Kyle Edwards

About Kyle Edwards

Results-driven professional with exceptional leadership skills, an extensive background…

Experience

1. Senior Development Engineer

   Continental

   Jul 2018 — Present · Fort Mill, SC, US

   Responsible for the research, development and introduction of commercial vehicle tires in the South American markets. Project/Task force leadership including cooperation with manufacturing, marketing, sales, customer service and external customers. Ownership of design concepts, FMEAs, Stage Gate presentations, Technical Specifications and design for new products. Ensure production release and start of production of new and transfer products in cooperation with the relevant departments in the plant, logistics and sales and marketing. Identify / Implement new technologies into existing design concepts. Defined the market monitoring and field testing strategy for new developments. Ensure quality goals are maintained for current production of these products.> Led the Cross-functional Value Generation efforts to improve cost, performance and production efficiency> Developed and launched the Gen 3 Construction On/Off tire line> Primary training lead for new tire developers

Education

• North Carolina Agricultural and Technical State University

  Bachelors of Science, Mechanical Engineering

  1992 — 1997

Skills

• Project Management
• Continuous Improvement
• Quality Management
• Product Development
• Analysis
• Apqp
• Change Management
• Six Sigma
• Management
• Quality Auditing
• Design for Manufacturing
• Quality Assurance
• Microsoft Office
• Process Improvement
• Manufacturing Engineering
• Leadership
• Manufacturing
• Chrysler
• Ts16949
• Ms Office Suite
• Ford
• Lean Manufacturing
• Program Management
• Ppap
• Automotive
• Cross-Functional Team Leadership
• Supplier Quality
• Gage R&R
• Team Leadership
• Fmea
• Crm
• Engineering Management
• Microsoft Project
• Visio
• Software Documentation
• Root Cause Analysis
• Kaizen
• 5 Why
• Dvp&R
• Project Planning