Program/Project Manager (Manufacturing)
Resume:
Edgar Montemayor **************@*******.***
San Antonio, Tx
Organizational Project
Manager
• Project Leadership •
Cost Reduction • Lean
Manufacturing •
Workforce Planning •
Bi-lingual
Strong leadership in high
cost projects and
operations of latest
technology in low pressure
and gravity processes for
aluminum sand and
permanent mold castings
in the automotive industry.
New projects coordinator
for all model year and
engineering changes with
vehicles airbags high-tech
and new automated
assembly lines or
equipment upgrades
including fully automated
robots to meet
customer/production
requirements. Meet and
exceed budget goals in a
safely timely manner and
Quality, and comply with
customer start up on site
(USA-MEXICO-
EUROPE-ASIA).
• QA / QC
•
Continuous Process
Improvement •
Production Management
• TPM (Total Productive
•
Maintenance)
Operations Improvement
Project Management
Restored obsolete Equipment to full productive capacity. Results: Reduced installation time of new
equipment by 50%, saved $1M in costs.
PROFESSIONAL
EXPERIENCE
Relocated Equipment from other plants to a centralized plant to accommodate new business, saving at
least 1/2 of total line cost.
Process Improvement
Implemented a new process to reduce cycle time through machine movements and speed. Results:
Increased production by 40%, improved quality, saved $1.5M eliminating need to buy a new machine.
Manpower Management
Performed weekly meetings to address and solve personnel problems. Results: Reduced Turnover 3.5%
to 1%, improved morale and productivity.
High Volume Production
Added a second floor plan to stack up process carts, use same floor space area, as production was
doubled, only a small modification to carts were made . Results: Avoided building construction by
expending $100K instead of $1M.
Product Development
Controlled all new parts coming for a new product by developing a chart where you can see easily each
part of the products, and then having the opportunity to grab an existing part from an old product. Results:
Reduced the part set up, inventory and design of new molds, involving costs of $500K.
Cost Reduction
Resolved issues of associates working under pressure conditions and without adequate tools or good
environment conditions. Results: Scrap automatically went down every month from being 10% to 1%.
Lean Manufacturing
Implemented frequent machine supports change every 15 days instead of replacing them when
maintenance sees the equipment started to fail and scraped the product after process it. Results: Saved
200K scrap reduction vs replacements costs of only $60K annually.
Customer Relationship Mgt
Instituted a scrap ramp up plan on every new product introduction to have 1st month with 100% shade
trainer, 2nd month with 50% of back up and the other 50% being re-inspected and finally the 3rd month
by itself. Results: Reduced PPM or ranking by 50% each customer provide to their suppliers.
Nemak Aluminio S.A de C.V.
Manufacturing and New Projects Head – New Projects Management (09/2010 – 06/2012)
Planned, organized, developed and integrated the team (Engineering/ Purchasing/ Human Resources/ Process,
Production, Industrial, etc.) creating timelines to follow up from start to end. Established specific objectives
and key dates of the project to administrate customer events and assigned budgets to achieve expenses
targets with good quality and meeting due dates. Led projects and meetings with customers and suppliers to
review status of program and close of open items that may affect the project developed and provided fast
resolutions. Evaluated and developed new products and equipment in order to comply with customer
specifications and Goverment’s regulations.
Takata de Mexico S.A de C.V.
Program Manager – New Programs Management (10/2005 – 09/2010)
Conducted cross-functional teams meetings to follow up critical due dates on Customer programs.
Managed issuance of projects “CAR’s”, Capital Acquisition Request for expenditures to control budget of
project as well as the administration of all areas to have the project being succeed.
Prepared new products ramp-up plan for the plant, conducting meetings with all departments involved
before start of production to assure no issues with customer.
Teksid Aluminio de Mexico, S.A. de C.V.
Training / Education
Production Superintendent – Operations Management (04/2001 – 10/2005)
Supervised Production lines meeting targets in quality and quantity.
Reduced maintenance and scrap cost.
Updated Quality System ISO/TS-16949.
Served as Internal Auditor for ISO/TS-16949:2002
Managed 150 including 9 supervisors.
Quality and Process Engineer – Quality Assurance Dept. (09/1999 – 04/2001)
Directed Plant Process Control. Managed the Analysis and interpretation of the current level of scrap, to fulfill the
requirements of the quality system ISO/TS-16949:2002. Reduced problems inside the plant or at the customer’s
site (Chrysler assy plant).
Investigated main defects through a detail analysis (7 Step, 6 Sigma, etc.) of the problem, using statistical,
dimensional, chemical, physical data, try outs.
Used Computer simulation to analyze the casting process of the aluminum pouring using mathematical models.
Conducted presentations at customer's plant for trial results and main actions items for scrap reduction.
Compiled monthly reports given to FIAT Corporative (Italy), to customer (Chrysler) and to the financial department
(Teksid) besides conducting weekly meetings with the upper management.
Delivered continuous follow-up of testing performed at customer’s site.
• BS in Electronics and Communications Engineering
• Mechanical Electrical Technician
• SAP Software Basic Knowledge
• Project Management Orange Belt training PMI (Takata Monclova, Mex.)
• Internal Auditor for ISO 14001 (Teksid)
• Internal Auditor for new Q. S. ISO/TS-16949:2002 (Tec. of Monterrey)
• 6 Sigma (Black Belt) ITA Institute
• The New Supervisor's Role (Tec. of Monterrey)
• TPM (Total Production Maintenance, Teksid)
• MS Office: MS Project, Outlook, Word, Excell, Power Point, Basic Autocad.
• Effective Combustion and its Control Seminar (NUTEC, Monterrey)
• Statistical and Costs Control (Teksid)
• Simulation of Aluminum Feeding Systems (MAGMA Software, USA)
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