GENERAL

Director of Operations with over ** years of experience in design and

manufacturing of automotive products. Proven record of plan starts up

from green field to program production. Experience negotiating

incentive packages with government.. Mexican National with Green

Card.

Experience

johnson DIRECTOR OF OPERATION

Electric 12/2013 UP TO DATE

TENNESSEE Direct Operations in Mexico for stamping, coating, molding and

2008- UP TO assembly operations

DATE Supervise team of 9 managers and staff of 480 people

Manage $15 million operation budget, control $55 million in capital

assets

Developed and implemented short term plans to improve efficiency from

60% to 90%

Oversee construction of second building and hire staff for new

facility

Negotiated new incentive package for both plants with local

government

Lead implementation for TS16949 certification

Reduced customer PPM from 25 to 4 ppm

Regional Program Manager

06/2011 to 12/2013

Mexico Operations start up

Developed Strategic Planning to open first facility in Mexico

Site selection, State Government incentive negotiation, growth

strategy, PnL estimation, Business Plan, oversaw site construction,

legal structure and hiring plan

Introduced 20 products in Mexico within 12 months - Industrial and

DELPHI Automotive products from China, Brazil, Italy, TN and OH. POC with

MEXICO Design Centers.

2001- 2008 Lead redesign of electric motors for Mexico location (local raw

material and components standardization)

Move or quote new business from 6 BUs to Mexico. Whole range from

micro-motors (10W) to 1000W motors

Drove cross functional teams in US, Mexico, China, Brazil and Italy

Engineering Program Mgr- Powertrain Cooling

10/2008 to 06/2012

Lead engineering team of CAD design engineers, validation engineers,

application engineers, Mfg. Engineers, Quality Engineer and Key

Account Managers from pursuing new business with Tier 1 and OEMs to

support current Product Engineering activities. Teams in Italy, China

and US.

Contribute on increasing BU sales in NA from 30M to 90M in 5 years

with awards of new businesses such as:

BLDC ECF : K2XX (30M), D2UXX (20M), 31XX (8M), JK (15M), DS (3M)

Brush ECF: CD4 (10M), Fiat 500 (3M)- Both flawless launch

Applied QFD, productizing, Lean manufacturing, FMEA, 3P, APQP.

Accountable for the PnL. OP improved in all the projects from award

to SOP

Main contact with Customer project manager

Lead Engineering Project Manager

10/2005 to 10/2008

June 2005 up to Oct 2008 Clusters business Unit

PMO Leader

Lead SW Eng, EE, ME, Mfg Eng, Val Eng, QE, SQE and KAM to:

Develop and launch brand new Reconfigurable Display - GMT001 SS

Improved OI% from 6% to 11%

Met all milestone on time (R@R, PPAP, Pilots, SOP)

First program launched with FPGA technology, lead free solder and LCD

display dynamic images for gauges

Developed and launched Instrument Cluster for GMT-610 Platform

Improved OI form -0.8 % to 10.1 %

Implemented new gearless stepper motor (NMB)

First program designed out of Michigan Design Center

Launched new SW for GMT360. EE and ME team based on Michigan

June 2005 up to Oct 2008 PODS Business Unit

Engineering Project Manager

10/2003 to 10/2005

Lead CFT at Mexico Technical Center to

Developed and launched ECUs for passenger airbag restrain system

Flawless launched for Volvo, Saab, VW, Audi, Bentley, DCX, Mercedes

PMI certified, Red X Shainin Journeyman, Green belt certification

Manufacturing Engineer Team leader

06/2001 to 10/2003

Lead team of 7 engineers to support current production and NPD

Process in charge include SMT, WSM, ultrasonic plastic weld, final

assembly PLC based robots, automatic coating dispense system, laser

engraving, UV curing, depanlization, ICT and EOL Tester

Reduced change over and run simultaneous models in conformal coating

Reduced scrap in a 20%

Launched programs exceeding project manufacturing goals

Train in Delphi Lean Manufacturing system

Kurt salmon MANAGEMENT CONSULTANT

associates 09/2000 TO 06/2001

2000- 2001 Management Consultant for fulfillment division

Implemented KSA quality system for Vanity Fair improving 10% FTQ and

efficiency

Developed middle management personnel at Vanity Fair focus on team

building

delphi QUALITY ENGINEER

MEXICO 01/1998 TO 09/2000

1998- 2000 Internal Auditor QS-9000

Leaded activities to implement actions to improve quality

Corrective actions analysis for customer such as Toyota, VW, GM, etc.

Selected new conformal coated supplier

Redesigned zero defects system and earned SPC, DOE and Poka-Yoke

diploma

Implemented quality control charts

Process Engineer

Increased FTQ through Poka-Yoke implementations.

Decreased PPM levels from 250 to 25 on Wave Solder process

Implemented Soft Beam solder process

Eliminated inspection problems with vision systems development

Plant Manufacturing Technology Team Leader

PFMEA Leader

Education

1998-2000 University of Texas MBA

Brownsville, TX

1993-1997 ITESM BS Mechanical Engineering

Monterrey, MX

AWARDS/Certification

PMI Certified, Certified Internal Auditor, Green Belt, Red X, GD&T

certified.

State Mathematics Olympic Winner

LANGUAGES

Spanish (native); English (fluent); Italian (working on proficiency)

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