Quality Manager Corporate
Resume:
Howard Sternberg
Reno, NV *9523
************@*****.***
Objective: A management position where my commitment to the customer, teamwork quality and my extensive experience in industry can facilitate exponential growth.
Skills: An Operations and Quality Manager with extensive experience in the manufacturing arena. Integral in driving a cultural change focused on going above and beyond customer expectations. Implemented quality and teamwork programs which decreased scrap, downtime and employee turnover. Sales increased dramatically as a direct result. Energetic self-starter that brings a creative approach to achieving results.
Experience/Achievements:
Managed cheese production increase from 300K/day to 500K/day (in less than 2years) through equipment upgrades, increased hiring and streamlined efficiencies.
Managed Production and Corporate Quality for manufacturers of rubber, plastics and windows.
Managed up to 8 direct and 120 indirect reports consisting of production, quality, shipping, receiving and maintenance employees (200 in Plant Managers absence).
Annual budgetary responsibility in excess of $12,000,000.
Implemented numerous lean processes such as 5S, kanban, kaizen, etc.
Led a Tiger Team/Kaizen Event, eliminating 1,000,000Lbs of plastic compounding waste and increased uptime from 60-75% to 90-95%
Implemented Kanban Raw Materials ordering system reducing out of stock incidences to zero
Increased on time delivery from 89% to 99.5% by improving efficiency 15% via proficient line scheduling ($5,000,000 of product) while sales rose 300%.
Implemented and managed a customer complaint procedure which brought closure from 2 months down to 12 days.
Scheduled production for a 32M Lb per year plastics plant.
Reduced raw material inventory levels 50% tripling inventory turns.
Achieved ISO 9000 certification for two of the country’s top custom compounders of PVC Plastic.
Developed processing and quality SOP’s for the installation of production capacity which nearly tripled output.
Developed Weld Procedures Specifications and Procedure Qualification Records for the welding of bridge bearings.
Administered the quality department and program, which reduced “Quality” returns from 8% down to 0.03%.
Employment:
Production Manager-Pacific Cheese 02/23–10/24
Production processing and packaging for a cheese plant servicing international and domestic customers. The plant is a 2 shift operation with 7 processing lines and 115 employees. Empowering and coaching employees in Leader Standard work, analyzing and troubleshooting processes to improve workflow and decrease downtime.
Production Manager-Model Dairy 07/20-02/23
Production processing and packaging for a 20 million gallon a year dairy plant. Department oversight of receiving, processing, production and packaging. Daily and long term planning for product personnel and resources.
Quality Manager Scougal Rubber 10/19-01/20
Fabrication of custom bridge bearings for bridges and buildings. Servicing over 1,000 customers throughout North America at the county, state and federal level.
Operations/Quality Manager Soundproof Windows 05/13-02/19
Fabrication of custom soundproof windows for the residential, hotel and sound studio industry. Revenues of $3.5 million annually with a manufacturing staff of 20-24 people.
General Manager Sales 2011-2013
Industrial sales of fasteners for construction and residential purposes.
Insurance Sales 2009 - 2011
Aflac/Allstate/Colonial/Physicians Mutual Reno, NV
Compound Manager/Tech Manager Colorite Polymers 1996 –2009
Manufactured custom PVC compounds for industrial and medical customers. Plant had an approximate annual capacity of 80 million pounds. Revenues averaged $30 million annually with a manufacturing staff of 42 people.
Quality Manager Alphagary Corporation Newark, NJ 1990 – 1996
Manufactured custom PVC compounds for industrial and medical customers. Plant had an approximate annual capacity of 35 million pounds. Revenues averaged $15 million annually with a manufacturing staff of 28 people.
Quality Supervisor- National Diagnostics Palmetto, FL 1985 – 1990
Manufactured chemicals for research and medical customers. Plant had an approximate annual capacity of 35 million pounds. The manufacturing staff consisted of 12 people.
Education:
Course work in various sciences - Trenton State and Rutgers Colleges NJ
Certified ISO 9000 - British Standards Institution
Certified ISO 9000 Lead Assessor - Stat-A-Matrix
Quality Engineer certification course, ASQC
Proficient in Microsoft Suite
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