Six Sigma Manager

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Marital Status: Married - 39 years old - 2 Childs. US Permanent Resident

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Luis Antonio Ibarra C.

Objective

Self-motivated and determined professional with demonstrated

experience in a broad range of engineering, quality, maintenance and

production management. Focused on results through continuous

Skills / improvement, implementing Quality Systems ISO / TS16949, Lean

Profile Manufacturing & Six Sigma methodologies.

Lean & Six Sigma Director / Facilitator / Consultant - Operations /

Plant Manager.

Work

Experience Jan 2007 - Current MWC Mexico CVG / Caterpillar Supplier

Agua Prieta. Mx / Douglas, Az.

Production/Operations Manager

Coordinate 1,600 people operation, producing wire harnesses for

Construction, Military and Domestic Trucks. Managing Inventory

levels, schedule attainment, equipment utilization, budget and

operational costs performance.

Six Sigma Champion and Lean Facilitator, driving and coaching

continuous improvement projects.

Achievements: Equipment Utilization increased from 38% to 72%, 62%

WIP Reduction, Production Cycle Time reduced from 8 to 3 days. On

Time Delivery Increased from 76% to 98%. Productivity improved from

58% to 76%.

Apr 2004- Dec 2006 MWC de Mexico / Commercial Vehicle Group

Agua Prieta. Mx / Douglas, Az.

Director of Continuous Improvement - OpEx / Lean ( Promotion )

Support the management group by training and facilitating all

functional areas with Lean / OpEx Methodologies & 6Sigma through

2,100 people operation.

Develop Lean Individual Goal/Objectives

Establish monthly and quarterly milestones and provide reports to

Management covering progress against the established milestones.

Facilitate Training sessions in accordance with the strategic plan.

Dec 2003 - Apr 2004 Levolor Kirsh Furnishings

Agua Prieta, Mx

Lean Change Agent / Plant Mgr. Intern.

Leader to implement lean-opex tools/methodologies throughout 3

manufacturing operations located at Agua Prieta, Esqueda and

Fronteras Mexico.

June 2003 - Dec 2003 Levolor Kirsh Furnishings ( Promotion )

Agua Prieta, Mx

Q.A./ Maintenance & Engineering Manager - AP Metals Plants.

Manage technical resources to improve throughput, efficiency and

quality by the optimization of process flow, equipment utilization

and quality system ( ISO9000:2K)

Achievements: Equipment Utilization increased from 49% to 83%, 32%

WIP Reduction, On Time Delivery Increased 19%. Productivity

improved 12% by Mfg. Cells implementation.

Jan 2002 - June 2003 Levolor Kirsh Furnishings ( Promotion )

Agua Prieta, Mx.

Project - Continuous Improvement Operations Manager - All Mexican

Operations (5)

Manage and drive productivity, cost savings and continuous

Improvement projects.

Administrate capital investments for new Mexican operations start up

( $4MM )

Support plant managers with lean manufacturing techniques. (

Training, Coaching & Auditing )

Administrate and coordinate centralized tool room to support 5

manufacturing operations. ( $150K).

Achievements: Prepared and manage capital investment for 2 new

building acquisitions ( 350,000 Sqft) building updates.

Implementation new OPEX Culture and Lean Thinking.

We obtained "Gold Star Award" from corporate for "Best Lean

Practices 2003".

2001 - Jan 2002 Rainbird

Nogales Mx.

Sr. Quality Engineer

Representative of the Quality Department, Implementing and

maintaining Quality System, drive supplier development process,

FMEA-DOE-SPC Initiatives and cost of quality evaluation.

Achievements: I received Award "Take a bow" July 2001 for best

practices on supplier development and

Quality System ( QS-ISO 9000) implementation.

June 1999 - Dec 2001 Weiser Lock Mexico

Tucson, Az & Nogales Mx.

Coordinator of Manufacturing Operations

Coordinate and drive manufacturing operations, Managing Inventory

levels, customer orders attainment, equipment utilization, budget

and costs analysis.

Achievements: Equipment Utilization increased from 42% to 91.5%.

Inventory Levels Reduction $ 420,000 USD by Kanban implementation.

Schedule attainment Increased from 65% to 98%. Productivity

increased by 63% to 83%. ( Managing 400 associates )

1995 - 2011 ADN Consulting Group ( Own Company ) .

Mexico and Arizona.

Consultant - Facilitator Instructor

Demonstrated Experience implementing, facilitating and teaching "

ISO/TS 16949, Lean & Six Sigma" methodologies in more than 25

companies in Mexico and US.

Some Clients:

Electronic Area : Motorola,

Sonitronies, Amphenol Optimize& IPS.

- Automotive :

VelcroMEx, EDS Int. Noma, Thomas & Betts & APS.

- Medical /FDA:

CR Bard, Avent Kimberly Clark, EuroFresh.

- Molding:

Rainbird, Anchor, Noma and Amphenol.

- Metal Stamping, forming and painting: Acco, Levolor and

Weiser Lock

Jun 1994 - Sep 1997 Productos de Control, General Electric

Nogales, Mexico

Training Specialist - Project Leader - Six Sigma Coordinator(

Engineering )

Leader for Six-Sigma Implementation program implementing continuous

improvement projects, focused on cost reduction and productivity.

Achievement: 1995 We received from GE Corporate Mexico a

recognition as best manufacturing practices in Ergonomics and

Process Improvement Scrap reduction 1997 $ 76,000 USD

Education Universidad Autonoma de Chihuahua, Master in Business

Administration: Total Quality

General Electric Corporate, Six Sigma Black Belt, Cd. Juarez Mex. &

Puerto Rico.

Instituto Tecnologico de Monterrey ITESM, Degree Executive

Management . Hermosillo. Mex

Instituto Tecnologico de Nogales, B.D. Industrial Engineering,

Nogales Mex.

Courses and

Certificatio Six Sigma Champion & 6Sigma Leadership - Caterpillar University -

ns Chicago IL - 2005-2006

KAIZEN Advanced Level / Salt Lake City, Feb. 2004 & SMED III

Springfield, MA. Nov 2003- Lean Horizon

Operational Excellence / Lean Mfg. Level I, II & III - HighPoint,

N.C. 2002- 2003

Team Work Leader / Master Facilitator Training. Los Angeles Ca. 2001

Front Line Leadership. Zenger-Miller Program 2001 Los Angeles Ca.

2001

Advanced Scientific Molding P. & Advanced Correlation Analysis and

DOE 2001 Los Angeles. Ca

Advanced Level 6 Sigma - MPCp s. 1998-1999 Phoenix AZ. ( Mario

Perez Wilson )

ITESM & Villeda Consulting Group - World Class Manufacturing Degree

1997-1998 El Paso Tx.

Other Information

Member ASQ & VP Education 1998-2002 // Member of ISSSP International

Society for 6 Sigma Professionals.

Computer Skills: MSOffice, MS Project, Visio & Minitab.

Native Spanish speaker and fluent English (95% verbal, 90% written)

Portuguese

Hobbies: Tae Kwon Do, Reading & Scuba Diving.

Referentes Upon Request.

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