John Turoldo
Malvern,Ohio
Summary
With a bachelor's degree in Engineering, I pride myself on having over 28 years of increasing leadership experience in quality management, engineering, and supplier liaison communications. I constantly work on bettering myself and my team always pushing the company to have the lowest turnaround times and production costs.
Overview
32
32
years of professional experience
Work History
Production and Quality Supervisor/Field Representative
Ralco Industries
- Supervised twenty-five employees including five auditors.
Quality Manager
AAM - North America
01.2016 - Current
- Partners with the Corporate APQP team on new programs
- Supports any new equipment development and certifications
- Supports team approach to the creation of new DFMEA's, PFMEA's, and Control Plans for new programs
- Creates 4-square timing charts for programs and monitor's progress
- Supports new program launches as required
- Develops launch certification plans for new programs
- Works with customer liaison for new programs
- Champions team meetings to review risk assessments, lessons learned for new programs
- Travel to prospective manufacturing sites for new programs
- Presents program status to senior management monthly
- Good planning and organizational abilities
- Good oral and written communications skills
- Interpersonal skills to work effectively with others
- Knowledge in reading and interpreting drawings and G.D.T
- Specifications
- Facilitated and lead current SOP suppliers in the Top Focus process on-site at the Supplier location
- Improved quality performance of suppliers by conducting workshops at supplier locations, providing technical assistance in developing a quality system, and other technical support requirements
- Lead suppliers to continue to achieve quality excellence after launch and throughout the life cycle of the products.
Sr. Supplier Quality Engineer/Supervisor
GM Powertrain Headquarters - North America
01.2013 - 01.2016
- Supported Powertrain SQEs to find resolutions of systematic and/or special cause supplier manufacturing quality issues that inhibit net process throughput and require significant on site presence and follow up
- Worked with Suppliers to come up with resolutions where Quality issues arose and threaten production
- Facilitated and lead current SOP suppliers in the Top Focus process on site at Supplier location
- Lead communications of all issues and resolutions to proper GPSC and Manufacturing leadership
- Lead suppliers to continue to achieve quality excellence after launch and throughout the life cycle of the products
- As liaison; handled purchasing, engineering, manufacturing, and suppliers, working to resolve supplier quality issues, implementing and monitoring advanced quality planning, all while giving outstanding technical provided technical support
- Reviewed and approved supplier quality plans on new parts and programs
- Implemented and monitored supplier part and qualification and certification of processes
- Determined root cause of supplier quality problems and implemented timely and effective quality resolutions
- Improved quality performance of suppliers by conducting workshops at supplier locations, providing technical assistance in developing a quality system and other technical support requirements.
Supplier Quality Engineer/Supervisor
IFA - Rotorion - North America LLC
01.2012 - 01.2013
- Supervised a team of ten or more to ensure the implementation and continuous improvement of the company's high standards of quality and environmental policies
- Manages supplier quality functions to include creating receiving inspection plans for incoming goods, assess quality and delivery issues, coordinate all sorting activities, establish certification requirements for suppliers, stop nonconforming product shipments and oversee process and product improvement
- Authors interim and long-term corrective action plans for non-conformances
- Works in conjunction with Rotorion Friedrichshafen to align quality policies and strategies
- Supports lean manufacturing practices such as 5S, Kanban, poke-yoke, visual management and 1-piece flow
- Collaborates with department heads to maintain ISO/TS 16949 and all other environmental standards
- Works closely with logistics staff to quantify and amend delivery and quality issues
- Partners with the finance department to ensure correct charge backs to suppliers
- Keeps management team informed of progress, developments and pending problems
- Created and administered procedures for line calls which supports production when issues arise
- Obtains appropriate advanced product quality planning documentation (i.e
- PPAP's, PSW's, FMEA's, etc.) for supplied parts
- Organized and maintain non-conforming goods area
- Define goals, objectives and metrics for performance measurement.
Specialist - Quality Engineer - Paint/Body
KIA Motors
01.2011 - 01.2012
- Coordinated project activities including new equipment installation, supplier selection and production launch phases
- Monitored quality during production and implemented process improvements as required
- Analyzed daily and monthly downtime and put into action countermeasures for improvement
- Served as technical expert during new vehicle launches
- Reported on a project's progress and issues to management team as required
- Key member in cross-functional work teams and problem-solving groups
- Responsible for improvement of processes, automation and layout
- Maintained tool and subsidiary material purchasing plans
- Check and follow up construction work of welding shop.
