Project Manager Quality

Charles Leon Forrister, Jr., PMP

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Murphy, North Carolina 28906 C 828-361-

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Summary

Highly motivated professional with years of manufacturing experience

in manufacturing engineering, project management as well as managerial

experience across multiple industries. I am seeking a position with a

company that shares the same values I do concerning the safety of its

employees, quality of its products and great relationships with its

customers. I feel my experience and skills within Lean manufacturing,

continuous improvement, process improvements as well as project management

would lend me to be a valuable asset to any company.

Education

Western Carolina University

Master of Project Management, MPM

Graduation Date: December, 2011

Western Carolina University

Industrial Technology, B.S.

Graduation Date: December, 1989

Certifications

Project Management Professional, PMP

August, 2011

Overview of skills:

> Line layout for process flow and product flow

> Waste reduction; off-quality

> Cost reduction

> Process improvement

> Continuous improvement; Lean methods

> Problem solving

> New product development

> Project management

> Team leadership

Experience

Franklin Tubular Products

(Formerly Whitley Products, Inc.)

Franklin, North Carolina 2012-

2013

Manufacturing Manager

> Directed and lead safety in all production activities

> Managed multi-shift production force of 130+ employees, 6 line

supervisors and a project manager

> Directed plant operations in full compliance with the company Quality

and Environmental policy

> Scheduled production activities to maximize output efficiency of

product meeting customer and company quality requirements

> Team leader for Lean Manufacturing activities, 5S, one-piece flow

> Directed all production activities to meet on-time delivery

requirements

> Developed leadership abilities of Production Leads as appropriate to

support the objectives of the company in manufacturing

> Encouraged and lead employee involvement in teamwork and continuous

improvement in manufacturing

> Director of Manufacturing's role in problem solving and corrective

action activities

Moog Components Group

Murphy, North Carolina 2004 to

2012

Manufacturing Engineer

I was the supporting manufacturing engineer for the brushless (direct

current) electric motor assembly line. I supported brushless DC motor

frame sizes ranging from 1.2" to 4.2" diameter. Duties included writing

and implementing work instructions, submission for manufacture and

evaluation of in-line tooling and the generation of manufacturing routings.

I made direct approval of unit and component outline drawings, bills of

material and quality specifications. I was responsible for the evaluation,

production line setup, tooling approval of prototype units.

I was the project manager for multiple new products which included

project planning, production planning and introduction into MCG's product

line offering. I used proven and industry standard project management

principals and tools to ensure that Moog's New Product Development System

(NPDS) was completed for each product. Project yearly increases for MCG

sales ranged from $50K to $1.2M.

* Team project leader for:

> Project Manager for the BSG23 - Industrial - Current

> Project Manager for the A2A-HX - Military/Commercial -

Current

> Project Manager for the Air Max 30 - Commercial - Completed

> Gentex facility move

> Set up new product production at Moog's contracted offshore

production facility

* Teams:

> Member of 6 Sigma Cost Reduction Team

> Member of BN23 Overmold Implementation Team

> Member of On Time Delivery Team

> Member of Manufacturing Engineering Team

> Team leader of 5S Team

* Training:

> Injection Molding 101, 102

> Crosby Quality Education System, 2007

> Process Validation Requirements & Industry Practice

> Honeywell Aerospace PCPX training

Job Duties and Responsibilities:

> Write Work Instructions for any new unit that is released to

production.

> Supply Sales with labor, tooling and lead time for customer

Requests for Quote.

> Sign the Bills of Material and generate Manufacturing Routings

for product that is released for production.

> Select Tools and Equipment for safe and efficient operation to

support production.

> Monitor process quality and implement continuous improvement in

cost and quality and assure the process documentation is

accurate and up to date.

> Create product line layout to have efficient process flow.

> Submit necessary work orders and tooling requests for production

lines.

> Responsible to determine any routine maintenance for production

equipment and shall be outlined on the Maintenance Supplemental

Sheet.

Private Business Owner

Forrister's Carport Auto Sales

Murphy, North Carolina

January 2003 to 2004

Owned and operated a personal business with annual sales of

$300,000. Purchased and managed inventory of $80,000.

Car Catalog, Inc., Murphy, North Carolina

Vice President/Co-owner

August 2000 to January 2003

Car Catalog does retail and owner financing for vehicles. Car

Catalog manages $1.1 million dollars of finance accounts. I was

responsible for office management, finance approval, accounting and

sales.

Oil Stop, Inc., Murphy Plant

Harvey, Louisiana

Operations Manager

September 1998 to August 2000

Oil Stop, Inc. is an industry leader in oil spill containment

equipment. Oil Stop purchased Carolina Booms, Inc. in Murphy, North

Carolina in which I was owner. I managed all responsibilities

involved in safely and effectively/efficiently within the

manufacturing plant. I handled all production of products,

purchasing, quality and shipping.

