Quality Control Manager

Paul D. Higgs

**** ******* ***** **********, ***** 75006

972-***-**** / *******@*******.***

Management / Manufacturing / Production / Operations

SUMMARY OF QUALIFICATIONS

A results-focused professional with proven experience in manufacturing and

production management. A strong leader able to reduce costs and increase

production through efficient use of manpower and materials, and manage and

motivate an efficient team that exceeds company goals. A team player with

capabilities in rapidly expanding high-volume operations, assisting in

major start-up and expansions of corporations and divisions, and

participating in the overall success and profitability of an organization.

Demonstrated areas of expertise include:

Operations Leadership Skills Negotiations

Team Building

Problem Solving Team Management

Recruiting/Staffing Quality Control

Training/Development Organizational Skill

Planning/Coordinating Self-Starter

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

ADR - Factory Manager, Dallas TX.

2007 to 2009

Scheduled all product from orders received that day.

Manufacture, Clean, Paint,Antique and Package/ Ship

Did all hiring and lay-offs for manufacturing needs.

Requested and purchased the material need to run the factory

on a two to three day basics.

All orders were made after order was placed (held no finished

inventory).

Responsible for Quality Control thru out the plant.

Responsible for making sure that all orders shipped in a

timely manner and were shipped correctly.

Maintained plant safety.

Welton USA - Director of Manufacturing,Irving TX.

1993-2007

. Held responsibility for hiring and training in factory, assembly, mill

room and quality control.

. Maintained plant safety and OSHA requirements.

. Purchased all equipment for production needs.

. Ran shortage reports to help expedite material needed for production

to keep change over or downtime to a minimal.

. Kept production schedule up-to-date to meet sales.

. Prepared/approved line layouts/flow charts.

. Involved in three major expansions in 11 years and two moves. Shut

down on Thursday evening, moved, and had production running at new

plant(s) Saturday morning.

. Company needed more products and grew from three assembly lines to

eight within 2.5 months with no major problems, increasing production

from 85,000 to 300,000+ units per year. Grew from 25 assemblers to

160.

. Trained the Q.C. Staff on standards. Had less than .05% end user

reject rate.

. All General Supervisors and Supervisors were trained and promoted from

the hourly ranks.

. Started when Welton was at $17M in sales, with annual sales currently

at $106M.

. Managed Department of Engineering.

. Reported directly to the president/owner.

Ponderosa Products - Production Manager, Albuquerque NM.

1989-1993

. Assisted in start-up and expansion of ready-to-assemble (RTA)

component home furnishing division.

. Hired, trained and supervised assembly, mill room, quality control,

and safety personnel.

. Utilized Total Quality Management principles.

. Participated in union negotiations.

. Scheduled production.

. Head of Engineering design team.

. Trained the Q.C. Staff on standards. Had less than 1% end user reject

rate.

EDUCATION

University of Evansville - Completed some courses in Business while working

full time

Indiana Vocational Technical College - Completed Manufacturing Management

and Organization while working full time

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