Manager Quality

Robert Clausing

**** *. ******* ****** *******, KS 67226 316-***-**** ******.********@*****.*** Experience

SUPPLY CHAIN MANAGER CARLSON PRODUCTS LLC. MAR 2013 - PRESENT

Primary responsibilities include production analyst, capacity planning, purchasing, preparing estimates, managing inventory, and scheduling production.

Led implementation of Epicor 10, building Bill of Materials and Operations for all parts, setting standard costs on manufactured and purchased items, and integrating labor and inventory with existing modules. Created Business Analysis Queries (BAQs) and Excel macros to export and email daily scorecards and production schedules to managers.

Negotiated indices pricing with suppliers on aluminum and carbon in 2015, gaining 6 percent margin between revenue and raw material costs. Incorporated pricing standard into sales quote process, opening options for long-term agreements.

Improved overall EOE from 76 to 84 percent by moving three high-production SKUs from laser to stamping while demonstrating a 3-month ROI on tooling. Eliminated weekend shift and reduced overtime labor from 172 hours to 18 per week.

Reduced corrugate purchases 55 percent with redesign of packaging and consolidation of SKUs, which, in turn, reduced transportation, inventory, MOQ charges, and supplier lead times.

Held daily 5-minute waste reduction meetings with individual workers after teaching Kaizen and 5S company-wide. The meetings spawned a minimum of $28,000 each quarter in cost-reduction initiatives.

Teamed with Pizza Hut engineering and US franchisees in project to improve thermal efficiency of pizza pan to reduce cooking time. Outsourced the $1.5m project to casting and processing factories on-site monitoring of production in Suzhou, China.

SUPPLIER QUALITY ENGINEER AGCO CORP JAN 2012 – FEB. 2013

Monitored 71 suppliers with focus on quality, delivery, and cost-savings opportunities. Spent 60 days at supplier site developing a critical needs supplier whose growth surge impacted quality and delivery.

Traveled with corporate purchasing team to new and existing suppliers, performing audits and reviewing product to support cost-reduction negotiations

Quality representative for NPI projects and strategic sourcing. Provided oversight of first-article, PPAP, APQP, and FMEA submissions. Developed suppliers unfamiliar with the submission process.

Selected to provide reviews of suppliers and sourcing strategies supporting business initiatives at Quarterly Senior Management Review.

GLOBAL QUALITY MANAGER THE COLEMAN COMPANY MARCH 2007 – JAN 2012

Managed 20 direct reports in Wichita, Maize, Gardner, KS and Sauk Rapids, MN. Delegated management of regional quality personnel in Lyon, France and Guangzhou, China.

As SAP QM Global Process owner, provided oversight and troubleshooting for North America and implementation of SAP in France, Germany, and China.

Monitored quality related reports in the MRP system for field trends. Reported weekly KPIs to global quality, marketing, engineering, production, safety, and legal teams.

Internal Six Sigma Black Belt with $385,000 in cost and warranty reduction projects. Majority of projects were in cooperation with engineering and production responding to customer feedback on field items. Certifications & Skills

ASQ CQM/OE, March 2010

SAP, Epicor, Minitab

Advanced Professional Certification from Microsoft in Excel and Access

Prior to 2007, achieved AS9100 and Nadcap Certification with two organizations

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