Jennifer Hinkle
Mount Clemens,MI
Summary
Detail-oriented, team player with strong organizational skills and the ability to handle multiple projects simultaneously with a high degree of accuracy. Possesses extensive formulation experience in architectural, industrial, automotive refinish, OEM automotive paint, UV curable, wood, coil, packaging, and other areas. Proficient in color matching and pigmentation in colorants.
Overview
10
10
years of professional experience
1
1
Certification
Work History
Dispersion Chemist
Axalta Coating Systems Ltd.
2019.11 - Current
- Optimization and new technology formulation projects for dispersions and intermediates.
- Patenting new product lines of colorants for finished product
- Working closely with Process Technology to align products and rationalize feasibility for plant production.
- Operating laboratory mill equipment for scale-up and alignment batches.
- Creating presentations and communicating with raw material suppliers, customers, and following internal requests
- Utilizing Salesforce and Minitab to collect data and manage timelines while setting up projects for technicians.
- Quality issues with pigment and dispersion formulation.
- AOP Management and assisting root cause investigations for plant support of dispersion issues.
- Managed multiple projects simultaneously, ensuring timely completion within budget constraints while maintaining high-quality output standards.
Color SpecialistGeneral Motors Team
Mount Clemens, MI
2018.06 - 2019.11
- Analyzing and making color adjustments in multiple technologies
- Styling assigned new colors for GM
- Actualizing the color trends from the concepts of the GM Color Engineers
- Responsible for managing DOE's/ Matrices/alignment work rolling and new model year colors
- Aligning the styling colors in 3 technologies with various spray processes.
- Setting up the DOE's and panels for physical property/ exposure testing following the GM and formulating guide.
- Troubleshooting manufacturing issues at the plant and GM plant's.
- Communicating and working closely with Color Engineers at GM and PE Team at Axalta.
- Managing work priorities, responsibilities, and color training to lab shaders/ technicians.
- Continuously pursued professional development opportunities through workshops, seminars, and trade shows to improve skills in the latest coloring techniques.
- Working with Plant Support Chemist (at site) and Support Chemists at designated GM plants.
- Instrumental in getting the work and paint organized to meet required deadlines/ deliverables.
- Getting standard paint made to send to out to GM plants trials.
Associate Chemist
Color Corporation of America (Valspar/SW)
2015.02 - 2018.05
- Formula Owner for Opticolor, Opticolor XP, Superfine, CIM, MPD, Exactints, UV, Packaging lines for Valspar Coatings and various other external customers.
- Formulated dispersions in multiple paint systems for Waterborne, Solventborne, and Universal colorants (Novocolor I & II lines) while managing and maintaining the product stability and standards.
- Lab milling on Eiger mills and Basketmill.
- Maintained paint compatibility catalog for all commercial tint bases sold for architectural to concrete.
- Monitored and reviewed results of quality assurance programs and recommended solutions and modifications.
- Mentored junior chemists/Lab Technicians and provided guidance on best practices and experimental techniques.
- Scale-up and plant alignment trials for New and Re-optimized formulas.
- Creating new QC/RD and modifying SOP's and testing/process procedures.
- Calibrated and troubleshot laboratory instruments
- Familiar with various color testing equipment like Datacolor Spectrometer, XRite, BYK-mac Equipment.
Education
Bachelor of Arts - Biology
Lindsey Wilson College
Columbia, KY01.2002
Skills
- AOP management
- Worked with all types of media grind milling equipment
- Capable of learning and adapting to new concepts and responsibilities
- Troubleshooting internal and external complaints and problem batches
- Organizational/administrative skills
- Working under pressure and tight deadlines
- Daily interactions with Business Groups, Suppliers, Lab Technicians and Customers accounts
- Multi-tasking many projects in different stages
- Datacolor and BYK instrumentation
- Knowledge working with Pigments and Dispersions
- Quality Control Analysis and Batch alignment
- Experimental design
- Collaborative Teamwork
Accomplishments
- Collaborated with team of other Chemists in the development to help with a pigment crisis at Sherwin Williams. Received a Cost Saving Award in 2018.
Workshopsandcourses
- Annual DOE Training (Minitab)
- Annual Global Color Pigment Review
- Annual Future of Coatings Under Study (FOCUS) Conference
Certification
Yellow Belt| Six Sigma Certification in 2016
Hobbies
Professional Artist and Crafter
Timeline
Dispersion Chemist
Axalta Coating Systems Ltd.
2019.11 - Current
Color SpecialistGeneral Motors Team
Mount Clemens, MI
2018.06 - 2019.11
Associate Chemist
Color Corporation of America (Valspar/SW)
2015.02 - 2018.05
Bachelor of Arts - Biology
Lindsey Wilson College
Yellow Belt| Six Sigma Certification in 2016
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