Manufacturing Project

ELVIS LIMA DA COSTA

Brazilian, Birth. **/**/***0, Married, 2 children

Tel.: +55-15-322*-**** / Mobile: +55-15-816*-**** / *********@*****.***.**

MANUFACTURING / ENGINEERING / PROCESS / PROJECT / OUTSOURCING

QUALIFICATIONS

Professional with 13 years of experience in engineering, manufacturing processes and project

management in large multinational companies;

Coordinating the launch of new manufacturing sites, as well as the teams involved in new programs

by coordinating their activities and tasks. Definitions of capital expenditure on capital assets (CAPEX) .

New products introduction: Development of tools, fixtures and test devices. Analysis of manufacturing

feasibility with the product development team. Coordination in defining layouts, calculation and

optimization of factory capacity.

Applying the concepts of APQP, PPAP, FMEA, Six Sigma, Kaizen, Poka-Yoke, 8D, ESD.

Knowledge in the areas of: Plastics (welding, injection, assembly, painting and pad printing) and

electronics (SMT, PTH and assembly).

Monitoring the production process of goods, supply chain, tracking KPIs, coordination of engineering

changes / procedures and leadership studies of continuous improvement in production processes

through Lean Manufacturing.

Calm Personality, skillful to work in teams and under strong pressure. Clear communication with all

levels, including customers during presentation of quotations, project execution and training.

SCHOLARSHIP

Jan/2001 - DeC/2006 Universidade Cruzeiro do Sul São Paulo – SP

BS in Mechanical Engineering with emphasis on automation.

Aug/1995 – Dec/1999 SENAI “Roberto Símonsen” São Paulo – SP

Mechanic Technician.

FEMEA – SETEC Advice.

AQMPP – Certificate of approval SETEC / PSA.

APQP – Visteon Automotive Systems.

LANGUAGES

Fluent English, intermediate Spanish and basic French.

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

Jun/2010–Mar/2013 Research In Motion - RIM (BlackBerry)

Large multinational Canadian company manufacturer of telecommunications devices.

Technical Operations Support Specialist

• Reporting directly to director of outsourcing manufacturing;

• Management of contract manufacturing supplier s activities (Sao Paulo BR-Flextronics, Jabil

Guadalajara, MX, MX-Monterrey Celestica, Brightstar-Rio Grande AR);

• Activities undertaken since qualification audit, assessment of CAPEX, transfer products, on-site

training, line readiness audits of lines and current production management;

Technical reference between management teams of manufacturing processes at BlackBerry

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(Canada) and contract manufacturing suppliers to develop processes related to mass production

of mobile devices.

Main results:

Leadership of a reduction project for “X” product, resulting in increase of units / person / hour

(UPPH) in assembly 9.64 / h to 11.5 / h (19.3% increase). Product "Y" in the process of assembling

UPPH 6:45 UPPH to 12.64 (96.88% increase), configuration and packaging process from 9.9 to

12.9 UPPH UPPH (30.3% increase);

Leadership of a Reduction project to reduce level of discarded phones (bone pile) in 3941 to 50

units in five weeks;

Support the launch of 2 manufacturing sites and 9 new products.

Mar/2006-May/2010 Visteon Automotive Systems Guarulhos, SP.

Manufacturing engineer

Large American Multinational manufacturer of automotive components.

• Reporting directly to the Forward Models Manager and supervision of two direct employees;

• Development of activities as specialist in welding of automotive plastic parts, responsible for

plants in Brazil and Argentina;

• Project Leadership: Responsible for evaluation of project investment, tools developments, fixtures

and devices for the production process, layout definition and productive capacity for the site;

• Implementation of engineering changes and cost reduction actions, APQP management meetings;

• Maintenance of current products, improvements in the production process as well as 6 Sigma

studies.

• Main results:

PSA T3 and Honda TF0A: Reduction of direct labor projects through lean manufacturing (6.1

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welding operators), reduced investment in acquiring new equipment through adaptations of

existing equipment in the plant (Cost avoidance U.S. $ 184k);

Release of 7 new projects from different manufacturers (PSA-Peugeot/Citröen, Honda, GM,

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Renault / Nissan).

Nov/2000-Feb/2006 Visteon Automotive Systems Guarulhos, SP.

Senior Manufacturing Technician

Large American Multinational manufacturer of automotive components .

• Development of activities in the areas of SMT / Auto Insertion (PTH) and Soldering;

• Launch of 4 new products: Preparation of lines, capacity calculations and development of new

tequipments to meet the demand of production;

• Implementation of engineering changes in current products;

• Product development with the product engineering;

• Equipment maintenance and productivity of lines / production cells and assembly cost reduction

actions through nationalization of spare parts of equipment.

INTERNATIONAL EXPOSURE

U.S. / Mexico-Sep / Aug 2008 – Plastic Welding Training;

Switzerland / Italy - Mar 2009 - Development and validation of new supplier of plastic welding

equipment, purchase and approval prior to shipment authorization;

Mexico - Aug / Nov / Dec 2010, Mar 2011 - Technical support to manufacturing operations;

Canada - Jun / Sep / Nov 2010, Aug 2011, Mar/2012 - Training sessions for new products;

Argentina - Sep 2007 Jun 2011 to Mar 2013 - Launch of new website.

COURSES

Plastic Welding Technologies – Detroit-US / Monterrey-MX 2008

BlackBerry Manufacturing processes – Waterloo-Canada

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