Darren L. Brown

**** ********** ***** ( East Bend, NC 27018

E-mail: acfoiu@r.postjobfree.com ( Home: 336-***-**** ( Mobile: 336-

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Quality & Engineering Management

Strategic Planning ( Product Management ( Process Development (

Product Quality Management

Highly skilled and results oriented professional with a strong background

of technical management experience in operations, P&L oversight, product

quality, multi-channel product distribution and production engineering

involving both start-up and growth organizations. Track record with proven

success in strategically changing a company from a negative annual profit

to a positive annual profit through developing and implementing innovative

Lean Manufacturing programs and activities. Experienced in obtaining

superior results by providing training, motivation and support to the

staff. Self motivated with excellent interpersonal, communication and

organizational skills.

Core Competencies

. Organizational Restructuring

. Budget Administration / P&L Management

. Team Leadership, Coaching and Mentoring

. Staff Development & Visionary Leadership

. Implementation of QS-9000 & TS16949 Quality Systems

. Lean Manufacturing

. Corporate Supplier Development Training

. Productivity & Scrap Improvement

. Recruiting and Staff Initiatives

. Risk Management

Professional Experience

Carolina Precision Plastics

12/12 - Current

Quality Manager

Managed, directed & provided daily leadership to the Quality staff through

cross-functional team training & coaching and mentoring of this cosmetic

plastic injection molding company.

Key Achievements:

. Reduced overall company scrap rate by 46% through development of

Corrective Action teams and cross-functional team training to identify

true root cause and implementation of Permanent Corrective Actions.

. Increased throughput & work center productivity through implementation

of Lean Manufacturing activities.

. Aggressively worked with several Cosmetic Customers to become an

certified vendor of plastic decorated commodities through the

development and implementation of an ISO9001 Compliant Quality

System.

. Directed multi-source vendor development of supplied commodities to

support company disaster contingency plans.

Tarheel Plastics, LLC

1/10 - 12/12

Quality Manager

Provide directional leadership to company Managers & associates that are

producing a wide variety of plastics components while reorganizing this

Plastics Injection Molding company to become more successful in the

plastics market by implementing a full Automotive Quality system (TS16949).

Key Achievements:

. Instrumental in reorganizing the Quality Department by recruiting,

training, coaching and mentoring multiple quality inspectors

. Reduced the overall company scrap rate by 12% though Manufacturing &

Quality Best Practices training

ASMO North Carolina, Inc. (ANC)

6/90 - 10/09

ASMO North Carolina, Inc. (Main Plant), Statesville, NC

6/06 - 10/09, 5/01 - 9/03, 6/90 - 1/94

Production Engineering / Quality Assurance Assistant Manager

Provide leadership and strategic direction of a highly automated automotive

company that manufactures and assembles small DC motors, through long range

planning, product management and process development, to ensure overall

company profitability in the areas of Production Engineering, Quality

Control and Component Supply Base. Hands on experience developing

engineering ideas and aides from design thru mass production phase relating

to a wide range of commercial equipment.

Key Achievements:

. Instrumental in recruiting, training, coaching and mentoring multiple

engineers, technicians and quality inspectors

. Aggressively localized raw materials and production tooling for annual

cost savings of $3.4M

. Eliminated 35% of supplied components defects through Supplier

Development Training and on-site audits

. Spearheaded new gauge calibration activities, for 3 divisions,

reducing annual calibration cost by 28%

ASMO North Carolina, Inc. (Mount Airy Division), Mount Airy, NC

9/03 - 6/06

Plant Manager

Managed, directed & provided daily leadership to a company staff of 8

Managers through cross-functional team training, coaching and mentoring,

while ensuring growth and profitability for this automotive division

assembling small DC motors and anti-pinch sensor assemblies with 200+

employees and annual revenues exceeding $34 million.

Key Achievements:

. Instrumental in complete turnaround of under-performing supervisors by

setting high expectations and instituting individual accountability

resulting in 450% increase in profitability over 3 years

. Substantially improved productivity that exceeded all company targets

resulting in multiple company awards in recognition of performance

. Lead, coached and mentored an Employee Involvement (EI) Team that

competed and won the ASMO North America EI Conference

. Effectively managed the JIT system for components and the daily Kanban

production inventory system reducing WIP inventory by 12%

ASMO North Carolina, Inc. (Thomasville Division), Thomasville, NC

1/94 - 5/01

Plant Engineer

Successfully demonstrated the ability to organize and manage the

construction of a new facility, meeting or exceeding the target completion

dates, including the installation and troubleshooting of manufacturing

equipment and start of production. Effectively designed, purchased,

assembled and tested new assembly jigs and fixtures improving line

efficiency for this small DC motor assembly company.

Key Achievements:

. Strategically lead operation improving productivity that exceeded all

company targets resulting in plant expansion within 3 years

. Implemented a Purchasing and inventory control system for tracking MRO

items, machine spare parts and facility spare parts through

specialized software

. Facilitated the implementation of QS-9000 Quality System and authored

numerous procedures and instructions supporting engineering

operations, to ensure annual regulatory compliance.

Specialized Training

. Microsoft Office (Word, Excel, Power Point, Project) ? IQMS,

JobBoss & MK Inventory Software

. Statistical Process Control ? Building

Alliances Team Development Workshop

. Artemis Noise Analyzing Software ? Gage Track

Calibration Software

. QS9000 Lead Auditor & TS16949 Internal Auditor ? Emergency

Response Team

. Production Part Approval Process (PPAP) ? Advanced

Product Quality Planning (APQP)

Education

Wilkes Community College (Wilkesboro,

NC) 1988 - 1990

Degree: Associate in Applied Science

Major: Electromechanical Technology

GPA: 3.8 of 4.0 (Dean's List)

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