Quality Mgr. (Castings, Forgings and Machining) - Luftex Gear
(2019-10)
- Management QMS System
- Responsible for PPAP packages submitted to customers
- Manage 8D's to Automotive & Industrial Customers
- Supplier Quality oversight of Casting, Forging, Fabrication & Machining suppliers
- Review and approve PPAP's
- Interface with suppliers in order to assess a supplier's technical capabilities - audit the supplier's quality management system
- Perform assessments of a supplier's critical processes for manufacturing, testing or inspection in order to assure ongoing conformance to procedures and contractual requirements
- Perform related studies to help ensure that engineering and procurement specifications will be met by the supplier
- Initiate/validate supplier corrective/preventive actions to drive resolution of problems and help train/develop suppliers
- Audit welding & NDT processes
Supplier Quality Engineer (Castings, Forgings and Machining) - Husco
(2015-03 - 2019-09)
- Participate in the sourcing process, selection and evaluation of new potential suppliers as a support function to purchasing to have an approved supplier base
- Implement and monitor advanced quality planning process with selected suppliers for new business, be responsible for supplier APQP progress and process through final PPAP approval within time frame and according to requirement by engineering in coordination with purchasing
- Assure supplier's understanding of product and submission requirements
- Review supplier's manufacturing processes and quality systems
- Assure the accomplishment of the product with the drawing tolerances, engineering specifications & quality requirements with selected suppliers
- Function as liaison between purchasing, engineering, manufacturing, operations and suppliers to resolve supplier quality & technical issues and to provide technical support
- Define the metrics, goals and periodic monitoring of supplier performance, improve quality performance of suppliers by conducting workshops at supplier locations, providing technical assistance in developing a quality system, or other technical support as required
- Identify part critical characteristics from product design and/or learned lessons and deploy to the supplier the required process controls
- Review manufacturing fixtures concept to assure alignment to the GD&T part design
- Cost recovery activities by DMR with suppliers
- Support incoming material department
- Coordinate quality product audits in incoming inspection to assure accomplishment to the requirements and issue a DMR to the supplier if it applies
- Determine cause of supplier quality problems and coordinate/implement effective and timely resolutions through G8D's problem solving
- Accomplishment of the organization quality system requirements management with supply base
Supplier Quality Engineer (Castings, Forgings and Machining) - ZF Transmissions
(2011-07 - 2015-03)
Strong Asian experience: China, Korea, Vietnam, Taiwan
- Team with purchasing to develop suppliers through design reviews and plant audits
- Approve PPAP's for new and modified parts
- Interface with plants, projects & customers
- Conduct periodic and special audits of supplier facilities and manufacturing process to determine adequacy and capability of quality control
- Initiate supplier related 8D's to resolve nonconformance, delivery, warranty & other performance issues
- Interfaces with Quality Engineers, Inspectors & Suppliers to resolve customer complaints
- Participate in Purchasing/SQE departmental meetings to aid in organizational planning, reach objectives & review Supplier results
- Perform initial problem investigation and containment activities
- Direct APQP teams to launch new products
Procurement & Supplier Quality - Asia Sourcing
(2003-01 - 2011-07)
Represent Pacific X Sourcing Castings, Forgings, Stampings, Machined Components in Asia. Strong experience sourcing in Korea, China, Taiwan, Vietnam, India
- Audit new suppliers for Process, Quality & Capacity
- Responsible for APQP & PPAP submission
- Monitor Quality & Delivery Performance
- Process Corrective Actions for Delivery & Quality related issues
Supplier Quality Engineer (Castings, Forgings and Machining) - Outboard Marine
(1999-08 - 2002-12)
Strong knowledge of Supplier Quality (PPAP, APQP, PFMEA, CI). Strong Asian experience: China, Korea, Taiwan
- Manage Supplier Assessment & Supplier Quality
- Responsible for plant audits for new and existing supply base
- Monitor key performance metrics – Quality, Delivery, Cost
- Responsible for maintaining supplier report card
- Implement & monitor corrective action with 8D's
- APQP tracking
Senior Buyer Victory Motorcycles (Castings, Forgings, Stampings and Machining) - Polaris Industries
(1996-03 - 1999-08)
Annual Purchases - $30 million USD. International sourcing – Asia, Mexico, Europe
- Manage selection of prototype and production supply base
- Key member of product development team representing purchasing in design reviews and production planning
- Completion of Polaris Six Sigma Champion program
- Establish and track budgets for production tooling & component costs
- Monitor supply base to ensure quality, delivery & cost objectives are met
