Experience

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  Honeywell

  May 1997 - Apr 2000

  Project Leader in Fiber glass cell. Designed 737x Boeing plenums cell (layout), improved process and tools, including molds (fixtures); directed planning and production control for plenums 737X, supervision and production reports. Close relationship with the following areas: Tool Room (tools design), Machining and Details cell, Metrology, Quality and Materials departments. In this position I was able to identify opportunities to improve profit margins. I proposed and justified improvements to manufacturing processes. As a team we established initial layouts. Analysis, research, estimates and tests were conducted to complete projects. Project implementation status reports in a daily basis for Management staff. Our team proposed and justified projects to introduce new technologies and automation; supported new products introduction, understanding a variety of processes. Organize and conduct meetings with agenda. Supervised 4 Indirect/ 45 direct hourlies; once new cell 737x Boeing Plenum started production, team achieved consistency and outputs improvement going from 10-12 to 25 units / week, this result was achieved thanks to reduced downtime and introduction of new production processes. Reorganized operations allow a delivery time improvement from 4 to 2.5 days at 85%. This mean an increase going from $ 100,000 to $ 250,000 USD/month. Our team redesigned and repaired tools, new molds were ordered, manual drilling process was modified to be performed using a milling machine. Team also developed and implemented a new production planning and control plan. Efficient direct repots management and development achieved. Best practices policies and procedures implemented in production cell, lessons learned also. Show less Aluminum & Steel (Heat Exchangers Division) cells manufacturing Engineer. I served as work instructions coordinator, performed personnel trainings (ISO9000, quality manual, work instructions); contract review; developed visual aids, work instructions, work sequences and tools for manufacturing; cells supervision, assured proper tooling/fixtures maintenance, non-conforming material preliminary review and disposition, process improvements. I acted on behalf of the Aluminum, Steel, Inconel cells supervisors, as well as production superintendent when required. Relationship with the following departments: Process, Machining and Details (sub-assemblies) Aluminum and Steel cells, Tool Room, Metrology, quality department. Show less

  • 737X Cell Project Leader

    Sept 1999 - Apr 2000

  • Manufacturing Engineer

    May 1997 - Sept 1999
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  Kimball international

  May 2000 - Dec 2014

  Reporting to Plant Manager. In charge of production planning and control based on due dates and priorities, responsible for the establishment of production processes through a close relationship with production supervisors and balancing resources to maximize productivity. Assume management responsibilities delegated by the Quality Assurance Manager in his absence (ensure conformity of products according to customer requirements, monitoring Quality Leaders and MRB). In this position I was accountable for 120 production direct and indirect hourlies, plus 20 quality inspectors (raw material / production line / final / auditors / rework staff) and two Quality supervisors. Led improvement in on-time delivery from 90% to over 98% by restructuring materials availability, improving changeovers time, enhancing production team distribution and daily performance reporting. Show less Supervised 12 direct hourlies. Responsible for radical improvement in the MRB area (equipment, organization, training and developing a philosophy of teamwork among all members), staff supervision for process reworks. Development and implementation of daily reports on MRB status (levels of scrap, rework, RTV) to inform management staff. Other responsibilities were:- Provide direction to ensure that quality problems are solved to minimize impact on production schedules and ensure compliance with specifications.- Manage Material Review Board on non-compliant products.- Rapid response to requested assistance regarding quality and performance problems.- Provide consistent troubleshooting methodology.- Manage product development, testing, and revision process improvements.- Monitor and report proposed corrective and preventive actions implementation.- Working with individuals and teams to solve nonconforming material issues in production process, as well as conducting root cause analysis to eliminate scrap and process variation. Attend and/or lead continuous improvement projects. Show less Activities:- Recommend purchase of inspection and testing equipment and prepare authorizations to require such equipment.- Visual Aids, work instructions, standards review and development, nonconforming material dispositions, process improvements, FMEA.- Identify and control process manufacturing defects (scrap, nonconforming material, customer complaints) to participate in efforts / focused teams to identify root causes and implement corrective primary and preventive actions. Responsible for obtaining and analyzing data to support the implementation of improvements.- Develop documentation and systems to create specifications and quality plans in conjunction with other members of the product development team.- Develop Process Monitoring Systems to identify critical steps in the process by applying methods to reduce process variation to eliminate the cause of the defects.- Lead process improvement efforts to identify methods to capture data and create quality metrics, analyze information obtained to ensure sustainable manufacturing.- Implement corrective actions to ensure conformant shipments.- Assist in creating training material understanding limitations of current ones, assisting in the identification of more effective tools and documentation.- Use shop floor feedback to improve overall quality.- Understand and ensure that special customer requirements are met. Implement and administer trainings for quality and production staff.- Manage the feedback process to identify errors when filling out formats and implement measures to avoid that such errors happen again.- Ensure that data and records associated with inspections are accurate and complete. Quality assurance activities to maintain quality standards, which included: assembly process capacity, assembly processes audits and results/findings reporting. Work with manufacturing to implement corrective actions based on monitoring audits and quality issues found on production floor. Show less

