Gerardo Suarez

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Plant Engineering Manager (Advanced Lean Manufacturing, and Operations Reliability) @ Nemak
Monterrey, N.L., MX
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Monterrey, Nuevo León, Mexico, Mexico
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About Gerardo Suarez

Experience in strategic manufacturing since food & beverage, satellite communications, foundry and automotive manufacturing industry, iron and steel, Plastic Extrusion & technical service and consulting with good rate of success. Managing business operational systems, engineering strategic planning, business diagnostics & strategy formulation, process reengineering, manufacturing capacity projects, R&D and Innovation , energy management, assets maintenance reliability with progressive maintenance strategy & lead engineering for design, simulation, process automation, technical developing. Art to apply the right lean tool & in the right place, aligning operations floor with the board room. Lead teams to execute projects in lean manufacturing and innovation projects like VSM/SMED/NPMS/TPM/ANDON/RCM/JIT, develop of work-systems, with high performance teams, to impact on ROI with Cash flow & Ebitda in a sustainable way.

Gerardo Suarez's Current Company Details
Nemak

Nemak

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Plant Engineering Manager (Advanced Lean Manufacturing, and Operations Reliability)
Monterrey, N.L., MX
Website:
nemak.com
Employees:
8324
Gerardo Suarez Work Experience Details
  • Nemak
    Plant Engineering Manager (Advanced Lean Manufacturing, And Operations Reliability)
    Nemak
    Monterrey, N.L., Mx
  • Nemak
    Plant Engineering Manager (Advanced Lean Manufacturing,& Operations Reliability)
    Nemak Jun 2018 - Present
    Villa De Garcia, Nuevo Leon, Mx
    Looking always for an optimized advanced manufacturing solutions with lean & business cases solutions since product design to manufacturing concept. Operatives & Maintenance systems looking reliability & its operative infrastructure redesign. Innovations on process , equipments. Managing 15-20 Musd per year of Capex & Opex for new & actual product manufacturing equipment and different kind of projects revamps, upgrades and manufacturing improvements for operations performance like safety , environmental productivity, quality and cost. Appliyng the Right Lean Tools for Right Shop Floor enviroments.
  • Nemak
    Plant Eng. Manager ( Operations Turn Around Special Assignation)
    Nemak Sep 2017 - May 2018
    Villa De Garcia, Nuevo Leon, Mx
    Focus on operational excellence practices & assets reliability, maintenance systems and infrastructure & its operative infrastructure redesign. With assets 300 Musd assets with operational and maintenance budgets of 30 Musd /year & Capex projects 4 Musd per year, upgrading manufacturing practices to recover the way in operational performance in all aspects like safety, environmental, productivity, quality and cost.
  • Nemak
    Manufacturing Projects Manager
    Nemak Jan 2017 - Dec 2017
    Villa De Garcia, Nuevo Leon, Mx
    Lead high impact projects that focus on systemic, innovation & benchmark projects that impact directly on a specific business target like systemic projects that improve business performance on productivity, quality, cost , via lean core tools , product & process innovation and performance. Like deeply bench mark projects that make difference between plants and execute re-gain technological positioning on technologies.
  • Nemak
    Operations Manager
    Nemak May 2015 - Jan 2017
    Villa De Garcia, Nuevo Leon, Mx
    Direct 6 Line Managers, 24 Supervisors, & 1200 blue collar peopleI was in charge to run the operation of production, quality & quality assurance, maintenance execution of a plant of 2.8 Millions of units & sales 250Musd and assets of 130 musd with world class standards of safety, quality & efficiency applying lean core tools practices, we develop a great project to improve and maximize the output of casting shop via core shop dynamic system inventory decisions that help shop leaders to take decisions of what die must to run with the machine in the next 20 Hrs, we reduce downtimes by 15%, we won the better service provider for Nissan USA.
  • Nemak
    Plant Engineering Manager
    Nemak Apr 2013 - Apr 2015
    Villa De Garcia, Nuevo Leon, Mx
    Business cases, installation & capacity planning of manufacturing solutions projects for new products, plant engineering and prototypes innovations projects, managing projects of order of 18-20 Musd per year with my team we develop different kind of projects like innovations that improve our performance in capex investment efficiency, operations performance like productivity, quality and cost.
  • Nemak
    Advanced Manufacturing & Projects Manager
    Nemak May 2012 - Mar 2013
    Villa De Garcia, Nuevo Leon, Mx
    I am in charge of a great team that specifies, selects and implements infrastructure and systems manufacturing machines of our products, on time and with the standards requirements of our customers in terms of quality, delivery and quantity. As well as alternatives that offer improved returns to our shareholders with high standards of excellence and performance.
  • Nemak
    Planning & Maintenance Engineering Supt.
    Nemak May 2004 - May 2012
    Villa De Garcia, Nuevo Leon, Mx
    Plant & maintenance engineering area, main function on asset management with the aim of improving operational continuity resulting in productivity, efficiency and cost reduction through continuously improve equipment reliability, with the strategy of systematic management, applying proven reliability & lean core tools philosophy as VSM, Kaizen, TPM. Additional to this role we work with the management to develop and implement strategies for systemic work methods that generate and keep the "continuous improvement" live.
  • Nemak
    Specialist Consultant Bu Mexico
    Nemak Nov 1999 - May 2004
    Villa De Garcia, Nuevo Leon, Mx
    Lead an engineering team focused on business reengineering projects, between most important projects are: Econometrics Business Modeling related on the Industry for forecasting and trends, Implementation and deploy of automatic filling control for the aluminum mono-block by a design high response valve, it was a innovator breakthrough to produce high quality aluminum mono-blocks. Another project consist on develop a dynamic adaptable temperature mold control , that reduce meaningfully the variations on quality and mechanicals properties. And the last one was the automating supply chain molten metal sourcing control reducing lead time for deliver and reduce energy and consumables this save 1.5 Musd aprox on savings.
  • Heineken
    Maintenance Chief
    Heineken Mar 1999 - Nov 1999
    Amsterdam, Nl
    Manage & design Plant Maintenance Engineering Structure & Responsibilities via the Automationa & Control Department, were the we develop improvements around control systems & start the Maintenance Engineering Org. Structure and responsibilities.
  • Ternium
    Especialist Engineer
    Ternium Nov 1990 - Mar 1999
    Monterrey, Nuevo León, Mx
    In this company we start mi carrer during 9 years, in different positions since maintenance engineer, maintenance engineer & supervisor, automatization design engineer, engineering solutions specialist, develop different kind of projects and great innovation solutions like Automatic casting solutions and bottom electrode interbillet arc prevention control system

