David A. Sharps

About David A. Sharps

Operations & Plant Management • P&L Accountability | Budget Management • Leadership & Team Management• Manufacturing & Maintenance Management • Quality Assurance & Lab Management • Change Management | Transformation • Lean Six Sigma | Continuous Improvement • Building High-Performance Teams • Operations Start-Up | Turnaround• Supplier Management | Qualification • Training & Development Programs • Performance Management | Optimization• Customer Relationship Management • Safety Management | Programs • Regulatory Compliance | Inspections : Certification: Six Sigma Green Belt Certified (SSGB): 5S | 5Y | 8 Wastes | 8D | A3 | CAPEX | DMAIC | Fishbone Analysis | Fishbone Diagram | FMEA | Gemba | JIT | Kaizen | Kanban | KPIs | Lead Time | Muda | OEE | Pareto Chart | Poka Yoke | Root Cause | Run Charts | Safety and Environment | SMED | SIPOC | SMART Goals | Standard Work | SPC | SQC | Takt Time | TPM | TPS | TQM | Value Stream Mapping | Visual Factory | Visual Management | Voice of Customer : Access | Adobe Acrobat | Advanced Excel (Macros / Pivot Tables)| AS/400 | EDI | E-Drawings | Google Docs | Kronos | Lotus Notes | Kronos | Minitab | MS Dynamics ERP | MS Office Suite | MS Project | MS Teams | Publisher | Skype | SPC/SPC4 | Visio | Workday | Zoom

Experience

1. Quality Assurance Manager

   Amcor

   Aug 2022 — Present

   Manage the overall quality strategy and program for a 24/7 4-shift 600K sq ft. manufacturing facility with 265 employees, and accountable for the $200K OpEx departmental budget, ensuring products were inspected and packaged in accordance with customer specifications (Coca-Cola, Pepsi, Johanna Foods, Tropicana, and Welch’s).• Direct the quality assurance department and quality control laboratory, leading a team of 11, including quality leads, specialists, inspectors, and technicians.• Lead GFSI audits by developing planning and training programs to ensure readiness for all food safety, GMP, HACCP, AIB, and quality programs.• Enhance the quality policies and procedures and drive continuous improvement through the use of Statistical Process Control (SPC) to control and measure quality while monitoring the manufacturing process. • Facilitated the use of lean manufacturing and Six Sigma methodology utilizing 5Y, Fishbone, CAPA, Kaizen events, and DMAIC to increase quality, reduce scrap, and address customer complaints with corrective actions.• Designed and implemented comprehensive personnel training and validation programs to ensure uniform quality standards were defined and expectations communicated effectively.• Initiated and led cross-functional management reviews of quality, conducting monthly meetings to evaluate operational inputs and outputs, driving continuous improvement in operational quality.• Conduct internal audits to ensure adherence to established policies and various standards.• Analyzed KPI performance trends and developed strategies to optimize performance and address deficiencies. • Reduced claims by 52%+ and claims dollars by 21% within 2 years• Decreased vendor incidents by 25+• Reduction in total customer complaints by 28%• Drove Cost $750K+ in cost savings in the first year• Led diverse teams toward the initial GFSI audit, resulting in an AIB/GFSI audit score of 95%

Education

• Barnes Business Solutions, Inc.

  Certification

  1988 — 1990

Skills

• Supply Chain Management
• Management
• Team Building
• Six Sigma
• Quality Auditing
• Quality Management
• Operations Management
• Continuous Improvement
• Lean Manufacturing
• Process Engineering
• Food Safety
• Quality Assurance
• Quality System
• Spc
• Dmaic
• Operational Excellence
• Inventory Control
• Plastics
• Project Management
• Cross-Functional Team Leadership
• Iso
• Root Cause Analysis
• 5s
• Tpm
• Purchasing
• Manufacturing
• Process Improvement
• Production Planning
• Manufacturing Operations Management
• Supply Chain
• Kaizen
• Training
• Haccp