Victoria McNees

• Plan, execute and follow-up on Supplier audits with focus on Welding, Brazing, Quality Systems and Continuous Improvement.
• Qualify global supply base for for Gas Turbine Compressor Airfoils, Combustion hardware, Welding, Brazing, Specialty Coating.
• Drive Continuous Improvement at Suppliers with FMEA, Root Cause Analysis (Apollo, 8D, 5-Why and other tools), Supplier Performance Improvement Plans, Lean tools, Coaching and Mentorship.
• Coach, Teach and Train new SQEs and Engineers on Supplier Quality processes and tools.

Developed and executed US Army Inspection plans for the State of New York. Trained other inspectors, lead inspections, captured trends and results. Mentored inspected organizations to correct and improve processes.

Certified Small Group Lead Instructor for the US Army Reserve teaching Graduate Level course work to Army Command and General Staff Students/Officers.

Course of instruction included Critical and Creative Thinking, Leadership, Problem Solving, Resource Management, History and Strategic Decision Making.

Coaching, mentorship and professional development of Students in verbal and written communications, problem solving and critical thinking skills as well as career progression and work/life balance.

Coach, Train and evaluate 2-5 person teams of new and Junior Instructors in course materials, Adult learning models, instruction delivery and professional development

Sourcing Quality Engineer for Energy Management Digital Energy with emphasis on Capacitor and Power Quality Products
-Drive improvement of supplier delivered materials quality thru qualification, audits and development.
-Reduce Cost of Failure by defect prevention thru Continuous Improvement, Supplier PPM, Cost of Failure and Recovery management
-Drive supplier process improvement thru Six Sigma/Lean methodologies using various Digitization tools.
-Develop, manage and maintain digitization tools that speed supplier defect disposition time, simplify Customer Complaint Management, and enable rapid corrective action implementations.
Special projects and initiatives leader for EM Sourcing Quality Organization:
-Program management of EM Global Audit/RCA SQE evaluation program.
-Mentor and on-board new SQE's and OMLPs in training of processes, tools, procedures and project execution.
-QMS Simplification Leader and Trainer for Supplier Quality components of Energy Management QMS.

Senior Operations Officer for a Battalion of 150 US Army Instructors supporting the College Reserve Officer Training Mission.

Responsible for readiness, training, resourcing and continually improving unit operations.

Lean Leader for Transmission and Distribution Capacitor Manufacturing site. Responsible for initiating and implementing projects and culture change to improve delivery, reduce cycle and reduce waste.

Manager of Shop Operation of Transmission and Distribution Capacitor Manufacturing. Managed safety, quality and delivery of critical component parts to include capacitor winding, foil manufacturing and final product assembly on a 3 shift operation.

Purchased custom cutting tools, grinding wheels, equipment and services for Gas Turbine Manufacturing site.

Drove quality and deflation through auctions, negotiation while ensuring customer satisfaction with equipment provided.

Numerous leadership and Staff roles, supporting world wide missions.

Directly affected and managed readiness, force mobility and Soldier Development.
Roles included:
Battalion Operations Staff - Apache Battalion - Assistant
Platoon Leader - Chemical Company - Brigade Task Force
Division General Staff - Operations and Training - Assistant
Brigade Operations Staff - Assistant
Brigade Headquarters Company Commander