Industrial Engineer,Process Improvement, Six Sigma Green Belt

Jaime G. Almanza

**** ****** ***, *** *** Amarillo TX. 79119 915-***-**** ******.*******@*******.***

Objective

·To obtain a position within your organization and utilize my skills and experience to contribute to your overall success while maintaining your mission.

Education

B.S. INDUSTRIAL ENGINEERING UNIVERSIDAD AUTONOMA DE CIUDAD JUAREZ

Related coursework: Leadership Skills Workshop, Six Sigma Green Belt, Project Management, Kaizen Administration, Managerial Auditing Workshop, Visual Factory, Ergonomics & Poka Yoke, 8D Solving Problems, MOST Training course, Systematic Layout Planning, Detailed Work Factor.

Skills & Abilities

MANAGEMENT

·Project Management skills; Ability to develop department schedules, budgets and new product introduction; efficient, organized and self-motivated; detail-oriented; experienced with working in multiple manufacturing environments and areas including automotive, home security, electrical, as well as oil and gas; previous experience managing 90+ employees.

OUTSOURCING

·Reviewing quotations, quality, deliveries for products while maintaining customer focus; International exposure and experience in México, USA, Europe, Asia and Latin America.

COMMUNICATION

·Bilingual in English/Spanish; Team-oriented; Excellent team-building capabilities; great Customer Service skills.

LEADERSHIP

·Dynamic with a strong technical background and problem-solving skills; excellent ability to implement and follow up key performance indicators; ability to continuously improve plans and bottlenecks removal; implementing World Class & Lean Manufacturing techniques.

Experience

PRODUCTION MANAGER MERRICK PET CARE, HEREFORD, TX SEP 2021 – FEB-2025

·Coordinate with manufacturing supervisors how to meet weekly production schedule by implementing priorities as number of lines required and equipment to minimize production disruptions.

·Manage the areas using Key Performance Indicators for Safety, Quality, Deliver and Cost, presenting them to Management Team on a daily and weekly basis to verify trends and define Corrective Actions for negative trends.

·Discuss line supervisor’s new ideas to implement methods used in production and concepts for equipment to increase productivity.

·Overseeing and approving how to cover open positions, with new hires and/or internal promotions also how to manage human resources.

·Verify and review the effectivity of the corrective action implementation to meet weekly/monthly production requirements.

·Driver of the OMP (Operation Management Plan) by coaching supervisors to implement the actions to complete the activities required to meet our OMP for the plant on their areas, emphasis on Process Improvement utilizing Lean Six Sigma tools and 5s.

·Driver for the improvement on packaging manual lines from 4 bags/min to 7 bags/min and on automatic lines from 6 bags to 15 bags/min getting an increase from 100 tons/day to an average of 200 tons/day.

OPERATIONS SUPERINTENDENT SPITZER INDUSTRIES, BROOKSHIRE, TX DEC 2018 – MAY 2021

·Reviewing on a daily, weekly and monthly basis the production requirements to adjust the number of hours required to work per day to maximize production and meet delivering dates.

·Coordinate with manufacturing supervisors to define production scheduling and priorities which includes maintenance and installation of tools, and equipment to minimize production disruptions.

·Manage the area using Key Performance Indicators for Safety, Quality, Deliver and Cost, presenting them to Management team on a weekly basis to verify trends and define Corrective Actions for negative trends.

·Discuss line supervisor’s new ideas to implement methods used in production and concepts for equipment to increase productivity.

·Pushed improvements using Kaizen events achieving a saving of 750 k US dollars.

·Owner for overseeing and approving new hires, vacations, terminations, wage increases, training and development of new employees, personnel safety, recruitment and retention.

·Review and implement actions to meet weekly & monthly production requirements.

·Provide coaching to supervisors to improve their performance and minimize the downtime on the lines, emphasis on Process Improvement utilizing Lean Six Sigma tools.

·Implement motivational techniques for continuous process & product improvement with all employees.

OPERATIONS CONSULTANT RELIANCE ONE INC., DALLAS, TX MAY 2017- DEC 2018

·Provided manufacturing support to the automotive companies in different cities of Mexico.

·Monitored the production lines hourly to find issues and request an action plan from the management team.

·Identified the critical components and follow up with the local management to ensure there is no disruption in the supply chain.

·Reviewed Preventive Maintenance schedule and request time off from production to sustain the performance of the equipment.

·Oversaw and request to local management that the headcount is according with the needs of the area, to ensure there is no lack of people for production lines including the support departments.

·Reviewed with local management the corrective actions to tackle the quality issues from production and suppliers.

AREA MANAGER EXTERRAN, HOUSTON, TX MAY 2013 - JUNE 2016

·Coordinated with manufacturing supervision to define production scheduling and priorities which included maintenance and installation of tools, equipment to minimize disruptions to production operations.

·Managed the area using Key Performance Indicators for Safety, Quality, Deliver and Cost, presenting them to Management team on weekly basis to verify trends and define Corrective Actions for negative trends.

