Project Coordinator Resume

Desired Industry: Manufacturing	SpiderID: 12187
Desired Job Location: Detroit, Michigan	Date Posted: 4/9/2007
Type of Position: Full-Time Permanent	Availability Date: 4/9/07
Desired Wage: 60000
	U.S. Work Authorization: Yes
Job Level: Experienced with over 2 years experience	Willing to Travel: Yes, Less Than 25%
Highest Degree Attained: Bachelors	Willing to Relocate: No

Objective:
This candidate is a creative, pro-active analyst with 11 years experience in automotive and quality management. Accomplishments include introducing the business case and Lead Project Manager for annual President’s Quality Awards Event recognizing outstanding quality for each vehicle segment, assembly, stamping and power-train plants. Trained and certified as a Six Sigma greenbelt in 2003, 15 individual projects completed, supported 8 Black Belt projects during 2004 and 2005. Viewed by peers and senior management as a ‘coach’, self motivated, quality driven, with an unwavering attention to design resolution and implementation of the Business Solution, and positive team member challenging the status quo.

Experience:
FORD MOTOR COMPANY, Dearborn, Michigan July 2001 – February 2007
Project Coordinator/Business Analyst February 2006 – February 2007

• Project Coordinator for internal and external warranty parts return process.

• Part Return process audits completed on a monthly basis. Identification of key returned parts to higher ranking quality concern teams.

• Warehouse Coordinator/Analyst for inventory control, shipping/distribution targets, Dock-to-Dock metrics and ongoing coordination with customers to meet or improve requirements for returned warranty parts root cause analysis.

• Co-Leader for optimization projects to ensure activities meet target objectives within timelines and budget objectives.

• Lead Data Analyst in developing project scope and deliverables within designed guidelines to achieve cross functional streamlined processes.

Business Analyst January 2001 – February 2006
• Project Manager for Vehicle Operations office quality metrics, JD Power, Things Gone Wrong, R/1000 and Balanced Single Agenda for Quality.

• Co-Lead in developing process requirements and roll-out of Common Metrics reporting for North American operating committees.

• Proactive data mining for performance metrics and adherence to best practices in communicating monthly status reports to senior Vice Presidents and Group Vice Presidents. Created common metrics reporting format ensuring procedure acceptance.

• Identified user requirements and system performance issues of Stop Ship Database with employees located globally. Database development increased the interface with internal and external suppliers with R & D engineers. Business Owner responsibilities between respective business unit and IT support staff using SQL and Oracle requirements.

• Developed and facilitated meeting cadence for VP bi-weekly Stop Ship Reviews. Preparation of data using detailed reports charts and graphs to champion Business Owner specifications and requirements.

• IT liaison with Jaguar, Land Rover, Ford of Europe and Ford of Asia to the inclusion of the Global Stop Ship Process.

• Led and co-developed weekly reports with the Stamping Quality Program Manager for the Stamping Business Unit. System and process changes communicated to specific Business entities during the weekly report OCM.

• Team leader for improvement actions in 3 global procedures. Inclusion of error-proofing steps into the procedures which improved vehicle quality by 15 Things Gone Wrong.

• Team member during design and implementation of Manufacturing Quality Operating System. Direct involvement included maintaining the correlation between the customer usage and practical application of the build process.

• Lead for interoffice teams focused on improving employee satisfaction and morale. Resulting in a 3% year-over-year improvement in employee satisfaction and 4% year-over-year improvement in employee morale.

• Redesigned Control Chart Room layout and facilitated company wide roll out of new design to 26 assembly plants and 11 stamping plants. Layout improved daily production start up meeting flow by presenting key production deliverables in a clear and concise manner enabling a quicker concern identification time period.

• Quality data analysis for Lincoln Mercury vehicles resulting in 4 process improvement projects with an overall cost save of $3 million. The largest improvement project requiring all employees and visitors entering the Body Shop area to have all clothing fasteners (buttons, zippers and belts) and exposed jewelry covered.

THE BARTECH GROUP, Dearborn, Michigan Sept 1996 – July 2001
Quality Analyst (assigned to Ford Motor Company, Vehicle Operations Quality Office)
• Sheet Metal Quarterback warranty analysis, early identification of quality issues and development of corrective action plans.

• Developed and implemented the Sheet Metal Quarterback Quality database, which enabled quick retrieval of latest warranty and JD Power data for deep dive analysis.

• Lead Quality Quarterback Engineer responsible for Sheet Metal 28% year-over-year improvement projects

• Plant Vehicle Team (PVT) administrator created timekeeping processes and developed budget cadence formalizing the PVT’s Roles & Responsibilities within the Quality Organization.

• Lead Project Manager for the High Mileage Hinge Squeak project. Led investigation and problem solving events which included key-Life testing with hinge suppliers at their test facilities and Product Development Commodity Specialists DOE’s. 97 Things Gone Wrong (TGW) improvements, $2 million per year warranty cost save. New design tested and approved for the 2001 – 2007 product pipeline.

Education:
BBA, Management, Davenport University

Skills:
6-Sigma Green Belt Certified
MS Project, MS Office (Word, Excel, PowerPoint)Failure Mode & Effect Analysis (FMEA), Global 8D, DOE, Systems Engineering Fundamentals, QOS (Quality Operating System) ISO 2001/TS 16949 Auditor, SOX Compliance, FTP and SQL project experience. Self motivated, quality driven, unwavering attention to design resolution and implementation of the Business Solution.

Candidate Contact Information:

Name: Nancy Foley
Street:	Phone: 734-771-5636
City: Wyandotte	Fax: -
State: -
Zip: 48192
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