Stephen Dries
Roxboro
Summary
Meticulous Quality Improvement Coordinator digs into large amounts of information and breaks down materials to develop actionable changes. Methodical and organized professional with many years of experience in industry.
Overview
10
10
years of professional experience
Work History
Safety Manager
Spuntech
Roxboro
01.2023 - 02.2025
- Evaluated workplace environment and equipment to identify potential hazards.
- Monitored employee performance to ensure safe working practices are followed.
- Determined root causes of accidents via in-depth investigations and identified potential prevention strategies to mitigate future risk.
- Investigated incidents of injury or illness to determine root cause and corrective action plans.
- Orchestrated and led meetings to convey essential safety-related information, address occupational safety inquiries, issues, or concerns and promote continuity of training initiatives.
- Trained new employees in proper safety procedures to minimize accidents with proper behaviors.
- Created reports on health and safety metrics such as accident rates, lost time days.
- Collaborated with management teams to develop strategies that promote safe work practices.
- Ensured compliance with all applicable federal, state, local laws and regulations related to occupational health and safety.
- Developed and created materials for new employee health and safety orientations.
Operational Excellence Lead
Spuntech
Roxboro
06.2022 - 01.2023
- Supported onboarding of new employees by hosting orientation sessions.
- Collaborated with department heads to tailor training programs to specific job roles and functions.
- Maintained accurate records of all trainings conducted.
- Assisted in designing, developing, and implementing new training methods and techniques.
- Utilized learning management systems (LMS) to administer online training and track employee progress.
Continual Improvement Lead
Spuntech
Roxboro
11.2018 - 06.2022
- Assisted in creating a culture of continuous learning by providing feedback on operational successes and failures and identifying potential areas of opportunity.
- Developed documentation standards that ensured accurate data capture during process improvements activities.
- Conducted internal audits of operations departments or individual workflows to detect any non-conformities or opportunities for further optimization.
- Performed gap analyses between current state processes and desired future states based on customer requirements or organizational goals.
- Facilitated Kaizen events to drive process optimization and standardization.
- Devised new and improved records management programs to organize and protect data.
- Implemented unique methods and methodologies, which helped reduce, and resolve issues.
- Reviewed established procedures to assess areas in need of improvement.
- Conducted root cause analysis to uncover problems with processes and develop solutions for improvement.
- Created training materials for employees on process improvement techniques such as 5S, value stream mapping, and lean manufacturing principles.
Continuous Improvement Manager
Onvio
Pelham
05.2017 - 10.2018
- Developed and updated project plans to document objectives, technologies, schedules, and funding.
- Lead regular meetings with stakeholders to review project status updates.
- Decreased waste by employing lean manufacturing principles.
- Collaborated with cross-functional teams to develop solutions that meet business objectives.
- Developed and implemented process improvement projects to reduce costs, increase productivity, and improve customer service.
- Conferred with project personnel to identify and resolve problems.
- Analyzed existing processes for potential errors or inconsistencies in performance standards.
- Analyzed workflow and production, reviewing customized value stream mapping data to ascertain areas for improvement.
- Facilitated Kaizen events to create an environment of continuous improvement.
Quality Manager
Moveras
Pelham
08.2015 - 05.2017
- Assembled cross-functional Engineering, Quality, and Technical team of five members.
- Achieved savings of $75,000 through material usage reduction.
- Achieved 2% reduction in RMAs through streamlining internal workflows.
- Transitioned Kanban system from card-based to QR code, realizing projected savings of $44,000.
- Implemented structured system to oversee document handling.
- Developed and launched extensive program for calibration.
Education
Bachelor of Arts - Business - Recreation Institute Focused
Montclair State University
Montclair, NJSix Sigma Greenbelt
GBMP & UMass Boston
Boston, MASkills
- Cycle time reduction
- Coaching and mentoring
- Visual management
- Business process reengineering
- 5S methodology
- Process optimization
- Statistical process control
- Quality improvement plans
- Customer complaint handling
- Problem solving techniques
- ISO 9001
Timeline
Safety Manager
Spuntech
01.2023 - 02.2025
Operational Excellence Lead
Spuntech
06.2022 - 01.2023
Continual Improvement Lead
Spuntech
11.2018 - 06.2022
Continuous Improvement Manager
Onvio
05.2017 - 10.2018
Quality Manager
Moveras
08.2015 - 05.2017
Bachelor of Arts - Business - Recreation Institute Focused
Montclair State University
Six Sigma Greenbelt
GBMP & UMass Boston
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