Héctor Torres

Experience

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  GE

  Sept 2010 - Oct 2011

  Design Entry Engineer

  Responsible for mechanical design of external aero-derivative engine components, processdocumentation and engineering changes.

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  Grupo Condumex

  Nov 2011 - Sept 2016

  Ingeniero de Proceso

  Responsible for creating manufacturing process documentation, maintaining updated bills of materials,machine and process speeds and efficiencies, tooling and new product implementation, start-up of newequipment. Supported Brazil plant in process improvement, achieving 35% improvement in FTQ and 45% scrap reduction.

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  Gebauer & Griller

  Sept 2016 - Aug 2021

  Responsible for leading the technical department of the cable manufacturing plant, consisting of:maintenance, process engineering, project engineering and automation. In addition to strategic projectplanning, management of new business implementation, coordination and monitoring of innovation andcontinuous improvement projects.Main Achievements:✓ Certified in GG's internal "Lean Certification Program".✓ Development of the high performance technical team✓ Development of the newly created department, according to objectives and indicators✓ Leading saving projects for 250k EUR Show less

  • Technical Manager

    Sept 2019 - Aug 2021

  • Engineering Manager

    Jan 2018 - Sept 2019

  • Senior Process Engineer

    Sept 2016 - Jan 2018
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  COFICAB Americas

  Aug 2021 - Nov 2024

  Responsible for leading the opening and implementation project of plant 2 in Monterrey, the first in the region for Data cable manufacturing, defining organizational chart and managing the hiring of the plant leadership team, managers and engineers, coordinating the installation of equipment and preparation of plant infrastructure, capacity calculation based on annual sales forecast, managing the implementation of quality, production and engineering processes.Main Achievements:✓ Start-up of the operation, keeping operating costs on target at 4% of sales.✓ Consolidation of plant layout according to required capacity and focused on process Flow with Kanban andPull System implementation✓ Transfer of business from Portugal subsidiary to Monterrey plant for the Americas market. Show less Responsible for leading the operation of the cable conductor manufacturing unit, management ofequipment, team and raw materials to maintain production according to customer demand, follow up of newproduct implementation, consolidation of new processes and business.Main Achievements:✓ Development of the multidisciplinary operational team of Engineering, Production, Maintenance and Quality.✓ Increased capacity by 20% by increasing efficiency in the use of equipment through kaizen projectsimplementation.✓ Implementation of pull-system; Kanban driven between Extrusion (internal customer) and conductorproduction✓ Establish a recognition program for the best operator and engineer according to the main operatingindicators. Show less

  • Project Manager

    Oct 2022 - Nov 2024

  • Business Unit Manager

    Aug 2021 - Oct 2022
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  PKC Group

  Feb 2025 - now

  Plant Manager