Joel Eduardo Leija Cardenas
Garcia
Summary
Experienced professional in Product / Process Quality, Customer Satisfaction, Warranty and Product Reliability, New Product Launches, Lean Manufacturing, Continuous Improvement, Supplier Quality / Development, Supply Chain and Procurement areas, in packaging, labeling, automotive, electronics and machinery manufacturing industries, have visited and audited more than 16 manufacturing facilities from different electric and electronic components, eager to contribute to team success through hard work, attention to detail and excellent organizational skills. Clear understanding of priorities and high sense of urgency, certified in IPC A 610 and Green belt Six Sigma. Motivated to learn, grow and excel professionally focused in continuous improvement and customer satisfaction.
Overview
7
7
years of professional experience
1
1
Certification
Work History
Global E&E Product Procurement Engineer
Caterpillar Inc.
Monterrey
05.2023 - Current
- Provide Global Support to Caterpillar Plants related to Quality, Capacity topics on Electrical and Electronic components (ECM, Network Managers, Relays, Power Converter, Key Fob, Starter & alternators) $ 110.8 Million Spend.
- Lead and meet product cost, quality, capacity and time targets in the product - life cycle including NPI and Aftermarket through Supplier collaboration at a part number level for electrical and electronic components.
- Provide support to supplier on PPAP revision, APQP on new product launches, permanent and temporary Process Change Notification revision and analysis together with design engineering group.
Senior Customer Quality & NPI Engineer
BorgWarner Inc.
Reynosa
10.2020 - 04.2023
- Support to Automotive OEM Customers (Caterpillar, Harley Davidson, Ford, Toyota, Hyundai, KIA, PSI, Navistar, Stellantis) Response Team Leader, Assembly Plant returns, warranty returns and New Product launches.
- Corrective Action / Preventive Action Development and Implementation Leader (A3, 8D, FTA, 3L5W, DMAIC) For external and Internal quality (SMT / PCBA, FA)
- Lead Internal Quality Team For All Shifts (Five Technicians, Twelve Auditors) Quarantine cage coordinator, sort and rework cage coordinator.
- Control Plan and PFMEA development and certified IPC A 610 trainer for all the plant.
Process Quality Engineer
Delphi Technologies
Reynosa
09.2017 - 07.2020
- Internal Quality controls through all the value stream SMT /PCBA / Final Assembly first part verification, alarm trigger limits, corrective action and root cause following and implementation. (5 SMT Lines, 10 FA lines)
- 12 Hourly employees under charge (11 Quality Auditors) 1 Salary employee (Quality Technician) in Quality Operations Division.
- Lead and facilitate process improvement teams providing Lean tools such as First Time Quality, Pareto charts, A3 Reports, basic statistics, control charts, PPM's.Review of substandard end products and identification of cause, planning of corrective action and recommendation of disposition for the Material Review Board and Variations elaboration in order to follow up and document CAPA improvements.
- IPC A 610 Trainer for all the plant.
Education
Industrial Engineering - Engineering
Universidad Autonoma De Tamaulipas
Reynosa, Tamps, MX12-2015
Skills
Customer Satisfaction
Warranty & Reliability
Product / Process Quality
New Product Introduction (NPI)
Supplier Development / Quality
Lean Manufacturing
Certification
- Six Sigma Green Belt
- IPC A 610
Languages
Spanish
First Language
English
Advanced (C1)
C1
Timeline
Global E&E Product Procurement Engineer
Caterpillar Inc.
05.2023 - Current
Senior Customer Quality & NPI Engineer
BorgWarner Inc.
10.2020 - 04.2023
Process Quality Engineer
Delphi Technologies
09.2017 - 07.2020
Industrial Engineering - Engineering
Universidad Autonoma De Tamaulipas
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