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Baja California, Mexico

Ensenada, Baja California, Mexico

Ensenada Area, Mexico

Quality manager for Ensenada Plant.Iconic electric guitars and amplifiers company. Rocking every day. - Quality at the source program implementation - Internal quality strategy creating AQL schemes for final inspection, process audits follow up, .- External quality follow up, creating a system to monitor performance in a weekly basis- Problem solving coordination, through data analysis and guidelines to manufacturing and engineering- Quality Academy, implementing… Show more Quality manager for Ensenada Plant.Iconic electric guitars and amplifiers company. Rocking every day. - Quality at the source program implementation - Internal quality strategy creating AQL schemes for final inspection, process audits follow up, .- External quality follow up, creating a system to monitor performance in a weekly basis- Problem solving coordination, through data analysis and guidelines to manufacturing and engineering- Quality Academy, implementing a quality culture in the organization in all levels.- QMS implementation (level 1 and 2 documentation)- SQE program implemented- NPI assessment from pre production stages, to final users information. Show less

Tijuana Area, Mexico

Hot tub manufacturing leaders in USA, Canada and Europe, 320 employees. Public company.Quality Sr. SupervisorAs a Sr. supervisor, I’m responsible of all the plant / process quality control, reporting in a direct line to the Corporate Quality manager in Vista CA. and as dotted line to the Operations Director in Mexico. Managing a staff of 9 members, 1 QC group lead, 7 inspectors and 1 QC Jr. engineer, my responsibility starts at incoming inspection passing through all the production… Show more Hot tub manufacturing leaders in USA, Canada and Europe, 320 employees. Public company.Quality Sr. SupervisorAs a Sr. supervisor, I’m responsible of all the plant / process quality control, reporting in a direct line to the Corporate Quality manager in Vista CA. and as dotted line to the Operations Director in Mexico. Managing a staff of 9 members, 1 QC group lead, 7 inspectors and 1 QC Jr. engineer, my responsibility starts at incoming inspection passing through all the production process and ends in the final inspection once the spa has been wrapped.Main Accomplishments.- New Suppliers audits/approval, for raw material and services.- Cost reduction projects for over $300,000 dollars a year, eliminating non value added steps in the production process, and selection of new suppliers.- Implementation of Corrective and Preventive actions system.- New products introduction, coordinating teams and implementing action plans- Coordinator of 3rd party audits (UL, ETL, IAPMO, TUV etc) Show less

Tijuana Area, Mexico

Quality-crafted kitchen and bath fixtures and fittings, accessories, lighting and mirrors ranging from mid to luxury price points. Metal finishing processes, polish/satin, plating, powder coating. Masco Group.Quality assurance and manufacturing engineering supervisorMy mission in Brasstech was to create a quality system, including the definition of inspection stages/methods/criteria, and a functional quality control department. As well as improve the assembly methods, implementation… Show more Quality-crafted kitchen and bath fixtures and fittings, accessories, lighting and mirrors ranging from mid to luxury price points. Metal finishing processes, polish/satin, plating, powder coating. Masco Group.Quality assurance and manufacturing engineering supervisorMy mission in Brasstech was to create a quality system, including the definition of inspection stages/methods/criteria, and a functional quality control department. As well as improve the assembly methods, implementation of work instructions, manufacturing cells, etc.Main Accomplishments- I have established a functional quality department, 1 Quality engineer, 1 supervisor, and 8 inspectors.- Implementation of a basic quality system based in ISO 9001 principles, work instructions, procedures, visual aids, corrective and preventive actions system.- KPI implementation (Metrics) Scrap rate, Rework %, FPY, Customer complains, internal rejections.- Rework reduction from 45% aprox to 3% ($120K dlls annually) defining acceptance/rejection criteria.- Cost reduction projects for over $ 200,000 dlls. Show less

Tijuana Area, Mexico

Lead company in North-West Mexico and South of California in injection molding, parts and assemblies for industrial, commercial, medical and automotive industry. Private Company.Quality ManagerMaintaining the quality system in place, ISO 9000 certified, handling automotive, medical, industrial and commercial products. Managing a staff of 2 quality engineers, 1 supervisor, 4 technicians, and 8 inspectors, 24/7 operations in 4 shifts. Handling and following the customers complains… Show more Lead company in North-West Mexico and South of California in injection molding, parts and assemblies for industrial, commercial, medical and automotive industry. Private Company.Quality ManagerMaintaining the quality system in place, ISO 9000 certified, handling automotive, medical, industrial and commercial products. Managing a staff of 2 quality engineers, 1 supervisor, 4 technicians, and 8 inspectors, 24/7 operations in 4 shifts. Handling and following the customers complains, direct relationship with customers and suppliers, offering support in problems solving and criteria definition to production and customers, reporting directly to the plant manager.Main Accomplishments- Maintain the actual system, maintaining the ISO 900 certification, UL certification, and 3rd part programs like Sony/Samsung green partnership- Scrap reduction projects, Continuous improvement projects- Implementation of inspection and control plans, PPAP’s .- Customer service improvement, reducing from 48hrs to 4hrs reaction time.- New products introduction,- 3M new product implementation, ultrasonic welding process, work instructions, visual aids, determine process parameters, assembly methods, inspection specifications, to achieve 3M requirements- Document control implementation.- SPC implementation. Quality charts, scrap monitoring. Show less

Industrial Engineering, Quality Control Technology/Technician

Black Belt, Six Sigma