Timothy Earl Hobbs
Manchester, TN 37355
**/**-**/** ** Manufacturing, Inc, Manchester, TN
Quality Manager
. Responsible for day to day quality functions including
receiving inspection, daily quality checks, final
product audit and any issues arising during daily
production.
. Responsible for all facets of the ISO 9000/TS 16949
quality management system.
. APQP of all new products for print to production.
. Daily, monthly, and yearly reporting of efficiency,
scrap, and downtime by product, process, and employee to
management.
. Monthly trend charts of Total Cost of Poor Quality,
Scrap, Rework, Downtime, Customer Rejects, Supplier
Rejects, and Delivery.
. Continuous Improvement
. Corrective and Preventative Actions.
. Training of Employees and Verification of training
. Customer and Supplier liaison.
6/03 - 8/05 Digital Document Solutions, Manchester, TN
President/ Owner
. Responsible for day to day business operations including
sales growth, profitability, new market research,
contract negotiations, overseeing payroll, and human
resource functions
. Performed assessments of customers' copier and printer
equipment
. Recognized and proposed copier and/or printer options to
increase efficiency and decrease costs.
. Created custom programming of copiers/printers for
electronic document storage and management.
7/01 - 5/2003 ACES Office Equipment, Manchester, TN
Sales Representative
. Sold copiers, printers and faxes.
. Analyzed customers document process to increase
efficiency and decrease costs.
1/00 - 5/01 Copy Depot, Nashville, TN
Engineering Sales
. Sold engineering copiers and AutoCad Printers.
. Developed Engineering Sales division of Copy Depot
1/96 - 12/99 Tennessee Instrumentation, Kingsport, TN
Sales Engineer
. Sold nuclear, laser, ultrasonic, and doppler radar
gauging for process control.
. Sold flow meters, pumps, demister pads, and turbine
controls.
. Helped customers with process issues and improvement.
9/94 - 10/95 Wynn's Precision, Lebanon, TN
ISO9000/QS9000 Coordinator
. Wrote and implemented the QS9000 system for corporate
headquarters and four manufacturing plants.
5/90 - 9/94 Aeroquip Corporation, Livingston, TN
Quality Engineer
. Took products from prototype stage to production.
. Ensured supplier quality.
. Product and process improvement and problem solving.
. Served as customer liaison.
EDUCATION: Tennessee Technological University, Cookeville, TN
Bachelor of Science in Industrial Engineering, May 1991