Manager Quality

Mr. Walter J Pocztar

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LaGrange, GA 30240

Home: 706-***-****

Cell: 256-***-****

E-mail: ********@***.***

PROFILE: A manufacturing management professional with extensive experience as a Program Manager, Tooling Coordinator and Tool Design Supervisor with tier one automotive metal stamping parts suppliers. Experience includes technical design and implementation of processes that improve efficiency and productivity in manufacturing environments. Proven ability to improve and maintain high safety and quality standards as well as utilizing strong communication, problem resolution, material and specification analysis to be used to meet or exceed organizational objectives and increase market share.

HIGHLIGHTS OF QUALIFICATIONS

Continuous Process Improvement,

Design Modification,

High Volume Manufacturing,

TS16949,

Manufacturing Process Analysis,

Problem Resolution,

Process Analysis,

Product Design,

Quality Compliance,

Safety Training,

Team Building,

Technical Supervision

SELECTED ACHIEVEMENTS

Evaluated, studied and implemented use of outside tooling resources. Maintaining in-house tool room was expensive to maintain in labor costs and equipment obsolescence. Impact: Proved to be a 50% cost reduction to outsource and was able to support current production and new projects.

Studied new proprietary materials and new manufacturing processes to incorporate into existing production plant. Worked with other plants to bring new product line to North American market. Impact: Increase company revenue by millions of dollars and achieved increased market share by adding new products and business units.

Maintained schedules and met required customer requirements. Possible loss of business in not meeting customer start-ups. Worked with in house and outside resources to maintain schedules. Impact: Never late for a customer requirement

Added a Poka-Yoke feature to components to allow sensors to discover incorrect assembly. Components were being assembled incorrectly and shipped to customer. Rejection from customer and possible failure in application. Thousands of dollars in sorting and possible loss of business. Impact: Eliminated problem.

Created and wrote with Auditing group; new quality standards for tooling group. As tier 1 supplier required to update quality requirements. Loss of customer business by not maintaining latest quality standards. Impact: Were able to fulfill requirements

Worked with team to prove that tooling would meet all customer requirements. Tier 1 automotive metal stamping supplier must provide quality documentation to support new product. Failure to provide acceptable document would not meet requirements. Impact: Always provided acceptable product to customer requirements

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

Program Manager

Dixien LLC

Atlanta, GA

Jan 2011 – May 2011

A company of 200+ employees provide metal and aluminum stampings as well as welded assemblies to tier one automotive customers such as: BMW, Ford and Nissan. With Press capacity up to 1000 tons we were able to produce various brackets, supports and others stampings.

Perform Engineering Liaison with tier one and two automotive customers. Prepare job estimates for new & current products

Maintain Tooling progress reports, review all PO's. Evaluate product specifications; improve metal stamping manufacturing methods utilizing knowledge of product design, fabrication processes, tooling & production capabilities, assembly methods and quality control standards.

Program Manager

Dixie Tool & Die Co. Inc.

Rainbow City, AL

2008 - 2009

Staff of 50 tool & die makers and CNC machinists build various metal stamping tooling such as: progressive dies, transfer tooling and single stage form tools for tier two automotive suppliers such: PWO Canada Inc., Brose Group and Flex-N-Gate.

Work with existing customer base to further develop business opportunities as well as development of new customers. Liaison between customers and company in new and existing stamping projects. Ensure projects are completed correctly, on time and within budgets.

Chair discussions, reviews and approvals for designs of new tooling. Coordinate building, tooling updates, engineering changes and tooling problems with recommended solutions.

Tool Design Supervisor – Tooling Coordinator

Federal-Mogul Sealing Systems

Athens, AL

1994 - 2007

Enlisted and maintained outside tool vendors. Entered new projects and distributed to approved vendors. Worked with Production to maintain and improve stamping and tooling processes.

Advised and approved designs of new tooling for tier one automotive gaskets and seals. Coordinated tool building and diagnosed tooling problems and recommend solutions.

Planned and scheduled tooling and design projects. Visited tool & die vendors for ongoing project status. Worked with production to solve problems and make improvements.

Tool & Die Designer

Goetze Gasket Co.

LaGrange, GA

1981 - 1994

Provided graphite, paper and metal gaskets to tier one automotive customers.

Analyzed specifications, recommended lay out of material, managed operation of machine tools, to fit and assemble parts in fabrication and repair of dies, cutting tools, jigs and fixtures, and gauges, applied knowledge of tool and die design, construction, shop mathematics, metal properties, layout, machining, and assembly procedures.

Studied specifications, blueprints, sketches, models, or descriptions to visualize product to determine materials required and machines to be used to fabricate parts.

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