Dr. Camilla Kaye Mears

**** ******** ****** ************, ** 42240 270-***-**** adsh8j@r.postjobfree.com OBJECTIVE

Obtain position that utilizes my strong interpersonal skills to lead others in a continuous improvement quality-driven setting.

EDUCATION

Ed. D., P20 and Community Leadership; December 2019 Murray State University, Murray, KY

• Specialization in Postsecondary Education Administration

• Statistical Analysis of Data using SPSS Software

• Learning outcome areas: leadership, diversity, implementation, innovation

• Dissertation topic: Internships and Post-Graduation Employment

• Clinical experience in Postsecondary Education Leadership

• Clinical experience in Postsecondary Education Professor M.S., Chemical Manufacturing Management; May 2012 Murray State University, Murray, KY

• Relevant courses: Industrial Operations, Systems Technology, Quality Control, Instrumental Analysis

• Relevant topics: 5S, Lean, Six Sigma

B.S., Chemistry; May 1997 Austin Peay State University; Clarksville, TN

• Biology Minor

SUMMARY SKILLS

Quality leader Innovation

Trainer Collaboration

ISO 9001 quality program manager Stakeholder interests Data-driven decision making Interpersonal communication Continual improvement Meeting facilitator

Inclusion Risk management

Strategic implementation Performance improvement

Staff mentoring Materials testing

Testing protocols Laboratory computer systems

Statistical analysis Project planning

SOFTWARE

Microsoft Office – Word, Excel, Teams, Outlook Visio Minitab 17 IBM SPSS Statistical Software

EtQ – Excellence Through Quality

WORK EXPERIENCE

Quality Analyst/ISO Management Representative; 2009 – present Sun Chemical - Publication Inks Chemical Manufacturing Plant; Hopkinsville, KY

• Manage ISO 9001:2015 Quality System & Procedures Upgrades

• Create standard operating procedures to reflect current manufacturing processes

• Develop, implement, and evaluate effectiveness review of corrective and preventive actions

• Assure the quality systems meet all standards; regulatory requirements and customer specifications

• Facilitator for site wide audits: internal, corporate, and 3rd party audits

• Implemented site wide online monthly corporate safety training program

• Prepare responses to preventive and corrective actions from audits

• Participant in monthly Environmental Health and Safety conference call by presenting powerpoint presentations and taking minutes as scheduled

• Revamped, customized, and implemented, along with site hazardous waste coordinator, site safety inspection report

• Led technical review meetings with suppliers upon arrival which decreased raw material rejections from 15 per year upon arrival to 0

• Led successful internal, corporate, and 3rd party audits with no major findings

• Trained 3 internal auditors; 1 internal auditor training in progress

• Change agent for quality management system movement from sister plant to on site management

• Work safely in chemical manufacturing environment; handle hazardous chemicals in lab

• Implement ISO documentation for operational changes

• Streamlined quarterly management review meeting notes reporting process

• Maintains calibration of all laboratory and measuring equipment

• Develops and maintains document control program

• Maintains, reviews, and revises plant quality and laboratory manuals

• Assures that all units of operation within the plant adhere to quality standards defined in the Corporate Quality Policy Manual

• Develops, maintains, and audits overall quality program to achieve customer satisfaction Raw Material /Quality Assurance Production Specialist; 2002-2007 Continental Mills; Dry Mix Food Manufacturing Facility - Hopkinsville, KY

• Operated AZO computerized process control system to transfer bulk raw materials

• Used six sigma methodologies to make recommendations of raw material quality and manage rework

• Primary Quality contact with suppliers and corporate HQ on raw material quality and technical matters

• Control disposition of incoming raw materials and finished goods

• Performed daily audit of critical control point metal detection of packaged product and made recommendations for improvement

• Performed daily audit of packaged product weight parameters using SPC and made recommendations for improvement

• Managed and reduced rework scrap

• Investigated non-correlation of raw material quality data with major supplier which led to my development of new standard operating procedure and subsequent training of quality personnel

• Promoted from quality assurance specialist to raw material specialist

• Mastered timed lot trace recall for 3rd party customer audits

• Built bill of materials for finished product batch ticket

• Evaluates customer returns and control of non-conforming material Business Office Manager; 1999-2000 Radiance, Incorporated - Lighting Sales Representative Agency; Pittsburgh, PA

• Designed and maintained office activities including monthly budget

• Maintained confidential personnel records and provided bi-weekly personnel payroll hours to external payroll company

Quality Control Technician; 1998-1999 Valspar Corporation - Color Coating and Ink for Packaging, Food, and Beverage Chemical Manufacturing Plant; Pittsburgh, PA

• Fabricated metal cans using plant equipment to test the quality of coating strength

• Ensured coating products for metallic surfaces met specifications in wet laboratory including analysis of color, solids, viscosity, scratch resistance

• Safely handled chemicals while working in a fast-paced ISO9000 environment

• Determined chemical quantities when color matching

• Detail oriented for quality analyses

Job Training Partnership Act (JTPA) Administrative Supervisor; 1995 Pennyrile Area Development District (PADD) – Job Training and Career Development; Hopkinsville, KY

• Interview youth ages 18-21 for participation in JTPA summer youth program

• Entry into database of youth JTPA applications

• Resolve administrative issues in JTPA

• Supervisor among peers that served as JTPA monitors to ensure compliance with JTPA program policies and procedures

REFERENCES References are provided upon request

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