KARLA LARIOS
QUERÉTARO
Summary
6 years of experience for Quality control for customers related automotive products as seat structures, headrest, and motors , 1 year experience suppliers knowledge about leather, vinyl, plastics and foam and 2 year of experience for quality management system for Internal and external audits coordination , certificates, formats, procedures and customer score card monitoring.
Overview
9
9
years of professional experience
Work History
Quality Management System Coordinator
BROSE COLÓN
Querétaro City, Querétaro, Mexico
09.2023 - Current
- Internal Systemic audits coordination :0 major non conformities.
- External Systemic audit coordination:0 major no conformities
- VDA 6.3 audit received for Volvo, BMW, Ford and Mercedes for all the process assembly: All A and B result.
- BMW requalification audit obtaining first time yellow result pass status.
- Follow internal action plans.
- Ford assessments follow up according Ford CSR.
- Audit programs execution and follow up.
- Score card knowledge: Volvo, Ford, Mercedes, Magna, BMW, Lear, Stellantis.
- Document audits for all number parts.
- LPA and product audit creation program and weekly follow up with central dashboard (new auditors increased at 40% with special trainings, new areas for audit as rework, mantainance, Logistics and Laboratory, LPA alerts for auditors, systemic plan of LPA top 3 per quarter with management).
- RFMEA audits performed for manufacturing area.
- QIM handling for customer claims and procedure coordination.
- Top Q follow up with quality coordinator and QORS monthly review.
- Management Review follow up.
- New procedures implementation for Firewall, Standard Production documentation, and Launch Projects.
- MSA plan 2024 execution for safety characteristics with laboratory experts.
- Archiving project - implementation for traceability records at SAP.
- Requalification product status.
- Coordination meetings follow up.
Senior Quality Engineer
BROSE COLÓN
QUERÉTARO, MÉXICO
07.2022 - 09.2023
- Customer service and knowledge in Quality Control seats structures product specially 3SR for customers: Magna/Lear, BMW (Structure performance, functions and quality test).
- Problem Solving Level 3: (as Leadership solution, Diagram tree, is-is not, box plots, bob/wow contrast, failure reproduction). 1. Safety topics, 2. Customer Claims, 3: Scrap and RFT reduction.
- 8D customer reports analysis (Leadership).
- Scrap reduction 0.06% to 0.04% , RFT improvement of less than 85% to 93% for 3SR.
- Containments coordinations for customer: Quality alerts, Visual Aids, Work instructions, Operators Training, containment status reports, and material certification notification.
- Responsible for customer's complaint costs and escalated with internal managers for accept/dispute based on evidence. Successfully ~ $150K saved ~$50K.
- Responsible for implementation of Engineering changes as per customer requirements and quality validation in production Line.
- Product audits application and process audit attendance: LPA, IATF.
- Accommodated customer visits for auditing the corrective actions at Brose production line on a monthly basis.
- Annual follow-ups for product requalification with customer requirements.
- Procella program execution for torque product release.
- SAP transactions for inventory's, stock, shipments, movements, cost's, drawings and norms, product tracking numbers.
Supplier Quality Assurance Engineer
GRAMMER AUTOMOTIVE
QUERÉTARO, MÉXICO
01.2022 - 07.2022
- Supplier Quality Control Assurance knowledge in Headrest products for customers as: Stellantis, Tesla, and Ford.
- Knowledge in headrest components:, tubes, leather, vinyl, guides, motors, foam, and plastic injections.
- Responsible for defect catalogue for leather, vinyl and tubes with three party agreement.
- PPAP follow up and final approval levels to suppliers (18 Elements and customer requirements).
- Led supplier development for new project (RAM/Bronco) by supporting and creating PPAPs.
- Reduced supplier claims by 30% by having weekly meetings with top offender supplier and demanding Problem Solving Level 3 analysis and provided feedback on supplier scorecard.
- Responsible for containment and sorting activities of 40+ suppliers and validation of clean point by having daily Gemba walk.
- Responsible for supplier's commercial to receive on-time payments and escalated to purchasing in events of disagreement.
- Responsible for developing incoming inspection plan, implementation and data collection in SAP for 40+ suppliers.
- SAP transactions for inventory's, stock , incoming inspection plans, shipments, movements, cost's, drawings and norms, tracking numbers.
Quality Engineer
BROSE EL MARQUÉS
QUERÉTARO, MÉXICO
08.2017 - 12.2021
- Competent knowledge in quality control for automotive electrical motors as transmission, oil pump, and power steering.
- Customer service for customers as General Motors, Continental, Bosch, Stellantis and Dana by Ford.
- PPAP and APQP application based on customer requirements and engineering changes.
- Responsible for Run and Rate application for Ford and GM and provided quality documentation as per customer requirements.
- Lead multiple quality launch projects (X72F, X69F, CD4, C2 and TM) created/updated core tools & control documents (MSA, CP, PFMEA).
- Created 8Ds using Problem Solving Level 3 for customer complaints and warranty returns (Open IDC, Hall sensor issue).
- Scrap reduction of 0.6 % to 0.2 %.
- SAP transactions.
Quality System Trainee
BROSE EL MARQUÉS
QUERÉTARO, MÉXICO
04.2016 - 03.2017
- Created more than 30 process maps for plant operations (Logistics, in coming inspection, Quality, and Purchasing) for effective communication.
- Created KPIs reports (Scrap, FTQs, PPMs, Scorecard, and Failure costs) for Quality Management meeting.
Education
Bussines Managment's Engineering 100% -
Instituto Técnologico De Querétaro
Querétaro08.2016
Skills
- AIAG IATF 16949 Lead auditor (2023)
- VW Academy VDA 63 Auditor (2023)
- IATF 16949 Internal Auditor (2016) and ISO 19011 (2018)
- Software: SAP, IQRM, Certainty
- Core Tools 2022: APQP, CP, FMEA, PPAP, MSA, SPC
- Customer Portals: Volvo, Ford, Stellantis, Mercedes, BMW, Magna, Lear, General Motors
- BMW Requalification Audit Training (2024)
- Problem Solving Level 3 (2022)
- General Motors BIQ´s audit training (2021)
- Drawing and GD&T 2022
- Bosch 8D method, Q- Basic, Basic ESD 2021
- Leader Training 2025
Timeline
Quality Management System Coordinator
BROSE COLÓN
09.2023 - Current
Senior Quality Engineer
BROSE COLÓN
07.2022 - 09.2023
Supplier Quality Assurance Engineer
GRAMMER AUTOMOTIVE
01.2022 - 07.2022
Quality Engineer
BROSE EL MARQUÉS
08.2017 - 12.2021
Quality System Trainee
BROSE EL MARQUÉS
04.2016 - 03.2017
Bussines Managment's Engineering 100% -
Instituto Técnologico De Querétaro