Andre Holand

Experience

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  PUCRS

  Jan 1996 - Mar 2000

  Eletrical Engineer

  Projected, implemented and start the thermometry laboratory, to calibrate industrial thermal equipments. Automation the lboratory, standardyzed the procedures to calculate the measurement incertaints. Certification the laboratory to RBC.Skils: Projects and people management and applied statistics.

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  General Motors

  Mar 2000 - Jun 2017

  Manage the paint process engineer team (quality and manufacturing) focused on quality process improovement, productivity, costs reduction and new tecnologies implementation. Complex quality problens analyse and solution (applying ststistical engineering RED X), keep and atualizing the paint shop manging reports like safaty, quality (No Touch / 6 Pillars / PFMEA / Control Plans), produtivity (throughput ) and costs.Main deliverables:Implement new process of solvent recycle – costs reducton of US$ 0,8M/Year;Projetc of ink application using nitrogen, pay back (less than 6 months) cost reduction estimated of US$ 6M/Year; Show less Manage the production of paint area (120 employees), answering by safaty, quality, responsivenees and costs. Indicating opportunities to reduce production costs, improve quality and productivity for engineering team.Main deliverables:Support in the planning and coordination of capacity expansion and updating of painting ovens (elpo, primer and varnish); Support in the automation project 100% of the painting (exchange and addition of 69 robots);Coordenating the plant problem solving team; Show less Develop and implement the quality launch plan, to flawless launch. Coordinate the quality team to deploy the quality tools trougth the production ares from the produtc integration phase until the Ship to Commerce. Manage the quality indicators reductions thougth sufficiency plans to attend the all launch phases. Coordinate the quality plant preparation (CAPEX).Guarntee the implementaions of quality tool among all project phases (PFMEA, control plans, TIP, JES) and problem solving.Recognitions:1) President Awards – Plant Shot Down – Onix Plant Preparation - 2012;2) Leadership Recognition – GCA TAC Work Shop 2012;3) President Awards – GA Virtual Build Onix Project - 2011 Show less New projects plant quality engineer, develop the strategies to flawless launch in the new products. Develop and implement the QLP (quality launch plan) to the Celta MCE2, deploy the quality tools in the shops. Full support to the QLM (quality launch manager) & the Plant Launch Operations Manager. Planning and quality plant preparetion. Deployment of quality plans to another departments (production, materials, logistics). Prototypes evaluations among the project phases, PFMEA and control plans review durind all project phases. Problem solving. Show less

  • Assistant Superintendent Engineer Team

    Sept 2016 - Jun 2017

  • Assistant Superintendent (Shift Manager)

    Oct 2014 - Sept 2016

  • Quality Supervisor- Purchased Parts Quality Control

    Mar 2013 - Oct 2014

  • Quality Launch Manager (Assigment)

    Oct 2010 - Mar 2013

  • Manufacturing Quality Engineer

    Apr 2010 - Oct 2010

  • Manufacturing Engineer

    Oct 2009 - Apr 2010

  • Production Supervisor - Paint Shop

    Oct 2007 - Oct 2009

  • Supplier Quality Engineer (SQE)

    Jun 2003 - Oct 2007

  • Senior Engineer & Statistical Engineer Plant Master

    Mar 2000 - Jun 2003
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  John Deere

  Feb 2018 - Jul 2023

  • Management of quality management (ISO9000 and JD Quality Management System), quality indicators, improvement teams for analysis and problem solving (QIT) and business review meetings (MRB). Coordination of quality improvement initiatives and projects, preparation and reviews of PFMEA and control plans. Maintenance of indicators and factory quality reports (NCCA's, Deviations, DPM, Product Audit, PFMEA, control plans). Direction and focus of the factory to achieve quality objectives (internal and external).Main Deliverables:• Quality Improvement Plan (2023-2026) Show less • Analyse, planning and aproving capital to execute projects of estrutural improovements (quality and manufaturing), as well as proposing and coordinating projects of connectivity and technological innovation of the factory.Main Deliverables: • Expansion of the quality laboratory (structure and equipment), investment of US$ 0.8M;• Definitive building for maintenance (structure) – US$ 1.2M;• Definitive building for product validation tests and rework (EoL) – US$ 3.3M;• Capacity expansion project (2024-2029), estimated investments of US$ 36M; Show less Manage the final product quality inspections (end of line checks and testing), purchased inspectors team, laboratory and continuous improovement qulity engineering. People management, safety, continuous improvement and quality.Main deliverables:• Elimination of the Bath&Hold process (finished product inventary reduction)• Standardize the product audit inspection criteria;• Supplier reports automation (Automtic QRIP);• Supplier Charge Back process implementation – costs recovering of US$0.5M/Year) Show less

  • Manager I Quality Engineer Team

    Oct 2022 - Jul 2023

  • Manufacturing & Quality Projects Coordinator

    Oct 2020 - Oct 2022

  • Quality Assurance Supervisor (OFP)

    Feb 2018 - Oct 2020
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  Polirim do Brasil Indústria de Peças Ltda.

  Apr 2024 - now

  Gerente de Qualidade e Engenharia

  Head de qualidade e engenharia multi sites, estratégias de negócio, processos e desenvolvimento de produtos.