Jeff Ford
Senior Sourcing and Supplier Quality Manager at Great Plains Manufacturing, Inc.
- Role
- Senior Manager for Sourcing and Supplier Quality at Great Plains Manufacturing, Inc.
- Location
- Ellsworth, KS, US
- LinkedIn followers
- 500 followers
About Jeff Ford
Project EngineeringProduction Manager over high volume manufacturing areaQuality Engineering / ManagementSPCOracleISO Auditing 9001:2015, 14001, 45001Specialties: Application ReviewWarranty Processes and RecoveryRapid Continuous ImprovementSupplier Certification - Supplier AuditsHydraulics Supply ChainCasting Supply ChainPDM / Sustaining Engineering Management
Experience
Senior Manager for Sourcing and Supplier Quality
Great Plains Manufacturing, Inc.
Mar 2026 — Present
Education
Pittsburg State University
BS - Mechanical Engineering Technology, Mechanical Engineering, Quality, Foundry and Metallurgy
1990 — 1994
Skills
- Gd&T
- Supply Management
- Kanban
- Asset Management
- 5s
- Tpm
- Manufacturing
- Dmaic
- Manufacturing Engineering
- Pro Engineer
- Tqm
- Engineering Management
- Production Planning
- Spc
- Manufacturing Operations
- Continuous Improvement
- Kaizen
- Fmea
- Product Development
- Materials Management
- Hydraulics
- Value Stream Mapping
- Process Improvement
- Six Sigma
- Ppap
- Operations Management
- Process Engineering
- Root Cause Analysis
- Black Belt
- Management
- Engineering
- Supply Chain Management
- Automotive
- Mrp
- Supply Chain
- Design for Manufacturing
- Industrial Engineering
- Lean Manufacturing
- Solidworks
- Manufacturing Operations Management
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