NPD), DFM, DFA, Monte Carlo Techniques, A-3 & 8D methodology, DOE’s, VA/VE

ERP (SAP, Infor, JDE, Oracle), PC (MS Office) and Unix, Project Management (MS Project), SPC (Minitab) and CRM software

TCO & COQ metrics, KPIs

PROFESSIONAL EMPLOYMENT:

Supplier Quality Engineer

Confidential, Warsaw, IN

Responsibilities:

  • Global leader in musculoskeletal healthcare(class 3), design, manufacture and market orthopedic reconstructive products; sports medicine, biologics, extremities and trauma products; spine, bone healing, craniomaxillofacial and thoracic products; dental implants; and related surgical products.
  • Reviewed protocol and validation documentation (IQ/OQ/PQ) on numerous manufacturing processes and performed GAP analysis activities
  • Collaborated with suppliers (local, national & international) and internal functional departments to remediate and close process protocol/validation gaps
  • Guided suppliers in the authoring/development and execution of protocol/validation activities using GHTF guidelines
  • Researched and prepared documentation for “readiness” of internal and FDA audits

QA/CI Project Manager

Confidential, Muskegon, MI

Responsibilities:

  • Recognized for the engineering, design and manufacture of diesel engines, transmissions, suspension and turret drive systems for defense combat vehicles, including both tracked and wheeled vehicles.
  • Researched and communicated with all functional areas regarding component and system issues to aid in their resolution, overseen the inspection services and criteria of components for data generation, provided insight, guidance and direction of component designs, manufacturing processes, cost reduction opportunities, make/buy analysis as well as assisted with APQP(PFMEA, CPs, WIs) document generation.
  • Helped to implement quality and lean six sigma enterprise level business process improvement initiatives as well as operation’s transformation projects - craftsmanship model to process control model

Supplier Quality Engineer

Confidential, Waukesha, WI

Responsibilities:

  • Provided quality engineering and process development services
  • Executed the roll - out initiatives of the Confidential tools and processes for the facility

Strategic Quality/Sourcing Supplier Development Manager

Confidential, Glendale, WI

Responsibilities:

  • Implemented strategic sourcing quality initiatives and supplier developments, performed audits and assessments, analyzed, managed and distributed sourcing metrics information for senior management review and discussion for a 350 million division of a 3.3 billion industrial manufacturer of commercial and residential water treatment products.
  • Developed the internal meeting structure to lead cross-functional teams(Program Management) consisting of operations managers, materials managers, quality managers, plant managers, engineering managers and strategic purchasing managers foreach of the five business unit’s plants, driving the monthly metric’s review for strategic supply base procurement and development decisions for each plant's supply chain
  • Executed business unit directives while participating on the Corporate Quality Team that was responsible for determining and implementing common business unit tools, processes and systems (supplier scorecard, metrics, etc)
  • Developed supplier’s APQP documentation as well as developing supplier processes to improve both PPM, OTD and selected other metrics, as well as supply chain relationship building
  • Reduced key supplier PPM’s by 50% in less than two months

Operations Manager

Confidential, Brookfield, WI

Responsibilities:

  • Directed all inventory, material and logistics planning, quality process implementation, and business purchasing, accounting and control for German global manufacturer of hydraulic control products for off- highway and automotive industries.
  • Increased bottom line profits by utilizing self-taught knowledge on the company’s ERP system software to develop and execute an e-business strategy for material ordering, as well as supplier payment and customer invoicing.
  • Enhanced supplier relationships and timeliness of product deliveries by implementing sourcing strategies and weekly meetings.

Supplier Quality Engineer

Confidential, Milwaukee, WI

Responsibilities:

  • Integral member of Components Outsourcing Project Team manufacture of industrial controls.
  • Coordinated Supplier PPAP Approval Process and Outsourcing Qualification Plan Development.
  • Utilized Rockwell’s internal business operations system, SAP.
  • Developed and executed the internal PPAP part qualification process for outsourced components minimizing the risk for error and establishing confidence in our ISO manufacturing management system for our customers.
  • Mentored suppliers in the proper use of APQP documentation and methodology.

Business Development Manager

Confidential, Hartland, WI

Responsibilities:

  • Responsible for client prospecting and relationship development for start-up manufacturer of fabricated stainless steel and other metal products.
  • Collaborated with internal market development team to organically increase market penetration.
  • Effectively developed relationships with 40 new clients within a 9 month time frame, in addition to maintaining current account base resulting in profitable sales and margin growth including quoting over $750,000 in business.

Account / Program Manager & Acting Quality Manager

Confidential, Jefferson, WI

Responsibilities:

  • Responsible for client based business, account, and program management as well as supplier activities for the company’s largest client account, Confidential in addition to multiple other customer accounts for family owned business providing Confidential machining services of various machined components.
  • As Account/Program Manager developed and implemented several process improvements including leading APQP (DFSS) meetings to effectively manage customer and internal information flow, creating a generic timing plan for company’s management of customer’s projects to aid in the management of resources and capital, and developing an Engineering Change Notice process to track and record all changes to production and newly developed components for ISO requirements.
  • Effectively improved customer satisfaction by resourcefully resolving component issues.
  • As Acting Quality Manager improved customer and operations quality issues and ISO procedures by reducing internal scrap dollars through the implementation of a quality system to track, analyze, and prioritize internal scrap, developing a customer return NCM process flow to aid in tracking and accounting of returned customer components, and spearheading the development of generic PFMEA documentation including the linking of control plans with the first article documentation to streamline the documentation process (PPAP documentation).
  • Effectively introduced lean manufacturing concepts to the company by leading a Six Sigma employee training initiative. Also taught corrective and preventative action techniques.
  • Handled all CAR process issues

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