Chris Greene

**** ******* *****

Birmingham, Al. 35242

205-***-**** accjks@r.postjobfree.com

SUMMARY

An accomplished, versatile, and results oriented Manager with 24 years of

corporate and plant level experience in Management, Engineering, and

Quality. Outstanding organizational skills with the ability to streamline

operations, increase efficiency, and improve overall quality.

EXPERIENCE

Grede-Columbiana Al. 08/2011-12/2013

An ISO/TS 16949:2009 certified company specializing in lost foam castings

for the automotive, big truck, and agriculture markets.

Quality Manager

Responsible for the overall quality efforts at two facilities as well as

continuing compliance of the Quality Management System with ISO/TS

16949:2009.

. Develop, improve, and maintain the Quality Management System in

accordance with the requirements of ISO/TS 16949:2009 as well as

customer specific requirements.

. Managed the certification to ISO/TS 16949:2009 of newly acquired

facility.

. Schedule and manage the completion of Quality Management System,

Process, and Product audits. Initiate and manage corrective actions as

necessary.

. Responsible for developing and maintaining positive relationship with

customers. Respond to customer corrective actions and manage

containment activities if required.

. Develop, implement, document, and maintain permanent corrective

actions for internal and external corrective actions.

. Perform product launch quality activities in accordance with APQP/PPAP

guidelines.

. Responsible for supplier development with a focus on quality

improvement, lower cost, and on time delivery.

. Generate monthly reports for upper management on customer 8D's, PPM,

internal corrective actions, scrap, deviations, and process changes.

Present findings and plans to reduce Cost of Quality at Quarterly

corporate reviews.

. Drive continual improvement in order to reduce scrap and rework

throughout the facilities.

. Assigned to corporate wide capital project teams as needed.

EHD Tech Engineering- Contract work for WKW Automotive 01/2011-

07/2011

Quality Engineer

. Oversee 5S projects.

. Develop and update QMS procedures and work Instructions.

Vulcan Electro-Coating - Columbiana, Al. 12/2006-

08/2008

An ISO 9001:2000 certified company specializing in Electrocoating and

Powder Coating parts for a wide variety of markets: truck & bus,

automotive, furniture, construction, ductile iron fittings, agricultural,

and recreational vehicle manufacturers.

Quality Manager

Plan, coordinate, and direct the quality program in compliance with ISO

9001:2000 as well maintaining company operating procedures to ensure

continuous production of products consistent with established standards.

. Responsible for developing, maintaining, and updating the QMS procedures

and work instructions.

. Assemble and direct root cause analysis teams in order to generate

corrective actions for internal and external findings. Tracked corrective

action plans to ensure the corrective actions were implemented within

specified time frame and were effective.

. Drove continuous improvement effort which reduced down time, improved

efficiency, and reduced the cost of quality. Rejects were down to less

than .5%,

. Completed PPAP's required by customers.

. Reviewed all potential sales contracts to insure customer specifications

could be met. Developed customer specific procedures and work

instructions where necessary.

. Worked with the Operations Manager on the initial tooling design to

insure a quality product.

. Worked with sales team and operations to develop initial costing.

Reviewed and approved all new quotes and contracts.

. Primary contact for customers. Investigated and provided customers with

corrective and preventative actions. .

. Managed the training program by ensuring training requirements for all

employees align with established training curricula and support job

descriptions. Identified training needs for each department and support

personnel with design, evaluation, and revision of training programs.

. Prepared and presented division goals, capital projects, quality cost,

preventive actions, and future professional development plans at

corporate quarterly management reviews.

Meadowcraft, Inc. - Birmingham, Al. 01/2000-

09/2006

The largest manufacturer of wrought iron furniture in the U.S. with

manufacturing facilities in Alabama, Arizona, and Mexico. Employs 1500 with

annual sales of 120 million.

Engineering / Product Development Manager

Responsible for the development of new products, capital projects, plant

engineering, lean manufacturing, cost reduction, and ISO procedures.

