ALEXANDER BRUSHABER

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Experience

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Sr. Engineer

Worked on projects related to injection molding, assembly, and packaging of Sharpies and Expo markers.

Created manufacturing, financial, and CapEx plan to insource external molding capacity to improve facility absorption rates

Completed Systematic Molding course

2016-2017 Plasan Carbon Composites Wixom, MI

Lead Business Development Engineer

Leads quotation process with a cross functional team consisting of engineering, sales, manufacturing, and finance. Performs cost and process analysis to help create quotations for light weight carbon fiber components.

Communicates costs and profit margins to top level management for new business

Developed new processes and tools for analyzing overheads to charge to projects

Provides sales with detailed cost breakdowns for communicating to customers 2005-2016 Brose North America Auburn Hills, MI & Tuscaloosa, AL Lead Industrial Engineer

Advised all NAFTA plants with data analysis of End of Line Testers (EOLTs), process improvements, training, reporting of status to senior level management, and sourced new EOLTs totaling over $5 Million in new equipment.

Oversaw a cross functional group of IEs responsible for investigating and developing innovations, launched two new projects to further develop the innovations

Continuously improved Right First Time for the EOLTs testers in 3 different NAFTA plants; orchestrated improvements improving RFT from 66% to 93%

Invented new testing methods allowing for only 50% of the seat travel to be tested, while maintaining a high level of quality with our customers

Reduced time to analyze data from 20 EOLTS by developing Excel templates with macros to automate repetitive actions

Coached four new industrial engineers at two separate plants by collecting lessons learned from production facilities in NAFTA and Europe

Launch Manager and Industrial Engineer

Directed equipment delivery to plant, created production ramp up plans, trained new operators, developed work instructions and standard times, and ensured quality of initial shipments for Mercedes C-Class front row seat adjusters.

Saved the company $30,000 per year through solving manufacturing inefficiencies

Communicated progress of the launch to the customer and internal management

Oversaw cross functional team of logistics, quality, and production ensuring a smooth launch

Created PFMEAs and Control Plans

Designed new layout for improved cycle time of back frame assembly and testing equipment while improving quality

Quality Engineer

Responsible for customer interaction and quality to Mercedes Benz U.S. International for door modules produced Just in Sequence.

Reduced monthly PPM by developing a visual Poka Yoke to detect out of sequence door modules using by developing automatic bar code scanning linked to a database

Coordinated with suppliers on root cause analysis of defects and warranty analysis.

Directed root cause analysis team in utilizing problem solving methods (5 Whys, Ishikawa Diagrams, Red X, 8D’s) to resolve customer quality complaints and internal quality issues Education

2015-2017 West Texas A&M University Canyon, TX

MBA in General Business, May 2017

2005-2009 Kettering University Flint, MI

B.S. in Mechanical Engineering, September 2009

Skills

Software: CAD (CATIA, NX, and SolidWorks), SAP, QAD, and Microsoft Office

Certificates: MTM 1, MTM SD, Red X Apprentice Level Training

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