Alejandro Narvaez Higuera
Professional Experience
Company: Allegion – Schlage de Mexico
Commercial and Residential locks.
Address: Ensenada, Baja California
Title: Regional Quality Systems Manager (Ensenada, Tecate & Tijuana Plants)
Date: May 2014 to present
Duties: Develop, Manage and Integrate current Quality Management System
Migrate from individual certificated sites to a multisite certification (three sites)
Leader Auditor on Internal Audit Program
Leader Auditor ISO9001 certification
Five people reporting to me (3 at Ensenada, 1 at Tecate & 1 at Tijuana)
Company: Continental Automotive CEP
Interior Electronic Modules & Radios on all Product Life Cycle
Address: Nogales, Sonora
Title: Supplier Quality Team Leader
Date: May 2010 to May 2014
Duties: Manage supplier quality control personnel on a day-to-day basis
Eight people reporting to me (6 SQE’s + 2 SDE’s)
Supplier Quality Development (DM)
Perform Maturity Review and Supplier Component Conferences with potential suppliers.
Supplier Sourcing and Selection with a multidisciplinary team, Development and Management of suppliers for Metal Stamping, Plastics, Keypads & Casting commodities.
Perform Advance Quality Planning (APQP) on component introductions
Perform on-site supplier process and Run at Rate audits
GREEN BELT certification
Leader auditor for VDA6.3 certification
Supplier Quality Sustaining (MM) / PCN Coordinator
Establish and implement metrics for monitoring supplier’s effectiveness
Monitor vendor performance; establish criteria and rating system for critical vendors.
Local Administrator for PCN (Process Change Notification) Tool
Company: Ahresty Mexicana S.A. de C.V.
Cast, Machine and Assemble of CVT Transmissions for customer Nissan
Address: Zacatecas, Zacatecas
Title: Quality Manager System ISO/TS16949
Date: February 2008 to April 2010
Duties: Develop, implement, manage and integrate Quality Management System
Manage Document Control, Internal Audit and Engineering Changes Departments
Implement and control document procedures for process control, process improvement, testing and inspection.
Leader Auditor on Internal Audit Program
Develop, implement and follow-up Internal Audit Program
Develop process certification standards and assist in process certification.
Obtained ISO16949 certification
Leader Auditor ISO/TS16949 certification
Six people reporting to me (2 Engineers + 4 Internal Auditors)
Company: Sensata Technologies Aguascalientes (Texas Instruments) Automotive Division
Automotive Pressure Sensors, Switches, Motor and Thermal Controls
Address: Aguascalientes, Aguascalientes.
Title: Supplier Quality & Development Engineer / Incoming Inspection Supervisor
Date: January 2005 to January 2008
Duties: Provide support to manufacturing for Supplier Quality improvement, product launch and engineering changes.
Manage defective material inventory MRB and 8D’s database
CS-1 / CS-2 application on repetitive supplier defects
Review and Approve on PPAP paperwork (CP, PFMEA, Flow Chart, dimensional analysis, cpk’s) on raw material, process or equipment/tooling changes
Approval on new parts and updates related to cost reduction projects ($1.6 M usd)
Dimensional analysis correlation on raw material, process or equipment/tooling changes
Ten people reporting to me (1 Engineer + 9 Inspectors)
Company: Flextronics Manufacturing
PCB’s, Circuit Modules and Xerox Copy Machines
Address: Aguascalientes, Aguascalientes
Title: Supplier Quality Engineer
Date: September 2001 to December 2004
Duties: Handle Suppliers Non-conformance reports due defective material
Handle defective material inventory and 8D’s database
Education
Bachelor’s degree in Mechanical & Electrical Engineer
I.T.E.S.M - Campus Monterrey
Class 2001
Extra-academic courses:
-ISO9001 Leader Auditor Certification. DNV GL. Jul 2015
-Green Belt certification. December 2013
-Core Values and Leadership Behaviors. Continental Corporation. Oct 2013
-VDA 6.3 Leader Auditor Certification. Continental Corporation. Sep 2013
-IPC-A-600 CIS certification. Continental Nogales. May 2013
-Lean Manufacturing. Continental Corporation at Continental Nogales Site. Jan 2012
-CMM (machine and software) course. Centro Mexicano de Metrologia at Continental Site. June 2010
-GD&T course. Centro Mexicano de Metrologia at Continental Site. May 2010
-ISO TS16949 Leader Auditor Certification. EQSS Consulting. Aug 2009
Quality Tools: 8D, 5W, CAPA, is/is not, PDCA, SPC, NPI, APQP, CP, FMEA, Cpk, Core-tools.
Standards: ISO-9001, ISO-14001, OHSAS-18001, ISO/TS 16949, VDA 6.3, IMDS
Program Languages: Windows, MS Office, SAP, Oracle
Languages: English 100% / Spanish 100%
Sports: Basketball, Swimming, Gym.
Birth Date: October 22nd, 1977
Place of Birth: Mexico City.
Linkedin: https://mx.linkedin.com/in/alejandro-narvaez-h-9b76b667
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