Quality Engineer/Customer Liaison/Supervisor
Johnson Controls
01.2007 - 01.2011
- Manager ten manufacturing quality engineers including project support, performance improvement and continuous training
- Collaborated with production to ensure quality products and solutions where created and delivered to the customer
- Designed new systems to track defects on the assembly line (IPPM)
- Instituted the eight disciplines of problem solving method to address quality issues
- Developed follow-up plan on roadmap and quality indicators to improve performance for process of ownership
- Lead suppler development, process and product audits and quality initiative meetings for management to support continuous improvement and reduce waste
- Assessed parts returned warranty system with engineering group as required
- Worked closely with suppliers and customers to ensure appropriate parts tracking, Internal parts per million (IPPM) and parts per million regulations (PPM), meet precise order requirements, corrective action implementations and product launches
- Daily analysis of quality results and internal defects
- Handled design of experiments as needed
- Prepared production part approval process documentation.
Quality Lab Supervisor
Vitec - USA
01.2005 - 01.2007
- Managed ten laboratory technicians and two CMM operators, focusing on improving quality and reducing waste
- Responsible for all aspects of quality including, random audits, individual assessments, controls and measures implementation, product launch and testing, prototypes, failure mode and effects analysis and calibration
- Worked with customer on special characteristic changes on quality issues
- Collaborate with product and process engineering on part changes per customer request
- Implemented a scrap reduction plan resulting in a company savings $245k per month
- Worked in conjunction with production to create a continuous improvement plan increasing the number of production racks made in final assembly by 70%.
Supplier Quality Engineer/Customer Liaison/Supervisor
MacLean Maynard
01.2004 - 01.2005
- Managed five technical inspectors and one lab manager including job performance, reviews and feedback
- Established relationship with customers regarding quality issues reporting and resolution
- Directed all supplier functions including selection or removal from approved list, account debits, issues and audits
- Worked closely with Director of Quality and Vice President including providing updates, weekly reporting and communicating Business/Quality Operating System charts
- Responsible for various quality assurance standards including implementation of TS-16949 and measurement system analysis as well as a member of the automotive industry action group.
Supplier Quality Engineer/Customer Liaison/Supervisor
ND Industries
01.2002 - 01.2004
- Supervised thirteen associates in the quality lab
- Worked with customers and suppliers regarding quality issues on a daily basis
- Lead several process improvement initiatives including a hold/sort area decreasing customer issues by 40% and creating a new seal process saving the organization $100k
- Daily use of the RS testing machine for parts specifications and process revisions.
Quality Manager/Supplier Quality Assurance
Ralco Industries
01.1993 - 01.2002
- Supervised thirty-five employees including seven auditors
- Responsible for reviewing and resolving all customer and supplier quality issues
- Involved in a variety of production projects including new job kick offs, production readiness reviews and control plan updates
- Worked closely with suppliers regarding corrective actions and approved proposed resolutions
- Working knowledge of the Coordinate-Measuring machine.
Education
Bachelor of Science Degree, Engineering -
Belford University
Skills
- Kepner-Tregoe certified
- Coordinated Measuring Machine (CMM)
- Defective Material Reports (DMR) and Return Material Approval (RMA)
- Knowledge of APQP, FMEA, 8-D analysis, CP, DOE and prototype runs
- Hardness tests (Rockwell B and C scales)
- Optical comparator, tensile testing and hand tools
- Refractometer and permscope
- Geometrical Dimensioning and Tolerancing certified
- IATF -16949 lead auditor certified internal auditor
- Microsoft Office experienced
- Statistical process control training (SPC)
- Gauge reproductivity and repeatability (GR&R) certifications
- System Analysis Program Development (SAP)
- Red X certified at GM
- Green Belt certified at GM
Timeline
Quality Manager
AAM - North America
01.2016 - Current
Sr. Supplier Quality Engineer/Supervisor
GM Powertrain Headquarters - North America
01.2013 - 01.2016
Supplier Quality Engineer/Supervisor
IFA - Rotorion - North America LLC
01.2012 - 01.2013
Specialist - Quality Engineer - Paint/Body
KIA Motors
01.2011 - 01.2012
Quality Engineer/Customer Liaison/Supervisor
Johnson Controls
01.2007 - 01.2011
Quality Lab Supervisor
Vitec - USA
01.2005 - 01.2007
Supplier Quality Engineer/Customer Liaison/Supervisor
MacLean Maynard
01.2004 - 01.2005
Supplier Quality Engineer/Customer Liaison/Supervisor
ND Industries
01.2002 - 01.2004
Quality Manager/Supplier Quality Assurance
Ralco Industries
01.1993 - 01.2002
Production and Quality Supervisor/Field Representative
Ralco Industries
Bachelor of Science Degree, Engineering -
Belford University
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