Pedro Puente
Lorenzo Barcelata 457
Col Lomas del Roble
San Nicolas Garza, N.L. Mexico 66450
H:    (52) 81 83525976
W:    (52) 81 80302040
E:    pedropuente@terra.com.mx

OBJECTIVE

Technical Manager for International manufacturing Industry, mainly focused on New Product and technology introduction, coordinating product and process experts team

SUMMARY

·         More than 11 years of Strong Product Development & Process experience for Manufacturing Industry

·         Managed Multidisciplinary Engineering and Development Teams for more than 5 years.

·         Excellent Productivity and Cost Reduction execution experience using Six Sigma Methodology

·         Experience on budget management with good understanding of Financial and Managerial Accounting

·         Customer oriented Technical Operations Leader, QS/ISO 9000 expert

 

 

EXPERIENCE

GE Prolec, Power Division, Technology Department   12/2001 - Present
Project Leader, Apodaca, Mexico
Led Multifunctional Technology team to successfully deliver competitiveness on a full range of large power equipment, through innovation and New product introduction processes. Responsible of project definition, planning, ROI and execution follow up.

·         Managed a large group of product development projects, including research and development, product engineering and process improvement for a full range of products. Material cost reduction of $1.5M usd for 2003, Basic design cycle reduction of 20% and increasing market share for specific product from 4% to 14%. ($500 k usd budget)

·         Successfully coordinated three external technology teams, GE Global Research Center, Niskayuna, NY; Indian Business Center in Hyderabad, India and a supplier technology services in St. Johnsbury, Vermont to execute engineering and development projects.

·          Facilitate workout to innovate and improve existing complex designs.

 

GE Lighting, Technology Division   3/1999 – 12/2001
Lead Design and Process Engineer, Monterrey, Mexico   
Coordinated technically and financially operations for Technology Center in Monterrey. Lead New Product Introduction, Quality and Process improvement activities and transferring of Work from U.S. to Mexico. Design responsible for tungsten incandescent lamps produced in Mexico and part of USA

 ·  Led Multifunctional team to successfully solve customer issue, involving re-design of reflector incandescent lamp, with coordination of four Manufacturing locations utilizing Design for Six Sigma methodologies (Customer account $700K USD).

· Managed Testing laboratory incremental capacity project to provide services to U.S and reduce testing operational cost 70%. (Investment of $500k Usd)

· Implemented a Manufacture Process and Product Audit to resolve customer quality issues. Results of 70% defects reduction

·  Led a materials Rationalization project for products transferred from Ohio to Monterrey.

Foreign Service Executive - Design, Cleveland, OH    10/1999 - 9/2000
Assignment on Nela Park, Cleveland, OH, to obtain more business and Technical knowledge on incandescent lamp design and support Global Technology Activities for incandescent division.

·  Successfully completed the validation for four New Products utilizing Six Sigma Tools

·  Evaluated and validated external suppliers for tungsten filaments for six different lamps, to reduce cost while keeping product performance and manufacturing shrinkage

 

Nemak, S.A    11/1997 - 3/1999
Product Engineer, Garcia, N.L. Mexico    5/1998 - 3/1999
Coordinate and execute Advance Product Quality Planning (APQP) to ensure that product (Motor Cylinder Block Aluminum Casting) manufacturing meets customer requirements, also responsible to improve process capability and manufacturing line productivity.

·         Developed Production Parts Approval Process (PPAP) for Automotive Industry Product.

·         Led Product and Process design for 5.7lts V-8 GM Aluminum Cylinder Block

·         Coordinated process and production teams for product and process quality improvement

·         Managed Tools boxes suppliers to meet quality, manufacturability and cost requirements

·         QS 9000 Internal Auditor, participated in several internal audits in preparation to re-certification

 

Executives in Training, Garcia, N.L., Mexico    11/1997 - 5/1998
Pull of High performance Engineers to be rotated on different areas of the Manufacturing location to perform on key company positions

·  Led Materials Handling study to reduce Manufacturing cycle and reduce cost

 

GE-Prolec    2/1992 - 11/1997
Design Team Leader, Apodaca, N.L., Mexico    3/1995 - 11/1997
Lead the most experienced Design Team of Large Power Transformers, to deliver "made to order" high quality products to the Customer, meeting Manufacturability, cost and timing goals

·  Managed the most experience design team for large power transformer design. 4 Design Engineers and 4 high experience technical draftsman

·  Led a standardization project that generated estimated savings of $1.8MM USD per year

·  Led a multifunctional group of 40 people in several teams to implement ISO 9001 quality system on the Design Department

Electrical Design Engineer, Apodaca, N.L. Mexico    2/1992 - 11/1997
Electrical Design for Manufacturing Large Power transformers and Large Power Shunt Reactors, in order to meet the specific customer requirements and minimum cost Conditions

·  Successfully Designed first 500k Volts unit on the history of the Company

·  Designed high complexity Large power units for Saudi Arabia Customer

EDUCATION

Monterrey Technology Institute (EGADE), Monterrey, Mexico
MS, Manufacturing Director (LFM program), 1999 - to present (7/19 credits)

Monterrey Technology Institute, Monterrey, Mexico
BS, Electrical and Mechanical Engineer, 12/1991

 

SKILLS AND AWARDS

· Fluent Spanish / English.   Basic German language knowledge

· Six Sigma Green Belt Certified -2001

· QS 9000 Internal Auditor 1998 Nemak, Monterrey, Mexico

· Reliability for Experts Training - Dr. Robert B. Abernethy 1999

·  DCP, APQP for Vehicle Operations, Ford Fairlane Training and Development Center, Dearborn, MI 1998

·  Proficient with Microsoft Office, Drafix CAD, Minitab & Microsoft Project

· President and Founder of Junior Lions International Club in San Nicolas 1989 -1991

 

 

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