Rubén H. Nevárez
**** ********** ***, ** ****, TX USA ********@*****.*** 915-***-****
I am a results-driven professional and have accomplished professional goals with progressive experience planning and leading operations of highly competitive manufacturing environments.
Proven success in devising, evaluating, and implementing process improvement Initiatives to minimize waste and reduce costs, while optimizing quality and productivity. Adept at designing effective quality controls and safety programs and encouraging proactive participation across manufacturing floor to achieve desired outcomes.
Proven expertise in:
● Strategic Planning & Implementation ● Quality System Management
● Production & Facility Management ● Customer Satisfaction & Retention
● Budgeting & Cost Containment ● Process Improvement Initiatives
● Lean Manufacturing Process ● Profit & Revenue Optimization
● Health & Safety Standards ●Team Management & Leadership
PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE
Carlex Glass America, LLC – Nashville TN 37209
High Speed Tempering Value Stream Manager, 7/2014 to 8/2018
Direct all aspects of manufacturing operations in accordance with health and safety standards within assigned areas, ensure zero accident in 760 days, and produce high-quality products that elevated customer satisfaction rate.
Introduce a Bystronic cutting area line through implementation of lean manufacturing techniques, 5Ss approaches, and establishment of performance objectives. Lead strategic initiatives and formulate new procedures for continuous process improvement to accomplish assigned tasks within agreed timelines. Execute diverse range of engineering and maintenance activities to improve uptime due to break downs and long part changes. Assure compliance with ISO14001 and TS16949 while playing significant role as part of cross-functional team.
Key Contributions:
Improved efficiency of manufacturing operations at the cutting area by minimizing cycle time from 26 sec to 15.5 seconds, enhancing uptime from 71% to 81%, and optimizing yield from 76% to 99% that resulted in increasing overall equipment efficiency (OEE) improvement from 32.2% to 80%.
Developed and implemented progressive strategies at the tempering area for achieving set targets by elevating uptime from 92% to 95%, cycle time from 80% to 95%, and yield from 82% to 93%.
Applied best industry practices and innovative approaches to maximize overall equipment efficiency for the tempering area going from 60% to 83% that ensured improvement in entire tempering area from raw to tempered glass.
Augmented overall productivity at cutting area from 1500 pcs to 4500 pcs per day within the time period of nine months through utilization of all available resources at optimal level.
Carlex Glass Company – Vonore TN 37885
QSBs Production Manager, 7/2013 to 7/2014
Identified underperforming areas and developed action plans to improve productivity of the soldering lines.
Strengthened communication base with supplier of templates for the QSBs to provide feedback on consistent basis. Delivered feedback regarding upstream processes of tempering and preprocess in timely manner to reduce the defects supplied to the soldering lines.
Key Contributions:
Assessed needs for skills improvement and organized training and development sessions for high-potential team members to ensure personnel enthusiasm improvement.
Boosted productivity and OEE by 30% while designing and employing progressive strategies and plans.
Carlex Glass America, LLC – Nashville TN 37209
High Speed Tempering Superintendent, 11/2011 to 7/2013
Assigned to disassemble from a Mexican facility one LOF Furnace, two DBO lV furnaces, and two 8 holes glass drilling stations and ship them to two USA facilities. Checked all components of the furnace’s, ones installed at the USA facilities and generated the first set of samples.
Administered all aspects of the day-to-day activities for maintain the LOF furnace producing, through coordination with scheduling and shipment departments, for meeting and exceeding customer demand.
Oversaw the required maintenance and engineering activities to preserve the proper working conditions of the machinery to increase the productivity.
Led and mentored multi-disciplinary teams to operate the LOF Furnace. Led the purchasing and procurement of all necessary material and tools to produce another two extra models.
Key Contribution:
Led entire machinery installation by coordinating with technical team’s subject matter experts.
Designed and organized personnel training to enhance their knowledge and work abilities.
Completed documentation for getting approvals regarding manufacturing of automobile tempered glass.
Additional Experience: Details will be provided upon request.
1.Realtor,
at Keller Williams Realty- El Paso TX 79912: 07/2007 to 10/2011
2.Plant Engineering & Maintenance Manager,
at Vidriocar Glass Plant, Mexico: 07/2006 to 08/2007
3.Manufacturing Operations Manager,
at Vidriocar Glass Plant, Mexico: 04/2005 to 06/2006
4.Manufacturing Manager,
at Vidriocar Glass Plant - Mexico: 02/1998 to 03/2005
5.AQP Manager,
at Vidriocar Glass Plant - Mexico: 10/1996 to 01/1998
6.Manufacturing Manager,
at Vidriocar Glass Plant - Mexico: 01/1994 to 10/1996
7.Plant Engineering Manager,
at Autovidrio Glass Plant - Mexico: 07/1992 to 12/1993
8.Maintenance Superintendent,
at Autovidrio Glass Plant, Mexico: 11/1991 to 07/1992
9.Electrical Engineer,
at Autovidrio Glass Plant - Mexico: 08/1988 to 11/1991
10.Electrical Department Superintendent,
at Cementos De Chihuahua, Mexico 04/1986 to 07/1988
11.Instrumentation Supervisor,
at Cementos De Chihuahua, Mexico 11/1983 to 04/1986
12.Production Supervisor,
at Cementos De Chihuahua, Mexico: 11/1982 to 11/1983
EDUCATION:
BS in Industrial Electronics Engineering
Instituto Tecnologico de Cd. Juárez, Cd. Juárez, Chihuahua; Mexico.