VIRGINIA SAPIEN

Lean Manufacturing/Lean Management/Bilingual Assistant

PROFILE

Dedicated and reliable professional

with 20+ years of experience and

distinguished performance across

several manufacturing, business

operations and management

processes. Excellent interpersonal and

written communication skills with the

ability to relate effectively with

individuals at all levels. Highly

organized, analytical, and decisive

with strong problem-solving

capabilities. Complete challenging

tasks with precision and attention to

detail. Strong customer service

orientation and business perception.

Consistently project a professional

behavior, positive self-image, and

attitude; guided by integrity, loyalty,

and the highest moral and ethical

principles.

CONTACT

PHONE:

915-***-****

EMAIL:

adjkm5@r.postjobfree.com

HOBBIES

I love to spend time with family and

friends

I like to walk my dogs

I love my place of being always

spotless (cleaning and organizing it’s a

hobby)

EDUCATION

UACJ IADA – Interior Designer

January 1993 – June 1996

I got my degree automatically due to grades this being a 4 GPA, I also won several competitions for design and architectural events during my time in this journey.

Columbus Ohio – Lean management certification

June 2011 – December 2011

Implementation of various kaizen events including VSM, TPM and SMED with productivity results to obtain this certification WORK EXPERIENCE

UPS El Paso TX - Part Time Industrial Engineer Supervisor June 2018 – February 2019

• New automated building operations transfer active participation

• Developing and implementing new operation methods and plan of new routes system data incorporation

• Processes upgrades

• Participation in Contingency breakdown plans development

• New exit routes and flow routes diagrams development FXI Inc Santa Teresa NM - OPEX Regional Manager

August 2012 – October 2015

• Leading Corporate OPEX initiatives for 16 facilities for FXI operations

(in USA and Mexico)

• In charge of deploying, implementing and tracking Lean culture from cradle to grave

• Develop and follow-up Business Strategy Policy Deployment and Corporate Monthly Plant performance updates.

• Develop and follow up on company’s KPI’s; equipped plants with Visual Metrics on Key Performance Indicators to develop sense of ownership in production cells.

• Training, coordinating, implementing and following Lean Manufacturing and OPEX (Operational Excellence) Tools: (6S’s, Visual Management, VSM, Standard Work, Kanban, SMED and TPM and other Lean Modules) Improving equipment efficiency, process flow, reducing quality issues (PPM's, SCRAP), assuring employees Safety and Value Added activities involvement.

• Develop, land and follow up on Productivity and cost reduction projects with multifunctional teams to achieve Top Level Business objectives

Newell Rubbermaid (Monterrey NL & Mexicali BC) – OPEX Manager/Coordinator

April 2004 – August 2008

• Brought onboard for a turnaround situation where the business was suffering of lack of KPI’s, low morale and lack of business sense of urgency. Deployed cellular strategy combined with Business Unit Modules. Develop and implement training, coordinator, implementing and following Lean Manufacturing and OPEX (Operational Excellence) Tools: (5S’s, Visual Management, VSM, Standard Work, Kanban, SMED and TPM and other Lean Modules) Improving equipment efficiency, process flow, reducing quality issues (PPM's, SCRAP), assuring employees Safety and Value Added activities involvement.

• Develop and follow-up the Strategic Policy Deployment for the Business. Monthly Plant performance updates breaking them down into Business Units, Cell Production Units and pieces of equipment

• Develop business KPI’s for monthly management operations review meetings and process follow-up. Equipped plants with Visual Metrics on Key Performance Indicators to develop sense of ownership in production cells.

Key Accomplishments

• Captured significant savings through process improvements applying Kaizen philosophy. Cumulative total reflects a hard dollar savings of seven figures in Labor and Fix and Variable Overhead.

• Change culture to a Safe and Lean environment one in short time period

• Implementation and follow up of Lean Manufacturing tools and techniques cascaded them down to cell/Associate levels following innovative Teamwork concepts.

• Aligned all the resources via Policy Deployment and training most of the salary personnel.

• Achieve 1st place for Lean Assessment for one of the most important customers for the business of hardware for windows and doors SKILLS

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Six Sigma

AutoCad

Internal Safety Auditor

Bilingual english

Microsoft Office

Policy Deployment

Lean tools

Bilingual Spanish

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