Derwin Reynolds
Middlesex,NC
Summary
Experienced professional with 25+ years of expertise in safety, quality, and management seeking a challenging career opportunity to expand knowledge and skills. Dedicated to people development and cost-saving analysis, aiming to contribute to organizational success. Committed to upholding high standards of safety and quality while driving efficiency and maximizing productivity. Ready to leverage extensive experience and proven track record to make a significant impact in a dynamic work environment.
Overview
17
17
years of professional experience
Work History
Quality Inspector/ Electromechanical 2
SQA Services/GOOGLE
05.2024 - Current
- Conduct visual and dimensional inspections, including wiring and connectors.
- Perform incoming, in-process, and final inspections
- Compile and submit inspection reports and sign-off sheets.
- Resolve non-conformance issues and document findings.
- Provide weekly reports
QHSE Manager
Vinventions/Nomacorc
03.2008 - 05.2024
- Responsible for disposition of non-conforming material using QA Webportal
- Responsible of the Hold Area (Daily check, follow up with operation, Disposition)
- Responsible for the outgoing quality control process in the lab (EF/Medcork/Sensory/…)
- Responsible for the incoming quality control process in the lab (Raw Material/Boxes/Trailer.)
- Assist/advise operation daily (defects, AQLs, CTQs)
- Review and update Quality Control Plan
- Facilitate Extrusion/Print/Chamfer/… Control plan update
- Total Cost of Poor-Quality Tracking
- Create and update defect library documents
- Responsible for Product Specifications, SPC and Precontrol tests
- Perform Proficiency Testing Yearly: Sensory Round robin, Dimension Round Robin
- Responsible for SOPs, WI, Forms, Test protocols for the different labs
- Maintain Quality Standard in production (Examples: Light/dark samples, Embossing grades, Proper gages on the floor, Skin and Foam color visual)
- Overview Test requests web application (Software)
- Report test results (load results in database)
- Presentation of test results when needed
- Manage/Maintain Microbe records
- Submit Routine test to 3rd party lab
- Perform Water bath Microbe testing 3x/week
- Review Product performance daily (trends) with NWA Software)
- Review Raw Material CoA (Including SUBR and Screwcaps)
- Sample Tube artwork Approval
- TCA Testing 1x/year (send samples to COC Nimes)
Production Manager/Manufacturing Leader
Nomacorc/Vinventions
06.2015 - 01.2022
- Champion safety as a key priority for Manufacturing Leader and every associate, encouraging them to become actively involved in enhancing workplace safety as well as being alert to and addressing safety violations and potential safety issues
- Lead/support multiple activities and projects to improve safety, quality, delivery, and cost
- Ensure that team goals and objectives are in alignment with operational and business goals
- Adjust staffing levels with changing forecast to operate with high service levels in a cost-efficient manner
- Lead team in root-cause problem solving analyses; develop and implement action plans to address production issues
- Monitor and analyze statistical data in order to identify trends and potential problems
- Ensure training of all production associates is accurate and provided as needed and on a timely basis
- Develop and enforce standardized work practices in all areas of production
- Proactively identify and act upon opportunities to remove waste within the production environment
- Prepare and recommend annual budgets for manufacturing area, monitor actual results compared to approved budgets, and recommend and implement necessary improvements to achieve budget goals
- Collaborate with Human Resources staff to maintain a high level of compliance with policies and procedures, including attendance and work rules; responsible for administering discipline when necessary
- Provide timely performance feedback and documentation to management
- Support the integration, training, and retention of new associates through Managers
- Participate in effective selection interviews and acts as an approval level in hiring and termination decisions
- Maintain and promote 6S activities
- Approves ISO Documents
