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Dave Zwarts

Corporate Quality Manager

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5504 DR Veldhoven
Netherlands

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Globally oriented senior manager with a cross-cultural approach and wide experience in the field of product quality (at a strategic level)
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within a B2B and technical factory environment. Result and quality driven people manager. Creating
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deploying and executing a quality policy to continuously increase robustness of processes
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products
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and services with the aim to maximize customer satisfaction.
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Edit Chairman Parents Council for St. Ursula, Wellness (sauna), Latin & Ballroom dancing, Member of the Think Tank "reducing drop outs", Solar Energy, Badminton.
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Professional experience (14 years, 10 months)

Apr 2011 - present
(2 years, 3 months)

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Dec 2011 - Aug 2012
(9 months)

Sr. Product Quality & Maintenance Manager

Philips Healthcare, http://www.healthcare.philips.com/main

Industry: Medical Services
May 2010 - Apr 2011
(1 year)

Product Quality Manager

Dorel, http://www.dorel.com

Industry: Consumer Goods
Jun 2007 - May 2010
(3 years)

Customer Complaint Manager

Oce / Canon, http://www.oce.com

Industry: Print Media
Jul 2004 - Jun 2007
(3 years)

Project Manager

Scheuten Solar | Glass (Germany), http://www.scheutensolar.com/company/production-facilities?language_switch=1

Industry: Energy
Sep 2002 - Aug 2004
(2 years)

Sr. Production & Quality Engineer

A.J. Jobo Lda (Portugal), http://www.ajlobo.com/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=24&Itemid=62

Industry: Energy
Oct 1999 - Sep 2002
(3 years)

Manufacturing Engineer

Shell Solar, http://www.shell.com

Industry: Energy
Sep 1998 - Oct 1999
(1 year, 2 months)

Researcher

Shell Solar, http://www.shell.com

Industry: Energy

Educational background

2000 - 2002

Fontys University
Business Engineering, Bachelor

Acquired competences: business economics, information engineering, industrial production, supply chain management, operations research, product management, qualitative methods: SPC, QFD, FMEA, Six Sigma, Measurement System Analysis, Ishikawa
1995 - 1998

Fontys University
Chemical Engineering, Bachelor

Process Engineering

Languages

Dutch (First language), English (Fluent), German (Good knowledge)

About me

See also my LinkedIn profile for more details: http://nl.linkedin.com/in/davezwarts

Globally oriented senior manager with a cross-cultural approach and wide experience in the field of product quality (at a strategic level), within a B2B and technical factory environment.
Result and quality driven people manager. Creating, deploying and executing a quality policy to continuously increase robustness of processes, products, and services with the aim to maximize customer satisfaction.

Experience:

Transferred production lines within Europe.

Developed and implemented state of the art production lines including process and product innovation.

Managed all steps of product prototyping, development, industrialization and release to production.

Responsible for market introduction of new products in terms of product quality, safety and conformity.

Managed multidisciplinary 8D teams in the High-End industry for leading customers (Intel, IBM, Samsung, TSMC, Toshiba, Sony).

Leading continuous improvement projects worldwide related to product quality and assembly.

Specialismen

industrial production, product (quality) management, continuous manufacturing improvement, SPC, QFD, FMEA, Six Sigma, Ishikawa, Total Quality Management, 8D complaint handling, CAPA.