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Jesús Gallardo Rangel

Guaymas

Summary

Accomplished Engineering Manager with a proven track record at Standex Electronics, enhancing operational efficiency by up to 85% through strategic planning and lean manufacturing. Expert in IATF 16949 and adept at team leadership, I spearheaded projects that significantly increased business revenue, demonstrating exceptional project management and continuous improvement skills. Innovative professional in the architectural and engineering management field known for high productivity and efficient task completion. Possess specialized skills in project management, strategic planning, and team leadership. Excel in communication, problem-solving, and adaptability, ensuring successful project outcomes and effective team collaboration.

Overview

30
30
years of professional experience

Work History

Engineering manager

Standex Electronics
Agua Prieta
10.2020 - Current
  • Responsible for the manufacturing engineering, NPI and industrial engineering group in electronic industry, in a low volume high mix manufacturing environment for magnetics area (One engineering manager, one project manager, 10 manufacturing engineers and two industrial engineers)
  • Daily production sustaining
  • Launch of new process
  • New processes design and documentation (BOM, PFMEA, PCP, Work instruction, line balancing, etc)
  • Sustaining operation and continuous improvement projects
  • CapEx projects forecast and execution
  • IATF 16949 and AS9100 certified
  • New product estimate (Labor and capital expenses)
  • Processes: Winding, wire preparation, soldering, assembly (Manual and automated), overmolding, Potting, impregnation, electrical testing
  • Systematic implementation of continuous improvement for efficiency, some product lines in MAGNETICS improved efficiency from 35% to 85%
  • Organizational restructuring in the engineering department to optimize resources
  • Develop, validation and running of different programs that increased business revenue by around 3.5 M USD in two years (40% increase)
  • Efficiency improvement in Sensor’s area, from 70% to 95% by applying lean manufacturing methodologies and reducing 40 people keeping the same level of output (around $ 500 K USD savings around one year)

Franchise owner

Dr. Auto & Casa
Guaymas
05.2019 - 10.2020
  • Owner of franchise rights to work in the Guaymas-Empalme area
  • With national and international presence, this franchise specializes in providing industrial, residential, and commercial customer, services such as: Construction, plumbing, masonry, woodwork, painting, cleaning, etc
  • In parallel, I was also in charge of a machine workshop providing machining services to different industries of the area
  • (ISP ingeniería y servicios de precision)
  • Customer service and contact
  • Customized mechanical design
  • CNC Programing, Equipment and fixturing design, machining validation

Maintenance Manager, Engineering and NPI manager

Medtronic México
Empalme
07.2014 - 05.2019
  • For 2 and a half years my role as advanced engineering manager was to lead a 14 engineers’ team, dedicated to new product Introduction (NPI) and process development on a medical industry environment, regulated by FDA and ISO 13485 certified
  • Stent ring manufacturing process (Nitinol stents)
  • Stent graft manufacturing processes (stent graft sewing process) into a class 7 clean room
  • Closely working with R&D department based at Santa Rosa, CA and Galway, Ireland
  • Process characterization and qualification: PC, IQ, OQ, PQ
  • Statistical tools highly used for process qualification such as DOE, ANOVA, TI analysis, capability analysis, etc
  • PDP Project coordination
  • Investigation and analysis on a metallurgical laboratory focused on Nitinol analysis
  • New process estimates (Labor, Burden, and Material) in coordination with finance department
  • As Maintenance manager, my role has been leading four areas (Equipment maintenance, Facilities, EH&S and machine shop) total of 9 engineers and 27 technicians in the department
  • Main achievements: Three project closed in two years, Support spring in house manufacturing (Vertical integration) with savings around 250 K USD yearly; Valiant EVO stent ring and stent graft (PDP project) new generation of stent graft technology validated to run in Empalme site, and Mona LSA (PDP project), new product increasing the catalog of technology provided by the company, new stent concept designed at Santa Rosa and manufactured in Empalme site

