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Monterrey, Nuevo León, México

Key Responsibilities and Achievements:• Change the Organization Safety Mindset after a Critical Safety Incident in the location.• Implementation of Global EHS Initiatives received from Japan and Czech Republic• Improvement of Safety Culture and breaking of the Record of Days without Accidents ( > 665 days and counting)• Implementation of a Lesson Learning, Hirayi Hatto reports (near missing) and Kiken Yochi (Risk Assessments) process for Organization Learning• Implementation of Energy Saving initiatives to change the Environmental Culture and be able to save 180,000 USD• Implementation in ISO 14001 and responsible for the reduction of the GHG Emissions with the objective of reduction of 50% for 2030, After 3 year reduction of 22%.• Implementation of Product Carbon Footprint and Improvement of the Customer Sutainable Scorecard

Tokyo

Key Responsibilities and Accountabilities:• Negotiation and Implementation of Global Strategies for Suppliers Development in all the Safety Systems Division Locations (Japan, Czech Republic, China, Malaysia, Mexico).• Elaboration of the “NKSSG Supplier Quality Global Manual” considering the requirements from all the Locations and Global Customers.• Development and Implementation of the Global Process of Supplier Selection, Monitoring and Evaluation.• Responsible for Quality Development of the Global Suppliers.Key Achievements:• Development of Suppliers from France and Rumania to achieve a 90% reduction in Quality Claims (Still in process)• Development of a New Supplier in Mexico and China including the support in the Implementation of Lean Manufacturing Tool.• Preparation and Global Implementation of the "NKSSG Suppliers Quality Global Manual"• Global Implementation of the "Standard for Evaluation and Selection of Suppliers"• Global Implementation of the "Standard for Monitoring of Suppliers (Scorecards)"• Development and Training of Quality Global Members

Monterrey Y Alrededores, México

Key Responsibilities and Accountabilities:• Provide operational and continuous improvements leadership • Assure the QA implementation of the new process to have a fast ramp up without problems with the customers.• Implementation if the Kaizen tools, Quality Circles and High Performance teams in the organization.• Maintain good performance with the customers and improve the Quality Performance Rate as supplier.• Maintain ISO/TS 16949 Implementation• Leader of the Project “0 defects” to improve the customer satisfaction. • Leader of the Dojo, Process to certify the operators “on the job training”Key Achievements:• Reduction of 80% in Quality Claims• Implementation of Process of Abnormalities and 4M Controls• Implementation of Operators Certification Process and Dojos • Maintain Certifications on ISO/TS• Reduction of 60% of Suppliers Claims.• Certification of 90% of the Operators in one position and 30% in the second position.

Monterrey, Nuevo León, México

Key Responsibilities and Accountabilities:• Provide operational and continuous improvements leadership • Assure the implementation and transference of the new process to have a fast ramp up without problems with the customers.• Implementation if the Kaizen tools, 5S, Kanban, SMED, Quality Circles and High Performance teams in the organization.• Implementation of the Dojo, process to certificate the operators “on the job training”.Key Achievements:• Effective Implementation of 8 new processes. • Reduction of 70% in Quality Findings • Productivity Improvement from 50% to 80% in less than two years.• Scrap reduction from 1.7% to 0.3% in less than two years• No lost day accidents.• Implementation of Lean Manufacturing techniques like SMED, Kanban, 5S, Quality Circles Teams• Preparation of all the information and the area to certify the operators in the Dojo (On the Job training room)• Certification of 50% of the operators in the first position

Monterrey Y Alrededores, México

Key Responsibilities and Accountabilities:• Implementation and certification in ISO 9000 and the development during the startup of the departments of quality, laboratory and calibration in a new facility that will produce pyrotechnics devices for automotive uses.• Received customer audits to certificate the company as supplier• Customer Service, QA procedures, specifications and training of the employees to assure the QA of this product.• QA contact with the Japanese, Czech and US divisions.Key Achievements:• Released of all the products and approvals of the customers on time.• Implemented of all the procedures, methodologies, inspections methods and process related to QA department.• Certification in ISO:9000

