Juan Alfonso Sanchez Garcia
Paseo de las Bugambilias 6975, Fracc. Bugambilias, Tijuana BC 22216 Mexico US Cell: 619-***-****; Mex Cell: 52-664-***-****; Home: 52-664-***-**** Email: **.*******.****@*****.***
SUMMARY:
Industrial Engineer with 15 years of experience in Quality administration and Quality Engineering; 7 years of experience in Manufacturing and Process Engineering; 9 years of experience on managing the expansion and/or relocation of manufacturing facilities from the US into Tijuana. Ability to manage personal, good communicator and to follow corporate objectives. PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE:
SQA SERVICES INC. (www.sqaservices.com) Jan 2015 – Jan 2016 Suppliers Quality Engineer (SQE)
As part of SQA Services Inc. (Supplier of quality management services within the Healthcare, Aerospace and High Tech Industries) I was designated as a Supplier Quality Engineer at Philips Healthcare (Medical Device Manufacturing), in Highland Heights, OH.
Responsible for the Suppliers Part Qualification (SPQ) and to ensure the follow up of the Production Part Approval Process (PPAP).
Responsible to conduct extensive quality document review and visual inspection (e.g. Part number check, C of C, Materials Certs, RoHS and other documentation, etc.)
Ability to understand and interpret blueprints (GD&T) and all applicable drawings
First Article Inspection FAI
Dimensional Inspection of precision machined parts or similar products
Process Flow and Control Plan creation
PFMEA (Process Failure Mode and Effects Analysis) creation
Develop and determine inspection criteria
Gage Repeatability and Reproducibility (Gage R&R)
Knowledge and hands-on experience working with various inspection tools (for example: calipers, micrometers, height gages, thread gages, etc.) Passion Splash (www.pacificsplash.com) Oct 2011 – Oct 2014 Production Manager
Company dedicated to the screen printing and sublimation of garments, supplier of printed garments to departmental stores like Walmart, Sears, Kmart, Disney, Harley Davidson, etc.
Responsible of the Expansion of the manufacturing facility from Commerce CA. to Tijuana Mex.
Responsible of managing the manufacturing Team to fulfilling the production plan
On time delivery responsible
Responsible to comply with the company policies, procedures and quality standards as well as Labor, Safety and Environmental regulations (Federal, State & Local)
Responsible for the introduction of new equipment
Facility layout responsible
Customers service
Block Medical de México (www.iflo.com) Jul 2010 – Oct 2011 Process Engineer (ISO 13485:2003)
Kimberly Clark company manufacturer of Medical Device Products (Pain relief Elastomeric pump systems that automatically and continuously delivers a regulated flow of local anesthetic to a patient’s surgical site: Select-A-Flow “SAF”, PCA “Patient Care Assistant”, etc).
Monitoring and actions to maintain the KPI’s in control (Key Performance Indicators) Page 2 of 3
NCMR’s follow ups (Non-Conforming Material Reports)
Root Cause analysis, Problems solving, Failure analysis reports
CAPA projects
Time study, line balancing, assembly process improvement
ECO & DCN (Engineering changes and Document changes)
Production floor layout
Business Unit leader
SOP and Work instructions creation
Manufacturing Engineering support
Kaizen events, GEMBA walks
Straight Line Relocation Management (www.straightlinerm.com) May 2007 – May 2010 Manufacturing & Process Engineer for Wisconsin Tool de Mexico (ISO 9001:2000) As part of the Straight Line group I was assigned to the Wisconsin Tool de Mexico operation (Sheet Metal Company) as a Manufacturing and Process Engineer supporting the areas of Manufacturing and Quality Control. In charge of supporting customers with technical issues, new products development, orders follow, etc.
Product cost responsible
On time delivery responsible
Responsible for complying with customer quality specs
Engineering support for Production and Quality control
Customers engineering support (New products designs, quotes, products revisions, ECN implementation, quality complains, etc)
New Products Introduction NPI, from development until manufacturing
Continues communication with headquarters (Sales, Engineering, etc) Motorcar Parts of America (www.motorcarparts.com) Dec 2004 – Apr 2007 Manufacturing & Process Engineer (TS16949)
Hired to plan and coordinate the relocation of the Production (Remanufacturing of starters and alternators) and Quality Control areas from Torrance CA to Tijuana Mexico (300,000 sqf, 1,000 employees), as well as hiring and coordinate the training of the Lead Persons, the Production Supervisors, and the Process Engineers. During the relocation process all production lines were designed using Lean Manufacturing principles.