> Submitted all purchase requisitions to corporate for

approval. Once approved I did the ordering for the plant.

The amounts for each customer job varied from a few

thousand dollars to over $100,000.00.

> Responsible for vendor approval, price negotiations and

awarding of orders.

> Quoting materials and labor for customer's equipment needs.

> Planned and submitted delivery lead times

> Managed plant budget for new equipment and repairs to

existing equipment.

> Worked with an equipment manufacturer to build a specialty

RF welder that was able to save $30,000.00 over the cost of

the machine that lead to the largest order that the Murphy

plant had ever received.

> Did ongoing cost reduction projects.

> Set up in-house machining of specialty metal products.

Carolina Booms, Inc.

Murphy, North Carolina

President/Owner

July 1995 to September 1998

I was owner of a start up manufacturing company that produced

oil spill containment equipment. Our primary product was called boom.

We produced three kinds of booms; solid floatation, fence boom and

air inflatable boom. In our first six months of operation we filled

over $500,000.00 of orders. In our first full year our sales exceeded

$900,000.00 from domestic and international orders.

> Purchased all equipment needed for plant set up.

> Hired and evaluated all employees.

> Prepared and submitted all quotations for jobs.

> Did all vendor approvals ordering of materials for awarded

jobs.

> Traveled to Mexico to get a product approval for PMEX, a

government owned oil producer.

> Was awarded a patent for a new generation oil containment

boom.

> Designed parts that were machined and punched.

> Set up in-house machining of specialty metal components

Milliken & Co.

Union, South Carolina

Cedar Hill Plant

Process Engineer

May 1992 to July 1995

Milliken & Co. is the largest privately owner textile producer

in the world with 63 plants domestically and internationally. I

managed the largest volume woven product line in the company. I was

responsible for efficiency and quality for the product line. I

traveled and worked with customers in the United States to improve

quality of products and design special use products. My product line

did a 100% machine type change-out and I was responsible for quality

and efficiency.

> Completed Milliken's 16 weeks Management Training Program

that covered the company's products and processes, human

resource training, cost reduction, quality assurance and

marketing. I was in the top 10% of the 120 student class

in overall evaluations.

> Team leader for 115 people working on product line called

Osnaburg that shipped 1.3 million yards per week with 97.5%

first quality.

> Achieved 94.7% product reliability as it related to

efficiency and quality on new weaving machines, which

surpassed company expectations of 93.1% product

reliability. Due to this achievement, I was awarded a

certificate of appreciation from Mr. Milliken at a company

sharing rally.

> Conducted a cost cutting project on the new weaving

machines that resulted in savings of over $300,000.00 per

year. I presented my project results to the company's top

management and guests that included Motorola, Chrysler and

Microsoft at a company sharing rally. Mr. Milliken awarded

me with a certificate of appreciation.

> Helped develop a new yarn mixture for Fox Industries that

increased their finishing process first quality by 27%. It

was reported that the first quality increase saved the

company over $120,000.00 in off-quality claims. Mr.

Milliken awarded me a certificate of appreciation at the

company sharing rally.

Webb Forging, Carlisle, South Carolina

Design Engineer

December 1990 to May 1992

Webb Forging produces products with a process called drop

forging. Metal is heated and molded in progressive dies by gravity

drop and air assisted machines. Webb Forging produces forged chain

for conveyor system in assembly and processing plants. My

responsibility was to design the progressive dies and hot and cold

tooling that produces the parts. I did the mechanical drawing for

the machine shop that was used to prepare the tooling. I did time

studies for the forge shop, trimming and coin shop, and assembly

area.

> Designed the first drop forged cutter blade for Hale Fire

Pump Co. that produces the Jaws of Life extraction

equipment.

> Designed tooling that produced parts that went on the

government's personnel carriers called Hummers.

> Designed tooling that produced the part that holds the

"black box" for trains.

> Diversified the vendor policy for the manufacture of our

forge dies and tooling. This policy saved money and

increased quality in tooling.

Skills:

Computer Skills: Proficient in Microsoft Works, Visio, Word,

Excel, Project, Power Point and Quicken Quick Books.

Understanding of the TS16949:2009 standard; ISO9001:2008; ISO

14001:2004 Environmental

Cost Reduction: I have had very substantial cost saving

projects in my career. I understand the motivation of cost

reduction having owned my own business.

Customer/Vendor Relations: Successfully worked with customers

and vendors to purchase and implement tooling, products and cost

reductions.

Quality Control: Phillip Crosby Quality Education, Lean

Manufacturing, statistics, process capability and Six Sigma

Process Validation: IQ: Equipment Installation Qualification,

OQ: Process Operation Qualification, PQ: Performance

Qualification and Software Validation.

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