Quality Manager

QUALITY AND OPERATIONAL EXCELLENCE

I am a self-driven individual who has acquired extensive experience in both the chemical and manufacturing industry. My background has provided the tools needed for implementing and maintaining a strong quality management system, as well as developing individuals and supporting their professional growth.

I possess strong abilities to learn quickly, multi-task, think outside of the box, and communicate effectively. My experience has given me exceptional strengths in troubleshooting problems, implementing new processes, and improving existing processes. I can work well individually but can also excel within diverse teams. These teams have often been comprised of different individuals, from very difficult job roles / responsibilities, but as a team member, or the team leader, I have always been able to find the best way to work together. This is an enormous strength that allows me to successfully improve a company’s overall efficiency, quality, and many times, profit margins. PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

Project Quality Engineer / Caterpillar / 2019 – 2020 (contract position)

• Monitoring daily quality events throughout the assembly process and determining repeat defects from historical data.

• Investigation into prevalent defects to determine root cause and work with proper departments to implement interim/permanent corrective actions.

• Responsible for updating of main site board containing operations process heat map, certain KPI’s, and cause area failures.

• Data collection and analysis using CAT’s AQE, CPI Quality Alert, and Tableau systems.

• Team Leader for CPI system quality alerts.

• Team leader for AQE sort meetings for both medium, and large tractors. This included generation and distribution of weekly metrics and KPIs for defects.

• Team leader of VOC sort meeting – review of ongoing quality alerts. Determination of which alerts will be reported out on at upcoming meetings.

Quality Assurance Manager / Parker Hannifin / 2019 (contract position)

• Maintenance of quality management system in accordance with ISO-9001 and IATF.

• Documentation update, control, and implementation of proper document storage in internal database.

• Handling of PPAP process for new/updated products using internal system and customer portals.

• Data collection, interpretation, presentation of KPI’s, and process improvement initiatives.

• Determining corrective and preventative actions for process failures and customer complaints. Kevin Breeden

315 Willow Court, East Peoria, IL 61611

Phone: 309-***-**** Email: **************@*******.*** PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE (CONT)

Quality Assurance Manager / Lonza Inc. / 2014 – 2018

• Maintenance of quality management system in accordance with ISO-9001 and European Federation of Cosmetic Ingredients (EFfCI).

• Managing team of 6 QC chemists. Including quarterly check-ins, evaluations, and generation of individual development plans.

• Handling of internal, customer, and certification body audits for facility, as well conducting audits of potential suppliers.

• Presenting quality key performance indicators (KPI’s) to the site, its management team, and to the global head of business.

• Determining corrective and preventative actions for process failures and customer complaints using cause mapping process.

• Managing and generating SOPs, work instructions, and test methods.

• Setup and maintenance of quality module for products using SAP. Process Improvement Leader / Lonza Inc. / 2008 – 2014

• Collection and interpretation of data to develop process changes for plant production improvements.

• Troubleshooting and development of corrective actions for plant processing and batch reaction issues.

• Generation of lab scale blends and reactions to eliminate production issues, to provide solutions to customer formulation issues, and for development of new products.

• Developing cost savings projects for the plant.

Quality Control Analyst / Lonza Inc. / 2004 - 2008

• Analyzing incoming raw materials, intermediate process samples, and final release samples.

• Determination of batch charge recipes and in-process adjustments.

• Preparing, validating, and monitoring of ISO standards and equipment checks.

• Troubleshooting and repairs of laboratory equipment. Kevin Breeden

315 Willow Court, East Peoria, IL 61611

Phone: 309-***-**** Email: **************@*******.*** Kevin Breeden

315 Willow Court, East Peoria, IL 61611

Phone: 309-***-**** Email: **************@*******.*** SPECIALIZED SKILLS/ACHIEVEMENTS

• Extremely strong ability for in depth troubleshooting and efficient delivery of corrective actions.

• Challenger of status quo allowing for in depth investigation and realization of process optimization.

• Ability to collect and analyse data to determine areas performing well and areas for improvement.

• Ability to see opportunities for improvement in multiple areas, not just on the manufacturing floor.

• Chosen leader of a laboratory best practices project for all sites in the U.S.

• Extensive background with Gas Chromatography and manual / auto-titration along with software associated with them.

• Additional laboratory equipment commonly used, maintained, and repaired includes: HPLC, Atomic Absorption, Spectrophotometry, FTIR, pH, Color, Turbidity, Solids / Moisture analysis, Oil & Grease analysis.

• Proficient in lab scale replication of processes such as evaporation, distillation, filtration, and pressure/non-pressure reactions.

• Experience with SAP, Minitab, Microsoft Office (including use of Macros and Visual Basic in Excel), PI Server software tied Delta V, Tableau, Power BI, and CMS.

• Six Sigma Green Belt and trained in 5s.

• Licensed First Responder through PAEMS.

EDUCATION

Western Illinois University 1999 - 2003

Bachelor of Science - Biology Minor: Botany and Forensic Chemistry East Peoria Community High School 1996 – 1999

Kevin Breeden

315 Willow Court, East Peoria, IL 61611

Phone: 309-***-**** Email: **************@*******.*** PROFESSIONAL REFERENCES

James (Jim) Harvey – Engineering Manager / Site Leader Lonza Mapleton

Phone: 309-***-**** Email: *****.******@*****.*** Paul Wilczewski – Director of Operations

Scotts Miracle Grow Company

Former Site Leader @ Lonza Mapleton

Phone: 309-***-**** Email: available upon request Matt Youngquist – Quality Manager 2

Caterpillar Material Handling and Underground – East Peoria, IL Phone: 309-***-**** Email: ********************@***.*** Art Tillman – 6 Sigma Black Belt 1

Caterpillar Material Handling and Underground – East Peoria, IL Phone: 309-***-**** Email: ****************@***.***

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