Amanda M. Sage

***** ********* **** **, *******, TX 77066

Mobile: 281-***-****

Email: acwtej@r.postjobfree.com

SUMMARY OF QUALIFICATIONS

Manufacturing and Quality Specialist with a Bachelor’s degree in Mechanical Engineering and a Master’s in Business Administration. Strong working knowledge of ISO 9001, AS 9100, ISO/RC 14001, OHSAS 18001, API Q1 and 6A, Six Sigma, Five S, and Industrial Lean Manufacturing Practices.

PROFESSIONAL HIGHLIGHTS

Attained organization’s certification to API Q1 and successfully licensed choke valves for API 6A PSL3 certification.

Created one Site Quality Management System (QMS) for a new facility being assembled from three Dover operating companies encompassing nine business’ quality manuals, procedures, processes and work instructions, forms and records.

Achieved high productivity outputs while building and maintaining a high morale with team members, demonstrated by high production rates, lower overtime percentages, increased On-Time Delivery to Customer Request Date, and the challenging start-up of a new product.

Established a Quality, Health, Safety, Environmental, and Security Management System for a US Chemical Manufacturing Facility, which was subsequently the first facility within the global organization to obtain certification to ISO 9001, ISO 14001, Responsible Care 14001 and OHSAS 18001.

Redesigned a production area, with sales over $20million/year, utilizing Lean Flow principles to efficiently reduce the number of assembly lines by 40% in 75% of the original space. Estimated cost savings of $173K.

Designed a Dock-to-Stock procurement system, with international and domestic suppliers, utilizing barcodes to create multiple electronic purchase order to increase the turns of inventory while performing cycle counts. Estimated cost savings of $440K.

Led a Six Sigma project to reduce the amount of scrap produced during the machining of butterfly valve discs. 50% of scrap was generated by one machining center, by redesigning the machining fixture and adding quality checks to the setup procedure a 70% reduction was anticipated with an estimated savings was $50K.

Distributed monthly budget estimates for customer returns, prepared quarterly management reviews and projected revenue from product refurbishments. In one year, increased the revenue by 35%.

Teamed with Information Technology to develop a system to maintain product constraints and produce reports that cross-functional teams could use during their evaluation of procedure executions for on-orbit.

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

Merla LLC, Houston, TX – April 2015 – Current

Quality Assurance Manager

Manage day-to-day application of the company’s quality program, with primary focus to ensure that product specifications and customer requirements are understood and met. Oversee the development, implementation, operation and maintenance of the company’s documented quality management system.

Revised and established QMS processes and procedures such as Risk Assessment and Mitigation, Contingency Plans and the Management of Change process.

Created a new Supplier Quality Management program for the selection and approval of suppliers based upon their scope of supply and criticality. Implemented Key Performance Indicators regarding to the suppliers performance per the organization’s Quality Objectives.

Cook Compression – a Dover Company, Pearland, TX – May 2013 – Dec 2014

Quality Manager

Develop and implement one Quality Management System for the new Dover – Pearland Facility, which will encompass three Cook Compression Manufacturing Facilities as well as two other Dover Operating Companies while creating synergy through the establishment of Quality as a shared resource across the facility.

Evaluated the QMS for the five Cook Value Streams as well as Bearings Plus, with their parent company Waukesha Bearings, and Midland Valve Re-Manufacturing, with their parent company OPW, to identify any process gaps or contracting procedures.

Laid the foundation to leverage the redundancy and commonality of multiple operating companies performing similar activities to create synergy by developing a facility-wide Quality shared resource through an organizational structure change and defined responsibilities.

Emerson Process Management – RAI Analyzers & Solutions (GC), Houston, TX – Sept 2008 – Feb 2013

Oracle Project Manager (November 2010 – February 2013); Plant Manager (December 2009 – November 2010);

Manufacturing Manager (September 2008 – December 2009)

Coordinated all manufacturing production activities within the facility while ensuring that all safety standards, systems, policies and procedures are adhered to and drive continuous improvement activities for all aspects of the operation.

Ran manufacturing production to meet financial and operational goals for the organization which align with the strategic goals and objectives of the business with the highest levels of ethics and integrity.

Developed and executed annual manufacturing and operational plans, including production, cost reduction programs, capital spending requirements with the Vice President of Global Operations.

Champion Technologies, Houston, TX – May 2007 – Sept 2008

Quality Systems Specialist

Responsible for establishing and maintaining a Health, Safety, Environmental, and Security Management System and certifying all US Manufacturing Facilities to ISO 9001, ISO/RC 14001, OHSAS 18001.

Completed a Document Review against the requirements established by the Synthetic Organic Chemical Manufacturer Associate (SOCMA) for ChemsStewards® Management Systems which was subsequently accepted by a third party auditor.

Collaborated with Information Technology to establish an integrated solution for Non-Conformance Reporting and Accident Incident Tracking using SAP technology to manage incidents, accidents and non-conformance / QHSE related items and provide analytics and ability to establish trending and appropriate Preventative Measures easily.

Futron Corporation, Houston, TX – May 2006 – May 2007

GHG Corporation, Houston, TX - July 2005 – May 2006

Senior Quality Engineer, International Space Station (ISS) Safety and Mission Assurance (S&MA)

Responsible for ensuring both internal NASA and external requirements (AS9100, ISO 9001) are properly implemented and effective on-orbit. In addition, responsible for leading internal and external audits of quality systems to address improve and resolve quality issues.

Created measurable objectives that accurately monitor both performance and improvement to demonstrate the efficiency of the On-Orbit Configuration Working Group, a team comprised of members representing various interests that identify, report, investigate, track and resolve on-orbit issues that result in configuration discrepancies with the baseline design.

Led an assessment of an external supplier to NASA during which the assessment plan and checklist were developed. Wrote the final assessment report and completed the follow-up to close the non-conformances.

Tyco Valves & Controls, LP, Houston, TX – July 1999 – July 2005

Quality Assurance/Warranty Supervisor - April 2003 – 2005

Manufacturing Engineer and Supervisor – July 1999 – April 2003

AMP Inc.., Harrisburg, PA – June 1998 – Aug 1998; Manufacturing Engineer

EDUCATION

Lehigh University; Bethlehem, Pennsylvania – Bachelor of Science in Mechanical Engineering, 1999

Tulane University; Houston, Texas Campus – Masters in Business Administration, 2012

TECHNICAL EDUCATION

Responsible Care RC14001:2008 Internal Auditor Training – Verrico Associates, 7/08

IRCA – Certified ISO 14001:2004 Lead Auditor Training – Bureau Veritas, 12/07

ISO 9001, ISO 14001 and OHSAS 18001 Process-Based Internal Auditor Training – Bureau Veritas, 11/07

TapRoot – System Improvement Inc, 10/07

RABSQA – Certified ISO 9001:2000 Lead Auditor Training with AS9100 Aerospace Auditor Training – Plexus Corporation, 10/05

Certified Six Sigma Green Belt – Tyco Flow Control, 12/04

Demand Flow Technology (DFT), Business Strategy and Advanced Mixed Models – JCIT & Flow Vision

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