Experience

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  Philips do brasil ltda.

  Jan 1996 - Dec 1997

  Mechanical engineering intern

  Quality control support.

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  Bombril

  May 1998 - Jan 2001

  Mechanical engineering intern

  - Standard time establishment and production line balancing, machines improvement projects, coordination on new industrial facilities (welding and pipe lines assembly).- New product development support (machine / equipment tests and raw material tests), operation process improvements, area coordination for ISO 9000 implementation.

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  General motors

  Feb 2001 - Dec 2001

  Mechanical engineering intern

  Quality systems implementation support.

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  Luk do brasil embreagens ltda.

  Mar 2002 - Jun 2002

  Trainee product engineer

  Training in all areas of the company, from the new products planning to the sales, mainly engineering, components manufacturing and clutches assembly.

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  General motors

  Jun 2002 - now

  Manage vehicle dimensional and surface quality from early stages of new vehicle development until the end of launch, leading Manufacturing Engineering and Plant Teams to drive and successfully implementing quality strategies for new projects: - Single voice of Manufacturing Engineering in Dimensional Quality, issue tracking and resolution lead during the Launch Events, providing status and direction on all Project Quality Meetings.- Lead parts dimensional validation and problem resolution with functional areas (Product Engineering, Manufacturing, Supplier Quality and Quality Administration), driving other Manufacturing Engineering areas as Stamping, Body Assembly, Polymers and General Assembly to achieve final vehicle quality targets.- Manage the accomplishment of projects financial targets (CAPEX and OPEX).- Development of local team on quality strategies and global project know-how.- Experience on successful implementation of project quality strategies in South America, in ambiguous environment and restrictions on resources and manpower. - Technical lead of the Mfg. Engineering Quality teams – 7 people. Show less OpEx Leader for area projects. Coordinate the Mfg. Engineering Material Handling Project Execution team to achieve program requirements and timing, by integrating planning and execution with Suppliers:- Coordinate a cross-functional team in the implementation of innovative solutions for Material Handling Industrial Vehicles Automation in South America Plants.- Lead of an OpEx Project implemented for material handling equipment optimization, generating a reduction of R$ 1.4M in the project investment.- Lead the change of Execution team process based on previous programs lessons learned and gap analysis.- Lead supplier’s performance/quality and delivery dates tracking, to meet program launch requirements and CAPEX.- Develop standardized work and implement new supplier deliverables control, in order to improve responsiveness.- Management of the Mfg. Engineering Material Handling Project Execution team workload – 7 people. Show less Coordinate and integrate Manufacturing Eng. teams (Press, Body, Paint and General Assembly Shops, Material Handling, Control and Conveyors, Civil Construction/Facilities, Layout, Tools and Dies) in a global program for emerging markets, from early planning stages, through plant preparation and launch, successfully implementing GEM (Global Emerging Market) Project in Gravataí/RS/Brazil – vehicles Onix/Onix Plus:- Coordination of Manufacturing strategy and targets, integrating program content. Investment control, manufacturing cost per unit and operational costs targets, successfully attending all Mfg. Engineering deliverables metrics.- Plant and department strategies development for new product with Mfg. Engineering Center leads.- Drive Manufacturing Requirements into product in the program forums, being the voice of Manufacturing in the main program development, implementation and launching forums.- Lead Mfg. Integration Team to meet program financial targets and capture impact of program/product scope changes.- Coordination of Launch Execution, from initial manufacturing validation (China), developing the first validation and acceleration plans with Plant Team, followed by production execution validation until vehicles delivery to dealerships.- Coordination of problem identification and solving.- Focal point for Mfg. Engineering Center leads to drive / escalate project critical items to leadership. Show less GMSA Manufacturing Engineering responsible for all global development and product validation phases for body-in-white (BIW). Global emerging market engineering program coordinator with China and North America operations:- Responsible for body shop Key Performance Indicators (KPI).- Responsible for all product changes assessments and regional BIW manufacturing processes impacts reports globally.- Coordination of virtual analysis based on BIW global manufacturing requirements and issues resolution with homeroom.- Coordination of supplied parts required for validation in each plant launch phase, following production status, engineering level, up to receiving parts at shop floor for each event.- Lead location strategy creation and reviews for parts, which are going to be sub-assembled and build final BIW.- Responsible for the Plan for Every Part.- Coordination of the plant installation engineering team to ensure product and quality validations targets achievement.