Quality Assurance Manager
Resume:
WALTER JOSEPH HANTHORN
WINTER HAVEN, FL 33884
*********@****.***
Summary: Operations Manager with extensive background and experience in the automotive industry that has a proven
track record for devising, evaluating and implementing continuous process improvements to minimize waste and
reduce costs while maximizing quality and yield. Establish effective quality control, safety and training programs,
encouraging proactive participation across the manufacturing floor. Successful at building cohesive teams focused
on production goals, safety and throughput.
Core Competencies: Metal Stamping, Welding, Die Setting, Production Management, Materials Management, Logistics, Performance
Tracking, Continuous Improvement, Inventory Control, Scheduling, Lean Manufacturing, Just-In-Time (JIT)
Production, Kaizen, Operations Management
Experience: SELF INDUSTRIES, Florida Tool Division, September 2011 - Present
Operations Manager
4300 Maine Avenue
Lakeland, FL 33801
Operations Manager for a just-In-time supplier that produces metal stampings and roll form assemblies to the metal
drum manufacturing and refurbishing industries.
• Initiated and implemented lean manufacturing, upgrades, and continuous improvement techniques that resulted
in a 10% reduction in overall manpower while improving through-put 25% in the Stamping Department.
• Initiated equipment upgrades and lean techniques to modernize the Assembly Department that resulted in a 20%
reduction in overall manpower while maintaining through-put.
• Introduced spending cuts and purchasing procedures that increased profitability $330,000 in the first 9 months.
• Implemented tooling improvements that resulted in a 2% reduction in scrap.
• Implemented Kaizen procedures for warehousing and raw material storage areas.
• Created and maintained facility database that included all necessary documentation and files to efficiently
maintain the smooth and accurate operation of the facility, as well as increase transparency for corporate-related
functions.
• Created all documentation necessary to operate the facility, including HR-related documents, work instructions,
job descriptions, procedures, Quality tracking, metrics, project priorities, asset lists, customer service, ordering,
scheduling, sales, meeting reports, inventory and safety.
• Initiated and successfully completed 5S improvements, housekeeping procedures, and production reporting
initiatives for the Stamping and Assembly Departments.
• Introduced and implemented procedures, repairs and directives to successfully transform facility to meet
current OSHA standards, including audiometric testing, employee training, accident reporting, machine guarding, brake
monitor usage, counter-balance requirements, clutch / brake requirements, press inspections, interlocking safety blocks
and switches, electrical wiring and disconnects, MSDS requirements, two-hand palm operational requirements, tooling
identification, evacuation procedures, lockout and tagout procedures, and required tracking and reporting requirements.
• Implemented planned maintenance system for all machinery, tooling and mobile equipment.
• Initiated upgrades for shelved tooling and vital machinery to maximize plant readiness.
ATLANTIC TOOL AND DIE, Alabama Facility Plant 5, November 2006 – August 2011
Materials Manager; promotion
Production Manager, day shift; promotion
Assembly Manager, day shift; promotion
Production Manager, night shift
1861 Electronics Drive
Anniston, AL 36207
Materials Manager for a large, fast-paced automotive supplier that produces metal stampings, assemblies, and sub-
assemblies to its core customer base in a just-in-time environment.
• Managed the effective overall production, safety, training, record-keeping and Quality assurance within the
stamping, assembly, tooling, maintenance and shipping departments.
• Initiated all material planning within the plant, including raw material, dunnage, purchased parts, shipments, scheduling
and storage.
• Maintained trucking schedules and all customer interaction to ensure timely product deliveries.
• Team lead for plant-wide continuous improvement projects and implementation, resulting in 10% cost savings on scrap
reduction by increasing plant wide awareness with performance tracking and revisiting the high volume of test parts.
• Successfully implemented 5S initiatives plant-wide.
• Improved setup times in the press and assembly departments by 30 minutes on average through increased training and
Kaizen initiatives.
• Implemented overall equipment effectiveness initiatives plant wide through the use of training, tracking, reporting and
improvement efforts. Departmental efficiencies rose 15% on average.
• Achieved a zero quality defect rating in the assembly department after a period of 6 months by creating and
implementing a detailed, by job, training matrix that would later be used corporate-wide.
