La Grange, Illinois, United States
Quality manager that specializes in leading successful implementation of lean programs in the agriculture equipment and heavy equipment industry. Expertise includes the use of project management tools, proactive risk reduction, which includes driving ISO 9001 / TS1694 certification and internal / external corrective action using Six Sigma, APQA, Lean, PPAP, data analysis and FMEAs
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Data analyst for field reports and warranty claims. Project manager to drive down issues through root cause, FMEA and 6 sigma methodology. Lead on field campaigns (recalls)
Project manager of Soil Management Platform team for product field & internal quality issue, performance updates, cost reductions and miscellaneous changes. New product quality resolution tutor and early warning team review leader. Final sign off on all engineering releases. • Reduced Time-to-Fix target from 270 days to 160 days utilizing 5-why root cause, FMEA, DFM, design and work instruction changes • Facilitated whole-good outsourcing of low volume product lines returning 20,000 hours of production to plant for high volume products • Tutor to team that designed out on average 30 field failures during development of new liquid fertilizer, disk ripper disk, disk harrow and field cultivator • Team Member to World Class Manufacturing Focus Improvement and Early Product Management pillar teams
2008-2011 Managing Engineering Director of 180 people on-site, off-site and off-shore • Major Projects: Autonomous mining truck, Tier 4B engines, electric drive truck • Implemented drawing checking program reducing drawings with errors by 80% (6 Sigma Project) • Developed engineering training program for on-boarding new domestic and off-shore employees • Representative Peoria office for ISO 9001 compliance • Increased group revenue from $7M-$16M 2005-2008 Group Leader of Quality facilitating team running FMEAs, TS16949 (QS9001) pre-audits, APQP compliance, Class A and Plan Method Audits • Elected Proactive Reliability Coordinator for Caterpillar’s track-type tractor division to predict failure expectations • Major projects: electric drive bulldozer, remote control bulldozer, TBU casting cost reductions 2003-2005 Designer / Financial project manager