- Coordinates with Maintenance on work orders including closing out work orders
- Reviews Hold Areas
- Responsible for making Condos/Plates for new artwork
- ASN Labels
- Perform other duties as requested, directed, or assigned
Quality Tech Engineer/Research and Dev. Lab Tech 3/Product Specialist Asst./Technical Team Lead
Nomacorc/Vinventions
03.2008 - 06.2015
- Collect Data to determine Pareto of chamfer machines
- UV tester
- Submit Request orders to labs for additional testing of ink validations
- Knowledge of polymers and foaming process
- Record data in scientific notebook for further observations
- Test plastic corcs for numerous testing such as: cell size chilled versus ambient, diameter expansion rate and recovery, skin thickness, density, skin adhesion, ink adhesion, recovery and compression force
- Change over CNC print machines to different inks and print quality
- Assist the Research and Development Dept with trials
- Ink validations
- Quality sample planner
- Implement pareto for PPM defect
- DMAIC training
- Implement new problem-solving guides for manufacturing machines
- Record data in Microsoft excel
- Implement acceptable sop for machinery
- Implement defect guide for machinery
- Quality hold and release of product
- Assist engineers with machine modifications
- Data entry into Minitab
- Knowledge of SPC
- Process FMEA
- Cause and effect diagrams and root cause troubleshooting
- Check visual defects of chamfering and products
- Reports to quality managers and do routine calibrations
- Assist lab with testing
- Troubleshoot and repair machines
- Knowledge of Six Sigma
- Assist project managers with extrusion runs and schedules
- Rewrite and revise SOP for chamfer machines
- Analyze current quality procedures for up-to-date standards
- Safety task force member
- CPR and AED training and certified
- Fire extinguisher training certification
- Blood pathogen certification
- Red Belt Certification
- Set-up and change oxygen and nitrogen gases for mocons to get accurate OTR rates
- Attend Kaizen to assist with my knowledge to make a process better
- Troubleshoot and modify chamfer machines
- Submit samples to different labs and record the results in a scientific notebook
- Set up and troubleshoot Mocon OX-TRAN 2/61 machines and change out nitrogen/helium and Oxygen tanks
- Assist Project Manager on new product and acquire all data to form Stage gate and move forward with new product
- Assist engineers with new projects and troubleshoot and modify current procedures and SOPs
- Attend Change control meetings
Education
Certificate - Lean Six Sigma Yellow Belt
NC State University
Diploma - Supervision
Alison University
01.2021
Certificate - Fundamentals of Supervision
Catapult
Raleigh, NC01.2021
Certificate - Fundamentals of Supervision
CAI Learning and Development Team
Raleigh, NC01.2018
Training - Employment Law
Zebulon, NC01.2018
Training - Transition from staff to Supervisor
Fred Pryor Seminars
Raleigh, NC01.2016
Certification -
Tidewater Tech
Chesapeake, VA01.2001
Credit hours - Information Systems
Roanoke Chowan Community College
Ahoskie, NC01.1997
High School Diploma -
Hertford County High School
Ahoskie, NC01.1994
Certificate -
Richmond Community College
Hoffman, NC01.1993
Skills
- Product inspection
- Visual inspection
- Excellent mathematical skills
- Dimensional inspection
Timeline
Quality Inspector/ Electromechanical 2
SQA Services/GOOGLE
05.2024 - Current
Production Manager/Manufacturing Leader
Nomacorc/Vinventions
06.2015 - 01.2022
QHSE Manager
Vinventions/Nomacorc
03.2008 - 05.2024
Quality Tech Engineer/Research and Dev. Lab Tech 3/Product Specialist Asst./Technical Team Lead
Nomacorc/Vinventions
03.2008 - 06.2015
Diploma - Supervision
Alison University
Certificate - Fundamentals of Supervision
Catapult
Certificate - Fundamentals of Supervision
CAI Learning and Development Team
Training - Employment Law
Training - Transition from staff to Supervisor
Fred Pryor Seminars
Certification -
Tidewater Tech
Credit hours - Information Systems
Roanoke Chowan Community College
High School Diploma -
Hertford County High School
Certificate -
Richmond Community College
Certificate - Lean Six Sigma Yellow Belt
NC State University
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