LES RENN

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Sparks, NV *****

Ph: 775-***-**** Email: adwim3@r.postjobfree.com

PROFESSIONAL SUMMARY

Quality Professional with a master’s degree and expertise/qualifications in the following areas:

Automotive, Aerospace, and Medical Device industry quality, supplier quality/development expert with broad experience in purchasing, operations, materials, and engineering.

Extensive experience in supplier strategy, assessment, and development/performance improvement. Broad commodity experiences include electrical, metals, and chemicals. Built and maintained strong supplier and customer relationships.

Developed & taught quality sciences in the areas of Adv. SPC, FMEA, Control Plans, DOE, APQP, & PPAP

Conducted business in Germany, Spain, Thailand, Canada, Mexico and had a 2-year ISP leadership assignment in Japan.

BUSINESS EXPERIENCE

PANASONIC ENERGY NORTH AMERICA, Sparks, NV (Li-Ion Batteries) Jan 2023- Current

Supplier Quality Manager

Updated the IQC Lab with equipment needed for critical checks. (CMM, Colorimeter)

Created with our Japanese SQ counterpart’s, best practices for Supplier Evaluations, Supplier Document & Process Reviews, supplier agreement, supplier quality requirements and Supplier scorecards.

ELECTRONIC EVOLUTION TECHNOLOGIES, RENO, NV (Populated Printed Circuit Boards) Aug 2022 – Dec 2022

Quality Supervisor

Updated all ISO 9001 procedures and conducted all internal audits.

Created calibration process while ensuring all gages are current.

FEDEX CORP, SPARKS, NV (Warehousing) Oct 2021 – July 2022

Sr Quality Administrator

Responsible to resolve all customer issues with packages.

ARROW ELECTRONICS, Reno, NV (Electronics) Oct 2018 – Sept 2021

Warehouse Picker Jan 2019 – Oct 2021

Responsible for picking customer electronic products on reels, in tubes and trays.

Sr. Quality Engineer (Phoenix, AZ) Oct 2018 – Dec 2018

Resolved customer issues through true root cause analysis and permanent corrective actions for Computer Hardware assemblies for 2 main customers of Abbott and Forescout.

WESCO AIRCRAFT, Tempe, AZ (Aerospace Industry) June 2016 – Dec 2017

Sr Quality Engineer (Boeing, Lockheed, Raytheon, Bombardier – Electrical, Hardware, Chemical parts)

A liaison between our customers and our Wesco Warehouses helping to resolve customer issues in a timely and complete manner.

A liaison between our Wesco Warehouses and our suppliers to get to the true root cause of the problem while developing permanent and preventive corrective actions to kill customer issues.

NIPPON SEIKI INTERNATIONAL, Troy, MI (Automotive Industry – Instrument Clusters) Apr 2015 – Feb 2016

Corporate Customer Quality Manager (GM/BMW/Harley Davidson/Polaris – Instr. Clusters, Fuel Gages, HUD)

Led 2 Sr. Customer Quality Engineers and 18 liaisons who worked in all the customer plants.

Liaisons were in place between our Customers and the NSI Manufacturing Plants (Ohio, Japan, Mexico) to ensure the right poke yokes and Quality Systems were in place to satisfy all customers.

LEAR CORPORATION, Southfield, MI (Automotive Industry – Seat Assembly) Jan 2014 – Mar 2015

Corporate Customer & SQ/SD Manager (All new Ford Seat Complete Programs – Mustang, Focus, Explorer)

Implemented all APQP activities on new Ford programs for Lear NA Seating Group. Led all high-risk suppliers for all three launches to meet timing and quality requirements for APQP.

Liaison between Suppliers and Lear JIT Plants ensuring everything goes well during the launch and remove roadblocks and escalate issues as needed. Also, a link between Lear JIT plants and the Ford Plants.

Corporate SQ/SD Manager (Corp Supplier Quality Metals and Mech’s – KL Chrysler) Jan 2012 – Dec 2013

Jan 2012-Dec 2013

Completed all APQP activities on new KL (Chrysler) program for Lear Metals and Mechanisms In NA

Led development of stamping houses that sent parts to our integrators. The integrators build up parts in either a seat cushion or seat back assembly for early prototype runoffs. After the prototype runoffs were complete the weld cells, equipment, tooling and gages were all tuned in and tweaked.

HONEYWELL CORPORATION, Tempe, AZ (Aerospace Industry) May 2011 – Dec 2011

Sr. Principal Supplier Development Engineer (Supplier Development for all Aerospace Suppliers - Airbus)

Managed the APQP, FMEA, & PPAP requirements to be met on all High-Risk parts for Aerospace Division.

Responsible for various metal, rubber, and electrical components.

ZIMMER INC, Warsaw, IN (Medical Device Industry) Jan 2009 – Feb 2011

Quality Assurance Sr Supervisor Receiving Inspection (Knee & Hip replacements - 25 people)

Led a group of 15 incoming inspectors who inspected all sorts of medical devices.

Instituted 5S throughout entire Receiving Inspection area as a new way of working.

LEAR CORPORATION, Southfield MI (Automotive Industry – Electronic devises) April 2004 – Dec 2008

SQ/SD Manager (Corporate Purchasing/Supplier Development/SCTO-ESD – All New Programs)

Achieved $750,000 of cost savings ideas from the supply base to be implemented within ESD.

