Edwin Hendricks

32 years of working experience in mobile network, manufacturing, automotive engineering sectors.

CompanyLocationPositionFromTillVodacomJBG, RSAQuality Management System Specialist01/2009PresentEmcon TechnologiesCPT, RSACustomer Process Engineer09/200711/2008TRW Occupational RestraintsCPT, RSAQuality Manager (Components Div)01/200608/2007GKN Sinter MetalsCPT, RSAQuality Manager05/200012/2005GKN Sinter MetalsCPT, RSAMaintenance Engineer04/199904/2000GKN Sinter MetalsCPT, RSAProcess Engineer04/199603/1999GKN Sinter MetalsCPT, RSAProduction Foreman01/199503/1996GKN Sinter MetalsCPT, RSAMaintenance Technician01/199412/1994GKN Sinter MetalsCPT, RSATrainee Mechanical Engineer Technician01/199312/1993GKN Sinter MetalsCPT, RSAProduction Operator02/199212/1992Extensive (+10 years experience)

• Continual (Process) Improvement
• Investigation of process/product non-conformances 
• Implementation & maintenance of Quality management Systems ISO9001, QS9000, VDA6, ISO/TS16949
• Advanced Quality Planning for new product & processes (APQP)
• Internal and Supplier Quality Management/Auditing
• Customer contact/liaison for quality related concerns
• Business Improvement Facilitation (LeanSixSigma, 20 Keys, TPM)

• Manage companywide quality corrective, preventive & improvement actions.
• Process capability analysis
• Preparation of Quality documents; PPAP, Advanced SPC techniques, Control Plan, Potential Failure Modes and Effects Analysis, Measurement System Analysis, and Statistical Process Control.
• Gauge R&R Analysis
• Supplier Quality Development
• Co-ordinate relevant new product activities

• Implementation & Management of Business Risk Management System (Plexus Software Driven)
• Implementation of manufacturing real-time SPC computerized system
• Process Engineering of key customer production lines
• CNC programming Extensive

• Implementation & maintain planned maintenance system
• Mechanical maintenance - manufacturing environment
• Lean Manufacture Techniques and project management Maintain safety standards with OSH act

• SAP user in Quality Dept of automotive company
• POPI Implementation Champion at Vodacom

• Implement and audit of ISO14001 EMS

Masters in Business Leadership (MBL) *(research thesis outstanding)

Masters level at UNISA School of Business Leadership in Midrand, South Africa (Gauteng)

Subjects: Change Management, HR Management, Operations Management, Marketing Management, Economics & Global Business Practice, Management Accounting, Financial Accounting, Corporate Finance, Strategic Management, Strategy Dynamics, Business Ethics, IT Business Systems, Executive Project Management.

Bachelors of Technology Degree (Quality Management) *Cum Laude pass. Completed 12/2004

Honors level at Cape Peninsula University of Technology in Cape Town, South Africa (Western Cape).

Subjects: Cum Laude Pass; Quality Management Systems III, Quality Statistical techniques III, Quality Planning & Implementation IV, Quality Continual Improvement IV, Quality Statistical Techniques IV, Quality Auditing IV

National Diploma in Mechanical Engineering Completed 12/1996

Nation Diploma at Cape Peninsula University of Technology in Cape Town, South Africa (W. Cape).

Subjects: Engineering Mathematics, Thermodynamics, Engineering Design, Strength of Materials, Mechanics of Machines, Electro technology