Daniel De La Garza

Experience

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  ZF Sachs

  Jan 2007 - Oct 2008

  Metallurgical Laboratory Supervisor

  • Responsible to manage all consumable goods of the laboratory equipment.• Responsible to execute physical and mechanical tests to raw materials, semi-finished components and finished goods.• Responsible of production lines releases in welding, heat treatment, machining and blanking operations. • Analysis and determination of metallurgical and metallographic tests.

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  Siemens

  Jan 2009 - Apr 2013

  SQM / New Developments Management

  • Responsible for supplier quality assurance for the transfer of 31 production lines and 4 transferred plants.• Responsible for direct, plan, organize and control processes, procedures and activities related to the supplier quality assurance planning for transferred processes.• Implementation of supplier quality assurance methodology for transferred processes. • Definition of needed manpower and technical resources.• Definition and follow-up for SQM metrics.• Decision making based on relevant data.• Coordinate the supplier quality assurance fulfillment of raw material specifications.• Coordinate the development and fulfillment of KPI’s for existing suppliers.• Reporting of results to top management on monthly basis.• Responsible for new developments, products and plant relocalization by quality department.• Responsible for the SAP quality module implementation.• Non-conformances of internal customers / evaluate the non-conformance, follow-up to 8D’s and measure of effectiveness. • Generation and follow-up of RMA’s. • Requisition and follow-up of credit notes and supplier’s claims. • Use of statistical methods for the decision making.• Use of core tools methodology on daily business.• Supplier audits.• Supplier development (national and international).• Supplier selection according to capabilities and potentials on sourcing committees.• Conduct product part reviews and technical workshops with the suppliers. Show less

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  Embraco

  Apr 2013 - Nov 2015

  Supplier Development Specialist

  • Responsible for new developments and localization of potential suppliers. • Responsible to support negotiations providing technical/quality data input.• Definition of risk analysis and potential analysis for new suppliers. • Responsible to audit and select suppliers for new developments.• Definition and follow-up of supplier quality metrics.• Decision making based on relevant data.• Coordinate the supplier quality assurance fulfillment of raw material specifications.• Coordinate the development and fulfillment of KPI’s for existing and new suppliers. Show less

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  MasterBrand Cabinets, Inc

  Dec 2015 - now

  • Responsible to develop suppliers according business strategies. • Responsible to maintain and analyze key performance indicators, parts per million (PPM), and Cost of Poor Quality data to identify recurring trends and drive improvement actions to reduce internal and external failure costs. • Responsible to lead and assess supplier capabilities through direct visits, develop preventive/corrective action plans and follow-up with suppliers to ensure opportunities/risks are mitigated.• Review, analyze and close quality complaints of purchased components.• Manage Supplier Corrective Action Request (SCAR) programs for assigned suppliers.• Work with new and existing suppliers to develop, implement, maintain and drive continuous improvement of supplier’s quality, cycle and delivery performance through tools such as Six Sigma, MSA, SPC, DMAIC, FMEA, SPC, 8D and Lean Manufacturing concepts.• Responsible to qualify new suppliers/products by conducting Supplier Audits, First Article Inspections (FAI) and Production Part Approval Process (PPAP) throughout the Product Lifecycle Management (PLM). Show less

  • Manager - Quality Labs

    Aug 2022 - now

  • Sr. Supplier Quality Engineer

    Dec 2015 - Aug 2022