EMILIO SALGADO ***** ALTIVO STREET MORENO VALLEY, CA 92555
Cell phone: 951-***-**** Email: ************@*****.***
LinkedIn url: https://www.linkedin.com/in/emilio-salgado-56403828
Summary of Skills
Results-driven professional with extensive experience in;
Supplier Quality Engineering High Volume Injection Molding
Project Management Staff Management
ISO 13845 QMS medical devices manufacturing Creative Problem Solving
Certified Auditor 9001:2015 & 13485 Analyze multifaceted problems
Ability to speak Spanish fluently
Professional Experience
Carefusion / Vyaire Palm Springs, CA 1992 - 2016
Medical Mfg of Respiratory devices
Position Title: Principle Supplier Quality Engineer
External & Internal onsite audits of suppliers, resulted in a decrease of nonconforming product
Established a reliable and consistent Supplier Corrective Action Request (SCAR) system with increased tracking abilities
Managed and tracked the approved suppliers list of over 850 suppliers
Member of the material review board (MRB) for decision making, monitoring and trending of nonconforming product
Managed investigation metrics of repetitive customer issues. Provided resolutions
Coordinated SCAR management for all major production line/ suppliers
Supplier liaison for all major injection moldings and mechanical manufacturers in US, Thailand, China and Mexico for CFN
Weekly quality tracking meetings with key suppliers, Continuous Improvement Team (CIT)
Position Title: RA/ QA Supervisor 2009 - 2012
Responsible for managing the verification/inspection process of all incoming products
Re-organized methods and techniques in the Receiving Inspection Department reducing redundancies and expediting flow using Six Sigma methodologies
Managed investigations by tracking the trending of customer deficiencies to improve quality at the supplier level. Realized a 25% improvement in quality and successfully reduced the inspection backlog from 15 to 3 days
Refined procedures of the Dock to Stock program sought and gained approval from both internal and external suppliers by communicating deficiencies and affecting a process improvement roll out, which resulted in a 41% increase of product quality shelved with inspection without compromising quality control
Position: Supplier Quality Management 2008 – 2009
Responsible for approving new suppliers for the Palm Spring facility
Trend with Quality Engineering problem supplier and execute corrective action
Performing external audits for critical suppliers
Relocated product lines from domestic to international suppliers resulting in manufacturing cost saving of 1.5 million dollars annually
Position: Technologist department R&D 2006 – 2008
Generated assessment protocols for testing of new or modified respiratory products for design verification and proof of principal
Designed and built test fixtures for product testing
Generated and executed validation protocol. (IQ, OQ and PQ) installation qualification
Operation Qualification and Process Qualification
Maintained and tracked all R&D calibration tools with internal and external vendors
Position: Technologist department Division Engineering 1994 - 2006
Project Management – Managed new product development, material, design changes, and customer complaints
Worked with in-house R&D, Regulatory, Quality and Marketing Management teams to successfully design, test and release new or redesign products
Worked with domestic and international customers to design and manufacture new products for respiratory
Managed over 27 projects that generated millions in savings and new revenue for the Respiratory Group
Relocated production lines from domestic and international suppliers resulting in multi-million dollar savings
Position: Senior Quality Technician 1992 - 1994
Developed calibration procedures and calibration tracking database for quality department
Preformed internal and external quality and customer survey and audits
Developed and managed the implementation of TIQ for the Riverside Facility
Education
Riverside City College - Associate in Business
UCR Extension – completed courses in the project management program
Certifications
ASQ member American Society of Quality
Six Sigma Engineer Certified – Quality Technologies
Kaizen Lead – Certified
Lead Auditor
ISO 9001 – 2008 and ISO 13485 and FDA Medical Device Knowledgeable