Engineer Manufacturing
Resume:
RAFAEL E. ACOSTA
Miami, FL 33146
**************@*******.***
Education Florida International University (FIU)
Miami, FL
Master of Business Administration (MBA)
March 2011
University of Puerto Rico (UPR)
Mayag ez, PR
B.S. in Industrial Engineering
December 2004
Experience Baxter Healthcare Corporation
Irvine, CA
Manufacturing Supervisor
May 2006 - August 2009
. Planned, coordinated and controlled activities
for four manufacturing lines in a clean room
environment, managing three operation
coordinators and a total of 150 operators.
. Increased units produced by 22% implementing
lean manufacturing tools such as: Overall
Equipment Effectiveness (OEE), Pareto, poka-
yoke, kan ban, capacity analysis studies, 5'S
concept and leading value stream mapping events
and time studies.
. Lead Champion of multi-disciplinary teams
composed of manufacturing and quality
engineers, production, quality and maintenance
personnel in order to meet goals such as:
release time, schedule adherence, Value
Improvement Project (VIP), safety, Complaint
Incident per Million (CIPM), Defects per
Million (DPM), conversion loss, efficiency,
over time and machine uptime.
. Analyzed and implemented solutions for
exceptions opened in the manufacturing floor.
. Actively participated on all manufacturing
related six sigma improvement projects.
Simmons Company
Los Angeles, CA
Project Engineer / Production Supervisor
September 2005 - May 2006
. Implemented: Kan Ban, time studies and re-
layout to increased production by 15%.
MOVA Pharmaceutical Corp.
Caguas, PR
Industrial Engineer
June 2004 - September 2005
. Performed capacity analysis for manufacturing
processes.
. Increased the manufacturing capacity 20%;
Increased the packaging lines capacity 50%.
. Implemented a Kan ban system to keep an
inventory of raw material needed for
production.
. Designed a storage system according to the
material handling requirements.
. Implemented lean manufacturing tools in order
to meet Manufacturing and Packaging Departments
goals.
Other Languages: Fully bilingual (Spanish/English).
Training: Principles & Practice of Engineering
License / Industrial Engineering (PE); Lean Boot Camp
Training (July 2009); Environmental and Safety
Training; CAPA Training (LIT); Management Essentials;
Supervisor Training
Computer Skills: Proficient in Microsoft Office
(Word, Excel, Power Point), Microsoft Project, Visio,
Minitab, Arena, AutoCAD, Mat Lab, C and VB Language
and AS400 (PRMS).
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