Alejandro Rico Quintero
Engineering Manager & Operations
Torreón, Coahuila
Summary
Experienced manager of operations and engineering problem-solver with expertise in lean manufacturing and six sigma decision-making, with over 18 years of experience in Textile and Automobile Industries, enforcing manufacturing process control and skills on team driving execution, team building and motivating. Committed to rapidly and efficiently completing projects by leveraging team-based frameworks to best leverage available engineering talent.
Overview
19
19
years of professional experience
Work History
Engineering Manager
Kontoor Brands
01.2021 - Current
- Responsible for engineering department over 5 production facilities denim process Wrangler & Lee, (2.5K operators, volume of 360K/weekly garments) assuring lowest operation cost driving 9 plant process engineers on cost reduction projects through DMAIC & PFMEA, volume forecasting, footprint optimization, equipment installation, process efficiency improvement through time study, rating and method review, responsible of new product cost and process installation achieving designer expectation
- Responsible for assuring incentive payment system to operators and process KPIs Quality & production.
- Enhanced overall team productivity with continuous training and mentoring of junior engineers.
Sr Manager Operational Excellence
Kontoor Brands
01.2019 - 01.2021
- Achieving the installation of continues improvement structure and problem-solving process standardization through DMAIC, Kaizen & A3 methodology on 12 facilities (Mexico & Nicaragua), driving green belt project strategy to get engineering and management members certifications.
Plant Manager Sewing & Cutting process
Kontoor Brands
01.2016 - 01.2018
- Responsible of management for running an operation of 500 operators achieving production volume and shipping on time, driving production, quality, mtto and HR departments.
Plant Process Engineer Sewing & cutting process
Kontoor Brands
01.2011 - 01.2015
- Responsible for process definition, equipment and layout installation, improving costing and generating savings through process control, achieving the lowest waste of material utilization level on history of Kontoor internal manufacturing using DMAIC and PFMEA methodology.
New Product Launch Engineer Safety Airbags
TAKATA Corporation
01.2006 - 01.2011
- Responsible for development and process installation for new products of airbags (cutting, sewing & module assembly process) through PFMEA & PPAP, achieving customer timing satisfaction and product quality assurance
- Responsible of product transfers Japan – Mexico Toyota & Nissan customers, line process validation & costing in Japan, achieving timeline, costing & testing delivery plan for Mexico.
Process Engineer
TAKATA Corporation
- Responsible for engineering support to 6 sewing & module assembly lines, Toyota & Subaru airbag products, takt time process definition based on demand and quality assurance line process trough poka-yoke and DMAIC guidelines.
Production supervisor
TAKATA Corporation
- Responsible for running 5 airbags sewing production lines 100 operators assuring production and quality KPIS
Education
Bachelor of Industrial Engineering -
ITESO
Guadalajara, Jalisco, Mexico 05.2001 -
Skills
Driving execution
Languages
Spanish
Bilingual or Proficient (C2)
English
Upper intermediate (B2)
Personal Information
- Place of Birth: Guadalajara, Jalisco, Mexico
- Date of Birth: 09/09/83
Extracurricular Activities
Green belt certification - Auburn Hills, MI
Toyota production System Certification - Greensboro, NC
PFMEA certification - Greensboro, NC
KAIZEN and DMAIC certification - Greensboro, NC
Camping, snowboarding and traveling.
Camping with family and my dog favorite time, snowboarding with my wife priceless moments.
Timeline
Engineering Manager
Kontoor Brands
01.2021 - Current
Sr Manager Operational Excellence
Kontoor Brands
01.2019 - 01.2021
Plant Manager Sewing & Cutting process
Kontoor Brands
01.2016 - 01.2018
Plant Process Engineer Sewing & cutting process
Kontoor Brands
01.2011 - 01.2015
New Product Launch Engineer Safety Airbags
TAKATA Corporation
01.2006 - 01.2011
Bachelor of Industrial Engineering -
ITESO
05.2001 -
Process Engineer
TAKATA Corporation
Production supervisor
TAKATA Corporation
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