Led worldwide Supplier Development Coordinators to enhance/improve Lear’s Supplier Audit system.

Sr. Advanced SQ/SD Engineer (Corporate Purchasing/Supplier Development April 2004 – April 2006

Achieved a 50% PPM reduction from 2004 to 2005 among electrical suppliers.

Completed the GMT900 Pickup Launch successfully with very few supplier rejects. Worked very hard up front to complete Risk Assessments, CRM/Key Product Characteristics, Document & Process Reviews, Run@Rates, Supplier Readiness Assessments, and Executive Reviews for all High-Profile suppliers.

Led supplier development through the use of monthly supplier scorecards/roadmaps which were reported out monthly to supplier development detailing the true root cause (utilizing the 5-Whys) and permanent corrective actions.

L&L PRODUCTS SEALING SOLUTIONS, Romeo, MI (Auto Industry – Injection Molding) 2003 – 2004

Customer Focused Sr Plant Buyer (NAO Ford Account – All Programs)

Achieved 6% annual cost reductions through nylon cost saving & cycle time improvements.

Led Supplier Development efforts through monthly and yearly supplier ratings. Key metrics included quality (PPM), on-time shipping, quote competitiveness, and on-time quotes.

GENERAL MOTORS CORPORATION, Pontiac, MI 1993 – 2003

Supplier Quality/Development Manager, Epsilon Launch Team (Fairfax, KS – Malibu) 2002 - 2003

Led SQA launch team of 8 senior-level employees who were responsible for the quality/PPAP level of all suppliers into the GM Fairfax Assembly Plant.

Resolved over 80 launch issues well in advance of the vehicle launch working through engineering changes, materials, quality, and supplier issues. Malibu was one of the best launches at GM ever.

GENERAL MOTORS CORPORATION, Pontiac, MI (cont) 1984 – 2003

Commodity Leader – Chemical Worldwide Adv Purchasing (Fujisawa Japan – Isuzu) 2000 – 2002

Implemented various world-wide sourcing packages of exterior chemical parts procured at over $778 million. Part categories included: Fuel tanks, glass, mirrors, engine mounts, seals, gaskets, sunroofs, cylinder head gaskets, drive belts, & tires. Achieved savings of 10% on average per package. (GM Advanced Purchasing)

Led technical reviews with quality, engineering, purchasing, and supplier for all new/future programs.

Sr. Commodity Buyer Metallic Worldwide Adv Purchasing (Warren, MI – NAO HQ) 1999-2000

Led the worldwide hood latch team who commonized the hood latch across Europe, NA, and Latin America. The savings were around 10% worldwide utilizing this strategy.

Co-led creativity team made up of Supplier Quality, Design Engineering, Purchasing, and Service whose main function was to ensure sound supplier selections for new programs as a team.

Sr. Buyer Electrical Readiness Coordinator WWP (Troy, MI – Electric Vehicle – EV1) 1998-1999

Purchased all electrical components for the EV1, S10, & postal electric vehicle platforms

Successfully taught Advanced Purchasing and APQP to entire GMATV Platform (300 people)

Tracked all EV1 build concerns and PPAP part readiness of 183 parts to the executive team while resolving over 100 supplier-related concerns from prototype through pilot and up to SOP.

Sr. Supplier Quality/Development Engineer WWP (Troy, MI – Electric Vehicle – EV1) 1997-1998

Trained and implemented APQP, FMEA, & PPAP requirements to be met on all electrical parts.

EV1 Pilot Readiness Coordinator and leader of 7 launch engineers. (WWP & SQE)

Won a Corporate-wide People Make Quality Happen Award for the upfront work we did in launching the EV1. One of the best launches with lowest incidents ever at GM.

Sr. Customer Satisfaction Engr/Intl ISO 9000 Leader (Kokomo, IN – Delco Electronics) 1993-1997

Toyota/CAMI/Volvo/John Deere CSE (Audio, Map Sensor, ECU, & TPMS)

Saved $30 million in radio business at New United Motors (NUMMI) through reducing warranty.

Led product team, response team, and customer team to achieve Toyota quality and CAMI president’s Awards 3 years in a row.

Reducing PPMs from 300-400 on all products to less than 20, for all Asian products/customers.

Coordinated ISO 9000 effort for all international sites within Delco. The goal was to ensure that the Liverpool, Singapore, DEE & DEA/P headquarters were consistent globally with the rest of Delco.

Member of Delco Internal ISO Audit Team – Audited Delco sites throughout North America.

Supervisor of Quality, Manufacturing & Materials (Ypsilanti, MI – General Motors Powertrain) 1985-1992

Transmissions for GM Vehicles

Led 12 Quality In-process Inspectors, 5 Teardown Technicians, and 5 plant-wide quality Auditors

Led 55 Manufacturing/Service Packaging employees

Led 15 plant-wide Material handlers/hi-lo drivers on the main shipping and receiving docks and throughout all manufacturing departments.

EDUCATION

Central Michigan University, Mt. Pleasant, MI. – Master of Science from School of Business.

Major: Business Administration Minor: Human Resource Management

Purdue University, West Lafayette, IN – Bachelor of Science from Purdue Polytechnic Institute

Major: Organizational Leadership (Supervision/Management) Minor: Industrial Engineer

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