Craig Lamb
Grand Rapids,MI
Summary
Looking forward to working with organizations in a part-time role on project launches to support timeline target and coordinating activities with all key members.
Overview
41
41
years of professional experience
1
1
Certification
Work History
Supplier Quality ENGINEER / MANAGER
California Closets
04.2022 - 06.2024
- Managed relationships with key suppliers, fostering long-term partnerships that benefited both parties involved.
- Collaborated with cross-functional teams to identify potential supply chain risks and develop contingency plans accordingly.
- Aided suppliers in raw material selection strategies to encourage superior supply chain outcomes.
- Set up ongoing supplier site evaluation parameters to maintain quality control standards over long-term relationships.
Supplier Quality Manager
Dematic
10.1996 - 01.2022
- Worked closely with team members to deliver project requirements, develop solutions and meet deadlines.
- Juggled multiple projects and tasks to ensure high quality and timely delivery.
- Demonstrated leadership by making improvements to work processes and helping to train others.
- Motivated and encouraged team members to communicate more openly and constructively with each other.
- Provided excellent service and attention to customers when face-to-face or through phone conversations.
- Fielded customer complaints and rectified service issues.
Quality Engineer /Quality Supervisor
STIHL
07.1990 - 09.1996
- Supervised and motivated QA technician team members to surpass timeline and quality targets.
- Maintained high standard of work quality by monitoring team performance and proactively correcting identified deficiencies.
- Coordinated projects at different stages with simultaneous deadlines and fast-paced schedules.
- Developed modifications for ongoing and completed projects to ameliorate performance weaknesses and discovered faults.
- Initiated operational changes to standard operating procedures based on statistical deficits.
- Served as technical resource for operations personnel, answering queries and advising production staff.
- Performed critical design reviews of proposed final products, applying necessary business goals and regulatory requirements to prototypes.
- Maintained timely and accurate oral and written technical reports of engineering activities.
Quality Engineer
GRM Industries
06.1988 - 07.1990
- Performed product inspections and reported results detailing errors, failures and non-conformance.
- Collaborated with quality team members and leaders to monitor conformance to quality standards.
- Contributed to root cause evaluation to mitigate risk and foster continuous improvement.
- Drafted process documentation to standardize operating procedures and techniques.
- Performed root cause analysis for detected faults and developed corrective actions.
- Maintained ISO documents within manufacturing facilities to comply with applicable regulations.
Quality Technician
Brillcast
06.1983 - 06.1988
- Compiled measurement data and standardized tests based on collected component material samples.
- Led data documentation and retention efforts to provide customized QA corrective actions.
- Lent statistical analysis to oversee trend evaluation and modeling.
- Provided quality support to ensure that products met quality standards and customer requirements.
Education
BBA - Business Administration And Management
Western Michigan University
Kalamazoo, MI06.1983
Skills
- Quality assurance experience
- Proficient in Microsoft tools
- Knowledge of auditing systems
- Working collaboratively
- New project launch skills
- ASQ - CQE
- Greenbelt six sigma
- ASQ - Auditing
- AIAG foundation
Certification
- ASQ - CQE - 1988
- ASQ - Auditing - 1994
- Six Sigma Greenbelt - 2002
Hiking
Hiking combines nature and photography.
Timeline
Supplier Quality ENGINEER / MANAGER
California Closets
04.2022 - 06.2024
Supplier Quality Manager
Dematic
10.1996 - 01.2022
Quality Engineer /Quality Supervisor
STIHL
07.1990 - 09.1996
Quality Engineer
GRM Industries
06.1988 - 07.1990
Quality Technician
Brillcast
06.1983 - 06.1988
BBA - Business Administration And Management
Western Michigan University
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