Gerardo Suarez Skills

Manufacturing Continuous Improvement Manufacturing Engineering Project Management Six Sigma Lean Manufacturing Kaizen Engineering Automotive Management Reliability And Maintenance Engineering Product Development Develop A Working Systems And Methods For A Sistematic Improve Manufacturing Operations Management Supply Chain Management Negotiation Team Leadership Innovation Management Technological Innovation Reliability Centered Maintenance Root Cause Analysis Deploy And Execution Strategy Convert The Objectives And Strategies In Specific And Systemic Actions Deployment And Execution Of Strategy Business Diagnostic 5s Value Stream Mapping Failure Mode And Effects Analysis Project Planning Business Process Improvement Strategic Planning Automation Plc Microsoft Office Office 365 Industrial Engineering Lean Engineering Maintenance Management Total Productive Maintenance Planned Preventative Maintenance Business Strategy Operations Management Lean Six Sigma Business Intelligence Financial Analysis Process Engineering Marketing Strategy Operational Excellence Leadership Customer Service Business Planning And Strategy Energy Management

Gerardo Suarez Education Details

  • Ipade Business School
    Ipade Business School
    Top Management
  • Thunderbird School Of Global Management
    Thunderbird School Of Global Management
    Global Business
  • Universidad De Monterrey
    Universidad De Monterrey
    Finances & And General Management
  • Uanl Fime
    Uanl Fime
    General

Frequently Asked Questions about Gerardo Suarez

What company does Gerardo Suarez work for?

Gerardo Suarez works for Nemak

What is Gerardo Suarez's role at the current company?

Gerardo Suarez's current role is Plant Engineering Manager (Advanced Lean Manufacturing, and Operations Reliability).

What is Gerardo Suarez's email address?

Gerardo Suarez's email address is je****@****.com.mx

What schools did Gerardo Suarez attend?

Gerardo Suarez attended Ipade Business School, Thunderbird School Of Global Management, Universidad De Monterrey, Uanl Fime.

What skills is Gerardo Suarez known for?

Gerardo Suarez has skills like Manufacturing, Continuous Improvement, Manufacturing Engineering, Project Management, Six Sigma, Lean Manufacturing, Kaizen, Engineering, Automotive, Management, Reliability And Maintenance Engineering, Product Development.

Who are Gerardo Suarez's colleagues?

Gerardo Suarez's colleagues are Nguyen Thai, Denis Eferov, Hector Alejandro Lopez Alba, Jorge Guillén, Abdulla Az, Júlia Emily, Thomas Zuk-Härtel.

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