Six years Project Management, Supplier Quality and Operations experience in diverse settings including health care and automobile industry. Experienced in defining project specifications, establishing project goals and deliverables, and communicating objectives to inter-disciplinary teams. Known for ability to quickly adapt in new situations and challenges, build rapport and trust with all levels of the organization.
PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE
ABBOTT LABORATORIES, Abbott Park, IL 2003 – July 2009
(One of the top five largest healthcare companies in the world.)
Sr. Supplier Quality Engineer (2008-2009)
•Drive improvement and corrective action in the quality of materials sourced from outside suppliers.
•Supported site transfer and approval of 2 endovascular products.
•Develop acceptance criteria for materials.
•Provide assessments of potential new suppliers for technical, quality and manufacturing capabilities to achieve cost improvement of $12.5MM.
Quality Assurance, Program Manager (2007-2008)
•Developed and maintained rapport with all levels of management including Supply Chain, Regulatory, Manufacturing Science and Technology, Acquisition and Business Development, Manufacturing Operations and QA Operations.
•Provided project leadership or QA perspective for initiatives, including quality systems, regulatory strategies, cross-plant consistency, acquisitions, transfers and new product launches.
•Provided problem solving, data analysis and support at global and regional levels, handling requests in a timely manner; supported a $50MM product divestiture.
•Managed Validation of MINITAB statistical software for over 1,200 users.
•Supported site transfer of 3 pharmaceutical products and launch of new product within 5 days of FDA approval.
•Participated on Class A team, Driving Business Improvement, to drive business results to upper 25% performance and beyond.
•Supported Canada in product quality standard conversion and regulatory filing for Europe.
Strategic Business Project Manager (2005-2007)
•Supported implementation of continuous improvement initiatives, including Six Sigma, Lean Manufacturing, Class A, Risk Management and other initiatives.
•Delivered training in Six Sigma, statistics and data analysis as approved by global and regional management teams; created and maintained a global quality forum.
•Reduced process time of Annual Product Review (APR) trend analysis by 62%.
•Conducted experiment to identify process recommendations for a molding process with a cost savings of approximately $180,000.
•Supported pre-approval inspection readiness for Biologics plant.
•Trained 37 division staff to ensure accurate and efficient application of MINITAB software.
•Recommended processes to ensure compliance with corporate country of origin policy.
•Developed and implemented plan to support global deployment of a materials program that evaluated and qualified manufacturing material items.
•Prepared 24 statistical sampling plans for manufacturing sites world wide.
•Developed and evaluated department metrics decreasing administrative duties by 16%.
•Provided problem solving, data analysis and Quality Engineering support at global and regional levels, handling request in timely manner, based on management priorities.
•Participated in project teams assigned to the quality engineering services group; supported the teams to complete projects, reports, and communicate results per plan.
Quality Engineer-Six Sigma Black Belt Candidate (2005)
•Fulfilled Subject Matter Expert (SME) role and acted as liaison policies and quality systems.
•Supported evaluation and recommendation of project management tracking tool utilized by QA for project updates including Six Sigma and plant improvement projects.
•Performed analysis of detection systems to determine the level of risk involved in reducing the amount of sampling performed finishing operations.
•Revised QA product hold process to reduce user errors by 13%.
•Performed analysis of printed supply accountability data to propose limits for 4 finishing sites.
•Provided data analysis support to develop limits for manufacturing yields for 5 key products.
Logistics Specialist (2004 - 2005)
•Collaborated with 3rd party patrons to ensure smooth transition into new $40MM warehouse.
•Maintained average monthly inventory of $7MM and days on hand of 38.9.
•Created export shipments, allocated product, and coordinated shipments with warehouse and transportation; optimized spare parts pick ticket process by generating tickets once a week.
•Maintained date specific export performance of 95.6% with tolerance of 5 days early/0 days late.
•Developed and maintained process errors that identified 3 key root causes and corrective actions.
•Supported Guatemala Foreign Trade Zone (FTZ) launch.
•Recognized and executed improvements to Class A key performance indicators (KPI).
•Maintained master shipping schedule, operations/department calendars for export planning project.
Production Supervisor (2004)
Project Engineer (2003)
CHRYSLER, Kokomo, IN 2002 - 2003
Production Supervisor (2003)
•Identified and recommended changes to lines and processes that increased performance 27%.
EDUCATION / PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT / AFFILIATIONS
B. A. Industrial Technology, Purdue University, West Lafayette, IN, 2003
ISP Lean Six Sigma Conference, 2008
Lean Six Sigma Black Belt, Project Management, Value Stream Mapping, Change Management,
Production Planning, Quality Improvement Associate, Visio, Word, Access, Excel, PowerPoint
Member: I Stand with Magic Campaign, Abbott Black Business Network
Member: Purdue University Recruiting Team
Mentor: Big Brother Big Sister, I Had A Dream (IHAD)
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