Jim Kiker

About Jim Kiker

Experienced operations and continuous improvement professional, delivering value on all…

Experience

1. Quality Engineering Manager

   Cornerstone Building Brands

   Nov 2022 — Present

   Responsible for providing leadership, direction, and resource stewardship for the Factory Quality, Continuous Improvement and Engineering group. I will lead the execution of cross-functional strategies and plans that ensure we execute the company’s production system quality control roadmap. Reporting to the Plant Manager with a dotted line reporting to Corporate Quality Regional Leadership Foster a culture, including ways of working and behaviors, that is congruent with our mission, values, identify and implement ways of working that make quality first a shared mindset and a way of life at CBB. Focus will be on the process, not the individual Ability to build strong business relationships and work collaboratively across multiple functions. End to end quality responsibility: supplier, manufacturing, and customer satisfaction Support the development of the Cornerstone Quality Management System and lead the execution at the factory. Develops and executes effective methods for inspection, testing, sampling, and training. Monitor the customer satisfaction and internal metrics, drive initiatives and projects to improve quality as a competitive advantage. Support the development and drive the execution of the Cornerstone Production System Quality Control Pillar Develop and maintain the Quality Prioritization Matrix Lead and/or facilitate team problem solving for customer and internal quality issues to find true root cause, develop and execute Permanent Corrective Actions. Explore, identify, and execute new technologies that improve effectiveness of our quality control systems including error and mistake proof solutions. Understand that speed matters and is prompt with action and information, willing to make decisions based on calculated risks, and moves issues to closure by driving teams forward. Performs other duties as assigned.

Education

• Spartanburg Technical College

  Certified in Resistance Welding, Welding

  2000 — 2002

• Midlands Technical College

  Certification, Achieve Global Adult Teaching

  2005 — 2006

• Denmark Technical College

  Certified AWS Welding: Thin gauge MIG/SMAW; Trainer, Welding Technology/Welder

  2006 — 2008

• RHEMA Bible College

  Associate, Youth Counseling/Youth Ministry

  1985 — 1987

• Greenville Technical College

  Cetification in Statistical Process Control, Quality and Industrial Engineering Tools

  1999 — 2003

• GE College of Six Sigma

  Certification, Green Belt

  2004 — 2005

Skills

• Production
• Continuous Improvement
• Kaizen
• Iso
• Ergonomics
• Quality Systems
• Quality Assurance
• First Aid
• Minitab
• Safety
• Training Assessment
• Green Belt
• Training Skills
• Trees
• Ishikawa
• Microsoft Office
• Behavior Based Safety
• Bloodborne Pathogens
• Brazing
• Root Cause Analysis
• Manufacturing
• Welding
• 5s
• World Class Manufacturing
• Manufacturing Engineering
• Change Management
• Landscaping
• Industrial Engineering
• Poka Yoke
• Operational Excellence
• Six Sigma
• Aed
• Resistance Welding
• Quality Management
• Safety Auditing
• Msds
• Lean Manufacturing
• Machine Guarding
• Kanban
• Cellular Manufacturing