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Manager Plant

Location:
El Paso, TX, 79911
Posted:
July 12, 2010

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Paulino Vargas June **, ****

**** ***** *** ***,

El Paso, Texas 79911

Office *52-656-***-**** Home: 915-***-****

*********@***.***

SUMMARY

Bilingual: English/Spanish, Degreed on Industrial Engineer, with solid

background in manufacturing and lean manufacturing, and managing all integrated

functions on big operations, start up plants and financial and operating performance

reporting. Strong background on automotive industry, twin Plants on the border as well in

the interior of Mexico.

Education:

1BSIE, ITRCH, Instituto Tecnológico Regional de Chihuahua, 1996

2Languages: Spanish native, English (speak 4 (of 5); (read) 3+ (of 5)

3Coach TOYOTA PRODUCTION SYSTEM implementation (Alcoa APS SYSTEM)

Experience:

10/2006-actual Managing Start Up my Oun business in Juarez Mexico

Support a Project to start Up new business to supply Packing material to

Maquila Industry improving 300% sales on 2009 fiscal year.

10/2005- 09/2006 Operations Mgr, Johnson Controls, Cd Juarez, Chih

Responsible for managing a trim (sewing process) plant (1200 employees),

supplying cover seats for Ford and General Motors. Mayor achievements

Improve efficiency to 92% representing 104 direct op. $676,000 annual

savings and 1.2 M const reduction trough Lean Manufacturing and Six Sigma

Projects

10/2004- 5/2005 Manufacturing Mgr, Lear Corporation, Cd Juarez, Chih

Responsible for managing manufacturing plant (700 employees), 5 direct

Manufacturing Supervisors and administrative functions, and support areas.

Mayor achievements are re-design cutting area and intermediate process to

support 40 % increase, rebalancing output on final assembly with no

additional tooling representing 18% productivity.

2004- 10/2004

Organizational Development Manager, AFL Alcoa-Fujikura, Cd. Acuña, Coah.

Responsible for implementing the Continuous Improvement Process and the

Self-Sustainable Learning Process and Audit APS trough Alcoa Automotive,

teaching middle management and supervisors a practical organized process

on how to reduce cost by using a simple technique of observation resulting

in eliminating waste and implementing a problem solving process at the

lowest possible level in the organization. This process has resulted in an

immediate reduction of overtime from 28% to 3.8% while maintaining same

level of production and achieving a 12% reduction in direct labor.

1998-2003

Cost Center Manager, AFL Alcoa-Fujikura plant in Monterrey, N.L., Piedras

Negras Coah. Mexico.

Responsible for managing three manufacturing plants (4000 employees),

administrative functions, such as support areas and direct staff. Supplying

wire harnesses to Ford Motor Company and Harley Davidson.

Mayor achievements included the implementation of the Alcoa Production

System APS/ABS (Toyota Production and Batch System). Achieved superior

cost performance by reversing the trend becoming the lowest cost performer

by 8 cents/sales-value representing four millions dollars in savings.

Customer satisfaction as measured by the delivery performance based on the

Ford system rose from 75% to 96%. As regards EHS we achieved ISO 14001

certification

1995-1998

Plant Manager, AFL Cd. Juarez, MX, Piedras Negras Coah. MX

Responsible for the start up and then transfer of this new business to the

Acuña location due to acquisition.

Transforming all process with conveyor and work-cells by implementing Just

in Time system and the Team Concept. This design was the blue print for

future deployment throughout the organization in Mexico. Major

achievements included an increase in productivity from $120/person to

$200/person, ISO 14001 Certification Also achieved QS 9000 certification for

all plants plus our CDC.

1987-1995

Plant Manager ACE VI, ACEIII and Rio Bravo III, Packard Electric Plants,

division of GM, Chihuahua State, MX

Responsible for start up of the border new facility without established on site

US support, only from the parent company on the border.

Mayor achievements included the design and pioneering work-cell

arrangements as well as the introduction of Continuous Flow and the Total

Quality Control concept Major achievements were made on, maximizing

space utilization by 70%, and cost reduction and cost avoidance of 33% from

operating cost on one of most profitable unit business O2 sensor launch and

proliferation, from 12,000 pcs /day to 60,000



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