Duane E. Bremke

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Objective: To obtain a career opportunity with a company that is focuses on innovation, sales growth, zero defects,

continuous improvement, advancement, commitment to employee team involvement & profitability.

Qualifications: Experience of 25 years in many different manufacturing environments, roles & responsibilities.

Education at the college level toward a degree in Manufacturing Engineering of Quality Assurance.

Special skills -supervisory and management experience, quality, purchasing, Excel, Word, Viseo,

Power point, data base systems, organization, public speaking, instructor skills, management reviews.

Positive attitude –can do motivator of employees. Creating a winning atmosphere, and respecting one

another allows the “team” to succeed. Bringing out the best in the team creates a “satisfied customer”

both internally and externally.

Employment:

Siemens Industry, Inc / Primetals – Quality Manager 2010 - current

Siemens is an integrated technology company with activities in the fields of industry, energy and healthcare. It is organized into six main divisions: Industry, Energy, Healthcare, Equity Investments, Siemens IT Solutions and Services and Siemens Financial Services (SFS).Siemens employs 360,000 people across 190 countries and reported global revenue of approx 71 billion Euros for the year of 2011

Job responsibilities at 2 plants repairing steel mill & lifter equipment including management and maintenance of ISO 9001:2008 to ensure compliance. Champion of 3i (cost save initiatives) with over $225,000 in captured savings directly relating to EBIT lines. Fully implemented the 6s program at both plants with metrics to track success. Stream lined 5 new quality objectives to chart and track trends. Lead facilitator of all management review initiatives for financial, customer, process. Implemented web based share point for training & records. Implemented customer transactional survey system with score metrics per customer/location. Spear headed ongoing education assistance for employees with classes catering to each job description. Participation with General Managers/CEO on 5 year strategic planning for sales, quality, maintenance & capital expenditure planning. Established monthly quality power point meetings to share rework, warranty, customer complaints, NCRs, trials, internal audits, forecasts, sales, etc. Input of all calibration records and masters. Responsible for quality budgets & planning. Taught several classes for SPC/statistics, 6 sigma, capabilities, safety,, GRR, blue print reading, quality awareness, & root cause analysis. First aid responder & safety teams. Facilitated corrective action responses from the team and presented to the customers in most cases at the customer locations. Key proponent of error- proofing and importance of first pass quality & zero defects. Implemented a tracking for quotation dwell time. (Dwell time decreased by 10% in first year) With all new programs being implemented and tracked our EBIT increase to 8% and 11% at each plant. Corporate metrics updated on web share points on a monthly basis.

Reporting to General Manager/CEO of division

International Automotive Components/ Lear Corporation –Quality Manager/Supplier Dev.….2003 - 2010

Company is a large Tier 1 automotive supplier to many OEMs supplying various interior automotive components including seating, hard trim, carpe, headliners and electronic devices. Sales exceeded $16 billion.

Job duties consist of tracking over 80 direct ship suppliers across 9 programs going to several OEMs and plants. TS16949 compliance. Involvement in APQP to launch to full production to service. Assured timely deliverables for all facets of quality including APQP gates, PPAP, corrective actions as well as satisfying internal deliverables and plant metrics. Extensive supplier involvement in root cause, problem solving, permanent c/a and validation stages. Full support of error proofing methodology for all complaints. Participation in design reviews and dimensional validation and life cycle testing as well as manufacturing feasibility teams. Tracked all customer complaints as well as web management of the supply base for PPM and c/a. Ensured all suppliers have met annual PPAP requirements and records are current. Identified high risk suppliers and performed training on site at supply locations. Participations in tool moves from bankrupt suppliers and re-launched product at new supplier. Responsible for daily and quarterly metrics. Assisted in establishing new budget for our department. Led by example on cost saving activities. Promoted team involvement as well as treating all surrounding departments and employees as customers. Filled in as Quality Director for the last 2 years as no replacement was hired while facilitating a team of 4 additional engineers and clerical personnel. Extensive travel to suppliers around North America to qualify and select suppliers as well as ensuring compliance to company standards to existing suppliers.

Reporting to Director of Purchasing

Industrial Powder Coatings, Inc - Quality Manager 2002 - 2003

Company applies powder coating and E-coating for the automotive and appliance Industry. Company is a tier 1 and 2 supplier with 10 plants in 3 states and 2 countries. Company went bankrupt

Job duties consist of managing a staff of 14 Quality Supervisors/Inspectors and 2 Quality Engineers across 3 plants in Norwalk, Ohio. Focus was maintaining & enhancing the current QS system, established regular customer visitation, on going evaluation of the approved supplier list, QOS measurable, performance appraisals. After 6 months of effort, our Customer DPPM was reduced from 1700+ to currently less than 400. Corrective action requests have dropped approximately 20% since January of 2002 by driving corrective action through the company using fool proof fixes and by implemented across the board fixes for other similar commodities. Reporting to Corporate Director of Operations.

Forest City Technologies Inc – Corporate Quality Engineer 2000 - 2002

Company applied thread coating materials for fasteners/nuts (3m, loctite, dri-lock, teflon, etc.), foam die cuts, mastic, plastisol, dip and spin material encapsulation of parts, silicone potting, rubber applications, liquid nylon coatings, liquid and thermal injection moldings, high speed digital imagery sorting, and high speed laser vision sorting services. Tier 1 & 2 supplier with 10 plants in 3 states.

