Rickey Davis is seeking a leadership position in manufacturing to use his knowledge and experience to improve quality and increase profitability. He has over 30 years of experience managing quality, operations, and suppliers. His experience includes reducing defects at Navistar by 83% and lowering supplier PPM defects by 41% at Continental. He holds a Bachelor's degree in Industrial Management Technology and Associates in Electronics Technology.
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1. RICKEY DAVIS
150 Waterbury Dr. Harvest, AL 35749 Home: (256) 858-0065 Cell: (256) 783-7143
E-Mail: rsd4@mchsi.com Profile: http://www.linkedin.com/in/rickeydavis
CAREER OBJECTIVE
A leadership position in a manufacturing company to use my knowledge, management skills, and experience
to develop, motivate, and lead in order to increase profitability and growth by maximizing component or end
product quality using defined and continuously improving processes, controls, and oversight.
PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE
Navistar Diesel of Ala, Huntsville, Al 12/2010 4/2013
Quality Resource Leader
Responsible for managing salaried and hourly associates across all shifts in a facility with $800M annual
sales.
Direct quality activities and expectations between Engine Division Manufacturing and Engine Engineering.
Implemented quality system, process, and compliance audits in accordance with customer specific
and ISO/TS16949 requirements. Led plant efforts during annual ISO/TS-16949 audit achieving
confirmation of certification each year and receiving zero defects.
Managed quality database for V8 & Inline 6 engines. Initiated quality improvement meetings to
develop corrective actions for pass through and/or recurring issues.
For a new Inline Diesel engine, launched a program that reduced PPM defects by 83% within 10
months from launch accomplished through error-proofing and continuing process improvements.
Implemented 3-deep defect containment efforts throughout plant, with 24 Hr response to identify and
correct root-cause of defects, verify solution, and validate corrective actions.
Continental Corporation , Huntsville, AL 6/06 12/ 2010
Supplier Quality Manager Managed the quality program for 3rd party suppliers of parts and services at a
world-class manufacturer of high-volume electronic components and systems for the automotive industry.
Directed the day to day activities and objectives of department members.
Lowered Supplier PPM defects by 41% within six months by collaborating with suppliers and quality
management team to establish effective programs and monitored results.
Achieved zero tolerance for defects via execution of supplier management activities.
As a Certified (CSSGB) 6 Sigma Green Belt, led project to save company $450,000 by reducing
duplicate testing of false failures.
Siemens VDO Automotive Huntsville, Al 4/04 6/06
Manufacturing Manager
Directly managed the operations of multiple manufacturing departments of UAW (100-150) hourly
employees. Coordinated all activities relative to productivity and quality objectives.
Awarded Department of Year 3 consecutive years in a row.
Coached teams to win Department of Month 8 out of 12 months.
Awarded 6 Sigma Quality Award for PPM level.
Received Lowest PPM for Department 2006
Daimler-Chrysler Huntsville, Al 9/96 4/04
Manufacturing Supervisor
Direct supervision of multiple departments of UAW hourly employees.
Awarded Department of Year 2000
2. Pentastar Electronics - Huntsville, Al 1/92 - 9/96
Product Engineer
Provided technical support to Manufacturing and Production engineering for weapon and aviation systems.
Developed or implemented production processing techniques in a manufacturing environment.
Developed and implemented manufacturing projects to improve production, delivery, reduce costs,
reduce variability, and or increase capacity.
Performed Qualification and Testing of Military testing equipment, electrical/electronic parts, and
subassemblies both analog and digital.
Reviewed Contractors design, manufacturing and producibility programs.
Amtec Corporation, Huntsville, Al 9/82 - 10/91
Project Engineer Army Test & Evaluation Center TA-1 & 6
Managed the Design, Development, and Fabrication of Army Weapon, Missile and Aviation Systems.
Developed requirements and managed projects for new production start up.
Identified and evaluated requirements for production start up including preparation of manufacturing
line, facility plans, and design of special tooling and test equipment saving the company $300,000.
Delivered multimillion dollar Missile testing vans on time and ahead of schedule.
EDUCATION & TRAINING
Bachelor of Science, Industrial Management Technology
Athens State University, Athens, Al
Associates Degree, Electronics Technology
J.F Drake State Technical College, Huntsville, Al
Core Competencies:
Process Management Continuous Improvement Techniques PPAP
Product Development Total Quality Management ISO 9001, ISO/TS 16949
Risk Management Program and Project Management Lead VDA 6.3 Auditor
Supply Chain Management Lean Manufacturing Principles AS 9100 Aerospace Std.
Control Plans Qualitative and Quantitative Analysis PFEMA
Resource Management APQP Supplier Quality
Design for Manufacturability 8D - CAPA Six Sigma
5S and Kaizen principles Cross-function Teams Microsoft Office
SAP ProSic SupplyOn tools