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San Miguel De Allende, Guanajuato, Mexico

Mexico

Financial Performance Oversight: Oversee financial performance across operations in the USA and Mexico, while managing budgets, ensuring profitability, and optimizing resource allocation.Team Leadership and Management: Lead and motivate multi-location teams, set goals, foster a positive work environment, and resolve conflicts to build high-performing teams.Strategic Business Management: Drive Carcoustics' Americas operations by developing and implementing strategic plans, identifying market opportunities, and enhancing operational efficiency while staying attuned to industry trends and competitors.Results & Achievements (comparison between 2022 and 2023 with similar sales levels)• Increased EBITDA by 8%• Improved Operating Profit by 9.6%• Reduced Headcount by 8%• Lowered People Turnover by 4%• Optimized Operative Inventory by 38%• Cut Non-Quality Costs by 60%

Querétaro Arteaga, México

Member of the Executive Board responsible for the Americas business unit, including 4 production facilities in the USA and Mexico, overseeing Sales, Engineering, Purchasing, Program Management, Finance, and HR.

San Miguel Allende

Led P&L responsibilities and orchestrated a successful turnaround for the plant with 220 employees and expertise in Thermoforming, PU injection, and Die Cutting. Critical plant situation with customer escalations (BMW, Audi, Daimler, and Ford) and significant backlogs were causing financial distress.Results & Achievements• Eliminated $4.4 million of waste (material, labor, and quality expenses) in the first 9 months.• Improved contribution margin by 88% in the first year and an additional 15% in the second year.• Reduced fixed costs by 30% in the first year.• Lowered working capital by 37% in the first year and an additional 26% in the second year.

Querétaro Area, Mexico

Focus on:-Automation engineering services-Business turnaround Consultancy

Querétaro Area, Mexico

Oversaw a Plastic Injection Plant with 32 injection machines and 100+ employees, focusing on improving quality, reducing turnover, addressing cost of non-quality, and enhancing plant appearance.

San Luis Potosí Area, Mexico

I led a newly established Plastic Injection Plant comprising more than 100 employees, where my primary objective was to drive profitability through a well-defined business strategy. This involved motivating and nurturing our teams to foster a collaborative and innovative work environment, empowering employees to take ownership of their roles and contribute to our collective success. Additionally, I implemented Lean tools and methodologies to continuously enhance our operations, streamline workflows, and minimize waste, ultimately ensuring efficient production and cost-effectiveness.Results & Achievements• Achieved average annual sales growth of 19.7%• Improved Plant EBIT nearly sevenfold during my tenure• Reduced turnover by 50% (except in 2016)

Toluca Area, Mexico

In charge of managing all new projects for Bocar’s Plastic Division. Our main goal is to implement new projects into production on time meeting our targets for quality and cost (investment and piece price). I manage a budget in excess of 20 million dollars. Projects under my management include taking concepts from customers and developing them for production as well as “build to print” and tool transfers from other manufacturers. The key for success is high discipline in the product development process. I managed on average 60 projects during any given period.Our main customers are VW, Nissan, Chrysler and Honda, but we also work with HBPO, Magna (Intier), R. Bosch, Faurecia, BMW, and GM

Mexico City, Mexico

I lead the chassis team in Mexico in adapting vehicles from US platforms to the Latin American markets. This includes understanding the voice of the customer and translating it into functional objectives as well as developing and validating chassis systems and components in order to meet quality requirements. One of my main roles is to identify program risks and to lead teams in risk mitigation planning. I manage a group of 9 engineers and our group also supports the chassis team in the US with component development for several future programs.

Auburn Hills, Michigan, United States

Accountable for establishing design standards, creating DFMEAs and DVP&Rs templates for knuckles and ball joints, and devising strategies in collaboration with Purchasing for long-term plans with selected suppliers.

Detroit, Michigan, United States

Managed the 2010 3500/4500/5500 Cab Chassis program through each stage of the Chrysler Development System (CDS). This encompassed coordinating functional teams within the chassis division to ensure the seamless execution of the development plan, including budget management, product design, and validation. I was also entrusted with the challenging 2008 4500/5500 Cab Chassis launch, where I successfully managed all chassis components, resolving issues promptly and coordinating effectively to ensure a successful vehicle launch. My responsibilities include:• Establishing vehicle performance targets. Managing warranty and cost targets for chassis components.• Facilitating cross-functional solutions with other component teams• Developing a pre-source package cadence between engineering and purchasing• Approving approximately $6,000 in vehicle content and tooling, totaling in excess of 25 million• Coordinating launch support for chassis components at the assembly plant

Detroit, Michigan, United States

Responsible for the 2007 Durango-Aspen frame, which included executing DVP&R, managing variable and investment costs, and focusing on design for new 20” wheel loads and cost reduction. The outcome was a stronger frame with a lower piece price, reducing assembly plant hours per vehicle while utilizing only 70% of the investment budget. The program launch proceeded smoothly without any frame-related issues.

Detroit, Michigan, United States

Tasked with overseeing the Dakota (ND) frame, with a focus on understanding critical aspects contributing to truck performance. My responsibilities encompassed ensuring product reliability through testing, FEA, accelerated tests, and the proving grounds.

Detroit, Michigan, United States

Design frame components through the use of solids modeling. Designs were made according to the functional objectives of the particular truck. NVH (modal analysis) durablity and impact requirements were key.Components were design working with stamping, hydroform and assembly team. Also designs were validated through the use of CAE.

Mba, International Business

Mechanical Engineer, Engineering