Quality Engineer

CAREER PROFILE

Experienced professional in Supply Chain Management, Purchasing, and Quality Control, serving with Tier 1 Automobile Supplier by utilizing six-sigma, lean manufacturing, quality control, process analysis and operational management knowledge. Seeking for career growth opportunities in Tier 1 Automobile Supplier organizations.

CORE COMPENTENCIES

• Supply Chain Management

• Lean Manufacturing

• Continuous Improvement

• Negotiation Skills

• 5S

• Cost Reduction Strategy

• QLM RFQ System

• Plan-Do-Check-Action

• Minitab Experience

• PPAP

• Toyota Production System

• Inventory Management

• APQP

• Six-sigma Experience

• CAD Experience

• FMEA

• SIPOC

• 8D Report

• Purchasing Price Variance

• GD & T Knowledge

• Gage R & R

• VA / VE

• Supplier Development

• Mandarin Speaker

• Supplier Management

• Materials Management

• Gantt Chart

• Global Sourcing

• Design of Experiment

• Injection Molding Experience

• Supplier Evaluation

• Vendor Relations

• Roll Forming Experience

• Contract Management

• Value Stream Mapping

• Aluminum Extrusion Experience

• Supplier Development

• IMDS Conflict Minerals

• Hot Stamping Experience

• International Material cost

• VDA 6.3

• Stretch Bending Experience

• PLEX ERP System

• TS 16949

• Stamping Experience

• Microsoft Office

• ISO 9001

• Bill of Material Management

• Just-in-time

• Project Management

• Process Capability Index

• Fishbone Diagram

• Control Charts

• Statistical Process Control

• Process Flow Diagram

• Acceptable Quality Limit

• 5 Whys

• Poka-Yoke

• IQ / OQ / PQ Validation Method

• Incoterm 2010

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

Minth North America, Inc. - Wixom, MI 09/2015 - Present

Supplier Quality Engineer

Support Minth North America and Minth Mexico Program Management team to ensure programs launching successfully, SOP programs include VW 416 Outer Belt, VW 326 Tiguan Greenhouse Molding, Chrysler WK74 Lightbar, current working on programs include Nissan L42P Roof side, GM C1UC Roof Racks, Daimler V167, X167, X247 Roof Rails, GM Corvette Y2XX Retainers, Dodge SRT DS / DJ Grilles and Surroundings;

Support Plastic Trim International plant regarding to cost savings by using Market Benchmarking Analysis, VA / VE Methodology, Purchasing Price Variance maintenance. Reduced the total BOM cost / Sales ratio from 73% to 55%;

Review and negotiate contracts, agreements, and terms and conditions. Including strategic customer bids, for complete procurement cycle, making certain the commercial cost and Long-Term Agreement benefits is realized at the P&L level;

Work closely with product engineering team to seek better and more competitive solutions for internal and external customers, GM C1UC Roof Rack used to have 3 different fasteners, after purchasing involved, we combined the fasteners to 1 new design to simplify the BOM and reduced the total cost of 179,200.00 USD of the total program life;

Support Sales Cost Estimation Team for quoting to customers, gain internal information accuracy and effectiveness;

Diversity coordinator with Tier 2 Suppliers and our organization engineering team ensure APQP process effectiveness;

Conflict Material Awareness;

Involve in Drawing Review, Engineering Change Request activities;

Global Sourcing Coordinator role to help Minth Group multi Chinese facilities complete internal pass-through parts P.O.s, global resource sharing with Minth Group Purchasing Center;

Work closely with North America and Mexico logistic team to ensure products receiving and transportations, coordinate Global Strategic Supplier program timelines and deliverables to ensure prototype build timely and program SOP timely.

Improved the Request for Quote (RFQ) timing by implanting QLM system by 50%;

Improved sourcing process effectiveness and reduce the average sourcing lead time by 30%.

Work closely with Tooling Engineer and Process Engineer to support new production line launch, directly work with suppliers to ensure RFQs and Quotations accuracy, ensure sourcing process integrity, manage Scope of Works;

Define global equipment sourcing and procurement strategy for supporting new program, responsible for VW 416 Bending Machine Source and Procurement (430,000.00 USD), VW 416 Assembly Cell KUKA Robots (350,000.00 USD), VW 326 Co-extrusion Line and accessories, VW 326 Stamping Line ( 486,000.00 USD), Mexico Aluminum Extrusion Line (Induction oven, quenching systems, Nitriding Furnace, Extrusion Press and extrusion dies); Daimler V/X 167 and X 247 Polishing Cells ( 383,000.00 Euro Each x 8 ), Nissan L42P Stretch bending Machine (289,000.00 USD Each x 2);

In process of sourcing Liquid Painting Line for North America, budgeted 12 Million USD;

In process of sourcing RFID system implementation solutions (continuous improvement for Logistic Container Management Performances) for Plastic Trim International, Inc.

