Gabriele Pellegrini

• Assist customer / supplier in process set up. • Perform product / process audits. • Managing relationships between customer, supplier and sub suppliers to develop strategic objectives and then lead operational and tactical deployment of resources to lead key initiatives. • Interface with customer and supplier regarding quality issues and specifications. Achievements: • Deployed resources to highest impact processes and improved line balance. • Involved staff to increase understanding, ac

• Responsible for setting up internal quality targets, process improvement and cultural change. • Line set up for new product – line balance and inspection criteria. Achievements: • Improved scrap rate by 50% by co-ordinating teams and standardised work. • Set up a defect library and inspections criteria for new products.

• Responsible for internal and external audits and follow up, steering and co-ordinating the corrective actions. • Set up projects abroad in relation with pro active containment of components for the automotive industry. Calculate and negotiate incurred costs. • Address and provide training for employees. • Provide external and internal training. • Set up strategy and goals for acquisition of new projects, both automotive and non automotive. Achievements: • Improved employees awareness en

• Set up internal quality manual according to TS 16949 quality standards. • Implement and supervise continuous improvement projects • Perform system audits • Supervise a team of 4 quality inspectors, quality engineers and 2 CMM operators • Weekly visits to the customer to discus quality issues, negotiate PPM figures and debit notes. Achievements: • Reduced in 3 years the PPM rate from 600,000 to 30, saving the company +/- 300K €/year. • Improved communications between customer and the company.

• Daily follow up of prototype orders. • Negotiate with suppliers delivery timings, delivery instructions, tooling cost, follow up piece price and type of packaging. Achievements: • Reduced prototype costs for new Corolla by 8,5%.

• Purchase of direct and indirect materials • Price negotiations with suppliers, delivery conditions and timings, payment conditions. • Optimise supplier data base. Achievements: • Reduced supplier base by 35%.

• Analyse customers orders • Prepare short term and long term forecasts • Set departmental goals • Visit regularly manufacturing plants abroad. • Regular visits to the customer. • Reduce airfreight costs by 25% by pro active actions such as setting up an inter changeability matrix together with our design department. • Reduced balance out costs by 15% due to the above and due to correct rework actions. • Co ordinate and investigate all engineering and quality issues • Co ordinate logistical issues b

• Supervise 32 technicians on a day to day job activity • Keep all maintenance files up to date • Lead total quality care projects – continuous improvement projects • Set up spare parts list • Set up data base for technical documentation Achievements: • Introduced new preventive maintenance system based on outcome of continuous improvement projects, reduced down time by 35%. • Introduced new preventive maintenance system in a plant in the United States. Improved down time here also with 25%.