PO Box **** 423-***-****

Greeneville, TN ***** ac1m51@r.postjobfree.com

Steve Romick

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QUALITY MANAGER OR ENGINEER

Skill Set

QS 9000 Core Tools

TS 16949 Internal Auditor

Problem Solving Trainer

Process Capability Trainer

SPC Trainer

Non Destructive Testing

Continuous Improvement

Strategic Planning

Team Player

Critical Thinking

Organized

Troubleshooting

Innovative

Manage Budgets

Shanin Technique

Qualifications

Aggressively decrease manufacturing costs through implementing engineering techniques and raw material modifications.

Able to establish standardized Quality Systems including personnel, documentation and equipment procurement.

Accustomed to decreasing costs and increasing quality, customer satisfaction and employee job satisfaction through various means including redesigning processes, Shanin problem solving, process capability analysis, correct root cause analysis, etc.

Union and non-union facilities.

Capable of managing multiple suppliers

Professional Experience

Supplier Quality Engineer – Consumable Components 5/14 to 6/17 Nemak Company- Southfield Mi.

Implemented MRB function at 2 machining suppliers

Monitored Quality & Delivery performance and PPAP approvals for 38 Component Suppliers and 51 Quality Service Suppliers

Product Engineering Manager 8/11 to 5/14

Nemak Company- Dickson Tn.

Full accountability for new Product Engineering Department. aluminum foundry manufacturing facility producing cylinder heads for Ford, Chrysler and Hyundai

Supervised 2 Product Engineers

Launched 6 new programs for Ford, Chrysler & Hyundai

Achieved PPAP approval for 3 outsourced Machining Companies

Interfaced with Customers & Machining Suppliers

Managed & controlled Quality documents: Process Flow charts, PFMEA and Control Plans Quality Manager 10/07 to 8/11

General Aluminum Manufacturing Company- Richmond In. & Wapakoneta Oh.

Full accountability for Quality Department. aluminum foundry manufacturing facility producing knuckles and control arms for General Motors, SMW, 3 Point Machining, Chrysler and John Deere

Supervised 10 employees total for both plants

Reduced Scrap rate in house Richmond plant from 7% to 5% within 3 months

Created Quality Clinic room for problem solving activities

Acting Program Manager on new program launches – General Products 8 new parts utilizing a new casting process for the Richmond plant, low pressure die casting

Created Layered Product Audit Program

PO Box 2412 423-***-****

Greeneville, TN 37744 ac1m51@r.postjobfree.com

Steve Romick

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Quality Manager 6/06 to 9/07

Hayes Lemmerz Intl, Inc.-Gainesville, Georgia

Full accountability for Quality Department.for $55 M year aluminum foundry manufacturing facility producing OEM wheels for Daimler Chrysler, Toyota, Nissan, Ford and International Truck Engines

Supervised 11 employees at the plant and 4 Quality Reps at the customers

Reduced PPM performance at the customers from 11,000 in 2006 to 37 in 2007 thru August

Created Quality Clinic room for problem solving activities

Supplemented inspection area with casting boundary samples to aid in correct product dispositioning

Expanded Layered Process Audit Program

Launched 12 new wheels – 8 DCX, 2 Toyota, 1 Nissan and 1 Ford Quality Manager 10/4 to 6/06

Intermet-Pulaski, Tennessee

Full accountability for Quality Department.for $23 M year aluminum foundry manufacturing facility producing castings for Delphi, Daimler Chrysler, Magna Drive Train, Motorola, Cummins, Detroit Diesel, Paulstra, Siemens and Raytheon

Supervised 20 + employees

Maintained TS 16949 registration with no major finding identified

Eliminate CS 1 & CS 2 inspection on Daimler Chrysler 2,000 pieces a day casting

Re-structured the Quality Department to inspect Quality at the source

Expanded Layered Process Audit Program

Modified MRB to create accountability and daily follow-up

Created 3 Hold Areas - 1) Returned goods 2) Hold/ Rework material 3) Engineering Samples

Implemented RMA (Returned Material Authorization) parties to review returns by the Quality Department salaried personnel.

Corporate Manager of Quality and Process Capability 8/02 to 10/04 Amcast Industrial Corporation, Dayton, Ohio

On-site evaluation and troubleshooting improvement plans for ten locations.

Assigned facility by corporate manager, evaluated plant’s systems and records to determine improvement areas and worked with three-man team to create change initiative, train employees and implement long-term solutions to improve profit.

