Frank Carter, Jr
Tampa,FL
Summary
A Lockheed Martin professional with over twenty years of combined experience in Manufacturing and Quality Engineering. Three years Associate Supplier Quality Manager. Major skills center on Supply Chain Quality, as well as Process & Quality Control of electrical and mechanical systems. Considered to be an authority in Quality. Proven ability to promote teamwork for collaborative efforts with our customers. Organized and dependable candidate successful at managing multiple priorities with a positive attitude. Willingness to take on added responsibilities to meet team goals.
Overview
28
28
years of professional experience
Work History
Supplier Quality Engineer E4
LOCKHEED MARTIN MISSILE AND FIRE CONTROL
06.2023 - Current
- Responsible for approximately 7 suppliers
- Conduct process/product evaluations
- Perform First Article Inspection (FAI) review and approvals
- Perform periodic surveillance at suppliers per AS9100 Checklist
- Ensure suppliers understand the requirements
- Disposition hardware as issues surface.
- Analyzed issues with supplier contributions to detect defect trends, reporting findings to appropriate personnel.
Supplier Quality Engineering Associate Manager L4 F35 EOTS Program
LOCKHEED MARTIN MISSILE AND FIRE CONTROL
05.2020 - 06.2023
- Responsible for all Supplier Quality Engineering tasks
- Provided leadership and work direction for 3 Supplier Quality Engineers (SQE)
- Collaborated with SQEs to solve major supplier issues
- Interfaced with cross-functional leaders on behalf of Supplier Quality
- Maintained Supplier Quality skills to help team as needed by utilizing SAP and P2P
- Led commodity-related quality control issues, correcting functional issues stemming from problematic components.
- Led the development of a strategy to burndown purchase part non-conformances for offline assets by 40%
- Launched a strategy for supplier improvement that actively moves supplier performance from a reactive to a proactive activity
- Established and maintained an effective supplier monitoring process to direct resources and provide focus on improvement priorities
- Established a monthly risk-based supplier deep review
- Drove supplier improvement activities to improve both on time delivery and quality rating across the program
- Visited and established relationships with the supply base
- Established a monthly meeting to collaborate with other Quality Program Leads to exchange information
- Utilized team huddles for ongoing workload assessments, mentoring, and training
- Performed annual assessments for team members
- Provided narratives for team members to be considered for awards and recognition.
Supply Chain Quality Engineer (SCQE) E4
LOCKHEED MARTIN SPACE SYSTEMS COMPANY
01.1996 - 01.2020
- Responsible for Engineering and Quality on various Government Programs at Honeywell
- Provided coordination of three Quality Analyst to meet the Supply Chain demand
- Provided Engineering and Quality support at Honeywell for all Programs
- Assisted supplier to understand hardware requirements
- Interfaced with our DCMA customer and became a well respected resource
- Reviewed design changes
- Worked with lead Engineer to resolve technical issues
- Performed surveillance activities based on AS9100
- Inspected products in various stages and performed acceptance
- Provided on demand support for Space Exploration and National Programs as needed.
Education
B.S., Electrical Engineering -
Southern University And A&M College
Baton Rouge, Louisiana06.1991
Skills
- Microsoft Office Suite
- P2P
- SAP
- Strategic Planning
- Performance Management
- Team Leadership
- Complex Problem-Solving
- Key Performance Indicators
- Quality Assurance
- Cross-functional Teamwork
- Data Analysis
- Supply Chain Management
- Problem Solving
- Process Improvement
- Effective Communication
- Employee Development
- Problem Resolution
- Supplier Auditing
- Supplier Site Evaluation
- Inspection Plan Design
- Root Cause Analysis
Special Training
LM21 Certified Six-Sigma Greenbelt
Security Clearance Level
Secret
Timeline
Supplier Quality Engineer E4
LOCKHEED MARTIN MISSILE AND FIRE CONTROL
06.2023 - Current
Supplier Quality Engineering Associate Manager L4 F35 EOTS Program
LOCKHEED MARTIN MISSILE AND FIRE CONTROL
05.2020 - 06.2023
Supply Chain Quality Engineer (SCQE) E4
LOCKHEED MARTIN SPACE SYSTEMS COMPANY
01.1996 - 01.2020
B.S., Electrical Engineering -
Southern University And A&M College
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