GENERAL
Director of Operations with over ** years of experience in design and
manufacturing of automotive products. Proven record of plan starts up
from green field to program production. Experience negotiating
incentive packages with government.. Mexican National with Green
Card.
Experience
johnson DIRECTOR OF OPERATION
Electric 12/2013 UP TO DATE
TENNESSEE Direct Operations in Mexico for stamping, coating, molding and
2008- UP TO assembly operations
DATE Supervise team of 9 managers and staff of 480 people
Manage $15 million operation budget, control $55 million in capital
assets
Developed and implemented short term plans to improve efficiency from
60% to 90%
Oversee construction of second building and hire staff for new
facility
Negotiated new incentive package for both plants with local
government
Lead implementation for TS16949 certification
Reduced customer PPM from 25 to 4 ppm
Regional Program Manager
06/2011 to 12/2013
Mexico Operations start up
Developed Strategic Planning to open first facility in Mexico
Site selection, State Government incentive negotiation, growth
strategy, PnL estimation, Business Plan, oversaw site construction,
legal structure and hiring plan
Introduced 20 products in Mexico within 12 months - Industrial and
DELPHI Automotive products from China, Brazil, Italy, TN and OH. POC with
MEXICO Design Centers.
2001- 2008 Lead redesign of electric motors for Mexico location (local raw
material and components standardization)
Move or quote new business from 6 BUs to Mexico. Whole range from
micro-motors (10W) to 1000W motors
Drove cross functional teams in US, Mexico, China, Brazil and Italy
Engineering Program Mgr- Powertrain Cooling
10/2008 to 06/2012
Lead engineering team of CAD design engineers, validation engineers,
application engineers, Mfg. Engineers, Quality Engineer and Key
Account Managers from pursuing new business with Tier 1 and OEMs to
support current Product Engineering activities. Teams in Italy, China
and US.
Contribute on increasing BU sales in NA from 30M to 90M in 5 years
with awards of new businesses such as:
BLDC ECF : K2XX (30M), D2UXX (20M), 31XX (8M), JK (15M), DS (3M)
Brush ECF: CD4 (10M), Fiat 500 (3M)- Both flawless launch
Applied QFD, productizing, Lean manufacturing, FMEA, 3P, APQP.
Accountable for the PnL. OP improved in all the projects from award
to SOP
Main contact with Customer project manager
Lead Engineering Project Manager
10/2005 to 10/2008
June 2005 up to Oct 2008 Clusters business Unit
PMO Leader
Lead SW Eng, EE, ME, Mfg Eng, Val Eng, QE, SQE and KAM to:
Develop and launch brand new Reconfigurable Display - GMT001 SS
Improved OI% from 6% to 11%
Met all milestone on time (R@R, PPAP, Pilots, SOP)
First program launched with FPGA technology, lead free solder and LCD
display dynamic images for gauges
Developed and launched Instrument Cluster for GMT-610 Platform
Improved OI form -0.8 % to 10.1 %
Implemented new gearless stepper motor (NMB)
First program designed out of Michigan Design Center
Launched new SW for GMT360. EE and ME team based on Michigan
June 2005 up to Oct 2008 PODS Business Unit
Engineering Project Manager
10/2003 to 10/2005
Lead CFT at Mexico Technical Center to
Developed and launched ECUs for passenger airbag restrain system
Flawless launched for Volvo, Saab, VW, Audi, Bentley, DCX, Mercedes
PMI certified, Red X Shainin Journeyman, Green belt certification
Manufacturing Engineer Team leader
06/2001 to 10/2003
Lead team of 7 engineers to support current production and NPD
Process in charge include SMT, WSM, ultrasonic plastic weld, final
assembly PLC based robots, automatic coating dispense system, laser
engraving, UV curing, depanlization, ICT and EOL Tester
Reduced change over and run simultaneous models in conformal coating
Reduced scrap in a 20%
Launched programs exceeding project manufacturing goals
Train in Delphi Lean Manufacturing system
Kurt salmon MANAGEMENT CONSULTANT
associates 09/2000 TO 06/2001
2000- 2001 Management Consultant for fulfillment division
Implemented KSA quality system for Vanity Fair improving 10% FTQ and
efficiency
Developed middle management personnel at Vanity Fair focus on team
building
delphi QUALITY ENGINEER
MEXICO 01/1998 TO 09/2000
1998- 2000 Internal Auditor QS-9000
Leaded activities to implement actions to improve quality
Corrective actions analysis for customer such as Toyota, VW, GM, etc.
Selected new conformal coated supplier
Redesigned zero defects system and earned SPC, DOE and Poka-Yoke
diploma
Implemented quality control charts
Process Engineer
Increased FTQ through Poka-Yoke implementations.
Decreased PPM levels from 250 to 25 on Wave Solder process
Implemented Soft Beam solder process
Eliminated inspection problems with vision systems development
Plant Manufacturing Technology Team Leader
PFMEA Leader
Education
1998-2000 University of Texas MBA
Brownsville, TX
1993-1997 ITESM BS Mechanical Engineering
Monterrey, MX
AWARDS/Certification
PMI Certified, Certified Internal Auditor, Green Belt, Red X, GD&T
certified.
State Mathematics Olympic Winner
LANGUAGES
Spanish (native); English (fluent); Italian (working on proficiency)