·Discussed line supervisor’s new ideas to implement methods used in production and concepts for equipment to increase productivity.

·Reviewed and implemented actions to meet weekly & monthly production requirements.

·Pushed improvements using Kaizen events achieving two projects in the first year with saving 500 k US dlls.

·Implemented motivational techniques for continuous process & product improvement with all employees.

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MANUFACTURING MANAGER FAROUK SYSTEMS, INC. HOUSTON, TX NOV.2011 - MARCH 2013

·Reviewed production on a weekly basis to meet requirements to adjust people & SMD equipment capacities.

·Reviewed and implemented actions to plan weekly and monthly production requirements.

·Increased productivity of the lines by 30 % by rebalancing the activities and utilizing belt conveyors to sustain the production output per day.

·Drove improvements for the area using Kaizen events (Administrative & Direct people).

·Implemented ECO (Engineering Change Order) to have visibility on the changes and implementation dates for traceability on the corrective actions.

PROJECT MANAGER- PLANT REMODELING PLEXUS, JUAREZ, MEXICO JUNE 2010 - JANUARY 2011

·Upgraded Production on the following concepts: Office, Conference rooms, HVAC, Fire Protection System, Vacuum, Compressed air, Electrical substation, Lighting and Roof insulation.

·Represented Plexus on any request of change, by Plexus and/or subcontractors.

·Understand the change, reviewed quotations and obtained approval from both parties (Plexus & subcontractors).

·Documented changes and track the cost incurred, changes could be additive and/or deductive to maintain the project’s budget, to ensure all activities from subcontractors’ scope of work are achieved accordingly.

·Monitored all activities and create meetings to recap progress with subcontractor on a weekly and biweekly basis.

·To be the liaison between Subcontractors and Plexus to provide the space to do modifications according to the project, without stopping production activities.

·Created a punch list for all areas completed and review the report with subcontractors.

VALUE STREAM & REPAIR MANAGER HONEYWELL ADEMCO, JUAREZ, MEXICO MAY 2007-SEPTEMBER 2009

·Reviewed monthly production requirements to adjust people & SMD equipment capacities.

·Leader for tracking and controlling Honeywell’s objectives (RTY, Priority, OTTR, Productivity & Scrap).

·Drove and improved manufacturing results through the Tiers 1, 2, 3 & 4 for the area and provided support to exit Phase 4 of the HOS for the plant.

·Implemented activities related to exit the phase 5 of HOS (Honeywell Operating System).

·Performed required routine and scheduled maintenance of production tools and equipment with the proper documentation.

·Led activities for the NFF (No Failure Found) program in the production area in conjunction with El Paso Repair Center & actions to improve communication and customer service with our customers (El Paso Distribution Center).

MANAGEMENT PHILIPS CONSUMER ELECTRONICS, JUAREZ, MEXICO JANUARY 1999 - MARCH 2007

·As Outsourcing Manager; managed quotations to produce chassis and modules based on the number of components per technology for local & overseas suppliers.

·Reviewed updates of price components for raw material based on Flat Files quarterly according to Philips’ Calendar and reviewed product prices using the split of BOM (Bill of Material) and value-added cost.

·Reviewed and implemented actions with EMS (External Manufacturing Suppliers) Plant to reduce and/or eliminate excess and obsolescence of raw materials on biweekly basis.

·Reviewed capacity installed vs. required in subcontracting plants, where capacity was not covered to accomplish the correct requirements for local suppliers.

·Performed monthly reconciliation for NRE (Non-Recurrent Expenses) like PPV, premium freight, ECN, reworks, etc. at local subcontractors.

·Coordinated lead-free introduction for components and process with local subcontractors to phase out the leaded components and process.

·As Project Manager for NPI (New Product Introduction): managed technical information to forecast the investments & resources for the Plant’s Budget including equipment for new product technologies.

·Prepared Capital Investments & Resources for the department.

·Followed the FOR (Fall Off Rate) occurred during the NPI activities to implement corrective action by requesting Engineering Changes Notices (ECN) to change and /or improve our process to the Development Center in Singapore.

·As Process Engineering Project Leader in Bruges Belgium: managed technical information to forecast the investments & resources for the Plant’s Budget including equipment for new product technologies.

·Tracked and implemented actions to maintain expenses and man hours spent in the project within the budget.

·Industrialization of a Digital TV Set for USA, Asia and Latam in the Bruges’ Industrial manufacturing Center.

·Reviewed the investments with Finance to verify the health of the project.

·Developed the plan for the transfer of the products to Suzhou, China, Manaus Brazil & Juarez Mexico.

·As Project Manager: managed the Investment to implement PCB Fab Concept in Juarez, to include all the modifications to the Receiving Plant.

·Estimate the lead-time for the transfer and implementation of the PCB Fab. Concept in Juarez Mex.

·Provided drawings for this concept including the areas for production, offices & warehouse.

·Upgraded the utilities to have the capacity to receive the equipment transferred from the other plant, as well as the equipment and offices required for the administrative personnel.

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