Incoming Material Quality Analyst - Volvo Cars US
(2024-01)
- Act as a coach and enabler to support production teams in maintaining quality during both ongoing operations and project builds
- Identify and address gaps or inconsistencies in Process inspection Instruction (PII) that may impact production outcomes and quality standards
- Support root cause analysis of material deviations by gathering factual evidence to validate nonconformance and assist second-line engineering investigations
- Participate in cross-functional problem-solving workshops to resolve production and quality-related issues collaboratively
Quality Launch Process Analyst - Volvo Cars US
(2021-01 - 2024-01)
Responsible for developing processes and procedures for new model launch vehicles. Coordinate building activities with the launch team to ensure process steps are easy to interpret and capture the complete installation of components.
- Support daily operations to ensure "built in quality" by performing risk and procedural observations, accompany Gemba walks and assist with first line analysis
- Ensures Quality and Customer satisfaction by identifying operational and process related risk(s). Provides coaching to process owners to ensure root cause(s) for risk(s) are determined and the proper corrective actions are implemented to eliminate the risk(s)
- Selected as a coach/trainer to support running production and project builds in securing quality based on Volvo standards
Incoming Material Quality Technician - Volvo Cars US
(2018-01 - 2021-01)
- Performs first line analysis when non-conforming material is detected. Submits quality rejection claims (QR's) to suppliers and initiates immediate containment (ERA) in the plant and at the supplier's site to avoid disruptions to the logistics and production processes
- In conjunction with Supplier Quality, initiate the escalation process (IPA) for low performing suppliers based on PPM, number of QR claim incidents, and repeat non-conforming material occurrences that cause disturbances to Volvo Cars US
- Organize and facilitate "kick-off" meetings with logistics, production, R&D and Trigo (onsite 3rd Party company) to ensure prompt reaction timing when a containment, sort or rework activity is required. Periodically perform audits (QPS) on sort/rework activities to ensure provided work instructions are understood and being adhered to, which mitigates non-conforming material escaping into the production processes
- Systematically routes all suspect material to an in-house processing area to ensure all material meets VCC specifications before it's stored or delivered to internal processes. Communicates to internal customers (production) ensuring "Right for Me" and only quality approved material is delivered to the processes
Production Technician - Honeywell
(2013-01 - 2018-01)
- Operated Load tables and performed routine quality inspections to ensure the product (gloves) met specification & exceeded customer expectations
- Documented inspection results in Honeywell's internal system adhering to ISO and traceability requirements
- Performed routine maintenance on equipment to ensure product (gloves) met specification and eliminate scrap cost
Assembler/Quality Inspector - Cummins
(2011-01 - 2013-01)
- Assembled components per product drawing specifications to ensure no disruptions to internal (downstream) processes
- Adhered to standard operation procedures to ensure components met quality standards and delivered to internal processes in a timely manner
- Performed and documented required quality inspections to adhere to Cummins internal quality procedures