- GMSA Mfg Eng. issues resolution process management and support for those BIW related.- International workshops in China (manufacturing process development and problems pull ahead/solving). Show less Lead quality strategies through Pre-Production teams, support advanced quality excellence activities and requirements for new programs and processes in the prototype / pre-production phase:- Lead quality initiatives, equipment and facilities required to meet quality plan.- Plan and lead Product Programs according to quality plan requirements.- Assure global dimensional strategy implementation for prototype builds and lead dimensional performance in order to achieve global targets.- Lead strategy and execution of tooling for body-in-white builds.- Integrate Pre-Production Operations, Production, Mfg. Engineering and Product Development quality teams into prototype quality results.- Support advanced quality excellence through design virtual audits, in order to address potential matching issues and to identify opportunities for design desensitize, product or process enablers.- Successful implementation of Global Manufacturing System at South America Pre-Production Operations, coordinating a matrix of 55 people, and Regional representative at Global PPO Team.- Management of the Quality operational team workload – 11 people. Show less Lead the implementation of body-in-white dimensional quality enablers in the prototype / pre-production phase for new programs and make a steady transition to Launch phase:- Lead the strategy for prototype body-in-white welding fixtures in the pre-production phase with Manufacturing Engineering, Production and Product Engineering.- Prototype sub-assemblies / body-in-white measurement planning, supporting execution to achieve dimensional targets.- Lead dimensional results meetings, the root cause investigation and address action plans to solve the main issues related to dimensional quality of prototype body-in-whites. Improvements up to 20% were reached in the dimensional quality of prototypes, including all-time records, with results awarded by the Leadership.- Global Manufacturing System implementation coordinator at South America Pre-Production Operations, coordinating a matrix of 50 people, and Regional representative at Global PPO Team.- Management of the Quality operational team workload – 10 people. Show less Coordination of all steps related to the prototype quality (pre-production), with final customer focus, aiming to have vehicles leaders in quality:- Development and execution coordination of the prototype quality plan.- Prototype / current competitor vehicles quality audits coordination and analysis of the discrepancies found (safety, functional, appearance and comfort).- Multifunctional teams support for action plans and sufficiency plan establishment, to improve the audit results.- Coordination of validation tests (body air leakage, water intrusion and efforts measurement).- Coordination with the project engineering in order to identify and correct flaws in all component parts of the prototype and on its tests, analyzing the technical feasibility of proposed solutions.- Final quality data management and distribution of prototypes ready to test in the Proving Ground.- Successful implementation of GD&T based measurement in body-in-whites, according to global process.- Doors closing effort improvement team member, with results recognized by the company directors. Show less Benchmarking and technical analysis coordination of vehicles and components:- Comparative display coordination among GM and competitors vehicles, with price, sales, technical, quality and customer perception information, providing a data source for new programs development and current vehicles continuous improvement for the whole company.- Autoshows visits and analysis (São Paulo, Paris and Frankfurt) for further report distribution inside the company, containing technical information, competitor trends and future launches in the local market.- GM/Competitors vehicles technical analysis coordination aiming optimization in new programs or current product through cost and mass reduction proposals, quality improvement and new technologies opportunities.- Technical analysis, benchmarking and workshop coordination of vehicle Interior and Exterior parts.- Focal point and area coordinator for mass reduction in GM new programs and current products, getting proposals with significant reduction potential in programs like Cobalt, Spin, S10 and Onix.- Support on quality issues resolution through competitors analysis.- Fairs, conferences and seminars attendance in order to get knowledge and background for technical analysis. Show less Quality systems implementation and maintenance coordination in all GM Mercosur sites:- ISO 9001:2000: New version successful implementation in all GMB sites. Certification maintenance, internal audits, development through multifunctional team, getting exposition and knowledge in all areas of the company.- ISO/TS 16949:2002 (all disciplines included): New version successful implementation in all GMB Stamped and Plastic Components Manufacturing sites through multifunctional team.- Traceability Program: General coordination of a traceability system in vehicles assembled parts through bar code identification with data reading / recording in the assembly line in all GM Mercosur sites.- ISONET+: Implementation coordination of a global system for document control and quality audits at GMB.- 5 Minutes for Quality: Implementation coordination of quality communication (in use) for all GM Mercosur sites. Show less

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