Manufacturing Leader with Lean Continuous Improvement
Resume:
Manufacturing Operations Manager
Cynthia Chavez
Objective
Result and customer-oriented offering 20 years of experience in manufacturing environment. Decisive leader and complex problem solver. Top strengths in communication, relationship building and decision making. Worked from the bottom up into leadership. Focused on continuous improvement and results. Resourceful with expertise in cost controls, lean principles, minimizing downtime and costs, maximizing overall efficiency. Adaptive and deadline-oriented with capacity to execute and complete multiple projects in high-stress environments of development.
June 2024- Present
Eaton, Electrical Supplier.
Production Supervisor El Paso, Tx Facility.
Managing production lines to meet safety, quality, and productivity goals. Managing labor to achieve the financial goals. Ensuring daily customer production demands, communicate with all the leads and production staff the priorities. Preparing and maintaining all production reports to production manager. Track in a daily basics the plan for the day. Work closely with quality team follow up all reworks and training requirements on new products and requirements by Microsoft. Contribute with ideas to improve the output in Wiring process, balance the operation and create new concepts to balance the process. Calculate head count base on the customer requirements.
December 2017- March 2024
Newell Brands Rubbermaid, Commercial Cleaning Industry
Manufacturing Operations Manager-Responsible of El Paso, Tx Facility.
Direct day-to-day operation focused on attainment of key business metrics, continuous improvement initiatives. Lead by example and promote and encourage employees to comply with all safety requirements and rules, audit and investigate any unsafe condition. Productivity cost Management through problem solving teams. Improve the efficiency of daily operations through Lean manufacturing techniques and warehouse improvement initiatives to advance operational efficiencies and increase revenue. Manage Cost reduction program and administration of capital investment associated to cost reduction. Documented safety action plans, quality initiatives, and team performance. Established project control procedures such as project forecasts and cash flow projections. Strengthened performance metrics tracking and analysis to enhance tactical and strategic company plans. Implement Quality Management System (QMS), lead the audit with successful achievements. Responsible to meet with the Quality KPI metrics PPM, PPAP, CoPQ, Supplier performance and Corrective actions to ensure quality standards, APQP. Consistently achieved Production schedule. Reduced overtime by 60%. Reduce the past due on customer orders. Increase OTD.
November 2011- December 2017
Caldwell Manufacturing, Fenestration Industry
Operations Manager-Responsible of Juarez Facility.
Complete studies of machine capacity and method studies to improve manufacturing process to improve equipment and manpower utilization. Recommend manpower and equipment requirements for new and existing manufacturing process. Coordinate Lean initiatives and projects. Recommend modifications to existing quality or production standards to achieve optimum quality or production standards to achieve optimum quality. Coordinate ECN. Administrate Dept. Budget. Coordinate all the programing turrets to improve the material utilization. Validate and design tooling for heavy and punch presses. Generate and improve maintenance activities for TPM plan (Daily, weekly, monthly, and yearly). Evaluate and suggest equipment for fabrication area. Work on quoting process for metal parts. Coordinate projects for new introduction metal parts. Coordinate improvements with customers to get productivity and efficiency around the customer – supplier chain. Design packaging workstations for metal parts. Participate in the EPP recommended in each operation. Coordinate tool crib for all punches and dies. Tracking expenses in Fabrication process. Coordinate savings projects in fabrication and stamping area. Attend meetings with customers and potential customers and participate in the quoting process. Work on BOM and evaluate the accuracy on Epicor System. Implement and lead project reductions on 250K per year.
November 2007-November 2011
Valeo Wiper Systems, Automotive Industry
Internal Flow Supervisor- Juarez Facility
Project Leader in Lean Manufacturing Projects. Focused on Logistics area. Leader the cycle counts and physical inventories. Reduction more than 30% of the inventory levels. Adjustments Reductions due to the cycle counts issues. Reduction and optimization on use of the forklift by safety conditions. Balance and improve the internal flow in the plant. (Using the milk run concept). Create the visual supermarket. Implement the FIFO system in the plastics area. Improve the shipping and receiving process. Review the KPI indicators (Delivery, premium freight, and inventory labels) and establish corrective measures to improve that performance. Improve the accuracy on the inventory in raw material and finish goods. Develop strategies and procedures to reduce the impact on the obsolete material. Work in team with other departments. (New Launches and engineering changes). Savings projects. (Scrap).
August 2003-November 2007
SIEMENS VDO, Automotive Industry
Industrial Engineer – Juarez Facility
Responsible for continuous improvement in the shop floor Developing an Industrial Engineering activities such as Line Balance, creation and Management of plant layouts, Standard times development, etc the very beginning. Also, working along the suppliers to implement cost reduction projects to share the savings between companies. Green Belt Training. Redesign of security guards. Ergonomic design of workstations. Time and motion study to determine the operational capacity. Development of work instructions, procedures, forms, and other documentation of ISO9000 and ISO14000 activities, in the area under the responsibility. Optimization operations through the Work sample. Development of PFMA, Work plan, and work instructions. Calculations of staff required. (Warehouse, Headcount, space).
Education
August 2012- May 2014
Master’s degree
Tec Milenio
August 1998- May 2003
Engineering degree
ITCJ
Skills
Data analysis
Project management
Communication
Organization
Problem solving
Coaching.
Good system follower.
Certifications
ASQ Member.
Management Tools
Teamwork and collaboration oriented.
Core Tools.
OSHA
ISO
Master Lean.
Black Belt.
Production System
Contact
6230 Lackland St
El Paso, TX 79904
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