Tara Buck

*** ********** *********, ***** ****, MD 21901

Cell: 914-***-**** • acf2ra@r.postjobfree.com

QUALIFICATIONS:

Five years of manufacturing engineering experience in new product industrialization, process improvement

and quality control.

Strong leadership skills to take control of projects and work with cross-functional teams until completion.

Designed experiments to trouble shoot defects and resolve manufacturing issues.

Implemented lean tools such as Kanban, 5S, and Kaizen in our department to improve output.

“High Potential” employee while with Goodyear Tire and Rubber Company.

EXPERIENCE:

Danville, VA

SPHERION CORPORATION

April 2011 – November 2011

Consultant – Quality Control

Trained new hires and performed tasks associated with my previous position at Goodyear.

Danville, VA

GOODYEAR TIRE AND RUBBER COMPANY

July 2007 – January 2011

Technology Engineer

• Created and manipulated tire specifications, defined work centers, and troubleshot cost inaccuracies in SAP.

• Scheduled all development builds for Medium Radial Truck (MRT) new tire development at the local and

corporate level.

• Implemented pull system (Kanban) for tire development projects and increased on time delivery by 20% in

one year.

• Consulted with corporate project managers to research deliverables to meet start of production dates and

established project feasibility.

• Increased tire builds per week by 300% during my time with the company.

• Coordinated consolidation programs to drive down costs and concurrencies within the manufacturing

process.

• Actively participated on cross-functional teams with production and engineering to establish quality

specifications were being met on new pieces of equipment before and during their introduction to the

production process (including PFMEA).

• Compiled monthly financial reports for corporate on new tire development activities and design related cost

savings initiatives.

• Evaluated defective manufacturing goods daily and issued corrective actions to improve future products.

• Lead and achieved 100% compliance for corporate audits (best practices and product and process quality)

and ISO audits for new tire development.

• Updated ISO and corporate procedures when changes were required to meet process, product, corporate or

government regulations.

• Presented quarterly new product development updates on the manufacturing floor to the North American

Tire manufacturing management team.

• Recruited and interviewed prospective employees for both co-op and full time positions.

Salem, VA

YOKOHAMA TIRE CORPORATION

February 2006 – May 2006

Internship as Compounder

• Tested new technology in the R&D laboratory.

• Followed manufacturing process to monitor they were within appropriate tolerances. Corrective actions

were implemented when out of specifications.

EDUCATION:

VIRGINIA POLYTECHNIC INSTITUTE AND STATE UNIVERSITY (Virginia Tech) Blacksburg, VA

Bachelor of Science in Industrial and Systems Engineering Awarded May 2007

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