Quality Manager

VINCENT CABALLER

**** *** ***., ***. **, New York, NY, 10128

Cell Phone Number: 646-***-**** . E-mail: **********@***.***

SUMMARY

Chemical Engineer with 8+ years of experience in Quality Management,

Process Improvement, and R&D. ASQ Six Sigma Black Belt certified (ASQ)

*U.S. Green card holder

RELEVANT WORK EXPERIENCE

Concentrate Solutions (IT startup company, volunteering)

April 2013-Present

Project Manager New

York, New York

. Coordinated operations with the outsourced resources for a correct

working of the plan

. Analyze taxonomies to enhance the main tagging engine

. Benchmark the CTQ within the market and identify weakness against

competitors

Compo Iberia (A Germany based Fertilizer Chemical Company)

October 2009 - April 2013

Quality Manager

Vall D ix , Spain

. Production Quality Management:

o Defined KPIV's and KPOV's for suppliers, process and customers to

assure the quality in SIPOC process

o Targeted ongoing improvement efforts by identifying the trends in

product quality, customer satisfaction and cost of quality

o Maximized product reliability and minimized cost by monitoring,

interpreting and analyzing performance quality data through SPC,

which increased 12.5% of production yield

o Coordinated objectives with production - R&D, Marketing, and Sales

procedures to maximize product reliability and minimize lead time

o Evaluated, coordinated, developed, and implemented new quality

policies, programs, procedures, and standards in anticipation of

new changes

o Ensured efficiency and effectiveness of documentation and

implementation of the quality management system to ensure

compliance with customer requirements and company standards

o Directed and trained workers engaged in inspection activities to

ensure continuous control over materials, facilities, and products

o Identified relevant quality assurance training needs and delivered

training as appropriate

. Quality Operations Management

o Managed quality complaints from clients and suppliers and analyzed

root causes applying SAP in order to prevent future complaints,

which saved up to 65,000E/ month and increased customer perception

of quality

o Collaborated with sales team and international Product Management

team to assure the complete understanding of VOC for the creation

of new products

o Coordinated with Supply Chain Manager and Engineering Group to

continuously improve company's services

o Interacted with Production and R&D to maintain product supply and

introduce new products

. Laboratory management/ Quality control

o Formulated and maintained quality control objectives complementary

to KPIV and KPOV

o Formulated and implemented inspection criteria and procedures in

plant and laboratory

o Provided direction and oversight to quality technicians on meeting

established quality goals and procedures

o Trained quality control technicians and operators on new

requirements and procedures and implemented new changes in quality

control program

. Supplier Quality Assurance

o Collaborated with existing suppliers to assure their raw materials

reached the Quality standards, saving averagely 7.5E/ton produced

o Collaborated with the Purchasing Team to assess supplier

capabilities and established company wide standard of quality for

materials from external suppliers

o Contacted and evaluated new suppliers (national and international)

to assure their products fit company's needs

. Six Sigma Projects:

o Completed 3 successful projects within international departments:

1. Mistake reduction for production lines, 2 Root cause analysis

and reduction of clients' complaints 3. DOE conduct and CTQ issues

solution

o Improved process capability, reduced costs and time to market, and

managed business risk applying Lean Six Sigma tools within each

department

Silicio Solar (Solar Wafer Manufacturer)

September 2007 - September 2009

Process Improvement Engineer

Puertollano, Spain

. Optimized and resolved technology issues those are associated with

material quality and yield, operational processes, and productivity

related developments

. Identified technology gaps that causes lower yield or quality in order

to remedy unplanned deviations

. Trained operators safe work procedures and best machine practices

. Updated and Validated plant operating procedures to latest industry

standards

. Worked with technology advisors on operations and processes to ensure

high quality and high yield performance

Ferro Corporation (Technology Material Supplier)

June 2006 - April 2007

Plastic Engineer Intern

Castell n, Spain

. Assisted with R&D of material and extrusion field for flame retardant

(Incoming REACH normative), biodegradable plastics, and barrier

materials

. Set up extrusion parameters to optimize the exfoliation of a

Polystyrene and Nanoclay masterbatch

. Improved hopper feeding system for extruding Nano-clay masterbatch at

the laboratory plant

. Conducted a successful study of substituting raw materials that

decreased the oxygen transmission rate in barrier materials

. Researched information on Science direct, Patent Lens, and magazines

for developing new plastic products, experimentation, and extrusion

process

. Conducted plant trials for developing barrier material project using

DOE(e-chip)

. Collaborated with AIMPLAS on a project involving various in order to

develop barrier materials

Azuliber LLC (Glaze company) June 2005 -

August 2005

Process Engineer Intern

Castell n, Spain

. Controlled viscosity, density, and reology to Raw Materials, Clays,

Spray Dried Powder, Coulter, TGA, and X-ray

. Improved and optimized the parameters of cyclonic separator resulting

in annual capital savings of around $15,000

Fritta LLC (Glaze company) June 2004 -

September 2004

Product Analyst

Onda, Spain

. Analyzed qualities of finished products established by the Control

Manager

. Improved formulas for glasses and completed research on how to reduce

cost

. Controlled materials properties through Spectroscopy, TGA, X-ray

. Improved the material building process by analyzing defects of final

products

EDUCATION

Baruch College - CUNY

Summer 2013

Business Writing Diploma

T V November

2011 - March 2012

Quality Systems Manager Diploma

Quality Management School (Barcelona, Spain) June

2009-September 2009 Six Sigma diploma

Project: reduction of reprocessed and returned material involving different

departments.

UJI Universidad Jaime I

2001-2005

BS Chemical Engineering, Specialized Process Engineering

Castell n, Spain

CERTIFICATE

ASQ Certified Six Sigma Black Belt

March 2013

SKILLS

Fluent in English, Spanish and Catalan language

COMPUTER SKILLS

Microsoft office, SAP, Navision, Minitab

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