Tolga Irdem

Summary Quality Engineer with experience in both downstream & upstream supply chain,

proactively managing supplier qualification, part approval and supplier development activities as well as product quality and customer satisfaction. Offering strong knowledge of Quality, Supply Chain and Manufacturing processes with a proven track record of improvements.

● Six Sigma Black Belt ● ASQ-CQE ● G8D-Problem Solving ● Lean Manufacturing

● ISO 9001:2008 Lead Auditor ● APQP ● TPS ● PPEP/PPAP

● Quality Control Plans ● FMEA ● Gage R&R ● Advanced Statistics/SPC Experience

Schneider Electric / Senior Supplier Quality Engineer, Strategic Projects OCTOBER 2015 – PRESENT (CLOVIS, CA)

● Responsible for SSQM (Schneider Electric Supplier Quality Management) deployment of 7 manufacturing locations among US, Canada and Mexico for the Strategic projects such as Internationalization and Localization to new economies, Robustness improvement of existing designs to improve Customer Satisfaction, Quality and Cost. o Provided direct support to the projects yielding significant improvements in quality

(over 30% reduction in ppm’s) and cost (over $1.5 M in hard savings) within short period of time

● Managing requalification activities for high critical parts in order to minimize risk to the customer through Risk Analysis, Verification Plan and CQCP (Component Quality Control Plan)

● Leading Supplier Approval and Process Audits to qualify new suppliers or develop existing base o Driving quality programs and methods (8D, six-sigma, FMEA) to ensure continuous improvement in the supply base

● PPAP Champion for US plants in North America

o Leading PPAP implementation activities for supplier transfer and development projects o Conducting PPAP training and coaching for suppliers and internal employees Schneider Electric / Operations Quality Engineer

MARCH 2013 - OCTOBER 2015 (LEXINGTON, KY)

● Lead continuous improvement activities with Six Sigma projects, Kaizen blitzes that yield significant results for plant.

o Developed Jidoka and reduced customer returns by $30K/year o Reduced the scrap levels in e-coat paint line by $72K/year

● Managed the identification and implementation of root causes and corrective/preventive actions for customer complaints with the use of 8D methodology & Technical Complaint Analysis and statistical analysis tools. (Salesforce.com (Issue to Prevention) lead for the site) o Increased customer satisfaction significantly in 2014 (93.75% customer satisfaction)

● Lead the deployment and improvement of Quality Management System of 5 product lines and plant’s subcontractor suppliers in quality/manufacturing areas. o Performed consistent improvement in customer returns by 75% in the last two years

● Lead process audits monthly for different groups of Safety Switches product lines. o Implementation of ISO standards & certification process by maintaining the documentation of quality procedures, instructions, specifications and standards to ensure conformance to ISO requirements and customer specifications.

● Lead Schneider Production System (SPS) initiatives to drive standardization and improvement o Improved SPS score ~15% over last 2 SPS audits in 2012 and 2014 (631 -> 713 -> 731)

● Performed as the acting Quality Manager for 6 months 9263 N Saybrook Dr #236, Fresno, CA 93720

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Tolga Irdem

Experience

Education

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Schneider Electric / Manufacturing Engineer

JUNE 2012 – MARCH 2013 (LEXINGTON, KY)

● Developed, evaluated and improved manufacturing methods in Safety Switches product lines.

● Improved manufacturing efficiency by analyzing and planning work flow, space requirements, and equipment layout.

o Completed Value Stream Mapping and reduced the Non-Value Add activities o Led Kaizen in Shipping Area with improvements in Customer Satisfaction, Safety, 5S, FIFO and Visual Management

o Provided 360 labor hour/year productivity on a workstation by reducing lead time from 11 to 7 seconds

o Reduced the worker’s compensations by $50K by improving the ergonomics of a final assembly line

● Conducted time studies to identify line balancing and line re-layout opportunities. Pfizer / Part-Time Industrial Engineer

MARCH 2010 – MAY 2010 (ISTANBUL, TURKEY)

● Involved in the design of the new warehouse and suggested a non-traditional cross-aisle layout with an estimated 15% travel time reduction and $14K savings through elimination of 2 forklifts.

● Worked on a six-sigma project to reduce the annual inventory costs by $70K and optimize the forklift travel routes.

Auburn University / M.S. in Industrial and System Engineering AUGUST 2010 - MAY 2012 (AUBURN, AL)

● Earned full tuition waiver and teaching assistantship scholarship

● Taught: Stochastic Operations Research, Engineering Economics, Advanced Engineering Statistics

● Graduated Magna Cum Laude with a GPA of 3.67 on a 4.0 scale West Virginia University / Industrial Management Systems Engineering AUGUST 2008 - DECEMBER 2008 (MORGANTOWN, WV) / STUDY ABROAD PROGRAM Bogazici University / B.S. in Industrial Engineering SEPTEMBER 2005 – JUNE 2010 (ISTANBUL, TURKEY)

● Honor with 299th ranking at University Entrance Exam over 1.7 million students ERP Systems SAP, Oracle E-Business Suite

Quality Minitab, PPEP Tool, CMM PC-DMIS, Salesforce.com (Issue to Prevention), ETQ 2D/3D Drawing AutoCAD

MS Office Word, Excel, PowerPoint, Access, Project, Visio Optimization Excel Solver, GAMS, CPLEX, Lindo

Simulation Rockwell Arena, SIMIO

Programming C, C++, Visual Basic

9263 N Saybrook Dr #236, Fresno, CA 93720

919-***-****

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