Benjamin Fredericks

Experience

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  Trident Industries LLC

  Oct 2012 - Nov 2013

  Manufacturing Assistant - Milling Operations

  • Create CAD models and CAM programs to design and CNC mill parts from customer requests• Operate & maintain a Haas CNC Milling machine• In charge of quality control & final parts finishing

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  SL Tennessee

  Nov 2013 - now

  SL-Tennessee is a leading Tier 1 global automotive supplier of chassis and lighting components that is focused on delivering superior value to its customers through innovative designs, processes, and World Class Manufacturing. • Global Program Manager for D2LC (Chevy Cruze) program• Maintain and utilize visual management board of all current and future launching programs to chair meetings, which result in updates and actions for completion of key milestones.• Conduct engineering change management meetings to coordinate customer launch EWO’s, TWO’s, and ECO’s.• Conduct meetings with engineering staff and customer to resolve customer issues in a timely manner.• Conduct weekly PDT meetings with all program managers to track action items on a weekly basis for all launching programs.• Coordinate all pre-SOP deliverables (PPP, MRD, Proto) and PPAP activities for launching programs.• Track and communicate Product, Equipment, and Line development status to upper management. Show less • Member of Cross-functional core team responsible for assuring the quality of the launch of new platform programs.• Eliminate defects, increase customer satisfaction, and achieve cost savings with APQP and Lean Manufacturing techniques.• Champion customer concern resolutions and implement/follow-up on all corrective actions (5 phase/why, 8D).• Develop quality documents including PPAP submissions, FMEAs, flow charts, statistical studies (CPK), Gage R&R, etc.• Proactively communicate potential quality problems to core team, and coordinate the sorting and containment of faulty or suspicious finished product. Show less

  • Operations Manager

    Jun 2021 - now

  • Launch Manager

    Mar 2019 - Jun 2021

  • Regional Program Launch Manager

    Feb 2016 - Feb 2019

  • Product Development Engineer

    Nov 2013 - Feb 2016