Thomas J. Burby

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Ayden, NC **513

Mobile: 252-***-****

Email: ad3fd7@r.postjobfree.com

Professional Summary:

A results-driven professional with a record of success implementing new systems and processes that help reduce operating costs and increase productivity. Over ten years of direct quality experience in a variety of leadership roles including quality manager, six sigma master black belt, materials specialist, and ISO Lead Auditor. Most of my quality experience was in an ISO 9001 and ISO 13485 environments. Strong familiarity with medical devices, clean rooms, and protocols for ISO documentation.

Key Professional Attributes:

Certified Kepner Tregoe Instructor for Problem Solving and Decision Making

Six Sigma Master Black Belt in an ISO9001 Environment

Lead ISO Auditor for Class III, Medical Device, ISO 13485

Lean Six Sigma Trained

Master’s in Business Administration

Managed Plants and Quality Departments with proven cost savings.

Instructor with Statistical Process Control

Instructor of Toyota’s Continuous Improvement Methodology

Career Summary:

AAF Flanders International, Smithfield, NC July 2022 to Present, Continuous Improvement Manager

Developed process conditions for our Lamination Department, Lucy Lines, and Dri-Pak Lines.

Wrote, implemented, and trained all levels of operations personnel on troubleshooting guides, work instructions, and clean-up glue procedures.

Trained senior managers on Six Sigma Black Belt Projects.

Trained multiple levels of operators on Toyota Continuous Improvement Techniques.

Mentored 4th Year Industrial Engineer Intern from NC State.

Worked with maintenance team to implement problem solving techniques.

Multiple plants requested my expertise regarding equipment best practices, as well as new equipment within the company.

Increased equipment efficiency by 10%.

Coached teams to reduce changeover from 3 hours to under 45 minutes.

Sara Lee Frozen Bakery, Tarboro, NC October 2020 to June 2022, Quality Supervisor

Managed all GMP Audits as the GMP Coordinator.

Audited all productions lines nightly, focusing on weight, height, diameter, and core temperatures.

Charted nightly all data inputs for weight, height, diameter, and core temperatures.

Worked with second shift auditors to see what they were finding in their audits.

Lead teams of auditors during GMP Audits as the Lead Auditor.

Worked with line teams about specifications and correct formation of the product nightly.

Reported all quality events happening on shift to direct manager weekly.

Reported out weekly during supervisor meeting all significant quality issues on shift.

Learned product specifications for key products such as Croissants, Biscuits, and Muffins.

Analyzed product dough for temperature, raw ingredient temperature such as butter, and took PH and Water Activity Readings.

Associated Materials Inc., Kinston, NC April 2018 to July 2020, Quality Manager

Managed all day-to-day quality for a 500-person facility.

Managed and oversaw the supervision of 18 direct reports.

Key management representative that reported daily metrics and oversaw the success of our quality metrics.

Responsible for all quality measurement devices including calibration.

Sought after from customers and sales for technical knowledge and liaison from manufacturing to the customer.

Positively affected key quality metrics to help the profitability of the facility and company.

Effectively managed systems such as ISO and other certifying bodies.

Field work with sales and the customer

Drahtzug Stein, New Bern, NC, March 2015 to April 2018, Quality Manger

Oversaw all day-to-day quality for the facility.

Worked hands-on to measure baskets and ensure all quality specifications are met.

Collaborated with customers such as Bosch, Whirlpool and Sub-Zero, to ensure all quality criteria and 8D corrective actions were done timely.

Presented quality results to senior management.

Oversaw quality inspectors and evaluated performances.

Worked with International Drahtzug Stein Facilities to ensure all ISO criteria were being met by the plant.

Worked with operations to ensure that quality was implemented, and workers were being trained.

Evaluated each manufacturing part for quality and reported data to senior management.

Used problem-solving and lean manufacturing principles daily.

Domtar Personal Care, Greenville NC, August 2011-February 2015 Materials Specialist, and Reliability Systems Manager.

Responsible for all raw materials deviations in the facility, including maintenance of a materials reporting system.

Collaborated with suppliers to improve performance and reduce returns by narrowing process conditions by 10%.

Responsible for Reliability Systems including Machine Shop, Rebuild Shop, Storeroom, and Process Air and thirteen direct reports.

Implemented a Vendor Managed General Supply Vending that reduced costs by 30%.

Consolidated lubricants to one vendor that was more environmentally friendly and less costly.

Trained up two levels of vibration analysis and set-up systems to review weekly and monthly results.

Responsible for a storeroom with 20k parts and a $3.2 million value.

Brought in a vertical retrieval system to consolidate room and continuously analyzed storeroom transactions in order to maintain budget levels.

Worked with procurement to do volume discounts with our top 10 vendors with savings between 10-20%.

Trained as a lead internal auditor and did multiple audits of the quality systems.

Business Owner of a Recruiting Firm, and Recruiter, August 2005-July 2011, Plastics Industry, Greenville, NC, and Traverse City, Michigan.

Recruited for Engineers and Professional Operations Positions.

Maintained a staff of recruiters and all operations personnel.

Did all budgets and operating expenses.

Certified Personnel Consultant.

Berry Plastics, May 2000 through August 2005, Plant Quality Manager, Six Sigma Master Black Belt and Operations Manager

Maintained a quality return from customers of .04 % of sales, top 5% amongst 23 domestic plants.

Helped establish a domestic presence with photo resist film.

Trained as Six Sigma Master Black Belt and Black Belt Certified.

Maintained clean room environments for products being sold to Siemens, and Baxter Medical where Quality Audits were best in class ratings.

Audited every three months by Kimberly Clark and Covidien while maintaining best in class performance levels.

Directly involved in certification to ISO9001.

Trained over 20 black belts with a cost savings to the company of $2.2 million.

Sealed Air Corporation, May 1995-April 2000, Lenoir, North Carolina, Process Improvement Specialist, Quality Auditor, and Corporate Director of Safety

Improved scrap and overall equipment efficiency by 2-4% over a 2-year period with each percentage being worth $500k.

Directly involved in the implementation of ISO9001

Trained as lead auditor and helped implement a statistical process control system.

Worked directly with leadership team to focus on critical KPI’s.

Exxon/Mobil Corporation, March 1990-April 1995, Stratford, Connecticut, Skills Trainer, Quality Auditor, and Kepner/Tregoe Instructor

Trained at the Juran Institute on Quality Systems.

Certified as an Instructor for Kepner/Tregoe

Helped in the first quality audit certification by Underwriters Laboratory within Mobil Chemical.

Education and Certifications:

MBA, Wilmington University, Wilmington, DE 2004

BA, Knox College, 1983

Navy Journalist, 1989-2001, meritorious medals for outstanding work

Certified Black Belt, Kepner/Tregoe Instructor, Lean Six Sigma, and Vibration Analyzer

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