Brooke Schroeder

Experience

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  Maurices

  Jan 2004 - Jan 2006

  Sales Associate

  Carried-out basic retail duties. Built a strong rapport with loyal customers; strong ability to up-sale merchandise.

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  Carl Lamb & Associates

  May 2007 - May 2009

  Legal Assistant- Criminal

  Drafted legal documents and attended court hearings. Effectively communicated with clients via telephone conferences and meetings; anticipated and met clients’ needs while working efficiently. Substantiated work ethic through internship and expedited to full-time position as Legal Assistant. Responsibilities expanded to include: Criminal Legal Assistant, Accounting/Billing Management, & Coordinator of Indiana Heat.

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  Kilroy's Sports Bar

  May 2009 - Jun 2012

  Bartender

  Performed setup and service of daily operations at one of the top 40 bars in the nation. Entered orders into POS system; and perform heavy cash handling and reconciliation functions. Consistently commended by management for highest sales per-night averages (out of 20+ bartenders).

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  Caltherm, Corp

  Sept 2013 - Aug 2016

  Coordinate internal resources and suppliers for the flawless execution of a project. Ensure that all projects are delivered on-time, within scope and within budget. Assist in the definition of project scope and objectives, involving all relevant stakeholders and ensuring technical feasibility. Optimize resource capacity. Develop a detailed project plan to monitor and track progress utilizing APQP best practices. Manage changes to the project scope, project schedule, and project costs. Measure project performance using key performance indicators and dashboards. Develop alternative paths to rapidly recover from problems encountered throughout the project. Successfully manage the relationship with the customer to deliver objectives on time. Create and maintain comprehensive project documentation. Subject matter expert and lead trainer on engineering and product realization processes. Show less

  • Program Manager

    Dec 2015 - Aug 2016

  • Product Engineer Analyst

    Sept 2013 - Dec 2015
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  Honda Manufacturing of Indiana, LLC

  Sept 2016 - Aug 2018

  New Model Delivery Buyer

  Performs project management activity with supplier focusing on tooling and technical issues. Tracks new model tooling development. Assesses tooling, production process, and manufacturing methods at suppliers. Supports tool trials and provides guidance for technical troubleshooting. Issues drawings and data to suppliers, confirms impact to parts/tooling and assesses design change compensation request, and CRF cost and timing. Negotiates tooling schedule, lead time assessment, coordinates tool release and confirms tool maturation. Confirms supplier readiness against project targets at key stages in development, including process capacity. Orders and expedites parts for new model trials and other special test purposes. Establishes and negotiates trial part pricing. Conducts a transfer of relevant new model information to the mass production team. Manages one or more coordinator level special projects for the department and implements improvement plans. Performs drawing analysis and evaluates related impact to tooling and/or production. Assesses tooling lead times and design concepts. Trouble shoots mass production supply concerns by providing technical direction. Evaluates suppliers new model start up plans, processes, and design change requests. Show less

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  Honda Manufacturing of Indiana, LLC

  Jun 2019 - now

  Purchasing New Model Project Lead for Civic vehicle. Responsible for overall development, tooling release, and quality maturation of outsourced parts. Reporting units within New Model Development include Parts Delivery, Quality, Material Service, Packaging, and Transportation. Establish and manage overall budget for department-related investments and expenses, including exclusive parts returnable packaging. Oversee budget related to outsource tooling modification during new model development. Communicate status of supplier development, outsource part maturation, and related parts packaging to C-level executives throughout New Model development cycle. Responsible for mass production readiness and start of production launch for outsourced parts related to model project. Show less Purchasing New Model Delivery Project Lead for Insight and Civic vehicles. Develop specified action plan and manage key delivery activities for assigned new model project. Communicate project requirements and timing to the team. Support all project activities, including new model reviews, capacity concerns, BOM accuracy, tool maturation, and build event readiness. Develop and maintain new model database. Lead die go correlation with R & D. Manage event part ordering. Report project delivery status for all evaluations to upper management. Coordinate supplier selection with NAAP. Responsible for managing KPIs for assigned project. Work closely with project members, team managers, and plant to correlate key activities. Support team with technical issues or concerns. Work with team to roll up key reportable items. Present delivery portion for WARs and all other evaluations as required. Correlate tool kick-off timing and issuance with team. Coordinate design change application and confirm event readiness. Summarize critical part concerns and report as required. Show less Purchasing New Model Part Quality Project Lead for Insight vehicle. Summarize past problem history and coordination activity with PQ team. Review design changes to understand potential impacts to supplier’s process and coordinate activity. Support drawing review process for issue and review of Manufacturing Instructions, as needed. Support, review, and evaluate Countermeasure Request Forms to support design change activity. Develop, issue, and maintain all new model evaluation documentation, including but not limited to: quality standards, measurement lists, tolerance stack-ups, quality confirmation sheets, part detail, and schedules. Support new model quality QAV audit activity. Support quality maturation strategy for new model parts. Support supplier manufacturing quality documents ensuring all necessary quality points are included for final Part Approval. Support New Model, Mass Production, and Market Quality concern analysis. Support department activity to ensure all operations of the group meet the required Honda Quality procedures to maintain compliance. Lead trial event activity (data check, we are ready, part reviews) and coordinate/support activity with related manufacturing departments for color harmony, part fit, and shipping evaluations. Show less

  • New Model Purchasing Project Lead

    Jun 2021 - now

  • New Model Delivery Project Lead

    May 2018 - Apr 2022

  • New Model Part Quality Lead

    Jun 2019 - May 2020