Quality Assurance Manager (furniture industry)

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Alfonso Escalante

|Objective |A managing position with a solid organization, |

| |where I may utilize and expand my knowledge, |

| |helping on any possible area for the success of the|

| |company. |

|Experience |2009-2011 Fairmont Designs and Guild-craft of |

| |California. |

| |18626 So. Reyes Ave. Rancho Dominguez, CA 90221. |

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| |Quality Assurance Manager U.S and China |

| |Implementing quality programs to the factories in |

| |south and north of China and U.S. |

| |In charge of approving new designs. |

| |Worked with customer service and customers to |

| |resolve customer complaints. |

| |Reduce damage return rate to .31% domestic and .42%|

| |import. |

| |Established color panel, specs, swatches, photos |

| |library to improve the consistency of our domestic |

| |and import product. (qc box) |

| |Established Preproduction quality audits. |

| |Implementing quality forms to measure the quality |

| |of each department |

| |In charge of conducting Qc's training programs. |

| |Help to bring new vendors to reduce upholstery |

| |material cost. |

| |Visiting stores to improve any quality issues. |

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| |2007-2009 Coaster company of America 12928 |

| |Sandoval street Santa Fe Springs Ca, 90670 |

| |Product Manager/Quality |

| |International mission was to source product and |

| |coordinated preproduction approvals in the south |

| |and north of china. |

| |Improve Product development process. |

| |Through training, improve control procedures at the|

| |factory level. |

| |In charge of the quality team in China. |

| |Implementing quality programs to improve product. |

| |New designs quality audits. |

| |In charge of the Catalog specs descriptions for new|

| |product |

| |Market floor plans for Las Vegas and High point. |

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| |1999-2007 Fairchild fine furniture. 8146 Byron rd |

| |Whittier CA, 90606 |

| |Purchasing Manager and product development. |

| |Upholstery leather and fabric furniture. |

| |Reduce inventory. |

| |Finding better deals on purchasing on all raw |

| |materials. |

| |Inventory control. |

| |Product development for new styles. |

| |Suggested new products that increase productivity. |

| |Costing of new product |

| |Established specifications for each department for |

| |new products. |

| |Manage every change on the product. |

| |Manage the quality control team. |

| |In charge that all the quality information are |

| |updated with new changes. |

| |In charge of IKEA quality program. |

| |In charge of IKEA upholstery furniture audits. |

| |Assuring IKEA products met quality specifications. |

| |Quality control coordinator for Banana Republic |

| |Leather project. |

| |In charge of the cut and sew leather operation in |

| |Tijuana Baja ca Mexico for 3 years. |

| |1990-1999 Bench Craft |

| |furniture Whittier ca. |

| |QUALITY CONTROL AND SUPERVISOR |

| |Implementing quality programs to each department. |

| |Creating forms to measure the quality of the |

| |company. |

| |Supervisor for cushion department. |

| |Supervisor for sewing department. |

| |Line Supervisor for motion pieces. |

| |Line inspector for upholstery. |

| |Receiving supervisor. |

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|Education | RIO HONDO COLLEGE |

| |Two years college. |

| |Courses: Dale Carnegie. Total quality management |

|Skills |Computers skills excel. Word. |

| |Strong sense of responsibility. |

| |Flexible- willing to take on a variety of tasks. |

| |Enthusiastic team member. |

|Languages |English and Spanish/Basic Chinese. |

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