Carlos Blauth Email & Phone Number

State Of Paraná, Brazil

Curitiba, Parana, Brazil

Curitiba, Parana, Brazil

Curitiba, Parana, Brazil

Curitiba, Brazil

• Responsible for the areas of Product Development, Technical Drawings, Mechanical Testing Laboratory and Packaging & Labeling
• I lead a team of 30 analysts and 3 coordinators in projects development passing through the concept receiving, 3D drawings creation, verification & validation tests, packaging definition and design up to prototypes.
• I actively participated in the management of 2 projects development for the implementation of the company new global brand in third segment called Nuvo
• Established and lead a multifunctional team to improve the quality of Neodent products in order to meet new markets needs in different countries
• Responsible for the engineering budget definition, approval and control; OPEX (2MBRL/year) and CAPEX (1.5MBRL/year)
• Weekly reporting the project status and R&D KPIs to the engineering direction

Curitiba, Brazil

• Responsible for the areas of Product Development, Process and Packaging
• Led a team of 10 engineers in the development of projects for Volkswagen and Renault from the design of the molds to the introduction of parts on the production line
• I worked directly on cost control, schedules agreed with customers and the quality level required of the parts produced for VW T-Cross, Polo, Virtus and Renault Kwid and Duster projects
• Weekly reporting of project status and engineering KPIs to the factory management and monthly to the headquarters executives
• Leadership of Simoldes project managers and acting as a facilitator with the clients
• Responsible for establishing and delegating action plans for problems reported by Production and Quality departments at the factory

Curitiba E Região, Brasil

• Cost reduction and parts localization management, parts development and quality improvement for all Nissan vehicles manufactured in BrazilKey Achievements:
• Managed reduction of the average car production cost by 11% through a comprehensive cost engineering and cost reduction strategy (Pure Technical, Right Sizing, Material Challenge and Localization) that yielded.
• Generated more than 1.4MUSD in savings per year by reducing import taxes from 16% to 2% across a number of vehicle parts through the Ex-Tarifario government program, acting as the interface between Customs Trade and R&D
• Led a team of 40 engineers across cost reduction, parts localization (tier 1 and tier N) and benchmarking with Renault projects
• Delivered weekly reports to the President of Nissan Brazil and top executives in Japan on the progress of cost reduction and localization initiatives
• Managed 4 Body engineers on 3 new projects (March, Versa and Kicks) that developed more than 500 BIW parts with local suppliers considering quality, cost and time

Curitiba E Região, Brasil

• < 1 year as Jr. Engineer | 2 years as Full Engineer | 3 years as Sr. Engineer >Cost reduction control, parts development and quality improvement for all Nissan vehicles manufactured in BrazilKey Achievements:
• Implemented 3 projects (Frontier, Livina and Grand Livina) with responsibility for body metal and local steel specification from quotation, technical reviews with suppliers, tooling development, parts production.
• Developed body metal parts for model year vehicles and facelifts
• Created a cross-functional process for cost reduction and parts localization control
• Increased projects’ local parts ratio through localization and parts sharing with Renault projects
• Managed field quality issues cross-functionally with quality control, process engineering, logistics, suppliers and dealers to reduce the TGW (Things Going Wrong) indicator

Curitiba E Região, Brasil

• AFTER SALES / R&D SUPPORT
• Translated R&D technical drawings to create dealers’ after sales parts catalog
• Defined the base subset of parts required for all dealers to hold in stock

Curitiba E Região, Brasil

• SPECIAL VEHICLES
• Created parts list based on in-line projects for non-standard vehicles
• Designed procedures for special vehicles assembly

Curitiba E Região, Brasil

• TESTS & PROTOTYPES ENGINEERING
• Supported R&D on new parts development and quality improvement
• Performed dynamic and bench tests to measure vehicles and new parts performance on buses and trucks

Curitiba E Região, Brasil

• QUALITY AUDITS
• Supported vehicles ‘audits to assure final product quality

Specialization, Project Management

1. Industrial Logistics 2. Project Management 3. Strategic Planning 4. Entrepreneurship 5. Risk Management 6. Business Process Mapping 7..

Bachelor Of Mechanical Engineer

Bachelor Of Mechanical Engineer