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Claudia Sarahi Sandoval Guzmán

Juarez City

Summary

Senior Quality Engineer with extensive experience in process quality control, and customer quality, leading cross-functional teams, and driving continuous improvement initiatives. Robust knowledge in customer complaint response using problem solving tools.

Overview

8
8
years of professional experience
1
1
Certification

Work History

Sr. Customer Quality Engineer

Cummins Inc.
04.2023 - Current
  • Responsible of customer complaints response (lead the root cause analysis, containment, ST and LT actions).
  • Customer communication for complaints follow-up, deviation, engineering changes, and PPAP approval.
  • Following on supplier quality issues with SQE.
  • Responsible for customer returns control (RMA’s creation, receive material and coordinate analysis with engineering).
  • Quality scorecard control (internal/external PPM’s, scrap, RFT, customer complaint metrics).
  • Responsible for cleanliness requirements compliance (CES 16599), control of clean rooms, cleanliness and verification of products.
  • Supervisor of cleanliness quality team.
  • Following of projects for quality improvement.
  • Lead and collaborated on Six Sigma projects.
  • Develop executive presentations for management and customers.

Sr. Process Quality Engineer

Cummins Inc.
06.2022 - 04.2023
  • Ensure the compliance of quality controls in production lines.
  • Quality personal supervisor (inspectors and technicians).
  • Control of Poka Yokes, identify and validate new ones, create master parts.
  • Support in the analysis of customer failures/returns.
  • Response to customer complaints (implement and validate ST and LT actions).
  • Action plans to improve RFT and reduce internal PPMs and scrap.
  • SPC monitoring and Gages R&R verifications.
  • Defined and implemented quality controls for rework, sorting or process deviations.
  • Validated engineering changes and implemented safe launch plans for new part numbers and processes.
  • Quality controls validation for new equipment prior to production release.
  • Follow up on supplier quality defects.
  • Updated process documentation (control plans, first part sheets, and quality audit formats).

Process Quality Engineer

Emerson (Termocontroles de Juárez)
10.2019 - 06.2022
  • Manage quality assurance of process and quality personal supervisor.
  • Develop and update Control Plans and PFMEAs for new products, process changes, improvements, and corrective actions.
  • Customer complaints response through 8D’s.
  • Conduct the analysis of process failures and implement solutions with product team.
  • Lead safe launch plans for new products and prepare performance analysis reports.
  • PPAP submissions.
  • Validate pilots run for new components and create incoming inspection plans according to drawing.
  • Analyze and reject non-conforming components, coordinating with suppliers to resolve quality issues.
  • Provide sorting procedures, sample evaluation instructions, and quality alerts.
  • Monitor quality indicators (RTY, PPM, Scrap) and implement action plans to drive continuous improvement.
  • Validate new production equipment.
  • Design and execute verification plans for Poka Yokes.
  • Lead a Full Risk Assessment Project to reduce internal and external quality incidents through PFMEA.

Process Quality Engineer

Valeo (Wiper Systems Juárez)
04.2017 - 10.2019
  • Improve process controls and ensure compliance of Control Plan.
  • Analyze quality and critical scrap issues using the PDCA tool.
  • PPAP for new product releases.
  • Supervise first piece inspections, quality checklists, Gages R&R, and SPC.
  • Response to customer complaints.
  • Manage quality incidents with suppliers.
  • Ensure the proper handling of non-confirming material.
  • Audit and maintain 5S’s in the area, conduct process audits, and train new employees on quality standards.
  • Supervise and validate raw material and product testing.
  • Quality personnel management.
  • Application of continuous improvement with lesson learning and kaizen cards.
  • Participation in IATF, ISO-14001, internal & customer audits.

Education

Master’s degree - Business administration focus on quality & productivity

Universidad TecMilenio
12.2020

Bachelor’s degree - Aeronautical Engineering

Universidad Autónoma de Ciudad Juárez
05.2017

Skills

  • Problem solving tools
  • Six Sigma
  • SPC
  • PFMEA
  • Control Plan
  • PPAP
  • Minitab
  • Oracle
  • Microsoft Office
  • Team worker
  • Analytical
  • Proactive
  • Leadership
  • Autonomous
  • Problem solving
  • Quick learning

Certification

  • Dale Carnegie Training. (Jan 2025)
  • APQP 2024. CAYCE (Aug 2024)
  • Internal Auditor ISO 9001:2015. Q-Team SC (Apr 2021)
  • Six Sigma Green Belt (ID 007150). SigmaPro Americas (Dec 2020)
  • Basic Methodology for Project Management (PMBOK). It Institute (Aug 2020)
  • Nissan Problem Solving & 8D. Tecnológico de Monterrey (Oct 2018)
  • MSA (Measurement System Analysis) 4th edition. Centro de Servicios Metrológicos (Mar 2018)
  • Core Tool Fast (APQP, FMEA, MSA, SPC, PPAP). Grupo DEXTRO (Aug 2017)
  • Microsoft Office. SEP (Jun 2010)

Foreign Languages

English: 80%
Portugues: 50%
Certificate of Proficiency in Portugues for foreigners - Upper Intermediate
Instituto Nacional de Estudos e Pesquisas Educacionais Anísio Teixeira INEP

Timeline

Sr. Customer Quality Engineer

Cummins Inc.
04.2023 - Current

Sr. Process Quality Engineer

Cummins Inc.
06.2022 - 04.2023

Process Quality Engineer

Emerson (Termocontroles de Juárez)
10.2019 - 06.2022

Process Quality Engineer

Valeo (Wiper Systems Juárez)
04.2017 - 10.2019

Bachelor’s degree - Aeronautical Engineering

Universidad Autónoma de Ciudad Juárez

Master’s degree - Business administration focus on quality & productivity

Universidad TecMilenio
Claudia Sarahi Sandoval Guzmán