Objective

Seeking a position with a company where there is a need for a talented, teachable, driven, and hardworking individual. My career objective is to apply my work ethic and skills to always be an asset; not only to the profitability of a company, but to the work place environment as well.

Experience

Automotive Supplier Quality Engineer @ Suminoe Textile America Corp. 2014 - current

Program management for programs, with focus on quality issues related to suppliers.

Experience with Lean Manufacturing, Six Sigma, Process Capability (Cpk), Gage R&R.

Contact for raw material suppliers to resolve quality issues relative to in-process and customer production.

Working knowledge of knitting, weaving, dyeing, finishing, printing, extrusion, needle punch, powder coating, lamination (flame and powder).

Managing the workflow of complex supply chains, involving domestic and overseas suppliers.

Negotiation skills for large quality claims to suppliers; one example is a $900,000 claim to a supplier. Ability to know when and how to involve senior management.

Root cause analysis, corrective actions, and follow-up on effectiveness utilizing 8D, 5P, 5Why.

Key player in the supplier chain when quality issues affect on-time deliveries. Priority is customer satisfaction.

Experience with TS16949, supplier audits, and quality management systems (MQ1, IFS).

Translator/Interpreter @ Suminoe Textile America Corp. 2013 - 2014

Spoken and written Japanese.

Technical translation for automotive, textiles, and manufacturing terminology.

Shortly after joining the company became the translator for executive and VP level management staff.

Excellent communication skills and ability to “interpret”, and not just translate.

Project Manager @ Hump’s Landscape & Design 2012 - 2013

Projects involved the processes from design to customer satisfaction, and my role was to oversee and manage.

Planning and successful communication to associates in order achieve deadlines efficiently, without sacrificing quality.

Customer service during and after a project to ensure customer satisfaction.

Education

A.A. in Theology @ Calvary Chapel Bible College York. Jan 2010 – Dec 2011

Completed Associates program for Theology degree in the EU. Consider myself as a seeker of the truth.

Skills

Fluent in Japanese. (speaking, reading, writing).

Project Management.

APQP, MQ1, 8D, 5P, 5Why, Minitab, Capability Studies, Auditing skills.

Adaptable and flexible to complex and chaotic situations.

Entrepreneurship. I managed to take an existing number of plant varietals and expand these into a plant nursery through propagation.

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