MELISSA MENDYK
Summerfield
Summary
Dynamic Senior Global Product Engineer with Tempur Sealy, recognized for driving quality assurance and value engineering initiatives. Proven leader in project management and process improvement, achieving over $300,000 in savings. Expert in product design and effective communication, enhancing collaboration across teams to ensure successful product launches and compliance. Innovative Product Engineer with experience in product development, process optimization, and quality assurance. Strengths include strong analytical skills, project management abilities, and a customer-centric approach. Previous roles have successfully led cross-functional teams to launch new products while reducing production costs and improving overall efficiency.
Overview
31
31
years of professional experience
1
1
Certification
Work History
Senior Global Product Engineer
Tempur Sealy
08.2022 - Current
- Acted as Quality ambassador for New Product Development initiatives and product release modifications.
Collaborated with Sourcing on evaluations of new suppliers and Value Engineering projects.
Served as liaison between New Product Development, Environmental Health and Safety, Sourcing, Planning and Manufacturing to enhance communication and project rollout details.
Supported Advanced Development and Automation Manufacturing Engineering for high-volume production capabilities.
Managed Supplier Quality Auditing processes to ensure adherence to quality standards.
Coordinated with Corporate Quality Support to maintain internal product quality assurance.
Staff Sustaining Product Engineer
TE Connectivity
03.2013 - 03.2022
- Self-Motivated, Critical Thinker takes initiative, responsible for Product Design Form, Fit and Function of the Electrical Connector Design, Performance and Manufacturing Processes. Key product expert and liaison between the customer, suppliers, quality and manufacturing. Leader of LEAN process and product design improvements. Obtained over $300,000 in savings in the first half of the fiscal year 2022. Conduct New Material Supply Evaluations, Product Performance Testing, Risk Assessments, Quality Evaluations, Data Driven Experimentation and coordination of manufacturing engineering disciplines for components and assembly processes. Establishes requirements for new business opportunities quotes and project manager for new product launches to production. Sustain product design and functional requirements through end of life in manufacturing operations.
Sourcing Project Manager and Product/Package Engineering
RFMD, Qorvo
09.2007 - 03.2013
- Number one manufacturer of RF Semi-conductor components and packages. Liaison between manufacturing suppliers and product teams. Identify design for manufacturability, material availability and compatibility, production volume and capacity. Responsible for advancements and engineering for product package design limits for manufacturability through prototype trials, testing and implementation to full volume production. Managed sourcing project actions for securing outside supplier sources with internal manufacturing.
Plastics Manufacturing Engineer, Product Engineer, Project Manager
AMP Incorporated / Tyco Electronics
09.1994 - 05.2005
- Eleven years concentrating in various roles around plastics injection molding of automotive electrical connectors for vehicle interior, safety systems and engine compartment applications. Intensive Rotational Training for 2 years with the equivalent of 7 years of experience in various aspects of the business and industry. Sustaining and launch of molded products and tooling; prototype and full cavitation mold design, build, high volume production release; equipment evaluation and purchase such as Material Blending Equipment, Central Material Handling System, New Injection Molding Machines and Auxiliary Equipment, Green Belt certification, LEAN manufacturing practices, scrap reduction and process improvements based on data driven facts, statistical and analytical process concepts and control. Various levels of promotion and development of new product launch process and project management role. Managed operations move from one facility to another as we grew the business by ten times in two years. New equipment orders and installation, central material handling and drying system design and installation as well as moving existing operations processes without impacting customer order delivery. Learned metals, stamping, plating and assembly processes. Coordination of new product design requirements through all engineering disciplines from all components, plastic and metal as well as packaging. Product testing and launch to customer requirements.
Education
Bachelor of Science - Plastics Engineering Technology
Ferris State University
Big Rapids, MI05-1994
Associate of Applied Science - Plastics Engineering Technology
Ferris State University
Big Rapids, MI05-1993
Skills
- Product design
- Risk assessment
- Process improvement
- Project management
- Data analysis
- Problem solving
- Effective communication
- Leadership skills
- Team collaboration
- Critical thinking
- Value engineering techniques
- Product sales support
- Engineering change orders
- Prototype development
- Product improvements
- Continuous improvement
- Product lifecycle management
- PPAP submissions
- Computer-aided engineering
- Product reliability testing
- Statistical process control
- Six sigma methodologies
- Design of experiments
- Geometric dimensioning and tolerancing
- Timeline management
- Failure modes and effects analysis
- Documentation preparation
- Lean manufacturing processes
- Cycle time optimization
- Design change cost estimation
References
REFERENCES AVAILABLE UPON REQUEST
Hobbies and Interests
GOLF, CAMPING, HIKING, SEWING, CRAFTING, DIY HOME IMPROVEMENT PROJECTS, VOLUNTEERING
Affiliations
- Sewing / Crafting and Home Projects
Accomplishments
- Kaizen Facilitator
- Production Facility Move Coordination without Customer Disruption
- Annual Cost Savings Implementation
Certification
- Green Belt Certified
References
References available upon request.
Timeline
Senior Global Product Engineer
Tempur Sealy
08.2022 - Current
Staff Sustaining Product Engineer
TE Connectivity
03.2013 - 03.2022
Sourcing Project Manager and Product/Package Engineering
RFMD, Qorvo
09.2007 - 03.2013
Plastics Manufacturing Engineer, Product Engineer, Project Manager
AMP Incorporated / Tyco Electronics
09.1994 - 05.2005
Bachelor of Science - Plastics Engineering Technology
Ferris State University
Associate of Applied Science - Plastics Engineering Technology
Ferris State University
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