Job duties included managing the quality activities of 7 different plants. These duties included cost of quality, PPAP oversee, implementation of all new programs (program management), customer visits, mqr meetings, weekly ccr/car/internal 8d meetings at each plant, validation of implemented corrective actions, and implementing preventative measures to stop repeat occurrences. Reviewed all final draft 8ds. Other duties included customer contact, supervision and performance reviews of 6 quality specialists and 5 quality lab technicians. Customer satisfaction was our goal; by exceeding their expectations with quick response times and timely corrective action implementations. Since being hired, customer complaints were reduced by 22%, cost of quality and returns were down 20%, repeat occurrences were less than 2%, and corrective action turn-around-time was reduced from 27 days to a 14 day average (start to finish time). Assisted sales on new programs- completed PPAPs that exceeded over $3 million dollars in new sales.

Reported to Corporate Quality Manager.

Lorain County Automotive Systems – Quality Engineer 1999 - 2000

Company manufactured head restraints for the “big 3”. The steel coil stock is straightened, cut to length, formed, broached and ends chamfered. Additionally, articulating head restraints, reclining seat brackets were also produced through some valued added assembling welding and riveting processes. Company is a division of Magna.

Job duties included program management of new jobs, APQP, supervisor of 4 quality technicians, 2 floor inspectors and 1 layout technician, started customer visits on monthly basis, trained staff to understand blueprints, gaging, layout and organization of the lab and started a visual sample board for PPAPs’, and rejection sample board for all to view. CAR/ 8D problem solving customer concerns and customer ratings tracking were a main focus. Managed existing supply base, issuing rejections (cost recovery) and awarding new suppliers work. Lead Engineer in QS9000 audits. Personally launched and implemented a continuous improvement program that included implementing cost saving ideas. Provided facilitator training to middle management staff. Through monthly customer visits and weekly phone correspondence, CAR’s were reduced by 33%; cost of quality was reduced by 27% after 6 months of effort.

Reported to Quality Manager.

Shiloh Industries, Wellington Stamping Division – Quality Department (see below 1989 - 1999

Company primarily produced high volume automotive metal stampings up to .300” stock thickness with up to 2000-ton press capacities as well as some value added welding/riveting assemblies made up approximately 15% of the sales. Shiloh Corporation consists of 15 plants in 3 states and 2 countries. Note: Shiloh Industries, WSD was formerly Sectional Stamping, Inc. a division of Shiloh.

- Gage/Fixture Specialist 1997 - 1999

Job duties included CAD design, purchasing gauging equipment and test fixtures, assisting cost estimators on new job quotes, engineering changes, and APQP. Held internal classes on SPC, GR&R’s, GD & T and basic gage training on an ongoing basis. This position also required obtaining customer buy-offs on new tools/fixtures & dies. Selected suppliers for building gages. Supervised two Gage Technicians on the off shifts for proper layout/calibration and management of precision equipment. QS9000 participation required a working knowledge of the MSA guidelines. CMM programming, GR & R/linearity studies, layout, calibration of approximately 300 test fixtures and over 700 pieces of test equipment into an electronic database. Provided raining for production/quality employees on proper testing and fixturing of new parts. Assisted program managers/cost estimators in negotiating blueprint tolerances. Received cash award for most effective cost savings ideas submitted and implemented. (2ndnd quarter of 99’) Total savings for 1999 fiscal year was $140,000.

Reported to Quality Manager.

– Senior Quality Technician/Layout 1995 - 1997

Job duties included APQP, CMM layout 3 axis, overseen PPAP’s (fmea/control plans/flow/GR&R creations), assisted program manager in negotiating blueprint tolerances and notations. Responsibilities included supervision and designation of workload to quality technicians for layout/floor inspection of 35 presses and 5 offline-welding operations for 24 x 7-day operation. QS9000 was implemented and award was achieved during this time (1st company in Lorain County to obtain status)

Reported to Quality Manager.

– Quality Technician 1989 - 1995

Job duties included starting a quality department with QA manager (brand new company) writing procedures, fmea, flow diagrams, and control plans, capability studies, CMM layout. Worked on production floor auditing production parts as well as performing receiving inspection on supplied materials. Assisted Q.M. on customer visits when necessary. Kept track of hold area. Overseen all exiting PPAP’s during this time period. Volunteered as a trained first aid responder, participated on the ergonomic workstation and newsletter teams. Q1 award was achieved.

Reported to Quality Manager

Special interests and hobbies/personal

Carpentry, construction, real estate, Cleveland sports, farming, computers and enjoying my family. Participation with youths in 4-H, cub scouts, kids’ sports, and local community services. Married for 17 years with 3 children. Active member of American Society of Quality, Bethany Lutheran Church in Wellington, Ohio and Lake Erie Landlord association. Lifelong resident of Lorain County

Education:

Lorain County Community College - Manufacturing Engineering of Quality Assurance 1990-1995

Cleveland State University - Quality Manufacturing Engineering 1988-1990

Oberlin High School/Lorain County JVS CAD design and drafting 1984-1988

References

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