. Oversaw initial prototype designs working closely with Marketing, Sales,

and the Sourcing department.

. Managed all phases of new product development which included R&D,

drafting, costing, BOM's, sourcing, and tooling.

. Developed and implemented procedures that shortened the product

development cycle by 4 months.

. Managed projects throughout the US, Mexico, and China as well as various

other countries with extensive travel throughout the US and Mexico.

. Responsible for the development of new tooling which included in-house,

local machine shops, and tooling in Mexico and China.

. Responsible for the development of new parts which included stampings,

tubular and formed metal, forgings, castings, plastic injection molded,

and extruded parts. Worked closely with all departments to develop and

qualify new sources both domestic and international.

. Responsible for the Powder and Electrocoat system which included buying

equipment, trouble shooting, writing operating procedures, and working

closely with vendors.

. Managed the lean manufacturing efforts including 5S programs, Kaizen

events, developing KPI's, etc. which improved overall plant efficiency by

15% and cut cost by 20%.

. Managed capital projects which included cost justification, equipment

purchases, and implementation.

. Developed programs and trained outside sales reps as well as the customer

service group to better deal with customer issues.

Quality Manager

Plan, coordinate, and direct all quality activities and efforts at a $35

million facility as well as inventory control and the incentive program.

. Worked closely with the Engineering group in Advanced Product Quality

Planning.

. Prepared and managed quality assurance budgets. Developed and implemented

standard operating procedures plans and manpower forecast. Directly and

indirectly supervised 15 salaried and 350 hourly personnel.

. Developed and implemented procedures as well as inspections processes

that improved both internal and external quality. This reduced credit and

replacement cost by $500K.

. Developed and implemented incentive program which improved overall

efficiency by 35%.

. Analyzed credit and replacement reports in order to determine needed

corrective actions and changes in company procedure, policies, etc.

Corporate Quality Engineer

Responsible for developing and implementing quality procedures, performing

quality audits at five facilities, and developing and implementing

corrective actions.

. Conducted internal audits at facilities in the US and Mexico.

. Managed quality departments in two off sight facilities for 8 months

while a search for a full time Quality Manager took place.

. In charge of starting up cathotic epoxy e-coat line at 2 facilities.

Monitored those systems as well as the powder coat system to insure they

stayed within operating parameters.

. Developed corporate reliability testing program. Designed test equipment,

fixtures, and tooling.

Tubular Products Company- Birmingham, Al. 1998-1999

Manufacturer of steel tubing and tubular parts with 150 employees and $25

million in sales.

Quality Assurance

. Primary contact for customer concerns. Developed and implemented

corrective actions. Worked closely with clients such as Yamaha and John

Deere as well vendors to improve quality.

. Developed procedures for calculating and recording scrap which resulted

in 15% less.

United Chair Company- Birmingham, Al 1989-1998

Manufacturer of office furniture with 1200 employees and $85 million in

sales.

Project Manager

Responsible for the development and implementation of new products and

parts.

. Oversaw Government project which resulted in being awarded the contract.

This required a product redesign, labeling, implementing production

quality checks, and supporting documentation.

. Developed and implemented procedures for specifying polyurethane

products.

Engineering Lab Technician

Managed the engineering lab. Tested new and existing products which

included ANSI/BIFMA testing. Coordinated and oversaw outside environmental

and flame retardant testing.

. Wrote ISO 9000 work instructions for the engineering lab and critical

equipment.

EDUCATION

Huntingdon College- Montgomery, Al.

BS Business Management- 2010

Continuing Education and Seminars

Management, Team Building, Supervisory, Lean Manufacturing, Statistical

Process Control, Root Cause Analysis, Implementation and the Requirements

of ISO/TS 16949:2002, ISO 9000, PPG Intermediate Pretreatment, Advanced

Pretreatment, Elecrocoating, and Powder coating.

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