Quality Assurance Manager

Brik GarciaJr.

Email: *********@********.***

Address: **** ******** **.

City: Elgin

State: IL

Zip: 60120

Country: USA

Phone: 630-***-****

Skill Level: Management

Salary Range: $69,000

Willing to Relocate

Primary Skills/Experience:

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Educational Background:

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Job History / Details:

Brik Garcia Jr.

1027 Chippewa Dr.

Elgin Il 60120

*********@********.***

Phone: 630-***-****

OBJECTIVE:

To bring my skills, knowledge and experience of Lean Manufacturing, problem solving and managing people to eliminate waste, improve machine efficiency and changeover time. To increase company profits by focusing on 100% accountability of time throughout the manufacturing process and by eliminating waste in that process. To accomplish these goals using the DMAIC and Nine Step process improvement techniques and proven team building strategies for across the plant implementation of a team`s tested improvements. To create a positive and flexible employee workforce environment to ensure necessary equipment is manned based on customer needs.

* Quality Assurance Management

* Lean Manufacturing Practices

* Safety Standards / Compliance

* Process Simplification

* System Process Control (Green Belt Trained)

* GMP Guidelines and Procedures

* Operation Improvement

PROFESSIONAL

EXPERIENCE:

Technipaq Crystal Lake, IL

Flexible Packaging Production Manager

7/2/11 - Present

Responsibilities include direct management of continuous operations of four shifts 60+ employees, scheduling, prioritizing equipment, managing material usage, continues improvement of labor and machine efficiency, reducing cost of poor quality.

Accomplishments:

- 3% improvement in year over year equipment utilization

- 9.5% spoilage reduction in year over year comparison

- 6% improvement in a year over year comparison of labor ratio

- Implemented and trained 5S program among all shifts.

- Structured and implemented responsibilities for hourly classification.

- Reduced the cost of poor quality and complaints by 10%

Ball Corporation Elgin, IL

Lithograph and Coating Department Supervisor

2010 - 7/1/11

Responsibilities include direct management of 20+ employees, accurate and effective daily communication with floor and salary personnel, leading teams for improvement, position placement and payroll of employees. Managing time and quality of material produced. Bring a focus to housekeeping (5s theory) and quality standard of material produced.

Plant QA Supervisor

2007 - 2010

Responsibilities include supervising nine quality inspectors, overseeing and auditing all quality checks for the coil, lithograph/coater, aerosol press, aerosol assembly, oblong press and oblong assembly department, writing working instruction, dealing with internal and external customer complaint, supplier complaints, maintaining Ball's Elgin plants work instruction and form documentation numbering system, (ISO based system), participating and facilitating nine step teams, using the DMAIC, 5 why and team approaches in determining root cause and corrective actions, performing gage R&R studies, dispositioning, coordinating and testing of the plants HFI material conducting GMP training, plant frequency and control audits along with GMP audits, auditing external warehouses and suppliers, overseeing the sorting flow of HFI material through the plant, participating and facilitating Nine step teams to identify the true root cause and implement a solution

Accomplishments:

- Acting Quality Assurance Manager.

Reduced open customer complaints by 83%

Trained new incoming management staff.

- Nine Step process, eliminated the aerosol assembly departments' nitrogen shield failure by implementing a mechanical solution.

- Improved and implemented the quality record filing and storage system for better record retention in order to eliminate the loss of quality records.

- Implemented a time based system for inspector`s quality checks to decrease the time intervals between checks, decrease the exposure to produce nonconforming product and implemented a pull system in the sorting department to quickly resolve non- conforming material.

- Data driven studies for improvements in both the can assembly and lithograph departments.

Lithograph HFI (Hold - Non standard material) coordinator

2006 - 2007

Responsibilities included testing, dispositioning, managing, and reporting on what the HFI material for the lithograph department.

Stacker/ Hourly Office Assistant / Floor Open Position Fill-In

1999 - 2006

Responsibilities included set up and running a 12 wagner, and a 15 inch crab-tree coater on the coating side of the department, as well as being a press feeder of a two and four color Hoe press.

EDUCATION:

1997 Fort Sam Houston Medical Academy Fort Sam Houston, TX

Medic Specialist

PERSONAL: Completed the Mini Tab Quality Training course, proficient in Mini Tab, Green Belt Certified, Excel, Microsoft word, and Power point, versed in CSPA (Consumer Specialty Products Association) Specification in Aerosol Steel Straight sided and Necked-In three piece cans.

KEYWORD

SUMMARY: I look forward to using my ability and knowledge of Lean Manufacturing, problem solving, and team leadership to improve the efficiency and bottom line profitability.

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