Program Manager Reliability Engineer

TORKIS M. LUBIS, M.S.

**** ********* ***** • Sterling Heights, MI 48310 • 616-***-**** • Email: ******.*****@*****.*** Highlights:

**-***** ******* *******: Successfully launched programs of high-quality products for Tier-1 and Detroit Big-3 Customers

(FCA, Ford, and GM) within allotted time and allowed budget. Helped securing over $5 million of new businesses in 3 years. Successfully launched over 4 million GM cladded wheels into production. 10-years RELIABILITY ENGINEER: Successfully developed products with less components and more robust for customers satisfaction and over $2-million cost-savings for the company with several US-patented products. Certified Six-Sigma Green Belt - Certified Quality Engineer - Certified Manufacturing Technologist Competencies Include: Program Management, Quality Engineering, Manufacturing Engineering, Planning, Testing, and Development, Cost Reduction Strategies, Equipment Design & Selection, Root-cause Analysis. Professional Experience

Lacks Enterprises (Lacks Industries / Lacks Wheel Trim Systems) o Reliability Engineer, Lacks Industries, Grand Rapids, Michigan 07/1996 – 03/2007

Worked with Design Engineers in designing and developing good quality products that meet or surpass customers’ requirements, through establishment of Design Failure Mode and Effect Analysis (DFMEA), Design Verification Plan and Report (DVP&R, and Model Prototyping, implementing Gage R&R, Quality SPC, Process FMEA, and submitting customers’ APQP and PPAP.

Developed Validation Guidelines to measure the products’ performance against the customers’ requirements.

Gave feedback to Design Engineers in designing robust products, keeping the cost minimum, and that they are manufacturable.

Worked with tool-shop vendors to design and build new testing equipment or select existing equipment for testing products.

Wrote work instructions for testing equipment users and gave back to upper management in updating company system procedures. o Program Manager, Lacks Wheel Trim Systems, Grand Rapids, Michigan 03/2007 – 02/2016

Coordinated and conjoined all efforts from inter-departments and different processes to ensure that we produce high quality products that meet or exceed the customer’s requirements, and successful product launches.

Tracked all phases of the programs, communicated and reviewed each program’s progress to each responsible person: products designers, tools builders, process engineers/technicians. Identifies potential constraints which may cause program delays.

Made arrangement for building prototypes, products testing, and getting samples delivered to customers.

Worked with the Quality department in promoting and following QS9000 policies and procedures, pursuing continuous improvements, and implementing ‘lessons learned’, products capability measurements, and warranty problems.

Initiated and recorded any engineering changes in the products, communicated to the group on any required changes and concerns, and developed back-up plans.

Adjunct Instructor on Statistics, Grand Rapids Comm. College, Grand Rapids, Michigan 09/2010 – 05/2011 Part-time (Adjunct) Professor - teaching Statistics (Math 215) at local community college in the evening. Program Manager, EG Transpire, Troy, Michigan 02/2016 – 02/2019

Worked with Estimating and Commercial to present Quotations that are profitable for EG and within target price for Customers.

Coordinated and managed multiple activities of inter-departments and different EG manufacturing plants to ensure that we produce high quality products that meet or exceed customer’s requirements, and successful product launches.

Created scheduled activities for multiple programs and assigned resources and be flexible to adjust as programs progressing.

Communicated programs status to upper management, sales, and customers, and ran the programs within budget to be profitable.

Requested and oversaw the spending of new tooling and program budgets. Sr. Program Manager, Magna Exteriors - AIMS, Warren, Michigan 09/2021 - 10/2022

Managed GM programs – Automatic Grille Shutters from design to launch in manufacture and beyond.

Coordinated efforts with GM teams for engineering changes and AIMS team to be able to execute the changes.

Reviewed and gave feedback on GD&T and actively involved with manufacturing in solving problems.

Oversaw manufacturing plant to ensure that we produce high quality products that meet or exceed customer’s requirements and successful product launches.

Worked with purchasing and suppliers to negotiate and be able to get our needed components come in on time as scheduled.

Worked with sales and accounting to ensure that all programs are running smoothly and under budget so can maximize profits.

Worked with machine vendors to build our flawless automated assembly machine and any corrections or updates after delivery. Program Manager, Xin Point North America, Troy, Michigan 11/2022 - 12/2023

Managed GM/Ford/Stellantis programs as a Tier-2 supplier – Interior/Exterior chrome plastic products.

Worked with OEM studios and engineering to approve our products’ appearances and dimensions.

Coordinated efforts with Mexico and China teams for engineering changes and Tier-1 and OEMs to run change smoothly.

Visited OEMs and Tier-1 customers to be actively involved with manufacturing in solving problems. Process Engineer / Quality Inspector (Contract), Magna Powertrain, Shelby Twp, Michigan 04/2024 - 08/2024

Oversaw GM’s Ultium battery covers processes.

Reviewed products quality and gave continuous improvement feedback on products processes. Quality and Delivery Services, Self-Employment 05/2019 – 09/2021 Established TL Star Quality for Quality services: inspection, dimensional layout, and consultation. Process Engineer Assistant, Diesel Technology, Grand Rapids, Michigan 1995 Tools Maintenance Staff, Daihatsu Astra Motor – Engine Plant, Jakarta, Indonesia 1993 Machine Tools Operator and Tool Maker, Swiss Polytechnic for Mechanics, Bandung, Indonesia 1990 – 1993 Education

Project Management / Agile, Google Online Class (Coursera Certification) 2021/2022 PMP + Lean / Six Sigma Black-Belt Class, Lawrence Tech Univ., Southfield, Michigan 2020 Certified Six-Sigma Greenbelt, American Society for Quality (ASQ), Grand Rapids, Michigan 2008 Certified Quality Engineer, American Society for Quality (ASQ), Grand Rapids, Michigan 2007 Pre-requisite MBA courses, Grand Valley State University, Grand Rapids, Michigan 2005 – 2006 Courses taken include Managerial Accounting Concepts, MIS, Marketing Management, Economics Reasoning, and Business Law. Master of Science in Engineering Management, Western Michigan Univ., Grand Rapids, MI 1997 – 2002 Courses taken include Facilities Planning, Quality, Reliability Engineering, CIM, Operations Management, Modeling and Simulation, Project Management, DOE, Engineering Management, and Capital Budgeting. Certified Manufacturing Technologist, Society of Manufacturing Engineers, Big Rapids, Michigan 1996 Certificate in Quality Technology, Ferris State University, Big Rapids, Michigan 1996 Bachelor of Science in Manufacturing Engrg Technology, Ferris State Univ., Big Rapids, MI 1994 – 1996 Courses taken include Metrology, Quality Control, Continuous Improvement, CNC/CAM, Production Processes, Industrial Engineering, Tool Engineering, Plastics Technology, Engineering Economics, and Automation and Systems Design. 3-yr Diploma in Tool Making, Swiss Polytechnic for Mechanics, Bandung, Indonesia 1990 – 1993 Certificate in German Language Proficiency, Goethe Institut, Bandung, Indonesia 1992

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