Experience

WIRIC CORPORATION

• United States
• Motor Vehicle Manufacturing
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Quality Superintendent

  • Mar 2023 - Present



General Cigar

• United States
• Tobacco
• 100 - 200 Employee

• Lean coordinator HMC

  • Feb 2020 - Mar 2023

  • Promote the Lean culture in the production processes. • Coordinate and perform internal 5's audits. • Lead workgroups to solve production challenges through the application of structured problem-solving techniques (RCA, PDCA). • Plan, develop and lead implementation of process changes that yield improved, Overall Equipment Effectiveness (OEE), production efficiencies, and quality. • Evaluate and document value stream mapping. • Implement continuous improvement tools that (other) departments will own. • Support production management in the realization and follow up of lean savings initiatives for all entities in Hand Made Cigar. • Close collaboration with QA/EHS/ value stream managers production for improvement projects. • Train and Facilitate Develop others on Lean principles and tools for implementing creative solutions for system and process improvements. Show less



Timberland

• Dominican Republic, Santiago

• Plant Engineer

  • Jul 2013 - Sep 2019

  • Increase the productivity of the processes and deliver quality products and ensuring job security. • Manage Plan and budget performance. • Manage and implement projects and planed actions in accordance with the strategy. • Analyze and control the inventory to maintain and enhance profitable operation for the company. • Develop program for reducing cost. • Manpower Training and development. • Assist in product line development. • Perform Product Costing. • Develop Cost Controls. • Audit Line Performance. • Ensuring compliance with all relevant health and safety guidelines. • Ensure the implementation and maintenance of SOP. • Design workstation in order to improve the Ergonomic conditions of the associates. Achievements • DESMA PU Injection machine Project implementation (01/2015) The objective of this project was to change the process to be “green” and convert the PVC production to PU production by using high technology. • Second production shift Project Implementation (2017): preparing Direct Labor Budget, plant balance, additional machine requirement, hiring people requisition to Human Resources, give support to the trainer and manager to locate the associates in the required operations and follow up on their learning curve. With this project we increase the production in order to satisfy the demand. • Implemented a roughing robot system replacing manual roughing system, with this we improve the quality of roughing uppers and reduce 3 people of the plant balance. • Implemented spray cement equipment replacing a brush cement manual operation, reducing VOC (volatile organic compound) by 10% and the Yield by 25% of the utilization. • GUSBI PU Injection machine Project implementation (2019): first prepare a time line with all the information needed in order to successfully achieve the implementation of this project; then prepare the plant balance, plant layout and prepare product costing. Show less



D.F. International

• Santiago, Republica Dominicana

• SWI documentation project

  • Feb 2013 - Jun 2013

  Document all the standard work instruction of all the different operations to manufacture industrial staples, with the objective of standardizing and helping the associate to execute the operation with quality and precision. Document all the standard work instruction of all the different operations to manufacture industrial staples, with the objective of standardizing and helping the associate to execute the operation with quality and precision.



Philip Morris International

• Switzerland
• Tobacco Manufacturing
• 700 & Above Employee

• Lead Quality Analyst

  • Mar 2008 - Feb 2013

  Lead Quality Analyst (2011-2013): • Analysis and generation of quality indicator reports / trend analysis for specifications changes. • Implement indicators for process improvement. • Monthly implementation and monitoring of the annual budget of the Quality Department • Consumer Complaint Management • First Aid Brigade Member. • Process management to strengthen ISO 9001/14000 / OHSAS 18000 systems across all areas of the company, • Perform internal audits and audit suppliers. • Leader of the group of continuous improvement, analyzing the processes using the methodologies of A3, CAPAIA's, working together with the production, maintenance and product development team, in order to find solutions to eliminate the defects. Quality System auditor (2009-2011): • Implement and maintenance norms ISO 9001-14000 - OHSAS 18000. • Created internal process procedures and documents. • Planned and conducted as lead auditor: internal and external Quality audits (suppliers, warehouse). • Ensured to communicate company requirements to suppliers. • Identified, documented and distributed audit results for all the team involve. • Reviewed and follow up the corrective action plans. • Performed internal Quality Audit training. Quality Auditor (2008-2009): • Performed Visual Quality audit of the cigarette. • Performed a Report of nonconformities and communicate to all the production team. • Monitor visual quality indicators. Achievements • Achieve certification in ISO ISO 9001-2008. • Implemented a quality system reducing in a 30% the numbers of quality defects of the cigarettes. Show less