Conducted Shanin problem solving studies on bent casting problems at two facilities, which reduced the rejection rate from 20% to 4%, and from 6% to 0.5%.

Reduced scrap from 30% to 8% (Richmond’s Permanent Mold plant).

Co-authored Process Capability/Control initiative to reduce plant wide scrap from 16% to 8% and significantly improved employee morale through empowering employees (CTC Technologies plant).

Conducted various training at all 10 facilities and problem solving training at two.

Wrote non-destructive testing initiative.

Championed ISO14001 environmental implementation.

Filled in as acting Quality Manager at two facilities.

Championed Quality Council, which provided a means of lessons learned to be shared with all facilities.

Spearheaded fluidized heat-treat project which reduced heat treat time from conventional 16 hours to 46 minutes

Used toolbox meetings to obtain good communication and support with floor personnel to successfully implement change initiatives.

PO Box 2412 423-***-****

Greeneville, TN 37744 ac1m51@r.postjobfree.com

Steve Romick

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Aided Richmond facility from loosing $1.5M per month to break even revenues within eight months through identifying misreporting of scrap, creation of scrap reduction teams, more attention to Process Controls and the creation of boundary samples to aid in the correct dispositioning of castings Quality Manager 9/01 to 8/02

SPX Contech Metal Forge, Clarksville, TN

Vice-president Quality 6/96 to 9/01

Tennessee Aluminum Casting (formerly Doehler Jarvis), Greeneville, TN

Full accountability for Quality Department for $35 M per year aluminum foundry manufacturing facility producing 20K raw casting PPM and 25 machined casting PPM.

Achieved Toyota PPM of zero (0) for last 16 months through spearheading aggressive quality training of employees.

Reduced PPM rejects by 200%+ for Buick product line (was 30K+ PPM to 10K PPM) through re-engineering design and establishing method of inspection as part of the process instead of auditing.

Supervised 22+ employees

Spearheaded team and project to achieved QS 9000 Certification within five (5) months. Divisional Quality Assurance Manager 10/89 to 6/96 General Aluminum Manufacturing Company, Conneaut, OH

Achieved customer quality awards.

Ford Q1 Award Chrysler’s Quality Excellence Award

Hillsdale Tool Preferred Supplier Status AM General Preferred Supplier Status

Launched 10 new parts from Square D’s existing molds with significant improvement in scrap rates.

Conceptualized and implemented the elimination of T6 Heat Treat process, which saved the company ~$1,000 per week and eliminated a labor intensive process.

Achieved certification from Ford on a Heat Treat function (1st US foundry to achieve). Quality Assurance Manager/Manufacturer’s Representative 3/88 to 6/89 CMI South, Inc., Marian, AL

Achieved Excellence Ratings from Cummins Engines and Dana Corporation.

Achieved BMY Wheeled Vehicle Operations MIL-I-45208A Standards. Quality Assurance Engineer 7/85 to 3/88

Amcast Industrial Corporation, Dayton, OH

Maintain Cost of Quality tracked at 14 divisions (goal of 2% of sales dollars).

Created Corporate Quality Systems audit and performed annual audits for 14 divisions nationwide. Education

BS Aerospace Technology w/minor in Business

Kent State University, Kent, OH

Continuing education:

QS 9000 Consortium, Cleveland State University, 1996 Dimensional Control Plan (DCP), Ford, Hillsdale, MI, 1995 Team Oriented Problem Solving (TCPS), Hillsdale Tool, 1994 Design of Experiment, Wayne State, Dayton, OH, 1987 PO Box 2412 423-***-****

Greeneville, TN 37744 ac1m51@r.postjobfree.com

Steve Romick

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TS 16949 Internal Auditor, Intermet Corporate, 2006 Delphi Risk Reduction Supplier Symposium, Delphi AHG, 2006 SPC Train the Trainor, Intermet Tech Center, 2006

Layered Process Audits, Magna Drive Train, 2005

TS 16949 Internal Auditor, General Aluminum Manufacturing Co. 2008 Foundry Experience

Semi-permanent Mold, Aluminum

Permanent Mold, Aluminum

High & Low Pressure Die-Casting, Aluminum

Squeeze Casting, Aluminum

Doehler Core Process, Aluminum

Green Sand, Ductile Iron

Investment Casting, Aluminum & Super Alloy

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