Edgar Secrest

Background

About Edgar Secrest

Global manufacturing and supplier management experience in diverse manufacturing verticals: Healthcare, Plastics, Aerospace, and Retail Merchandising Fixtures and Components. • Proven history of developing and leading domestic and global manufacturing suppliers to increased profits, improved customer satisfaction, reduced defects / downtime, and passing internal / external audits. • Specializing in the development and implementation of operational decision making systems and procedures for global and domestic supply partners across all operational areas. • Proven understanding of manufacturing, operations, finance, and marketing. Effective team – building across the entire supply chain operations. • Areas of Expertise: Quality Management, Operations Management, Engineering Management, and Project Management. Trained In- Project Management Methodology, Malcolm Baldrige, Customer Satisfaction, Procurement Quality, Manufacturing for Productivity, Excellence in Manufacturing - Certified Senior ISO Auditor (IQS) and Certified Quality Auditor (CQA)- Patent in Quality Sampling methods, and Speaker at ASQC Conference in Supplier/Customer Partnerships - Quality Systems Development (ISO, QS, FDA, TQM)- LEAN Training & Workshops - Project Management Certificate, Kent State University