Engineer Quality

John C. Hoefle

** ****** **** ****, ********* NH 03840 ac02ho@r.postjobfree.com 603-***-****(C)

Objective Utilizing acquired engineering and business skills to become part of a management team

that aggressively stimulates growth and profitability of the business.

Qualifications * Certified Six Sigma Black Belt – GE/Six Sigma Qualtec

* Certified Lean Green Belt – Freudenberg NOK

* American Society of Quality - Certified Quality Manager.

* American Society of Quality - Certified Quality Engineer.

* Southern New Hampshire University Adjunct Professor.

* Proficient in French and Japanese languages.

* Fluent in Continuous Improvement principles.

* Experienced in Toyota Production System Lean Principles.

Experience Freudenberg NOK – Manchester, NH

2014 - present Quality Manager

* Developed and implemented a Layered Process Audit system improving the

PPM quality metric by 50%

* Trained and mentored the management leadership on 8D root RCCA methodologies.

* Developed and implemented Quality Incentive Program for the hourly workforce.

* Successfully lead 3rd party registrar and customer audits.

2005 – 2014 Timken Aerospace – Keene, NH & Lebanon, NH

Manager of Quality Advancement

*Game Changer Project Lead – utilizing A3 methodologies, championed a cross functional

team to redesign the bearing match grind process, to realize $1.5 mm in annual scrap

cost avoidance, $1mm in inventory cost reduction, and 5% improvement in OTD.

* Quality Lead - Due Diligence Team – audited the Quality System and evaluated risk

of the Purdy Company for acquisition by The Timken Company.

* Project Lead - Singapore Facility Closure – total responsibility of plant closure

including associate severance and outplacement, inventory disposition, asset transfer,

facility restoration, and Legal Entity closure.

* Implemented Continuous Improvement STAR Teams to reduce scrap 20% and

improve On Time Delivery 30%.

* Developed and implemented Project Deep Dive – a facility wide AS9100 Internal Audit.

* Trained 32 key management personnel in 8D Root Cause Analysis and Corrective Action.

1994 - 2005 New Hampshire Ball Bearings, Inc., - Laconia, NH

Quality Control Manager

* Developed and deployed an Operator Certification Program, reducing inspection labor

costs by 50%.

* Designed and instructed a Process Analyst Curriculum to company operatives.

* Managed Scrap Reduction Teams to realize 30% cost avoidances which translated to

$500K savings/yr.

Sr. Quality Engineer

* Completed Six Sigma Black Belt Certification project, realizing cost savings of $90K/yr.

* Implemented Lean Manufacturing techniques including 5S, TPM, and Visual Factories.

* Implemented an on-line Calibration Recall System, reducing labor by 20%.

1986-1994 General Electric Company – Aircraft Engine Group - Lynn, MA & Hooksett, NH

Sr. Quality Engineer – Tubing Business – Hooksett Plant

* Utilized Kaizen Events to reorganize the Tubing business into JIT cells.

* Introduced SPC and Design of Experiments to reduce manufacturing losses by $250K/yr.

Quality Engineer – Gage Control Supervisor- Hooksett Plant

* Completed renovation of the Gage Calibration Lab – a $ 400K investment appropriation.

* Brought the department to complete compliance to Mil-Std-45662A.

Methods Planning Supervisor – Rotating Parts Manufacturing – Lynn Plant

* Reduced product lead times by 20% with Value Stream Mapping techniques.

* Supervised process engineers to introduce new parts from development to production.

Process Engineer – Rotating Parts Manufacturing – Lynn Plant

* Lead team projects to significantly reduce manufacturing losses by $100K/yr.

* Interfaced with Government Quality groups to disposition discrepant hardware.

Management Development Program – Lynn Plant

* A two year management program in four different business environments including

Process Engineer, Production Control Supervisor, Manufacturing Supervisor, and

Statistical Process Control Coordinator.

1979 - 1983 Erie Scientific Company - Portsmouth, NH

Facility Engineer

* Responsible for the maintenance of an 180,000 sq. ft. manufacturing facility.

* Supervised the machine shop consisting of 15 skilled laborers.

Process Engineer

* Redesigned a production process to increase yield by 15%.

* Consolidated two production departments increasing productivity by 10%.

Education Boston University - Boston, MA

* Masters in Business Administration.

University of Vermont - Burlington, VT

* Bachelor of Science in Mechanical Engineering

References * Available upon request.

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