Engineering manager

Delphi Thermal Systems
Cd. Juarez
10.2007 - 07.2014
  • Coordinate two manufacturing engineering teams for the heat exchanger area in Mexico Operation, Phase 0-2 group responsible of designing, specify, validate and startup of new processes and equipment, Phase 3 team responsible of sustaining and continuous improvement
  • This plant manufactures aluminum heat exchangers for both automotive and residential air conditioning applications
  • ISO TS 16949 and ISO-9000 certified
  • BOP (Bill of process) owners
  • Creating estimates for labor and investment
  • Process design and quality controls based in APQP; PFD, PFMEA, PCP
  • Process documentation with set up sheet, work instructions, process control check sheet, etc
  • Directly involved answering customer complaints
  • Support on external audits (ISO TS 16949, ISO 9000 e ISO 14000)
  • Problem solving techniques to improve the area metrics (Shainin red X and Six sigma)
  • Maintenance preventive routines and initial setup spare parts
  • Equipment and tooling redesign looking for increasing efficiency and flexibility
  • Process and line balance
  • Equipment specification, design, and validation with vendors, complying with EHS and ergonomic requirements
  • Error proofing devices design and implementation
  • Lean manufacturing techniques SMED, TPM, KAN BAN, MOST, 5’S, etc
  • Statistical methods and tools to understand and reduce process variation: DOE, MSA, SPC, etc
  • Main achievements: With my team support, we were able to improve quality level from 80% to 98% in two years, based on a top 5 process and application of structured problem-solving techniques; at the same time, we faced a 300% growth in production line capacity with no negative impact on the operation performance metrics

Operations chief

Perform Wall Panel System
Cd. Juárez
02.2000 - 10.2003
  • Responsible of production, maintenance, and quality departments, in a medium size company dedicated to manufacture light thermal building block, in charge of coordinate the job of these groups to keep and improve the plant metrics
  • Four supervisors reported to the position (two production supervisors, one maintenance supervisor and one quality supervisor) 25 people total in the whole group
  • Main achievements: Implement and start the usage of a maintenance system (MINPRO) in two years and as a result of this, the operative availability of the equipment increased from 40% up to 85%

Operations team leader

Grupo Cementos de Chihuahua
Cd. Juárez
01.1995 - 02.2000
  • As a team leader I was responsible during my shift of the production performance, quality and maintenance, the high level of automation of the plant makes it operable by only a team of 9 engineers with the above defined responsibilities
  • Highly recognized management system and high-performance organization, Teamwork and high performance is an standard
  • Training at Tepeaca Puebla for the startup, when starting, the plant achieved the best metrics and results worldwide by then

Education

M.D. - Manufacturing Engineering

Universidad Autónoma De Ciudad Juárez
Cd. Juárez, Chih.
01.2013

Electromechanical Engineer - Bachelor Degree

Instituto Tecnológico De Delicias
Cd. Delicias, Chih.
01.1993

Skills

  • IATF 16949
  • AS 9100
  • ISO 13485
  • ISO 9000
  • Solid works
  • MS Project
  • Minitab
  • Autocad
  • Six sigma
  • Shainin red X
  • Process qualifications: IQ, OQ, PQ
  • New product introduction
  • GD&T
  • Cost reduction
  • Project management
  • Equipment maintenance
  • Communication skills
  • Continuous improvement
  • Strategic planning
  • Analytical skills
  • Process design
  • Lean manufacturing
  • Statistical analysis
  • Team leadership
  • Budgeting & estimating
  • Training and mentoring
  • Decision-making

Training

  • 7 habits highly effective people (Stephen Covey)
  • Effective communication (Dale Carnegie)
  • Mature leadership (GIRA)
  • Situational leadership
  • Coaching
  • Maintenance system implementation, MINPRO
  • TPM
  • DMAIC, Six Sigma
  • Shainin red X
  • TPS (Toyota production system)

Languages

Spanish
First Language
English
Proficient (C2)
C2

Timeline

Engineering manager

Standex Electronics
10.2020 - Current

Franchise owner

Dr. Auto & Casa
05.2019 - 10.2020

Maintenance Manager, Engineering and NPI manager

Medtronic México
07.2014 - 05.2019

Engineering manager

Delphi Thermal Systems
10.2007 - 07.2014

Operations chief

Perform Wall Panel System
02.2000 - 10.2003

Operations team leader

Grupo Cementos de Chihuahua
01.1995 - 02.2000

M.D. - Manufacturing Engineering

Universidad Autónoma De Ciudad Juárez

Electromechanical Engineer - Bachelor Degree

Instituto Tecnológico De Delicias

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