Carolina Zuluaga Calvo
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Motivated engineer with demonstrated experience improving yield and efficiency. EDUCATION
PONTIFICIA UNIVERSIDAD JAVERIANA – Cali, Colombia Jun 2011 – Jul 2019 Bachelor of Science: Industrial Engineering
Emphasis in Processes and Quality
GPA: 3.40
Bachelor of Arts: Business Management
Emphasis in Strategic Marketing
GPA: 3.50
SKILLS
Fluently Spoken Languages: English, Spanish
Software: Microsoft Office Suite, Minitab
ENGINEERING CONSULTING
“Design of a standardized work system for the production process and design of a plant for the implementation of the franchise model in Empanadas Pega Pega”
• Reduced the variability of the products weight from 2.82 grams to 0.58 grams by designing a mold to standardize the assembly process.
• Reduced of assembly times on average of 0.89 seconds per patty
• Increased compliance of Good Manufacturing Practices by 23% through the Inspection Act created by the Colombian National Regulatory Agency (INVIMA)
• Increased 9S compliance by 13.9% by applying lean manufacturing practices
• Decreased setup times on average of 8,5 min per day at the production plant
• Applied of Statistical and Methods Engineering tools Statistical Analysis of the Measurement System for “Pega-Pega Empanadas” Company
• Applied descriptive and inferential statistics to evaluate the efficiency of the measurement system for a weighing process.
• Control Charts, Boxplot, Residual Plots, Stability, Linearity, Repeatability, Reproducibility and Reliability study was conducted. (Excel and Minitab).
• Provided recommendations after the data analysis. Risk Analysis for “Plásticos La Esperanza” Company
• Conducted Environmental Health and Safety risk analysis was conducted to reduce the number of incidents and accidents in the company.
• Identified risk factors
• Improvement plan was put together and proposed to Occupational Health Program for implementation
PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE
Tri Art Hardwoods – Marietta, GA Feb 2020 – Present Assistant Manager
• Creation of Project Estimates based on labor, material and waste parameters
• Project planning according to job schedules and available workers
• Management of social networks and Marketing strategies for client acquisition and retention
• Maintaining relationships with vendors and suppliers Kuehne + Nagel – East Point, GA Jan 2019 – Dec 2019 Air Import Logistics Coordinator Trainee
• Inter-office coordination of import freight with all KN offices (Worldwide).
• Coordination of specialized large volume accounts.
• Coordinating with all ATL international carriers securing freight back to the KN warehouse.
• 3PL Liaison for KN with U.S. Customs and USDA.
• Logistics coordination of customer’s shipments to specific distribution facilities throughout the USA.
• Import rate construction and invoicing for import clients.
• Improving import processes while working on task driven projects for efficient handling of internal systems.
Empanadas Pega Pega – Cali, Colombia Jan 2018 – Dec 2018 Industrial Engineering Intern (Stores and Production Plant)
• Statistical experiments with data and time collection on production line and production plant.
• Analysis of production process to determine the high variability of patty s weight due to a manual assembly process
• Implementation of Good Manufacturing Practices and 9S s
• Improvement Proposals on redesign of the production process and distribution for the production plant
• Proposed improvements and redesign of the production process and distribution of stations of the production plant