Manager Quality Assurance
Resume:
DONALD PIRLOT
Wauwatosa, Wisconsin 53222
Summary of Skills:
Experience encompasses the following areas:
. Lean Manufacturing and Kaizen problem solving
. Excellent employee relations
. Revitalized two businesses from Loss position to a Profitable position
. ISO 9001 certification within 9 months of project initiation
. Customer focused by exceeding their expectations and maintaining good
customer relationships
. Improved efficiencies from 71% to 87%
. Reduced costs by more the $1,000,000 by reduced inventory, recycling
hazardous waste, introducing a new process
. Improved On Time delivery from 83% to 98%
. Self starter with excellent budgetary skills
. Reduced inventories by 37% while maintaining on time delivery
Experience
Spancrete Machinery Corporation
2007 to Apr 2010
(Manufacturer of concrete construction equipment) Worldwide sales of both
wall panels and hollow core floors reducing costs and construction time)
GENERAL MANAGER
Responsibilities include all aspects of design, quality, manufacturing,
maintenance, budgeting, etc
. Redesigned our concrete saw to improve performance while decreasing
costs by $45,000 per machine
. Redesigning our slip former to improve quality, simply operation and
expect $38,000 savings per machine
. Reduced costs by reduced labor force, purchasing, component redesigns,
and new supplier development
. Dramatically improved customer relations by personal involvement,
redesign and development of a new tech
. Reduced inventory loss by $500,000 per year by improved BOM accuracy,
and labor reporting
. Improved employee relationships by involvement, design review meetings
. Increased throughput by 25% to meet customer requirements
Earth Tool 2007
(Manufacturer of underground sewer pipe replacement equipment.)
PLANT MANAGER
Responsibilities include manufacturing, quality, maintenance, budgeting,
purchasing, and transportation
. Redesigned a product to eliminate 4 parts reducing costs significantly
. Established three cells within product assembly increasing throughput
and reducing assembly costs
. Reduced steel costs by combining all materials and negotiating with
suppliers for the complete package
Permacel: Pleasant Prairie, Wisconsin
2006 to 2007
(Manufacturer of adhesive tapes used in a variety of industrial
applications. Industry utilizes advanced technology in manufacturing
processes and in the environmental oxidation equipment necessary to produce
the product)
CORPORATE LEAN/KAIZEN MANAGER
Responsible for leading Lean and Kaizen activities within all plants within
North America
. Led the 5S activities which helped cleaned & organized the plant
. Established a solid baseline of data which was not possible before
. Kaizen activities have led the organization to approximately $50,000
per month of savings
. Training a number of employees in the use of Lean & Kaizen techniques
PLANT MANAGER
2001 to 2006
Responsible for all aspects of manufacturing, quality, maintenance,
engineering, budgeting, and the profit center
. Part of a project team that designed and built the $60,000,000 plant
. Interviewed and hired all employees
. Developed all of the new manufacturing processes
. Once the equipment was commissioned to manufacturing products were
qualified on schedule
. Maintained a minimal staff during the commissioning of the plant
. Achieved most of the goals for the plant efficiency
Dickten and Masch Company: Nashotah, Wisconsin
1998 to 2001
(Manufacturer of injection and compression molded plastics. The product
breath included both thermoset and thermoplastic parts supplying large
appliances, electrical component, farm equipment, and transportation
industries)
PLANT MANAGER
Responsible for all aspect of manufacturing, maintenance, process
engineering, budgeting, and the profit center
. Revitalized a failing plant which was loosing in excess of
$1,000,000/year to a break even position
. Transformed existing equipment from inadequate operation to fully
operational equipment
. Increased on time delivery from 51% to 94%
. Reengineered our staffing to reduce costs by $300,000/year
. Decreased cycle times by 12%
. Designed and installed three 6-axis robots creating a revolutionary
flash removal system
. Eliminated six positions by the utilization of the robots
. Reduced scrap by 39%
W. H. Brady: Milwaukee, Wisconsin
1991 to 1998
(Manufacturer of adhesive tapes used in a variety of industrial
applications.
Operations Manager 1993 to 1998
Responsible for manufacturing, engineering, customer service, purchasing,
materials, quality and maintenance
. Budgeted, organized, floor plan layout, combined a Florida plant
operation and equipment into an exis
. Achieved annual cost savings of $1,000,000 in 1995, 1996, and 1997
. Reengineered the staff reducing the overhead by two salaried positions
. Reduced personnel from 84 to 67 employees while increasing
productivity by 16%
. Increased yield from 82% to 92.3%
. Reduced inventory by 21%
. Provided sales engineering support to customers
Quality Assurance Manager 1991 to 1993
Responsible for product quality and implementation of ISO 9001
. Developed, implemented, and received approval for ISO 9001 in nine
months
. Cost of ISO 9001 significantly below budget
. Revised work instructions
. Provided technical support and communication with customers
. Trained personnel on the new quality systems
Signicast Corporation: 1987 to
1991
(Manufacturer of precision investment castings for the automotive, farm,
aircraft, flow controls, and valve industries)
Responsible for all aspects of Quality Assurance
. Attained Ford Q1 Quality Achievement Award
. Established SPC in strategic processes to determine the true process
capabilities
. Designed and implemented an effective corrective action system
. Reduced customer returns by 26%
. Taught and implemented DOE (Design of Experiments)
White Rogers Division, Emerson Electric: St. Louis, Missouri
1985 to 1986
(Manufacturer of heating and air conditioning controls)
Quality Assurance Manager 1985 to 1986
Manager of Product Integrity 1985
Education, Affiliations
University of Wisconsin: Milwaukee, Wisconsin
Bachelor of Science, Electrical Engineering
American Society of Quality Control
Certified Quality Engineer
Senior Member
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