Gail Gassner 775-217-9669

La Pine, Oregon braccgd@hotmail.com

Summary of Areas of Expertise Manufacturing operations supervisory

management

Purchasing & raw materials supervisory management

Standardized process implementation & facilitation

Project management

Education Bachelor of Science Technical & Operations Management DeVry University

SAP ERP functional development, training & utilization

Quality analysis/quality engineering ISO, OSHA compliance auditing &

document control Chemical, physical, metallurgical

inspection & testing Associate of Science Mathematics Western Nevada College

Skills & Experience Overview 18 + combined years manufacturing, inventory and quality assurance management and

support

15+ years functional experience – SAP key user

12+ years SAP Administrator:

Master data creation and maintenance

o Transaction development and facilitation

o Training – developing materials and conducting sessions

o Materials management

o Batch management

o Materials specification for inspection and quality control

o Inspection planning

o Certification of analysis, compliance, conformity

o Forms and outputs layouts

o Security/authorization management

o Project management – upgrades and implementations, global deployment

Manufacturing sample analysis – incoming materials, in-process, and final

Materials movement and certification

Production order control from order receipt to finished goods inventory and shipment

R&D quality engineering, instrumentation qualification

Process and procedure development, change management, and document control

Internal ISO 9001 auditor (certified)

Customer/vendor relations, vendor qualification

Quality and lean manufacturing concepts such as VSM, FMEA, 5S+1, statistical process control, and root cause analysis

Excellence in professional communication

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Professional History

MiniMachine Inc, Bend, OR 08/2015- Present Director, Quality & Manufacturing Processes

Responsibilities:

Executive management of daily operations on and off production floor

Responsibility for order fulfillment, procurement, production, inspection, and shipping

Purchasing activities including supplier/vendor qualification, Approved Supplier List upkeep

and adherence, materials and tooling procurement, MRO procurement, cost

optimization/negotiation, order placement, purchase order creation, and all associated

communications throughout organization

Inspection plan creation, per drawing specification

Inspection instrumentation programming

QMS system restructuring to meet ISO compliance requirements

ISO internal and external audit response activities

NCMR/CAPA activities from initiation through completion

Metrics development, training, and monitoring, including scrap and rework, customer

satisfaction, on-time delivery, training, CAPA completion, utilization, productivity, inventory

turns

Process validation

Customer relationship development and management

Vendor relationship development and management

Training system development, implementation, records, and maintenance

Equipment and facility maintenance planning

Resource allocation

Employee performance coaching/empowerment

Relief operator, inspector, shipper

Conflict resolution

Two Old Hippies LLC, Bend, OR 01/2014-11/2014 Breedlove, Bedell, Weber Acoustic Stringed Instruments Wood Manager

Responsibilities:

Implementation and facilitation of a standardized international timber species trade

system, guided by CITES and Lacey Act criteria

Wood warehouse management, including supervision of wood warehouse staff, inventory

control, timber breakdown yield and fallout control, storage facility layout and design,

chain of custody documentation for regulatory compliance

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Professional History (continued)

Research and communications in international trade in timber species – US Fish and

Wildlife Service, USDA Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service (APHIS), US Customs and

Border Patrol, and all global CITES management authorities

Administration of permits and certifications for export in and international travel with

regulated species

SAP B1 functional key user in purchasing, business partners, inventory, and production

modules

Data mining, collection, and metrics reporting

Initialization of standardized internal processes via procedures, forms, training,

recordkeeping, and approval hierarchies

Overseeing of analytical testing of soundboards and subsequent results reporting

Creation and maintenance of traceability methods throughout entire production processes,

from raw materials to finished goods

Vendor/business partner relations

Wood raw materials purchase orders, goods receipts, and all relevant MRP transactions

Kennametal Inc, Fallon, NV 02/1998-10/2013 Quality Analyst

Responsibilities:

Management of daily sample analysis including chemical, physical, and magnetic properties

Equipment installation, calibration, and maintenance

Execution of metallurgical manufacturing laboratory operations, including XRF, Leco

carbon/sulfur and oxygen/nitrogen determinators, titrators, furnaces, strength testers,

hardness testers, presses, material preparation equipment such as mills, surface grinders,

diamond saws, specimen polishers, coercimeters, magnetic saturation multimeters, particle

size determinators

Materials preparation for inspection and testing, i.e. pulverizing, oxidizing, fusing/fluxing,

delubing, cross-sectioning, mounting, polishing, etching

Metallographic and microstructural analysis

Incoming materials inspection, vendor qualification

Administration of the quality module of SAP

Research and development, quality engineering

Process and procedure development, document control

Customer specification and response management

Application of LEAN manufacturing principles such as VSM, 5S+1, FMEA, TPM, SPC

ISO 9001 quality auditing (certified), OSHA compliance auditing

Process change standardization and facilitation

Hazardous materials handling