David Colvin
Buseck
Summary
Committed Specialist with over 10 years experience advising and developing suppliers for improved measurable output. Forges productive working relationships to aid business growth.
Administrative passionate leader experienced in business operations and team oversight . Seeks opportunities to improve processes, procedures and practices.
Excels with minimal supervision and decisively approaches problems to improve internal supply chain , supplier performance and overall team ability.
Overview
15
15
years of professional experience
3
3
years of post-secondary education
Work history
Supplier Development Specialist
Collins Aerospace
Lippstadt
08.2018 - Current
- Full leadership and Responsibility for the performance and development of key suppliers of aircraft parts, accounting for multi million euro spends across Multiple Business units.
- Assessment of supplier systems across QMS and OMS.
- Perform capacity analysis of suppliers, identifying risk and implementing risk mitigation plans.
- Work collaboratively with suppliers utilizing full tool kit of lean tools and continuous improvement tool kit.
- Implementation of containment actions of any identified parts quality issues.
- Presentation of supplier status and development initiatives to Senior Management Team.
- Creation and maintenance of documentation around procedures, QA records and historical data.
Quality Engineer – Boeing Conformity lead
Goodrich Lighting Systems - Interiors
Lippstadt
02.2017 - 07.2018
- Monitored and assessed Boeing quality performance to gauge progress.
- Improved product quality by completing company, system and compliance audits.
- Prioritised conflicting requirements, meeting tight deadlines and keeping projects on-task.
- Coordinated closely with appropriate teams to implement necessary process and procedural changes to prevent quality issue recurrence.
- Drafted corrective actions for non-conforming products and continued quality improvements.
- Defined corrective actions for non-conforming products and complaints for continued quality improvements.
- Lead contact point for Boeing conformity inspections
- Researched and wrote Conformity process plan for GLS
- Conformed and approved over 20+ electrical and environmental test set-ups on behalf of Boeing.
- Applied assorted quality methods to improve quality and production across the Boeing product line.
- Coordinated Boeing Supplier Quality activities for GLS with the supplier quality representative from Boeing.
Project Specialist
Verify Inc
11.2013 - 02.2017
- Tracked and communicated project status, timelines and action items from project inception to delivery.
- Monitored health and safety measures for guaranteed compliance.
- Defined project scope, milestones and task allocation to establish and maintain clear progress plans.
- Source inspected a wide range of aircraft parts to include: Aircraft seats(Recaro), Aircraft galleys(Sell, Bucher) and rubber products(Copper standard)
- Inspected parts for quality both visually and using Blue print drawings.
- Inspect and conform parts to Boeing engineering standard.
- Conformed and approved over 200+ electrical and environmental test set-ups on behalf of Boeing.
US Army Civil Affairs Specialist(P)
US Army
Wiesbaden
04.2009 - 04.2011
- Created and published quarterly organizational newsletter.
- Maintained, lead and supervised a team of 5 soldiers in my section
- Created progress reports ,reviewed reports and council soldiers in my section
- trained in cross cultural communication to effectively communicate with all types of people
- trained and excelled in giving detailed reports to commanders on potential improvement projects in disaster effected areas; to include cost/effectiveness ratios, personnel requirements and vehicle readiness reports
- Effectively maintained commander vehicle to include; scheduled maintenance, vehicle inspections and basic repairs.
- Coordinated and supervised multiple internal programs and special events.
Education
Bachelor of Business Administration - Business Ethics/ Business leadership
University of Maryland University College
Maryland / USA 08.2009 - 05.2012
Skills
- Risk assessment
- Effective communicator
- Risk mitigation
- Quality systems and APQP, PPAP processes
- Lean Systems & Tools
- Leadership skills
Affiliations
- American Football Coach
Languages
German
Fluent
Timeline
Supplier Development Specialist
Collins Aerospace
08.2018 - Current
Quality Engineer – Boeing Conformity lead
Goodrich Lighting Systems - Interiors
02.2017 - 07.2018
Project Specialist
Verify Inc
11.2013 - 02.2017
Bachelor of Business Administration - Business Ethics/ Business leadership
University of Maryland University College
08.2009 - 05.2012
US Army Civil Affairs Specialist(P)
US Army
04.2009 - 04.2011
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