Oversee Minth North America Suppliers’ Performances, Established and maintained Supplier Scorecard, the Supplier Scorecard will be reviewed each month 15th to determine the current production parts/material suppliers’ performances on PPM, Delivery Rate, Number of Material Rejection Report (8D report) and Number of Expedited Shipments caused by supplier;

Verify Supplier’s production process, ensure the process meet program volumes and quality requirements by performing a Run @ Rate using OEM standard documents;

Responsible to review and maintain suppliers APQP Checklists, PPAP documents and Sign off PSWs;

Responsible for Non-conformance Communication, Root Cause Analysis, 8-D report review, Corrective Action and Prevention Plan implementation validations and Cost of Quality Recoveries;

Responsible for current and potential suppliers Minth on-site audit, prioritized by Supplier Scorecard Scores and New Program Launching SOPs (Start of Production);

Responsible for Monitoring Supplier Process Capability Run @ SOP;

Responsible for Maintaining Supplier Contingency Plan, Tooling Bailment Agreement and Supplier ISO/TS Certificates;

Work closely with plant Quality Engineering Team develop and update PPM measurement standards for different production materials such as steels and aluminum strips, resins, foams, plastic injection parts, stamped parts, electrical components (Cameras, wire harness, etc.) ensure the current suppliers competency and competitiveness in a fair industrial quality standard.

CR Brands, Inc. – Ludlow, KY 03/2015 – 09/2015

Quality Engineer / Production Supervisor

Quality Engineer

Led Production Process Internal Audit monthly;

Generated Quality Matrix (PPM, Delivery Rate, Cost of Quality, Customer Complaints) Reports to management weekly;

Generated Control Charts and Control Plans for different product families;

Generated Standard Operating Procedures for production operators;

Train Quality Assurance specialist in testing equipment calibrations, check daily production shift quality performances reports;

Conduct equipment validation plans with Maintenance group and monitor the implementations;

Involved in UL audit process and helped CR Brands, Inc passed the registration audit by conducting IQ/OQ/PQ plans for production equipment;

Brought in and implemented Acceptable Quality Limit method for incoming material and finished goods quality inspection process;

Dealt with customer complaints, provide corrective actions and preventive actions (CAPA), ensure the CAPA get implemented and reflected to the customer’s satisfactions;

Working on bring in ISO 9001: 2015 registration audit project and conduct internal audit based on ISO 9001 requirement in Chemical Manufacturing Industry;

Ensure quality control testing equipment are certified calibrated by a third party;

Work with R&D group to generate new formula quality standards, or update existing formula standards per Engineering Change Requests;

Maintain Master Boundary Samples from each batch and manage Quality Testing Labs;

Weekly meeting with Quality Assurance Inspectors and Quality Managers to clarify current stage quality issues and improvement plans;

Review and maintain Certificate of Materials and IMDS sheet from incoming raw materials;

Conduct Root Cause Analysis for uncompromising product batches with R&D groups;

Production Supervisor

Responsible to ensure daily production rate based on customer monthly forecast;

Ensure Production Line Utilization are fulfilled;

Overall Equipment Effectiveness Study and Monitoring;

Conduct 5S on-site management and train operators;

Maintain and update operators training records;

Work closely with maintenance team to schedule downtime and regular equipment maintenance;

Conduct Hourly Production Process Inspection to ensure production rate and quality;

Changed label assembly table layout to increase the productivity by 60%;

Ensure Operators following the Personal Protection Equipment Policy;

Work closely with safety manager to seek potential operating dangers and solutions and operator trainings;

Increased Overall Equipment Effectiveness by 15%;

Increased Production Line Utilization by 30%;

Reduced safety accident amount from average 3/ month to none until my absence (126 days);

Toyota Motor Manufacturing, Kentucky, Inc. - Georgetown, KY 11/2014 – 1/2015

Internship – Process Analyst

Responsible for leading a three-people team initiate, conduct and complete a process analysis project;

Oversees TMMK powertrain production line process, measured each station machine’s capacity, verified each process cycle time, generated Value Stream Map, this map showed a visualized production stream from raw material supplier to the end customer, this stream map indicated which steps of the current stream are actual value-added to the customer, this map is the base to use to do Kaizen activities, Machine downtime, process lead time, WIP part Takt Time studies

Analyzed the current value stream map and conducted Takt Time study, found out current production line potential wastes;

Decreased the production line buffers (Aluminum Blocks) from current 55 pieces to 34 pieces, this action taken reduced the plant inventory

Reported to Kaizen Manager regarding to the proposal and ensured production line implementation;

Managed project timelines, scheduled milestones, and ensured deliverables (result founds and proposal to change);

EnerSys, Inc. – Richmond, KY 09/2013 – 12/2013

Internship – Internal Process Auditor

Responsible as Internal Process Audit Lead;

Conducted ISO 9001:2008 internal audit procedure;

Audited management responsibilities, verified and updated organization diagram;

Audited Production planning and product manufacturing process, focused on process control plan and operator integrity and competencies (training and awareness proof);

Audited product Design & Development process;

Measurement System/Instrument calibration history audit;

Audited current quality system integrity and efficiency, audited Corrective Actions and Preventive Plans.

Audited Product Inspection and Testing system and process;

Scheduled Internal Audit Meeting Agendas and audit contents;

Completed Internal Audit Process, generated Internal Audit Report to EnerSys Management;

Acquired corrective actions and preventive plans from Enersys Management Team.

EDUCATION

M.S., Applied Engineering Management & Technology, Eastern Kentucky University, 2015

B.S., Applied Engineering Management & Technology, Eastern Kentucky University, 2013

B.S., Manufacturing Engineering & Logistics, Liaoning University of Technology, 2012

PROFESSIONAL ASSOCIATIONS

American Society of Quality

Automotive Industry Action Group

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