  • Production Superintendent

    Jan 2001 - Dec 2014

  • Quality and MRB Engineer

    Apr 2001 - Jun 2001

  • Quality Engineer

    May 2000 - Apr 2001
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  Skyworks solutions, inc.

  Jan 2015 - Aug 2016

  Production supervisor

  Among my responsibilities were the following: - Managed staff, controlling rotation, delays, absenteeism and maintain high employee motivation. Ensured training for employees, seeking their personal and professional improvement. Disciplinary action if necessary. Authorize payment for the hours worked for each employee. Ensure overtime if required. Authorize staff holidays. Assure protocols and procedures established by the company are met. Annually evaluate each employee.- Ensured proper material handling (part number, batch size and -PROMIS- documentation system) to maintain inventory physical integrity.- High degree of coordination with other business functions (Materials, Quality, Production - upstream and downstream-, HR, Finance, Product Engineering, IT, maintenance, facilities, etc.)- Negociated resources necessary to assure company goals.- Non-conforming material disposition.- Meet and keep under control metrics by area (daily, weekly, monthly, quarterly basis): OTD>98%, earned seconds, OEE> 80%, Quality (PQA's, incidents or quality process, etc.), VOC, Aging lots <10 lots, Safety.- Succeeded in setting Performance Improvement Plans for employees rated TM3 (low performers) to ensure proper training and follow-up to bring them to a solid contributor rating.- Prepared reports per shift/day and coordinated correct shift delivery/reception.- Ensured constant flow of material to production equipment, through coordination with planners Show less

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  Eaton

  Aug 2016 - Aug 2017

  Production supervisor

  Managed 70 employees, five cells. Production planning and control to assure quality, safety, outputs, on time delivery, cost, inventory and productivity proper levels according to company goals. Several cells under my responsibility achieved productivity levels above 120% goal several months in a row. Such achievement was accomplished optimizing labor and material resources, balancing production lines, hiring and training headcount needed. Area consists in LED welding department, subassemblies and lamps assembly and test. Show less

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  Mohawk industries

  Sept 2017 - Jan 2020

  Reporting directly to Plant Manager. Direct reports 80 hourlies including six Leads, responsible of two areas: Mold and Finish Line. Led production planning and control for both production areas, coordination with Corporate planner regarding loads per week and delivery dates. Improved on time delivery and fill rate to 99%. Headed KPI’s compliance: Safety, Quality, Bad logs, KPI, OEE, Yield. Reported in a daily and weekly basis to Plant Manager and Corporate. Maximized coordination to achieve goals with Safety, Production, Purchasing, Exportation/Importation, Maintenance/Facilities, Quality, Warehouse and HR departments. Elaboration of reports requested by manager. Mastered identifying, reporting, investigating, and solving unsafe conditions. Fortified with Leads goals compliance, housekeeping, and discipline. Show less

  • Plant Manager

    Aug 2018 - Jan 2020

  • Site Operations Manager

    Sept 2017 - Aug 2018
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  Robert's enterprises

  Nov 2020 - now

  Position reports to Production Manager. Headcount 1000+. Manage operational facets to improve company revenues.

  • Plant Production Manager

    Mar 2022 - now

  • Production Superintendent

    Nov 2020 - Mar 2022