Management Quality

Sonya W. Evans

*** *** *** *****

Alabaster, Alabama 35114

205-***-**** - Cell Phone

Objective: To obtain a challenging position that will utilize my experience, multi-tasking abilities, and knowledge to offer career development and growth.

Education: Configuration Management II Certification Spanish I and II

University of Tennessee - Class 1 and 2 TRW/AEG Detroit Mercy

University of Georgia - Class 3 and 4 QS9000 Internal Audit Training

University of Tennessee - Class 5 and 6 TS16949 Internal Audit Training

Graduated 1989 from Tarrant High School with Honors in Business Education - Tarrant, Al

Training: Extensive SAP Knowledge (U.S. and U.K.) Configuration Management II Training

Certified Lead Internal Auditor - QS9000 Certified Lead Internal Auditor - TS16949

QAD Systems (U.S. and Asia) Six Sigma - (Certified Green Belt)

Master Control/Web Control Six Sigma - (Certified Black Belt)

Process Map Training DFSS (Design for Six Sigma)

Leadership Training Wind Chill

ELV (End of Life Vehicle) Reporting

Software: QAD MS Office (Access, Power Point, Excel, Word, and Project)

Visio SAP (Systems, Applications and Products)

Web Control Master Control

Plex Systems DTR Systems

Employment History:

EPC - Engineered Plastic Components:

7-20-2015 thru Current:

Production Manager - New Model and Mass Production

Management of 3 shifts, which include approximately 28 employees. Responsible for ensuring that each shift runs based on production schedule from Materials. Ensure that all presses are running with minimal scrap rates and meets or exceeds production run times. Review each production run to ensure that cycle times are being met and to review each process or layout to improve/reduce production cycle times. Responsible for reviewing and entering production data into MRP system to ensure all production requirements are being met. Implement corrective actions and countermeasures based on quality management systems. Work directly with quality to investigate all issues that may cause molding defects.

Create Master Setup Sheets to document each process setting in order to achieve the best run it rate for each mold. Attend all trials to ensure each documented process is followed and best cycle times are valid and no molding defects occur. If defects do occur, they are documented on trial summary sheets and investigation occurs so corrective actions are implemented.

Create Master Set up Sheets, Manufacturing processes, Start up and Shut down processes, procedures, work instructions, processes and production forms.

Perform LPA audits weekly to ensure that all processes are meeting quality requirements per Mold and per Press. Provide LPA findings to quality for immediate resolution.

Assist Materials Group with end of the month inventory. Ensure that all material requirements for each part are met and used as specified in molding job books. Ensure that regrind material is used where specified by the customer. Ensure that percentage of regrind is noted on each materials sheet posted on the material hoppers, mixer and gaylords. Ensure all material is reweighed and specified per material requirements.

Kumi Manufacturing of Alabama, LLC:

9-3-2012 thru 6-19-2015:

Quality Manager of New Model/Mass Pro and ISO 9001 Facilitator

Management of 42 employees with an aggressive schedule to reduce head count to 14 employees within 2 years. Responsible for working with production to investigate all issues that may cause molding defects. Implement corrective actions and countermeasures. Responsible for reporting all internal/external quality defects to executive management and/or KMA's customer. Provide PVL and Inspector support to both production and assembly. Perform QAV's for all new and/or existing suppliers. Sign off on all PSW's for new components. Reduce Quality Containment from 100% to zero within 2 years. Work closely with all suppliers and customer contacts to ensure all issues are resolved in a timely manner.

Assist production with process trials to reduce and/or eliminate molding defects. Assist production engineer with documenting process settings for each press and mold as a Master Setup Sheet. Attend all trials to ensure all defects are documented and setup process is followed. If defects occur, process settings are documented to train all setup and process techs on how the defects were made (Short Shot, burns, flash etc.)

Attend all New Model and Mass Pro Meetings with the Design Team to ensure all past problem history is reviewed and all issues are resolved before launch. Create all documentation for startup and shut down of equipment. Attend all New Model Trials. Create training material for all plant employees for each New Model Launch.

Create Red Rabbit process for all parts to be used at the beginning of the manufacturing process. This is to ensure that all manufacturing equipment and/or fixtures are working properly. Establish Calibration Log electronically to ensure all equipment remains compliant. Create and maintain all internal procedures, work instructions, processes, and forms for QS9000 conformance. Assist all departments’ plant wide to ensure quality processes are implemented into every process. Schedule, monitor and maintain internal audits plant wide.

SWE Services LLC:

09-08-2007 thru 09-14-2012

Owner - Consultant/Quality Engineer for TRW Automotive Electronics and Occupant Safety Systems

Visit customer plants in their region representing all OSS products (air bags, seat belts, steering wheels, and safety and security electronics). Responsible for all reporting and part return activities. Provides support in areas of packaging, shipping, damage and handling of TRW products at the customer locations. Assist customers and TRW assembly plants in the investigation of all issues involving product design. Provide immediate support at customer plants when quality issues arise. Assure the review, determination of responsibility and appropriate authorization for the return of rejected product. Issue notification reports immediately to the proper TRW personnel to initiate the corrective action requests needed at the customer. Act as a liaison between the customer plants and TRW OSS.

Organizes and supervises any sorting or rework operations performed by temporary personnel at the customer locations with approvals. Attend all quality meetings with the customer.

TRW Automotive Electronics:

02-01-2006 thru 09-07-2007: Title changed to "Engineering Manager"

07-2003 thru 02-01-2006: Title changed to "Configuration Management Supervisor"

2001 thru 2003: Group Leader/Sr. Configuration Management Analyst (CMA)

Coordinate workflow activities and define all process and procedures for engineering and 15 CMA's (6 in Poland and 9 in the USA). Perform audits on all CMA packages to ensure that quality requirements and work instructions are met. Troubleshoot and resolve all issues with quality, engineering and manufacturing facilities globally to ensure that quality requirements are met. Define workloads, responsible for refining details of all elements of configuration management. Will participate in program meetings and design reviews globally to the extent necessary to implement and impose CM practices, and enforce interchangeability/traceability guidelines. Responsible for establishing configuration base lines, and as designed/as built records. Will investigate and resolve problems using established practices or will modify practices as needed. Provide detailed review of drawings and changes to ascertain their acceptability.

Work closely with quality, engineering, change coordinator and the design drafting groups globally to ensure all processes and procedures are followed. Ensure global standard parts library (SPL) is notified of all electronic component design release/changes. Provide direction on pulling new part numbers to track component changes when lead to lead free processes are being imposed.

Notify End of Life Vehicle (ELV) team of all components and assembly design changes to ensure reporting process to customer is completed in a timely manner. Responsible for ensuring SAP activities are performed by all CMA's and that each bill of material entry is 100% accurate before final release to manufacturing globally. Provide performance reviews to all CMA's for Mid-Year and Year End. Responsible for conducting weekly CM Meetings and monthly brainstorming sessions to streamline CM processes.

Member of all program change control boards (CCB) globally to ensure all configuration management processes are being followed. Provide sound decision or interchangeability issues for TRW.

Create and/or modify training material for TRW globally to ensure all existing and new employees are trained on CM processes that affect the creation or modification of design documentation and MRP updates for all product lines.

Provide sound judgement in resolving technical issues for engineering change incorporation while understanding the full impact of how design releases and design changes impact manufacturing and our customers.

Responsible for understanding all areas affected by design globally, which includes, electrical and mechanical CAD files, structure and software, computer aided design process, quality, purchasing, sales, program management, supplier development and manufacturing groups.

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