Quality Management System

Vidyasakar Krishnasamy BSc. CQE (ASQ)

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Ontario, L5B4B4, Canada

Email: *************@*****.***

Phone: 647-***-****

Professional Summary

Dynamic Quality Control Manager with professional skills in the Quality Management System.

Expert skill in quality management and always striving for continual improvement. Specialized in Risk Management concepts, quality management system developments. Specialized in audit management

Core Qualifications

• Proven ability in developing and implementing complete ISO 9001-2015 / IATF/TS16949 and ISO 14001-2015 Quality Management System.

• 20+ years of experience in plastics molding.

• Product Audit management of agencies such as NSF, UL and CSA

• Advocates company-wide quality management with special focus on risk management and continual improvements.

• Well experienced in new launch products, PPAP submissions, APQP follow ups,, assisting and participating in customer APQP update meetings and automotive customer portal updates and maintaining quality scores.

• Statistical Process Control of mass-produced products, capability study and DOE.

• Good at statistical analysis of the process, continual improvement parameters and cost factors.

• Supplier management with focus on consistent relationships.

• Team player, leader and facilitator for cross functional leads.

• Customer focus with quality deployment function.

• Lead, mentored, coached, trained and motivated teams of up to 20 people.

• Advanced product Quality Planning

• Process management solutions and DOE

• Member of the ASQ

• Advanced communication skills

• Ability to write reports for industry experts, data analysis using Minitab17 and Excel.

Work Experience

Quality Manager,

Wegu manufacturing Inc,

1707, Harbour Street,

Whitby,

Ontario, Canada.

Nov 2021 to present date

● Management Representative of IATF/ TS 16949 and ISO 14001-2015.

● Implemented complete quality management system and monitoring.

● Participate and guide new launch plastic products APQP and interact with customers for updates.

● Well experienced in PPAP submissions and working and updating customer portals (Ford, GM etc).

● Monitoring and maintaining quality scores of automotive customers like FORD, GM, Rivian, Tesla etc.

● Assist in MSA studies of gauges, design and process capability studies.

● Interacting and updating the automotive customer launch PD engineers, design engineers,and STA engineers.

● Complete understanding of quality requiments of products of new launches and existing products.

● Customer quality resolutions and submission of 8Ds without affecting quality scores and interacting with EDI department for timely delivery and ASN submissions.

● interacting with resident reps of automotive customers and cost control.

● Managing a department of four QEs and technicians with timely completion documentation and customer replies.

● Well planned and professional cross functional teamwork with management of guidance and assistance for interdepartmental functions. Quality Assurance Manager

Kemflo Canada Inc

Richmond Hill, Ontario,

Canada.

From 2018 to 2021

• Administer the complete Quality Management system and training.

• Customer care and complaints control with clear vision over criteria of them.

• Successful implementation of ISO 9001-2015 independently with internal audits,

• Audit and Data management for NSF, UL and CSA.

• Managing Five QA personals, over 25 machines QMS.

• Collaborating on new product development with PPAP submission with advanced quality plan

• Conducting internal quality system meetings and new product launch meetings.

• Precise document control to ensure proper quality records in Cyframe ERP system.

• Improvements in quality objectives achievement and training. Quality Engineer

Macrodyne Hydraulic Presses

Inc.

June 2017 to Oct. 2018

• Looked after complete quality management system development and implementation independently under Vice-President of Operations.

• Responsible for ISO 9001-2015 implementation and certification, design and process of FMEA, and complete risk assessment and mitigation.

• Non Conformance Reports, supplier corrective actions and closing out the CARs with timely actions for CNC machined components.

• First article inspection reports and data processing.

• Responsible for Health and Safety, Metrology, supplier evaluation and audits.

• Managed complete department under Vice-President of Operations Manager Quality Assurance

Star Plastics Inc.

1930 Drew Road, Mississauga, Ontario

June 2016 to June 2017

• Looked after the complete operations of quality management system.

• Responsible for customer relations handling quality issues of GM, Magna etc. 5 whys and 8Ds

• Continual improvement process

• PPAP, APQP, FMEA development

• Statistical process control

• The Inspection department was streamlined to reduce cost by 12% saving

$6000 per month.