Monterrey Y Alrededores, México

Polypropylene Injection Molding Plant Manager – Monterrey, Mex (Mar 2005-Nov 2011) Monterrey Molding facilities supplies the cover and cases of the Automotive Batteries distributed in North America.Key Responsibilities and Accountabilities:• Responsible of the operation of the Plant with 180 employees• Managed a budget of 11 MUSD/year and the investment justifications with a history of more than 2.0 MUSD/year in investments with an IRR over 25%.• Managed the six-sigma projects with one Black Belt and 7 Green Belts.• Negotiated with US polypropylene plants to transfer volume to Mexico during the bimonthly operations meeting. Key Achievements:• Managed and supported the productivity and continuous improvement projects with a goal of a 10% conversion cost reduction equivalent to 1.0 MUSD/year.• Increased the production by 20% in 18-year-old machines, representing savings of 0.7 MUSD/year by reduction of imports.• Achieved productivity improvements of 30%, representing savings of 0.25 MUSD/year.• Redefined and changed the plant layout, which increased the floor's productivity from 196 to 250 u/m2 with savings of 5 MUSD.• Reduced the recordable safety occurrences from 14/year to 0/year.• Reduced of Inventory Days from 45 days to 25 days working in planning and TPS

Monterrey Y Alrededores, México

Responsibilities* Designed and implemented the quality system and documentation to certify the plant in ISO- 9000 and ISO-TS 16949.* Developed and managed the tools of 8 D's, 7 D's, PPAP, APQP, control's plans , AMEF's, Kepner Tregoe, 5 Whys.* Leading auditor in ISO-9000 and ISO-TS 16949. * Responsible for customer service in quality and response to claims.* Developed and released modifications and new tools.* Coordinated of engineering changes. * Proposed design changes to improve the quality.Achievements * Developed six-sigma projects as a Green Belt with savings of 0.15 MUSD/year.* Reduced quality rejections by customers by 70% in 4 years.* Designed and implemented a MS Access system to control the process and identification sheets.* Implemented and analyzed the statistical process control.* Certified the plant in ISO-9000 and ISO-TS 16949 in less than a year.

Monterrey Y Alrededores, México

Responsibilities* Elaboration of the ISO-9000 documentation and training of the union people.* Responsible of the process audits with 7 union people that reported to me.* Responsible of customer service and response to claims.* Development and release of the for the new products * Design and elaboration of the process specifications. * Implementation and analysis of the statistical process control.* Responsible of release the yarns to customers.Achievements * Development of Special yarns for fabrics.* Reduction of 40% in the yarn defects

Monterrey Y Alrededores, México

Responsibilities* Designed and implemented the quality system and documentation to certify the direct spinning processes in ISO-9000.* Responsible of customer service and response to claims.* Responsible for the new product development.* Responsible for the process sheets design and production.* Worked with an international team in the direct spinning installation to approve the process, with technicians from Germany, Italy, Switzerland and Sweden.* Responsible for implementation and analysis of the statistical process control.* Responsible of the process auditsAchievements* Certified the Plant in ISO-9000.* Selected for training in Japan in the spinning process. * Start up of the 3 direct spinning lines.

Monterrey Y Alrededores, México

Responsibilities* Designed and implemented the quality system and documentation to certify the continuous polymerization Unit in ISO-9000.* Responsible of customer service and response to claims.* Responsible for the new product development.* Responsible for the process sheets design and production.* Worked with technicians from Germany.* Responsible for implementation and analysis of the statistical process control.* Responsible of the process audits.Achievements* Improved production by 10%, achieving record production rates which surpassed the system's design. * Certified the Plant in ISO-9000.

Bachelor Of Science In Chemical Engineering And Management

Master Of Science In Quality And Productivity (Pending The Thesis)

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