Manager Project
Resume:
JOSE A. CORELLA
El Paso, Texas 79936
915-***-****, Cel. 915-***-****
*********@***.***
SUMMARY
20+ years leadership experience in Operational Management for the automotive,
electronics, and office products manufacturing industries; m ost recently as a project
manager for plant operations in Mexico and the United States serving customers and
consumers in O.E.M. markets worldwide. Fully bilingual in English and Spanish with
excellent communication and presentation skills.
EXPERIENCE
Business Consultant July 2011-
Actual
Provided diverse manufacturing services to improve operations in all business areas such as:
forecasting, planning, communications, production, maintenance, safety, etc.
Providing guidance to set up metrics and improve actual performance by measuring and executing
different processes in all areas of the organization.
SUNRISE June 2010-June 2011
Plant / Project Manager
Managed O.E.M. and EMS customers on short term project responsible for supplying different
products with varied manufacturing processes and technologies. Led a workforce of 1289.
• Key Project Activities:
o Revitalized all team levels work activities (Tier 1, 2 And 3 meetings), Gemba walks, Training
matrix follow ups and Cross-training activities.
• End of Project Results:
Drove the initiatives and controls to achieve 95% customer on time delivery from the 56%
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Increased Customer Qualifications by +30% and Quality Ratings by +25%
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Achieved drastic scrap reduction rates from 10% to 1.0 % driving positive material variances
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for more than $ 200K/Yr.
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o Implemented several visual factory processes for different processes: Baggers, packing
machines resulting in process time reductions.
EPIC TECHNOLOGIES 2008-June 2010
Plant Manager
Managed EMS operations for 18 customers with different family of products; electronic, mechanical,
and electrical.
• Coordinated controls to improve the on time delivery for all customers; last quarter
2008 and 2009, from 75% to 98%
• Championed quality improvement process modifications reducing the repair
modules inventory from 6230 to less than 50 units in a daily basis.
• Achieved external Customer quality ratings from 2850 to 556 PPM’S
• Drove process Improvements that led the process and dock audit quality numbers
from 1850 to 532 PPM’S.
• Improved communication channels and team work at all plant levels.
• Pioneered cost reduction activities (DL, IL and OH) by $1.2MM in 2009
• Reengineered Lay outs and processes to maximize floor usage, saving 30%
production floor space for new products.
FIRST ALERT, BRK Electronics Division 1998 - 2008
General Operations Manager
Managed three facilities in El Paso and Juarez, Coordinated all manufacturing
operations, distribution and Mexico sales with up to 1,950 employees.
• Implemented different continuous cost improvement projects: Kaizen, Six Sigma,
Lean manufacturing, etc.
• Reengineered the operations, consolidated the facilities, improved outsourcing,
directed SKU rationalizations, and productivity improvements.
• Reduced cost of sales by $6.5MM, improved customer service efficiency from 75% to
98% and reduced outgoing quality defects from 7,200 to 630 PPM's.
• Set up Plant #2 in three months to produce 15-25 thousand fire extinguishers per day.
Redesigned all manufacturing areas to implement the continuous process flow
generating an 80% reduction in process inventory.
• Double the number of machines in the Plastic injection area without increasing floor
space or interrupting operations.
• Initiated the in-house Technical training for molding and machine operators to avoid
having troubles to hire new needs.
• Competed very positive to increase the in house molding processes and were able to
sell molded parts to similar product companies.
• Pioneered the plastic injection board with the participation of more than ten (10) Maquila
Plants interested on maximizing their productivity and personnel training.
AVERY DENNISON - Office Products Division 1995 – 1 998
Operations Manager
Managed three facilities in the El Paso - Juarez region manufacturing and d istributing
o ffice products with 1,130 Employees
• Transitioned five different product lines (assembly, high-speed machines and printing
process) to Juarez and tripled production output.
• Improved processes productivity and lay out space utilization by more than 30%.
• Built an additional 90,000 Sq. Ft. facility for future growth.
FIRST ALERT - BRK Electronics Division 1994 - 1 995
Plant Manager
Managed a manufacturing plant located in Juarez, MX with 1,400 employees. The plant
manufactured carbon monoxide and smoke detectors and was completely vertically
integrated from plastic injection molding, automated electronic board insertion,
assembly and electronic testing.
• Conceived and Implemented 100% cell manufacturing concept.
• Improved process productivity and space utilization more than 40%.
• Eliminated all backlog orders and current repair inventories from 800K to50K unit
boards. .
• Redesigned all manufacturing areas to implement the continuous process flow
generating an 80% reduction in process inventory.
ALLIED SIGNAL, INC. - Automotive Division 1982 -
1994
Operations General Manager - El Paso / Juarez (1991 - 1994)
Managed three physical plant facilities (280,000 Sq. Ft.), manufacturing automotive
restrain systems. Employing 1,870 hourly and 140 salary employees. Annual revenues
were $160MM with a budget of $30MM.
• Developed and implemented Just-In-Time (JIT) operations, Statistical Process Control
(SPC), Total
Quality Management and Integrated Work Centers (IWC), using the pull system, poka-
yoke, and visual factory techniques (lean manufacturing) to eliminate the need for 2
facilities in the US.
• Relocated quality and product engineering support from the US to Mexico eliminating
excessive expenses and penalties and reducing cycle times from 2 weeks to 3 days.
• Increased annual sales from $89MM to $160MM from 1991
through 1993.
Plant Manager - Juarez, MX. (1982 - 1991)
Directed two automotive plants producing seat belts retractors and center seat
assemblies.
• Reduced cost of quality more than 100% achieving 200 PPM's at customer delivery.
• Nominated for the Penta-Star in 1990 and 1991 (Maximum Quality Achievement
Award).
• Awarded the Chrysler Quality Excellence Award (QE) for three consecutive years
(1989, 1990 & 1991).
• Launched new processes like E-coat painting, stamping and Air bags manufacturing.
EDUCATION
B.S. degree in Industrial and Mechanical Engineering, Technological College in Juarez,
MX. Completed numerous graduate courses at the University of Texas at El Paso and
the University of New Mexico in Las Cruces.
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