• Manual insert molding was converted to automatic robot operation with vision cameras, saving $100,000 approximately in 3 years. QualityAssurance Manager

Uratech Tooling Technologies Inc.

July 2011 to Dec. 2015

• Within two years the shipping performance has been improved from 80% to 92%.

• customer complaints per 100 shipments were reduced from 4.8% to 1.5%.

• Internal non-conformances per 100 orders were reduced to 2% from 4.8% saving

$40,000 per year.

• Quotation success rate was increased to 55% compared to a previous 24% hence saving office labor.

• CNC Machines utility time was improved to 58% from 40% by optimum process planning and improving preventive maintenance, saving $68,000 from critical machines.

• Functioned as a Quality manager and management representative for the implementation of the complete ISO 9001-2008 and TS 16949-2009 Quality management system.

• Established procedures, quality objectives for each quarter, quality goals, quality information system, customized continual improvement methodologies and oversaw their operation. Preparing Control plan, PPAP, APQP and MSA studies.

• Statistical process control of mass-produced products, capability study and always worked towards opportunities of continual improvement.

• Customer interaction, voice of the customer by quality function deployment in product and process design, FMEA and contingency plans.

• Customer survey and complaints handling process with corrective actions, root cause analysis and preventive actions.

• Supplier management, evaluation, monitoring, incoming inspection of products and services and maintaining inventory.

• Plan and execute internal audit as per procedures and improve the process by findings of non-conformances, and corrective action.

• Maintaining 5S, kaizen principles, Kanban, lean, employees training, empowering, brainstorming and making them perform.

• Calibration and lab function, Training measurement system, verification and validation.

• Cross functional team norming, brainstorming, felicitation and project implementations action plans and timeliness charts and material review board

(MRB).

• Risk management analysis and mitigation plans.

Overseas Experience:

Senior Manager-Production, Engineering and Quality Assurance 2001 to 2009 Pro-Tooling Services, Plastic Injection Molding Division

• Implemented quality standards ISO 9001-2000 as Management Representative.

• Management and supervision of a staff of 20 technicians and production like workers in daily operations.

• Oversaw the production of high-quality engineering plastics components for dash-board instruments such as speedometers, fuel indicators, reflectors, lens etc. for the automotive industry.

• Interacted with customers to understand product quality requirements and development of processes

• Planned and met production schedules and quality goals.

• Developed and implemented smart systems to maximize efficient manufacture and production of quality goods.

• Managed Statistical Process Control (SPC) auditing to evaluate quality and performance.

• Reduced internal Non-conformances incidents by 6% hence saving $25,000.

• Improved process control by automation from manual insert molding and saving of

$100,000 per year.

Chief Executive Officer (CEO) and Owner 1990 to 2001 Harihar Plast.

• Oversaw complete management and floor production work.

• Implemented statistical process control, optimum material selection with suitable properties knowledge.

• Classified product by brands such as Lexon (GE of USA) and Brand Polycarbonate with Macrolon of Bayer and Celcon and Delrin.

• Monitored and reviewed information from materials or events and the environment to detect or assess problems resulting from enhanced speed of production to ensure the quality of the product.

• Company representative at promotional events, seminars and conferences.

• Employed good documentation practices when generating raw data, reports and other documentation.

Plastic Process Engineer 1985 to 1989

Sri-Jothi Plastics

• Converted all the molding process into automation including molding tool modifications for fast production.

• Maximized production of error free components and ensured that machines didn’t break down through constant monitoring.

• Reported to supervisor any discrepancies that may affect product quality according to established procedures.

Education and Training:

Bachelor of Science Degree (Honours) Physics, University of Madras, Tamil Nadu, India

Post-Graduate Diploma in Computer Management Indian Institute Of Computer Management, Coimbatore, Tamil Nadu, India

Auditor Certification ISO 9001-2008 / 19011:2002 Certification Caliso Corporation, USA

Auditor Training ISO / TS16946-2009 Certification Caliso Corporation, USA Certified Quality Engineer (CQE), American Society for Quality, Milwaukie, USA

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