Quality Six Sigma

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Larry W. Walker

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SUMMARY

Twenty years of manufacturing experience in areas of maintenance,

quality, production, and supervision/management; Nine years

of management and supervision experience.

Responsible for hiring, training, scheduling, and supervising

team of 45 production, warehouse, maintenance, and lab

employees.

Four years of direct continuous improvement experience with

savings annually of nearly $500,000 due to quality and

process improvements. Developed training for employees in

SPC, Lean Manufacturing, Root Cause Analysis Tools, and

"Zero Defects".

Actively involved in safety initiatives; developed lock

out/tag out procedures, programs to raise awareness to

safety, conduct frequent safety training.

Knowledgeable of computer applications including MS Office,

Minitab, Statgraphics, and SAP modules for production,

planning, and maintenance.

EMPLOYMENT HISTORY

2009 - 2012 Quality Systems Supervisor - Luxottica Optical Manufacturing,

Knoxville, Tennessee

Lead quality and quality related initiatives, as well as

process improvement and lean efforts.

. ISO coordinator; responsible for quality auditing and

documentation, responsible for quality and training

personnel; Lean Manufacturing Champion.

. Perform training on continuous improvement tools, lean

manufacturing. . Conduct CAPA investigations for

internal and external quality issues.

2007 - 2009 Operations Team Leader - Colgate Palmolive. Morristown,

Tennessee

Lead production team of high speed process lines. Coordinate

manpower and materials to meet production, safety, and cost

savings goals.

. Plant start-up experience; FDA approved facility

. Coordinate with planning, finance, and manufacturing teams to

optimize processes and productions output on a daily basis.

. Facilitate safety and quality teams with focus on

brainstorming, idea implementation, and improvement.

. Responsible for direct supervision of approximately 45

employees; both hourly and salary.

2005 - 2007 Product Quality Technologist - MacDermid Printing

Solutions. Morristown, Tennessee

Initiate, coordinate, and lead special projects related to

product and quality improvement. Work with quality and

production departments in effort to achieve production and

quality goals. Provide direction/input to management.

. Facilitated cross-functional teams in process improvements

with savings in overtime and waste to exceed $125,000

annually.

. Involved with preventive actions through use of SPC and

product status practices; corrective actions as

"gatekeeper" - ensuring that corrective actions are

effective, and final approval for CAPA process.

. Appointed and served as Deputy Management Representative; and

ISO lead auditor for both internal quality system and

suppliers.

. Conducted training in areas of quality and process

improvement to include "Zero" Defects, resulting in a 21%

reduction in scrap/waste, and SPC.

2003 - 2005 Six Sigma Blackbelt/Special Projects - MacDermid Printing

Solutions. Morristown, Tennessee

Blackbelt for six sigma projects focused on achieving cost

improvements.

. Six Sigma Blackbelt trained; familiar with use of Six Sigma

practices such as Design of Experiment.

. Project savings in excess of $310,000 annually.

1996 - 2003 Maintenance Technician - MacDermid Printing Solutions.

Morristown, Tennessee

Multicraft maintenance technician responsible for all facility,

utilities, and process equipment.

. Trained new hires.

. Developed procedures for calibration and lock-out/tag-out.

1992 - 1996 Maintenance Technician II - Form Rite, Ltd..

Surgoinsville, Tennessee

. Maintenance technician with responsibilities of lead

electrician and shift leader. . Maintained pneumatic,

hydraulic, and electrical systems for process equipment.

1983 - 1992 Electrician/Instrumentation and Controls Technician -

United States Air Force

. Electrician: residential, commercial, and industrial

electrical distribution systems.

. Instrumentation and controls technician: electronic,

electrical, pneumatic, and hydraulic controls systems.

EDUCATION

M.B.A., Management - Auburn University. Auburn, Alabama

B.S., Organizational Management - Tusculum College.

Greeneville, Tennessee

Certificate of training, Six Sigma Blackbelt - Quality America

Training; Lean Manufacturing

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