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Coordinate and conducted a variety of project Management activities across multiple internal and external groups to accomplish product evaluations and implementations. Able to manage two new lunches within 9 to 12 new colors working with the finishing process for the development to production implementation as well on 5 different foam types and 6 through 10 Engineering Changes simultaneously, maintaining track record of delivery of 99.9% within deadlines and budgets.• Ensure flawless Launches and Engineering Changes (ECN’s) requested by OEM’s by monitoring gates, lead-times, P.O.’s and reviewing every single drawing and PPAP• Coordinate the APQP process to ensure that our product meets all the specifications requested by IATF 16949• Execute and evaluate Prototypes (PTR’s)and follow with customers in some instances.• During PTRs development the rejection was 12%, for production I was able to reduce the rejection by less than 5%• Full Ownership of Programs deliverables with the support of all the multifunctional team members (Materials, Production, Engineering, Quality, HR, etc..) close to 45 people involve in each project Responsible to buy new materials for all the built events and follow the internal ECN process until the supplier receives the Purchase Order (P.O.)• Due to tight timeline constraints with customers, I had to work closely with the suppliers to reduce time and cost • Responsible to coordinate Management Gateway review in order to review Launches milestones of each Project introduction and ECN’S to the upper management and multidisciplinary team on a weekly basis.• As an owner of a project we had to review very closely with the engineering team every process flow in order to minimize time and find savings during the prototype stage• In charge of OEMs like GM, KIA, FIAT, Nissan, Ford, Hyundai, and Chrysler• Support Engineering team to create saving on all the cardboard that was used for leather packaging. Impacting a $500,000.00 on savings.

El Paso, Texas Area

• Developed Reliability synergy team agendas, achieve availability > 90%, 0 defects• Coordinator of continuous improvement programs that sustain quality products and process• Develop, improve and maintain process quality driven Work Instructions and Routings• Apply Industrial engineering techniques and concepts to product and process desig team trough product lifecycle reuslting in a roubust product design and work statement that meet program requirements.• Performed researches, design, develop, improve and implement processes that enhances schedule peformance, lower cost and improve quality trough the application of advance Lean and Industrial enginner concepts• Interact with internal and external customers to resolve questions/issues/problems• Work with Quality to understand and resolve product non-conformities• Analyze troubleshoot and identify root causes failures.• Work with fabricators / assemblers / technicians to resolve fabrication and assembly problems• Assist Design engineering in new product Designs with different elements Cost, Lean approach, Tools and Test• Review new drawings and revised drawings for process development and improvement•Lead New Product Introduction (NPI) prototyping, integration, validation, tooling, process•In charge of the El Paso site 5S for over three years, achieving and exceed the goal every year.•Certified on Value Stream Mapping (VSM) tools. Impacting with trouphput time reduction (e.g. critial path, leat time, transportation , factory layout)• Develop standards for all the products el Paso facility manufactured ex. CCA’s, Panels and Boxes this means to know and be familiar with all the processes for each commodity •Support on Proposal as an ME and also develop proposal as a Estimating and Pricing for over one year

El Paso, Texas Area

•Responsible for providing customers with technical marketing support for the development, implementation, and system integration of specialized product applications or software packages. •Analyzes customer needs and determines system objectives and requirements. Selects and recommends to the field, customized application of company products to meet customer needs and prepares detailed product specifications. •Manages project from concept through completion. •Interpret customer specifications and requirements, to convert into bills of materials, review order information and ability to create schematics, diagrams and estimates of time, cost and personnel for project schedules, design and system implementation.

El Paso, Texas Area

• Closely worked with brokerage operation Managers to consolidate a process of the operation from front office into a back office. Creating huge savings of more than a million per year.• Impact the organization by implementing new work flows and processes to provide support and development of supply chain solutions to meet customer needs.• Implement a paperless environment in all the southwest offices, impacting big saving in paper and warehouse costs close to half a million.• Work with Sales support and Systems group to make recommendations to ensure the cost modeling and LEAP systems databases have accurate data, work with Business Development and Strategic Global Accounts to gather customers’ work flow and process.• Leader of the consumption entry standardization process as part of the project in the southern border which implied to have a constant communication with Business Development manager, Sales support manager, Brokerage operation division manager, IT and TSG services solutions, HR managers, Finance and Accounting Management.• Develop Master operations procedures• Responsible of approving new employee requests

Master Of Science (Ms), Industrial Engineering - Concentration On Quality, 3.5

Bachelor'S Degree, Business Administration, Management And Operations