Relocation plan development
Manufacturing floor distribution using Lean Manufacturing techniques (Value stream map, Manufacturing cells, work flow, equipment distribution and materials layouts, One piece flow, Kanban, 5’S, etc.)
Responsible for coordinating the Production, Quality Control, Process Eng., Environmental & Safety areas during the relocation process.
NPI (New Parts introduction)
Part of the TS16949 Tijuana factory certification team
Assumed the Production Manager responsibilities during the plant relocation (8 months, up to 650 employees)
In charge of the Process Engineering department
In charge of design and provide tools and fixtures to manufacturing
Manufacturing and Continues Process Improvement responsible
In charge of developing and manage the MPA training department Merit Abrasives (www.meritabr.com) Jan 2000 – Nov 2004 Quality and Process Engineer Manager (ISO 9001)
In charge of planning and coordinating the relocation of the Production & QC departments from Compton CA to Tijuana Mexico (75,000 sqf, 200 employees), interviewing, hiring and coordinating the training of Lead Persons & Supervisors. Assumed the responsibility of supporting the Sales department visiting customers and developing special abrasive products for their applications. In charge of the Parts Engineering department.
QC management
Control plans establishment
Testing procedures and controls development
Sampling procedures establishment
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Product specs establishment
New products development per Customer specs requirements
New materials evaluation and qualification
Responsible of Parts Engineering: New parts design, Bills of Materials (BOM), Routings, New products quotes, New Parts Introduction (NPI), etc. CintasVAC, S.A. de C.V. Nov 1985 – Jan 2000
Quality Assurance, Safety and Environmental Manager Quality control department development, responsible for establishing the product sampling and testing methods and the products specs. I traveled visiting customers in US, Canada and Mexico twice a year providing technical support for sales and quality follow up of products. I assumed also the responsibility as the Safety and Environmental manager for the company.
QC Area development
Testing procedures and control plan development
Sampling procedures establishment
Product specs establishment & product technical information development
Safety and environmental management
Hazardous waste management
Responsible for the compliance with the environmental and safety requirements (ECOLOGIA DEL ESTADO, SEMARNAP, PROFEPA, STPS, SSA and CNSNS)
Emergency plan development
Responsible for the radioactive testing equipment ACADEMIC BACKGROUND:
PROFESSIONAL: Instituto Tecnologico de Tijuana (1982 - 1987) Grade (Bachelor’s Degree) Industrial Engineer in Electronics COURSES:
Green Belt Six sigma (Kimberly Clark June 2011)
SAP (Kimberly Clark August 2011)
Ultrasonic Welding (Branson March 2011)
Value Stream mapping (Kimberly Clark Nov. 2010)
USON testing equipment (Houston TX, Oct. 2010)
CNC (40 hours, Cast 2008)
Poka Yoke, zero defects (SPC 2007)
Lean Manufacturing (90 hours, Cetys University 2006)
AutoCAD 2002 (45 hours Soporte Tecnico Digital, 2004)
TS16949 (100 hours, Tousley and Associates 2005) SKILLS:
English: Speak and writing 85-90 %
Computer: Microsoft Office (Outlook, Word, Excel, Power Point), Minitab, Visio and AutoCAD LT 2013
Mechanical and electronic measurement equipment use experience REMARKS:
I have worked expanding and/or relocating manufacturing plants from the US into Tijuana. 1. Merit Abrasives (Relocation from Compton CA)
2. Needmore Abrasive Products (Relocation from Brookville Ohio) 3. Motorcar Parts of America (Relocation from Torrance CA) 4. Wisconsin Tools (Expansion from Chicago ILL)
5. Passion Splash (Expansion from Commerce, CA)
Open to travel and to relocate to any city in the US or Canada.