Maximino Schafer
Supplier Quality Engineer
Madison Heights,MI
Summary
Committed Supplier Quality Engineer offering expertise in Advanced Product Quality Planning and the Productions Parts Approval Process demonstrated over five years of industry experience. Known for best-in-class communication skills, proactivity, and efficiency.
Overview
9
9
years of professional experience
1
1
Certification
Work History
Supplier Quality Engineer
Brose
Auburn Hills, MI
01.2020 - Current
- Supplier Quality representative for the Lucid, Volvo, and BMW Customer teams. This included three front seat structures, two second row structures, and two third row structures.
- Proficient in a range of manufacturing techniques such as small stamping, large stamping, riveting, MIG welding, resistance welding , plastic injection molding, fine blanking, cold heading, and wire bending.
- Completed feasibility agreements to source over 150 tools to 16 different suppliers.
- Tracked PPAP milestones for projects by following sourced tools during the APQP phase.
- Completed over 100 Level 3 PPAP reviews.
Ensured timely signing of PSWs for submission of PPAP to the customer in alignment with project milestones by the Advanced Quality Engineer. - Conducted 5 supplier Full Run Tests to ensure quality and capacity agreements were maintained.
- Tracked Engineering Change Requests that affected supplied components prior to project handover.
- Assisted in the selection of new suppliers based on quality, cost and delivery performance criteria.
- Performed risk assessment and FMEA reviews with suppliers to identify potential issues during APQP.
- Ensured purchased materials aligned with specifications for pre-production builds and series deviation requests through collaboration with commodity and project buyers.
- Investigated customer complaints related to supplier products or services.
- Provided technical support to internal departments regarding supplier selection, qualification and performance evaluation processes.
- Collaborated with cross-functional teams including design engineering, manufacturing engineering and operations personnel during product
launches. - Tracked supplier corrective actions over time to ensure compliance with established requirements.
- Ensured that all necessary documents related to suppliers are up-to-date according to company policies.
- Conducted on-site reviews of supplier facilities to evaluate manufacturing procedures.
- Facilitated communication among Commercial teams product engineers, manufacturing personnel, and suppliers in order to secure required materials for production equipment buy-off.
- Analyzed non-conforming material data from production processes to determine root cause of failures.
Served as liaison between company's senior management and vendors to identify quality issues and come up with solutions.
Supplier Quality Engineer Intern
Brose
Auburn Hills, MI
04.2019 - 12.2019
- Assisted supplier audits to ensure quality standards were maintained.
- Developed and implemented corrective action plans for suppliers who failed to meet the required quality criteria.
- Reviewed supplier documentation and test reports to verify product conformity.
- Assisted in the selection of new suppliers based on quality, cost and delivery performance criteria.
- Coordinated with purchasing personnel to ensure that all purchased materials met specifications.
- Assisted with the investigation customer complaints related to supplier products or services.
- Collaborated with cross-functional teams including design engineering, manufacturing engineering and operations personnel during product launches.
Engineering Intern
BOS Automotive
Auburn Hills, MI
01.2016 - 11.2018
- Analyzed data from experiments and prepared reports summarizing results.
- Assisted in setting up test rigs for product testing purposes.
- Evaluated performance of components through laboratory tests and simulations.
Education
Bachelor of Science - Industrial Engineering
Oakland University
Rochester, MI12.2019
Skills
- Process Validation
- Supplier Relationship Management
- Lean manufacturing principles
- Cross-Functional Teamwork
- Six Sigma Methodologies
- Geometric Dimensioning and Tolerancing
Certification
- Lean Six Sigma - Yellow Belt
Timeline
Supplier Quality Engineer
Brose
01.2020 - Current
Supplier Quality Engineer Intern
Brose
04.2019 - 12.2019
Engineering Intern
BOS Automotive
01.2016 - 11.2018
Bachelor of Science - Industrial Engineering
Oakland University
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