Results-driven Plant Quality Manager with 25 years of
experience in Quality Processes and Systems in automotive, sound systems, home appliances, sustaining products, Suppliers, NPI & New Customer Introductions.
Holds strong skills in quality processes, risk management, and team leadership.
Solid team player, positive attitude and motivated building relationships, cultivating partnerships and growing businesses.
Personnel under my supervision: 3 QA managers, 8 Engineers, 10 Technicians, 18 auditors
Accountable for sustaining process and suppliers, NPIs, cells transfer, new customer introduction for customers Bose (Automotive Molding & Harnesses), Bose (Consumer Electronic Division and Headsets), Bose (Remanufacturing), Sonos (Remanufacturing), Dyson (Vacuums), Nespresso (Coffee Machines)
Ensure compliance for the QMS in the site for ISO 9001, IATF16949, UL & CQC and Good Manufacturing Practices for Food Safety
Accountable for appropriate Corrective Actions implementation trough 8D methodology
Prepare and manage Quality Strategies for New Products Introduction - New Customers
Introduction ensuring alignment with customer specific requirements
Monitoring and reporting key performance indicators for internal, suppliers and customers performance indicators and continuous improvement trough Quality Dashboard with accurate
data
Manage and Improve QA Department Budget and headcount and support to Facilities, HR and
Training Budgets
Successful addition, startup and process control of 5 new customers (Bose Remanufacturing,
VICIS, SONOS, DYSON, NESPRESSO)
·MRB inventory reduction from $2.7M to $400K
·Certification on GMP (Good Manufacturing Practices) for Food Safety Area-Nespresso
·Support plastic molding supplier’s relocation (100 + Part Numbers) from Asia to Mexico with sites audits, validation process in Flex San Luis trough metrology department and supplier process
improvements
·Scored class A (meeting all quality scores) by customer Dyson
Scored level 4 (meeting quality scores) by customer Bose
Successful product launches for Bose
None Automotive: Sound Link –Revolver, Revolver Plus, Micro, Tylor, Head Sets & Professional, 12 production cells for sound link mini
Automotive: ·8 new part numbers (next generation of speakers for Nissan Japan & Nort America
·Introduction of General Motors Transducers (Twiddles) in Photon I & II lines
·Introduction of Automotive Harnesses (Material Preparation, Wire Crimping & Final Harness Assembly)
·Transfer of Noise Reduction Technology & Military Head Sets from Bose Park Place to Bose San Luis
·RTY improvement for Customer Bose from 93% to 98%
·0 ppm from all automotive parts shipped to Japanese customers
·0.7 ppm from all automotive parts shipped to European and USA customers
·1.7 ppm (with a goal of 2 ppm) from all parts shipped to GM Silao Mexico
Bose ( Electronic Division and Noise Reduction – Military & Aviation
Personnel under my supervision: 7 PQEs & 4 SQEs
Accountable of meeting or exceed Flex quality department goals like RTY, End To End, Final Audit PPMs
Achieve, comply and maintain Bose & Flex QMS in areas under my responsibility for ISO 9001, UL & CQC. Certified as internal auditor for ISO 9001 & IATF 16949 standards
Accountable for PPAP - APQP documentation and implementation for NPIs
Follow up customer complaints and improve the root cause analysis and corrective action
implementation by providing training to core teams
QA policies and procedures, PFMEA, Control Plan & Flow Diagram for sustaining and NPIs
Monitoring and reporting key performance indicators with continuous improvement plans for Customer Bose in weekly, monthly and quarterly basis. Also responsible to document and present QBR (Quarterly Business Review) results and continuous improvement for every quarter
Managed supplier development, improvement and corrective actions & MRB reduction action
plans.
Bose Automotive Division ( Transducers, Harnesses, Plastic Molding & Voice Coils)
Personnel under my supervision: 4 PQEs & 3 SQEs
Accountable of meets or exceeds quality department goals like internal and customer PPM’s, Supplier Incidents, Final Audit PPMs, Customer Incidents
Leading supplier development, improvement and corrective actions & MRB reduction actions
Achieve, comply and maintain the IATF 16949 (International Automotive Task Force) certification
Responsible to coordinate with Bose Automotive System Division and Automotive Customers the New Product Introductions trough PPAP, APQP, PFMEA, Control Plan, Flow Diagram, SPC controls
Accountable for final customer complaints trough 8D Methodology to response occurrence & systemic root cause analysis and corrective action implementation trough mistake proof
Follow the QA policies and procedures & Develop people skills
Direct communication with final Automotive Customers (Nissan, GM, Mazda, Porsche, FIAT,Maserati) and Bose Automotive Division groups at United States, Japan & Germany.
Bose Automotive Division & Noise Reduction Technology & Military
Personnel under my supervision: 8 quality technicians, 18 quality auditors and 12 operators for 100% final inspection
Responsible to meet or exceed quality goals like, internal and customer PPM’s, Supplier Incidents
Coordinated MRB meetings for supplier or process incidents
Document internal and customer complains 8D’s
Scrap reviews
Provided QA trainings to quality, production & engineering areas
Coordinated PPAPs for more than 100 New Automotive part number introductions
Coordinated Customer returns & warranties
Process QE / Supplier QE Home Entertainment Division
Personnel under my supervision: 4 Quality technicians and 9 quality auditors
Coordinated and Trained the Receiving Inspection and MRB activities and Auditors
Control and reduce the scrap inventory
Creation of Supplier Corrective Action Requests
Responsible for internal KIPs (Process PPMs, Final Audits, Scrap) for 8 Home Entertainment lines, cut-lamination wood, manual insertion PCB line, Ceramic Coils assembly lines, Traducer Voice
Coils Assembly lines
Root Cause identification and corrective actions implementation (trough 8D)