Jan 2002 – Jan 2017 · 15 yrs

• Management and launch of industrial production programs of approx. 50M€ annual sales.
• Planning, coordination, and control of activity/deliverables of external teams (Customer Business Units, Engineering, internal-Customers), contractors’ cross-functional teams, and plant-internal cross-functional teams (Production, Materials, Engineering, Quality, HR, and Costing).
• Simultaneous Development Teams mgmt.
• Planning and monitoring of plant projects by coordinating the elaboration of the project execution’ timelines.
• Generation of project reporting, development and presentation of key performance indicators to senior management.
• Working with customer business units to identify and evaluate managed budget, schedule, deliverables, risk management and ensure industrial implementation of assigned projects.
• Active member of lean manufacturing/ continuous improvement organization.
• Plant-wide coordination of FORD customer’ lean manufacturing audits.
• ISO-TS16949 auditor.

Oct 2000 – Dec 2001 · 1 yr 2 mos

• Managed 160 employees (8 direct reports/ team leaders) to produce seating comp. for 1100 cars/ day for Ford/ Mazda. 80 persons/ shift: hiring, firing, working skills devel., motiv., perfor. eval. mgmt (CID), and daily assign. of work flow responsibilities.
• Coord. with materials dept to proactively manage customer demand and optimize deliveries.
• Sustain. of quality, limited defects, and maximized production yields to increase b-profitability.
• Engagement of supporting functions (Engineering, Quality, Materials, and HR) to achieve benchmark levels for key mgmt indicators among plant programs.
• Improvement of inventory control by optimizing cycle inventory, safety stock and WIP level.
• Active member of lean manuf/ continuous improv. organization: lead of lean manufacturing workshops that gained shop-floor space for new projects and increased asy line efficiency to 98%.
• ISO-TS16949 auditor.

Feb 1999 – Sep 2000 · 1 yr 7 mos

• Managed a team of 4 direct reports/ quality auditors, distributed by 6 assembly lines: hiring, firing, working skills development, motivation, performance evaluation management (CID), and daily assignment of work flow responsibilities.
• Management of quality operations in all manufacturing areas.
• Design and implementation of product auditing systems to educate employees on quality-related improvements.
• Support the development and management of Q-department ISO TS systems.
• ISO-TS16949 auditor.
• Monthly visits and daily communication with customers to ensure compliance of Q-expectations (FORD, OPEL).
• Worked diligently with customer quality representatives to pro-actively eliminate potential and recurring quality issues - achieved 0 RPPM quality rejections.

Sep 1997 – Jan 1999 · 1 yr 4 mos

• Managed of a team of 9 direct reports/ quality auditors, distributed by 6 assembly lines: hiring, firing, working skills development, motivation, performance evaluation management (CID), and daily assignment of work flow responsibilities.
• Management of quality operations in all manufacturing areas.
• Promoted to ISO-TS16949 auditor performing internal audits and to ensure documentation/ procedures compliance.
• Monthly visits and daily communication with customers to ensure compliance of Q-expectations (SEAT, VW AUTOEUROPA).
• Worked closely with customer quality representatives to pro-actively eliminate potential and recurring quality issues - decreased the overall RPPM rating by 70%.

Jan 1995 – Aug 1997 · 2 yrs 7 mos

• Managed of a team of 2 direct reports/ incoming auditors: hiring, firing, working skills development, motivation, performance evaluation management (CID), and daily assignment of work flow responsibilities.
• Overseeing quality metrics of 120 suppliers located in Europe and US/ Mexico.
• Performed monthly audits to suppliers and reported assessments to European central purchasing.
• Design of standardized processes for tracking supplier performance with metrics such as PPM rejects, on time delivery and volume demand compliance.
• Design and development of ISO training (materials + training sessions) to prepare staff for onsite ISO 9002 accreditation audit. Trained over 700 employees.
• Management Operating System: implementation and management of 15 internal-teams through continuous training and coaching.
• ISO9002 auditor.