Gabriela Luevano
Compton,MD
Summary
Quality administrator professional experienced in developing organization's quality strategy, procedures, and processes. Monitor quality performance from customer requirements and throughout product development cycle. Develop and sustain Quality Management System in accordance with AS9100, NADCAP and other applicable standards and business requirements. Manage quality audit program to identify and resolve non-conformities and implement corrective action improvements. Ability to handle multiple tasks simultaneously with great time management.
Overview
14
14
years of professional experience
1
1
Certification
Work History
Quality Assurance Administrator
Valence Surface Technologies
01.2021 - Current
- Organized and led training sessions for team members on new and/or improved processes/approvals to ensure consistent application across the Quality Assurance department.
- Conducted analysis of defects and failures to determine the root cause and implement corrective actions to resolve quality issues.
- Managed timelines effectively to ensure all projects/tasks met or exceeded expectations.
- Played essential role in successful external audits to demonstrate compliance to requirements (AS9100, NADCAP, OEM).
- Performed internal quality systems and processing audits and maintained internal audit schedule.
- Worked to obtain new qualifications for new processes/specifications and implement into quality systems.
- Maintained process and specification approvals as well as qualification for external customers.
- Performed PFMEA.
- Developed new quality planning work instructions and procedures for new processes and approvals.
- Maintained process work instructions and procedures and made updates to improve quality.
- Created rework planning for non-conforming product.
- Performed review of customer specifications for compliance and implementation into quality system.
- Performed internal enhanced masking source inspection for conformance to customer blueprints and specification requirements.
Planning and Receiving Manager
Coast Plating
07.2019 - 12.2020
- Managed Planning and Receiving team, overseeing training, schedules and work assignments.
- Streamlined receiving and planning processes by implementing efficient process flow.
- Implemented quality control measures throughout the receiving process to ensure products were received in accordance with customer standards.
- Performed Contract and Planning Review for incoming orders to ensure compliance to customer requirements were met.
- Established clear expectations and performance metrics for employees, promoting accountability within the department.
- Led team meetings focused on continuous improvement initiatives among team members.
- Performed internal audits to ensure compliance to customer requirements.
Programmer Analyst
Valence Los Angeles
07.2014 - 07.2019
- Authorized code fixes and enhancements for inclusion in future code releases and patches for MRP system.
- Worked with programmers to prepare new features and enhancements for software application.
- Provided ongoing support for users experiencing issues or requiring assistance with application functionality.
- Contributed to successful project completion with effective time management and prioritization skills, meeting tight deadlines consistently.
- Collaborated with cross-functional teams to ensure seamless integration of new features into existing applications.
- Provided training with multiple sites for application of software and new features.
- Provided assistance to multiple sites for quality related functions (i.e. Planning and Contract Review, internal auditing).
- Performed gap analysis of existing MRP system and their processing requirements to ensure compliance with new MRP system implementation.
- Assisted with creating and revising processing work instructions and procedures.
- Responded to and prioritized critical issues to limit downtime.
Planning
Coast Plating
04.2011 - 06.2013
- Reviewed customer specifications to ensure compliance to our internal capabilities and approvals.
- Reviewed customer purchase orders for compliance and to verify customer due dates were acceptable .
- Created new and existing part sequence planning.
- Performed Planning Review.
- Created processing work instructions based on customer specification requirements.
- Communicated directly with customers regarding purchase order discrepancies.
Planning
Bowman Plating
03.2010 - 03.2011
- Performed data entry for customer purchase orders.
- Performed contract and planning review based on customer purchase order requirements.
- Assisted with external audits as they pertained to planning.
- Performed training to other planners for planning functions.
Education
No Degree - Political Science
Fullerton College
FullertonSkills
- Quality Management Systems
- ISO Standards
- Lean methodology
- Defect tracking
- Attention to Detail
- Quality assurance background
- Internal Audits
- Risk Analysis and Mitigation
- Relationship Building
- Knowledge of quality systems
- Documentation Review
- Employee Training
- Quality testing
- Project Management
- Continuous Improvement
- Audit Coordination
- Trend Analysis
- Audit reporting
- Customer Service
- Strong analytical and problem solving abilities
- Ability to multi-task
- Thorough understanding of quality assurance control and methodologies
- Root cause analysis and corrective action
- Process and quality audits (including AS9100, NADCAP)
- Six sigma
- PFMEA
- Creative problem solving
- Process improvements
- General blue print reading and understanding
Certification
- AS9100D Lead Auditor Training
- 6 Sigma Training
- Non-Destructive Testing: Nadcap Audit Criteria Review Certificate
Languages
Spanish
Professional Working
English
Full Professional
Timeline
Quality Assurance Administrator
Valence Surface Technologies
01.2021 - Current
Planning and Receiving Manager
Coast Plating
07.2019 - 12.2020
Programmer Analyst
Valence Los Angeles
07.2014 - 07.2019
Planning
Coast Plating
04.2011 - 06.2013
Planning
Bowman Plating
03.2010 - 03.2011
No Degree - Political Science
Fullerton College
- AS9100D Lead Auditor Training
- 6 Sigma Training
- Non-Destructive Testing: Nadcap Audit Criteria Review Certificate
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