• Part of team that reduced plant OSHA recordable accidents from an average of nine per month to zero within one year.
• Created shipping manifest documentation that encompasses all shipping related functions, including customer ordering,
order-entry, work instructions, processing procedures, packing procedures, shipping instructions by customer, and ASN
procedures by customer. This documentation has been used to train all incoming shipping department personnel.
• Created and implemented all assembly department performance tracking, monitoring and reporting procedures.
L & W ENGINEERING, L.L.C., Southtec Facility Plant 5, September 2005 – November 2006
Production Supervisor
712 Briskin Lane
Lebanon, TN 37087
Supervisor assigned to the 2nd shift, with direct responsibilities for production floor and all other facets of stamping
operations, including press operators, material handlers, and die setters.
• Supervised between 18 – 40 associates on a daily basis.
• Maintained appropriate maintenance, technical, supply, training and production records.
• Trained new associates in all facets of their job requirements, including press operations, safety, Quality assurance, die
setting, job set-up and troubleshooting.
• Initiated continuous improvement projects in the department, including scrap reduction, efficiency
improvements, and Quality initiatives.
• Part of team that led to company’s first profitable quarter since plant inception, accomplished by focusing on
scrap reduction, product flow, efficiency improvements, Quality improvements, training, manpower adjustments, and
internal organizational efforts.
• Implemented 5S initiatives within the department.
LAPEER METAL STAMPING COMPANY, Lapeer Facility Plant 1, September 1992 – September 2005
Production Supervisor; promotion
Journeyman Die Fitter Barber; promotion
Die Setter; promotion
Lead Quality Assurance Final Inspection Auditor; promotion
Quality Assurance Auditor; promotion
Press Operator
930 South Saginaw Street
Lapeer, MI 48446
Supervisor assigned to the 2nd shift with direct responsibilities for the production floor and all other facets of the
operation, including press operators, quality assurance, die changeovers, tool and die, maintenance, shipping and
receiving, and mod-pack operations.
• Supervised up to 55 associates on a daily basis.
• Directly responsible for continuous improvement ideas and implementation plant wide.
• Maintained appropriate maintenance, technical, supply, training and production records.
• Trained new associates in all aspects of their job duties, including press operations, safety, Quality
assurance, die setting, job set-up and troubleshooting.
R.M. STANBRIDGE COMPANY
Electrician Apprentice
6210 Maple Valley Road
Brown City, MI 48416
Apprentice on two man team that installs and repairs electrical equipment for commercial, industrial and residential
purposes.
UNITED STATES NAVY
Electrician
USS Whidbey Island (LSD-41)
Little Creek, VA
Assistant work center supervisor in division that maintains and operates all shipboard electrical power generation and
distribution systems.
• Supervised up to 17 junior personnel in the daily performance of their duties, including maintenance,
troubleshooting and housekeeping.
• Trained junior personnel to troubleshoot, inspect and repair support equipment.
• Troubleshot and repaired motors, generators, lighting systems, elevators, cranes, boilers, governors, air
conditioning systems and control devices.
TRAINING: Vibration Analysis Elevator Operation / Maintenance
Air Conditioning Generator Sets Maintenance
Tool Steel Welding Gas Die Cylinder Rebuild
Statistical Process Control Teikuro Chrome Treatment
Supervision QS9000
TS16949 ISO 14000
Kaizen Lean Manufacturing
ISO 9000 5S Systems
Coil Fed Press Operations First Aid
Layered Process Audit Fork Lift Train the Trainer
5 Principles of Problem Solving
EDUCATION: MOTT COMMUNITY COLLEGE, Flint, MI., Completed Die Fitter Barber apprenticeship program in April, 1999
41 credit hours, 3.927 G.P.A.
ELEVATOR MRE COSAL SCHOOL, Norfolk, VA., Graduated in March, 1990
U.S. NAVY ELECTRICIAN CLASS “A” SCHOOL, Orlando, FL., Graduated in May, 1988
KEARSLEY HIGH SCHOOL, Flint, MI., Graduated in June, 1987
AWARDS: Humanitarian Service Medal (2), U.S. Navy
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