Nick Brown

• Managed Plant Quality and Supplier Quality groups (9 salary, 57 hourly)
• Led strategic planning efforts for business unit
• Managed preparation of profit planning and growth conference slides to Emerson CEO/COO
• Implemented EtQ system for document control
• Led LEAN back office projects
• Managed field data analysis and improvement projects
• Created and managed goals and objectives for the group
• Led complex problem solving projects

• Supported the creation of a stage gate process for new assembly lines
• Managed a testing and teardown lab (8 employees)
• Created and audited FMEAs
• Created a customer PPAP package and process
• Supported the qualification of 2 new manufacturing lines

• Led root cause analysis and warranty improvement projects
• Presented to customer leadership
• Supported customer audits, and lead internal audits
• Created customer performance dashboards
• Managed A/C Quality group co-op

• Led problem solving projects
• Supported design for manufacturability efforts
• Managed design improvement projects
• Managed A/C Engineering group co-op

• Plant support for two plants (Louisiana and Mexico)
• Led continuous improvement and problem solving projects
• Planned, performed, and reported on pilots

Total of 9 work terms across 3 locations of Emerson Climate (Ohio, Missouri, and Louisiana)