Quality Manager Engineer

ALEJANDRO SOLIS

915-***-**** **********@*****.***

LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/asolis1

ENGINEERING / QUALITY MANAGEMENT

Manage Expense / Capital Budgets ISO 14001 / ISO 9001-TS16949

Lean / Green Belt Methodology / DMAIC DFMEA / PFMEA / Control Plan

Project Management / Global Plant Liaison Product Development Processes

Operations Management Quality Assurance / APQP / PPAP

Degree: BS, Mechanical & Industrial Engineering, Instituto Tecnologico de Chihuahua

Technologies: MS Office, MS Project, Visio, Adobe Acrobat, SAP, CS-IS for projects management, BGN Network Project Collaboration, SharePoint, AutoCAD, Lotus Notes, MS Office Outlook, WebEx, PLM-Merlin system, MS Teams, OneDrive

Industries: Automotive Electronics, Consumer Electronics

WORK HISTORY

Sr. QUALITY ENGINEER 2015-Feb/2022

NCR Corporation Atlanta, GA - El Paso, TX

Lead and validate the product quality, cost reduction, Lean Six Sigma, NPIs, process improvements, and standardization of the repair operations for the NCR financial products - ATM’s modules, within the outsourced network of corporate Repair Suppliers/EMS, contracted by NCR Corp. in North and Latin America.

Managed the Eng. changes, process audits, quality improvements, NPI’s, released of 18 new products from UK and Canada at 2 corporate suppliers in Juarez, MX. PPAP validated to release 58 transferred products.

Led and validated the implementation of quality controls, engineering changes, warranty inspection, cost reductions, repair and test process and packaging improvements with the Repair Suppliers’ plants to improve the quality of the repairs. Achieved repair cost savings for $1.1M in 2016 and $924k in 2015.

Coordinated and interfaced with NCR Engineering, Quality, and Commercial areas in US, Canada, United Kingdom, and India, the product, quality and process improvements in the Repair Suppliers’ plants.

Led and coordinated with supplier, multiple CIs with Six Sigma projects to reduce up to 2-digits defective rate

Recipient of 2019 NCR Teamwork Award and 2016 NCR Above and Beyond Performance Award.

PLANT PROJECT COORDINATOR 2005-2013

Robert Bosch Automotive Systems Juarez, Mexico

Manage, lead and coordinate the manufacturing activities of Airbag Sensors and ABS modules, including projects coordination, manufacturing quality, manufacturing engineering, project transfer and NPI’s. Maintain proper link with customers, commercial, development and manufacturing areas. Past positions held include: Project Team Leader, Product Coordinator.

Coordinated NPI’s of ABS9/ESP9 modules with Germany, Latin America and NAFTA regions, with 2.1M volume allocation and lean manufacturing lines capacity for 1.75M units/year with 35 projects for 22 automotive customers. Achieved PPAP as planned for 11 customers.

Developed and managed the APQP quality documentation per product, including customer reviews and approvals and 8D answers to customer complaints.

Managed, led and coordinated a $40M project and Business Unit introduction to manufacture ABS9/ESP9 modules, achieved lean manufacturing improvements in layout design, material flow, workstations design, reducing 15% cost in the $18M manufacturing lines investment, transferred from Germany.

Managed, led and coordinated a $12.5M project and Business Unit introduction to manufacture Airbag Sensors modules with lean manufacturing automated lines, transferred from Spain. Achieved PPAP for 5 automotive customers and produced 13.5M units in a 4-years with improved quality of 0.4 ppm’s, line utilization up to 91%.

Recipient of 2010 Corporate Award in Best Field Quality-Occupant Safety Products and 2007 Ford Q1 Award.

MANUFACTURING & QUALITY MANAGER 1999-2005

Philips Remote Control Systems Juárez, Mexico

Manage all administration activities related to the manufacturing operation: industrial, product and test engineering, mechanical development, plant facilities, product launches and transfers, quality assurance, incoming inspection, ISO-9001 & 14001 quality systems. Past positions held include: Subcontracting & Quality Manager, Project Manager.

Coordinated Global Commercial areas and plants in Mexico, Belgium, Portugal, China, Singapore, Brazil, Indonesia, and US for the development and transfer of new and existing products between facilities.

Reduced 36% equipment downtime in the manufacturing areas (less than 1,000 men-hrs/year).

Coordinated cost calculations for the development of 38 new designs, awarding 13 projects in global bids

Managed and transferred 70+ molds to a new supplier, re-qualifying the first article plastic parts and processes

Increased the installed capacity in the manufacturing lines from 6,500 up to 12,800 units per shift.

Improved Quality results from 862 ppm’s down to 46 ppm’s in the 4.5M units/year-manufacturing operation.

Reduced the customer complaints, from 52 in 2002 down to 2 complaints from 2003 thru 2005.

Led 18 Quality Improvement Teams with Six Sigma projects in manufacturing, engineering and quality areas.

Directed quality audits and the ISO 9000:2000 new standard transition, granted 5 annual certifications by BSI.

PRODUCT ENGINEERING TEAM LEADER 1994-1999

Delphi Automotive Systems Mexico Technical Center

Lead the new project development and management for Fuel Vapor Solenoids, from concept initiation through manufacturing implementation and long term capability, defining customer requirements for new products application. Past position held include: Product Design Engineer and Manufacturing Design Engineer.

Managed the interface with 2 manufacturing plants, customer, suppliers and Delphi’s support areas.

Achieved two GM approvals for the design and validation of pneumatic Solenoids (EPP) with noise reduction and built-in filter, obtaining GM approval for production. Record of invention and company patent awarded.

Reduced scrap from 30% to 2% through successful product design modification.

Implemented and validated new manufacturing cell designs for pneumatic solenoids including ultrasonic welding for coil terminations, 8-coil winder machine, flow tester, pneumatic screwdriver, and producing 1.5M units/year.

Managed (GM) product complaints through RCCA root cause analysis and implemented corrective actions.

Managed the validation and production release approval of 6 molds of plastic parts for 2 new pneumatic solenoid designs, including measurement correlations with suppliers.

ACADEMIC ACHIEVEMENTS

Degree: BS, Mechanical & Industrial Engineering, Instituto Tecnologico de Chihuahua

Post Graduate Studies: Statistical Process Control, Instituto Tecnologico de Juarez

Master of Administrative Engineering courses, Instituto Tecnologico de Juarez

ON-GOING EDUCATION

Kaizen Administration Lean Manufacturing Shainin Problem Solving Techniques The Experimentation Process for Robust Engineering Design Ergonomics Principal Seminar DFMEA/PFMEA, Control Plan MOST Work Measurement System Robust Engineering – Taguchi Methods DuPont Advanced Molding Technics I & II Geometric Dimensioning & Tolerancing Basic & Advanced Electro-Hydraulic Tech. ISO 9000:2000 Internal Auditor Allen Bradley SLC programming Branson Ultrasonic Welding Seminar European Foundation for Quality Management Assessor Training Bosch Leadership Development Program

ADDITIONAL WORK EXPERIENCE

ENGINEERING / QUALITY MANAGEMENT CONSULTANT 2014-2015

Developed strategic quality overviews to improve quality to less than 100 ppm’s for EMS companies.

Quality and Manufacturing Engineering process evaluations to achieve 2-digits efficiency improvements.

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