Dhaaval Ponkiya

Quality Manager @ Talent Tools & Die, Inc. | MEng,

Role
Quality Manager at Freeway Corporation
Location
Cleveland, OH, US
LinkedIn followers
500 followers

About Dhaaval Ponkiya

Currently, I am Looking for full time job position and I have 3+ years of Professional…

Experience

  1. Quality Manager

    Freeway Corporation

    Jun 2025 — Present

    Responsible for overseeing the company’s QMS to maintain ISO 9001:2015 compliance and leading the upgrade to IATF 16949:2016- Key responsibilities include developing and maintaining the Quality Manual, Control Plans, PFMEAs, and linked documentation to improve system integration and audit readiness- managing internal, process, and dock audits with a clause-based program that reduces external findings- coordinating PPAP Level 3 submissions, corrective actions (SCAR/CAR), and quality concerns with major customers to maintain on-time approval; and leading root cause analysis, corrective actions, and Management Review meetings to track objectives and customer satisfaction- Additional responsibilities include applying GD & T principles in drawing reviews and inspections of stamping and welding parts, maintaining part-level traceability through Julian coding, lot tracking, and pallet labeling to ensure 100% containment of non-conforming material, strengthening layered process audits (LPA) and first piece approvals (FPA) to reduce in-process defects, collaborating with production, tooling, shipping, and purchasing to improve first-pass yield, and standardizing document control, calibration programs, and training initiatives to achieve full compliance.

Education

  • SAL INSTITUTE OF TECH. & ENGG. RESEARCH, AHMEDABAD 067

    Automobile Engineering, Engineering

    2015 — 2019

  • Cleveland State University

    Master of Engineering - MEng, Mechanical Engineering

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