Hojin Kwak

Experience

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  Republic of Korea Army

  Mar 2000 - Jun 2002

  Signal and Training Officer
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  LG Electronics

  Jul 2002 - Jul 2006

  Quality Assurance Manager

  Quality manager for parts and Manufacturing quality manager at Vacuum Cleaner division.Quality manager for Cost of Quality and field quality of Vacuum cleaner and Microwave Oven.

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  GE Appliances, a Haier company

  Aug 2006 - now

  •Provide leadership and expertise to Sourced Finish Goods Supplier Quality management in Asia•Develop strategy of Supplier Quality Management of all GEA SFG global supplier quality organization and train all GEA PQEs including Asia & USA.•Drive the implementation of GE Appliances Quality initiative/procedures in suppliers, improvement project for reducing COQ $$ of all Sourced Products.•Lead new supplier development with Sourcing team for supporting business strategic initiatives including supply base optimization, MCTO etc.•Own all Sourced Product team in Asia and mentoring/coaching young leader in PQE team. •Develop and standardize the Manufacturing Control Plan(MCP) for all sourced product lines including REF, Air-con, Washer, MWO and other products to ensure good quality product.•Work with Cross Functional team to lead NPI quality task and support NPI project of all product lines in USA and Asia. Show less

  • Senior Director Supplier Qulaity

    Sept 2021 - now

  • Director Supplier Quality

    Jan 2019 - Sept 2021

  • Team Leader - Product Quality Engineer for all Asia sourced finish goods

    Apr 2017 - Dec 2018

  • Quality Leader(PQM) of Microwave Oven

    Apr 2011 - Mar 2017

  • Quality Engineer

    Aug 2006 - Mar 2011