Carlos Aguilar

Experience

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  Aguilar Construction Inc.

  Dec 2008 - Mar 2011

  Project Manager

  Quote packages, purchased and delivered materials, provided customer support, managed subcontractors over mulitple jobs

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  Kimball Electronics Group

  Mar 2011 - Sept 2015

  •Write, design and produce Work Instructions (PAIs, Rework Instructions, etc.)•Estimate labor costs such as production times, staffing requirements, new tooling/equipment and other related costs to provide information to management and quoting department.•Launch NPI and submit First Article Documents to customer•Provide justification for purchasing of equipment and tooling•Develop methods for improving work efficiency and reducing waste of materials and utilities such as reorganizing work flow, relocating work stations, and develop new tooling Show less

  • Lead Customer Engineer

    Jan 2014 - Sept 2015

  • Manufacturing Engineer

    Mar 2011 - Jan 2014
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  Kimball Electronics

  Nov 2015 - May 2018

  Program Manager

  •Manage multiple accounts in various market verticals: Automotive, Medical and Public Safety•Manage and plan projects in all stages: NPI, SOP, Sustain, EOL•Develop new customer resulting in annual revenue gains of $13 million/year•Leverage client relationship to win new 5-year contract resulting in annual revenues of $10 million/year•Responsible for decisions on project processes, customer engineering changes, and technologies to be used to develop quotes to submit to customer•Responsible to operate project to the quote, be aware of variances and drive development of alternatives to meet quote•Coordinate introduction of demand changes including recovery of any associated change in unit price, NRE and tooling costs, excess and obsolete inventory and implementation timing. •Determine forecast planning on sustaining programs and report to upper management•Develop and optimize project plans for new product introductions and transfers, including timelines, dependencies, critical path, variable cost productivity and required resources. •Work directly with suppliers on material shortages to maintain project schedule•Lead ME and QE within Customer Focus Team to meet customer’s demands and needs•Lead weekly meetings with customer and internal team to discuss Action Item List Show less

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  Nextek, Incorporated

  May 2018 - Feb 2019

  Sr. Manufacturing Manager

  •Worked with various customer in Aerospace, Defense, Medical and Industrial markets•Responsible for managing all daily operations including production scheduling, supply chain management, shipping, RMA coordination, and capacity planning•Improved productivity by implementing visual management system for tracking performance against goals and highlighting problem areas for improvement•Managed 5 supervisors and 80+ direct employees in a three-shift production operation•Led manufacturing team in launching 5s principles and activities resulting in increased visual management, cleanliness and increased efficiency•Improved OTD and quality resulting in 7 million dollars of new contracts with existing customers Show less

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  SCI Technology, Inc.

  Feb 2019 - Mar 2022

  Sr. Program Manager

  •Restored company commitment of excellence with customer to ensure $130+ million contract over a three years period of performance remained with company•Drove actions to clean up quality and OTD performance with customer resulting in score card rating increase from 38% to 90%•Worked with manufacturing and engineering teams to increase throughput of shipments by 10x•Oversaw short- and long-term plans of obsolete components to ensure material kit releases would not be affected by shortagesProvided weekly status updates of program to executive management team•Corrected customer design flaws to improve test yields and overall assembly performance by establishing root cause of issues and driving actions to correct issues Show less

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  Plexus Corp.

  Mar 2022 - now

  Customer Manager - Global Support