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Director of Quality

Location:
Battle Creek, MI, 49017
Salary:
100,000
Posted:
January 15, 2012

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Joseph M. Myers Sr.

*** ******* ****** – Battle Creek, MI. 49017

Home: 269-***-**** – Cellular: 269-***-**** – mjpwtm@r.postjobfree.com

Quality Executive

Profile

Staff Manager with 20+ years of multi-plant, hands on quality, operations and continuous improvement experience. Skilled in team building, employee involvement implementing lean manufacturing and 6 sigma programs to increase morale and performance. Proven track record of exceeding production, quality, safety and financial goals. Highly developed and proven presentation skills, business acumen and conflict resolution experience. Proven ability to work effectively in a matrix organization to drive quality initiatives, balanced with driving company specific priorities.

Quality Management Qualifications:

- Lean certifications - Supplier development

- FMEA, APQP, CP, Process Flow, DFMEA, MFMEA - Good Manufacturing Practices

- Supplier Development - ISO 9000 / TS-16949

- P & L Management - Presentations and Training

- Strategic Planning - Staff development and Motivation

- TPM / TPS techniques and 6 SIGMA methodologies - Cross functional and continuous improvement development

- TOPS / Problem solving - Systems development/implementation

- Program Management - Key Management Matrix Development

- All Microsoft applications and program - Quick Response Mfg

- Working knowledge of ERP/MRP systems

Professional Experience

Principal Manufacturing Inc. Broadview IL. March 2010 – Current

Director of Quality

Quality Director reporting to the President of a multi-plant global manufacturer of stamped, formed welded metal and plastic over molded products for automotive, consumer and government industries. Broad responsibilities included lean manufacturing principles, supplier development, strategic planning, hiring, training of additional quality staff engineers and floor auditors. Key management matrix development and tracking.

• Restructure quality systems company wide.

• Develop and implement company quality policies, goals and objectives for 5 plants.

• Evaluate current quality staff, hire additional engineers and develop and implement training.

• Identify, develop and implement metrics, process improvements and organizational changes

• Drive continuous improvement.

• Set, monitor and assist in achieving / exceeding world class standards

• LEAN manufacturing systems, waste management, TPM / TPS techniques and 6 SIGMA methodologies.

Saint Joseph Industries Inc. Battle Creek, MI. April 2003 – March 2010

Director of Quality / Operations

Manufactured and assembled components for automotive systems, interior systems, electronic control panels for medical devices, electronic controllers. Component insertion, development and manufacture of PCBs.

• Develop strategies, plans and budgets for all quality and operation departments.

• Direct and coordinate operational activities and continuous improvement.

• Reduced, scrap by 82% through KPC and continuous improvement activities.

• Develop and implement key metrics

• Develop and monitor key performance indicators.

• P & L responsibility

• Identify and maintain significant relationships with customer management.

• Develop and lead cross functional teams.

• Oversee and develop SOP’s for ISO/TS certifications

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Christian Quality Services, Battle Creek MI. November 1999 – April 2003

Director

Provided: manufacturing operations management, program, project management, supplier quality development, engineering system development, advanced quality planning, quality system development, training and implementation of TPM, TPS, LEAN manufacturing and 6 SIGMA. For consumer, automotive, medical and government suppliers of metal, soft trim, plastics and rubber products.

Johnson Controls Plymouth MI. (Automotive Seating) April 1989 – November 1999

Director of Quality

Total responsibility for quality activities encompassing CI, hiring and development of quality personnel for 5 plants one in Mexico, 2 in Canada and 2 in the United States, supplier development, engineering, purchasing and operations. Participate in and drive the development of overall Business units goals and insure the quality resources that meet these goals are provided. Develop and build and train teams in multi-plant environment. Interface with all levels of management within Johnson Controls, suppliers and customers.

• Successful launches of 6 new model year programs for Honda and Mercedes. Totaling $7,000,000.00

• Developed and implemented a supplier in-plant review process with executive management to improve processes, reduce scrap, rework and PPM. Documented savings of $800,000.00 over 3 facilities.

• Reduction of supplier PPM to an average of 78 over 132 suppliers.

• Implemented successful succession program for all quality personnel.

Divisional Quality Assurance Manager

• 7 new plant launches, and 12 new platform launches for automotive seating, door panels and headliners. These covered ALL OEM’s both domestic and Import.

• Advanced quality planning and LEAN manufacturing for all new Ford, Chrysler, General Motors, Nissan, Toyota, several other implant interior programs.

• Coordinating engineering with manufacturability and quality, project management for multi-customer programs.

• Interface closely with customer and supplier SQA, SQI, purchasing and engineering.

• Lead implementer of basic and advanced statistical methods.

• Supply chain management and supplier development for 200 suppliers.

Sheller Globe, Keokuk IA. April 1985 – April 1989

Manager of Quality Statistical Methods

Products covered instrument panels and door panels from the development to the manufacturing and delivery utilizing several methods of manufacturing from “slush molding to vac forming” open cavity and closed cavity molding. Sheller Globe was also responsible for the assembly of complete instrument panels for several OEM’s.

Responsible for the coordination and implementation of statistical methods, and LEAN manufacturing, including the training of all employees in Statistical Process Control which included but not limited to DOE, QFD, PFMEA/DFMEA/MFMEA, FTA and 8-D/TOPS Pareto analysis, histograms, attribute and variable control charts, CpK, scatter plots, MSA / GRR, C & E (fish bone), multiple linear regression, ANOVA, MVC, correlation coefficients, chi square goodness of fit, chi square test for association, nonparametric tests.

Education / Professional Development

Certified by the Iowa Quality Consortium, Ohio Quality Consortium and JUSE (Japan Union of Science and Engineering), in LEAN manufacturing and 6 SIGMA methodologies.

Saint Joseph College, Westmont IL. Bachelor Science General Engineering 1979

GD&T level 1 and 2 Kaizen / 5-S

Transformation of American Industry Instructor Certification 8-D TOPS Instructor Certification

Advanced Statistical Methods Quality Function Deployment

Design of Experiments - Taguchi Methods Failure Modes and Effects Analysis Facilitator Training

ISO / TS-16949 Auditor development and Executive Training

Military

United States Navy Veteran:

• Second Class / First Class Select Petty Officer / E-5/6 on the nuclear submarine USS Andrew Jackson SSBN 619. (Electronics, communications)

Professional References

Ferol Vernon Yazaki NA Vice President 915-***-**** mjpwtm@r.postjobfree.com

Jeffrey Edwards Johnson Controls Vice President +81-3-5454-1953 mjpwtm@r.postjobfree.com

Ed Hurtig Principal Mfg Director Operation 630-***-****



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