Radu Balas

Experience

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  General Turbo SA

  Jun 2011 - Nov 2013

  Manufacturing Process Engineer

  In my role as a Manufacturing Process Engineer at General Turbo SA in Bucharest, Romania, I specialized in 3D redesign projects and 5 axis CNC programming for various components. I excelled in creating complex machining programs, overseeing quality control, and designing jigs to enhance production efficiency.

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  Honeywell

  Nov 2013 - Oct 2018

  I played a key role in implementing new products and equipment, focusing on process design and improvement systems. I led Product NPI projects, New Technology launches, and was a pioneer in the development of Big Data - Factory digitization in the Bucharest plant at Honeywell.• Certified Honeywell Green Belt • Honeywell Black Belt Program• Led Kaizen events at Honeywell Turbo Technology, resulting in cost reduction and productivity improvements, receiving award and recognition for 3 events from Honeywell Global Operations.• Led process installation, testing, homologation and ramp-up for two new Turbo Technology Generation products in serial life• Technical department HSE responsible• Led Equipment standardization initiative – Hardware and software for all lines• Specification book building & Design Review for New Generation Production lines • Led manufacturing engineering First “Big data” project in Honeywell Turbo Technology – “Process data correlation – Industry 4.0” Show less

  • Process Quality Manager

    Dec 2017 - Oct 2018

  • Lead Manufacturing Engineer

    Jun 2016 - Dec 2017

  • Manufacturing Process Engineer

    Nov 2013 - Jun 2016
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  Garrett - Advancing Motion

  Oct 2018 - Jul 2025

  Led the Operating System - Functional Excellence and Continuous Improvement - and the Digitization Initiatives for largest manufacturing site of Garrett Advancing Motion worldwide, with a team of 800+ employees and serving 25 automotive OEM brands with shipments to 70+ customer locations globally.• Steered Governance, Lead, manage Garret Excellence Model deployment, assessment & accreditation process obtaining Bucharest Plant GEM Foundation (2021) Opal (2022) Ruby (2024) and Diamond (2025) accreditation and Garrett Most Improved Plant (2020) & (2021) recognition• Implemented High Performance Organization - organizational change to Autonomous Production Units• Plant OPEX and Strategy Leader, delivered YOY projects to sustain >6% Productivity• Led Transformational Kaizen Events in Plant Operations bringing E2E Process Transformation to reduce with more 50% Non Quality Cost & Change Over Time• Led Digitization Process for SPQDCI daily metrics, managing Development of Application used in daily Tier Accountability Meeting and redesign of Tier Accountability Meetings at all plant levels • Led the digitization of Plant Rework areas and support deployment to other Plants• Focal point in the plant for prioritization of the global IT resources• Delivered 200+ hours of Six Sigma training for Green Belt candidates and directly mentored 16 Green Belt projects• Short Term Assignment to support Operations Improvement in Garrett Mexicali, Mexico. • GEM Assessor Leader – Garrett Turbo Plant in Slovakia - Quality (2021) & Operations (2022)• Led development and deployment for GEM initiatives – Kaizen Web Application, Process Audits Digitization, Strategic Deployment Plan Digitization, 8D RCCA, A3 DMAIC• Lead initiative to increase Net Promotor Score - Voice of Customer - from 55 to 96 Show less

  • Garrett Excellence Manager

    Mar 2025 - Jul 2025

  • Operations Improvement and Digitization Manager

    Nov 2020 - Jul 2025

  • Deputy Plant Manager

    Oct 2022 - Mar 2024

  • Process Quality Manager

    Oct 2018 - Nov 2020
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  Zentiva Romania

  Jul 2025 - now

  Operational Excellence Manager