Felipe Martinez Valencia

Highly committed and with good attitude, teamwork promoter and driven by results. Training, QA, Production, Lean Manufacturing and Engineering experience. Demonstrated success in support to production process to reach the KPI’s of the company: Safety, Quality, Delivery, Efficiency & 5s. Recognized as enthusiastic, hands-on leader known to meet commitments with integrity and compliance.

Areas of expertise:

Professional Experience (24 years / 1999 – Present)

NPI Manufacturing Engineer, Electrolux Refrigerators, Juarez, Mx.                    02/2021 – Present

      Responsible to implement and coordinate all activities for the new projects. Develop and implement optimal cost-effective manufacturing processes and methods in accordance with product specifications and Quality standards. Coordinates manufacturing launch for new o revised products

• Make a transition plan to follow up all main steps of the project
• Develop a trial runs plan to coordinate the work orders with planning and materials departments
• Develop a Machinery approve and implementation plan to follow up the steps from IR approve, Contract, PO, Fabrication, Debug at supplier site, Installation, Debug/Validation at plant site, approval by all departments, release to mass production.
• Training plan
• Plan to release the new components out of BOM
• Calendar for manufacturing validation test
• Coordination meetings with all departments for the pilot runs
• Coordinate meetings to do a continuous improvement plan (check list) to follow up all opportunities founded in the Pilot Runs

TE Connectivity Ltd, Industrial Device Business Unit, Juarez, Mx                                                                   

    General Production Supervisor, TE Connectivity Hermosillo, Mx.                 06/2019 – 12/2019

      Responsible for move the operations from Juarez to Hermosillo in Filters (5 production lines) & Dimming Receptacle (2 production lines) areas.

• Elaborate and Execution a Training plan for the production people / 62 DL’s, production supervisors / 4 people & engineers / 4 people.
• Prepare all documentation & tools to move the production lines to Hermosillo site (Specifications, PFMEA, control plans, work instructions, gauges, fixtures, etc…).
• Responsible to work with the Hermosillo team in order to install and start the seven production lines in Hermosillo site.
• Develop the pilot runs and safe launch production.
• Build the engineering samples for safety agencies (UL, VDE & CSA) and Product Engineer.
• Follow up to the key process parameters as Safety, Quality, Delivery, Efficiency and 5´s +1.
• Work with the planning department to estimate the scheduled and load hours.
• Lead the PIM 1 and PIM 2 meetings daily
• Follow up to develop effective work habits, efficiency and work team.
• Lead continuous improvement tools.

    Lean Manufacturing coordinator, TE Connectivity Juarez                              10/2017– 05/2019

       Responsible for implementing and coordinating the lean tools in the operation obtaining savings for up to $200K in efficiency, output and scrap through the Kaizen and Kaizen blitz events.

• Leading 3 Lean Mfg. Engineers and 1 Tech.
• Lead and coordinate seven Kaizen events in six months
• Task Force member to reduce the 40% of production area for new business.
• Lead and coordinate the efforts to reach the 3 TEOA Star Level (Lean Mfg. Tools).

• Transformation challenge “75% & more” implementation.
• Safety: we kept 0 accidents by 475 days.
• QA: PPM’s reduction 15%
• Efficiency at 75% or more: we moved the efficiency from 40% to 80%
• Scheduled attainment at 100%: we reached at 93%

• Lead & coordinate the next Lean Manufacturing tools (13 lean tools)
• VSM (Value Stream Mapping)
• 5s+1
• PIM - Process Improvement Management
• Standard Work
• QCPC - Quality Control Process Chart
• TPM - Total Productive Maintenance
• QCO - Quick Changeover
• Mistake Proofing
• MFR - Material & Replace Flow
• Cell design
•  3P - Production Preparation Process
• Fast Response
• Safety

  Manufacturing Engineer, TE Connectivity Juarez                                                 08/2002– 09/2017

         Responsible for maintaining working with good efficiency and output hour by hour in the production lines to my charge providing the correct work sheets instructions and tooling’s. Installing and starting up a new business in the plant with good manufacturing techniques and practices, giving priority to Safety and Quality KPI’s to serve customers and to reach the targeted lower mfg. cost than previous operation in the USA.

• Leading 3 Tech. and 2 students.
• Electronic Filters (EFI / RFI) manufacturing operation commercial and military purpose.
• In charge of Documents, tools and Labeling room.
• Task force member to Lead and coordinating the efforts to complete on time three military production projects with a $1M of revenue.
• I have participated in 4 new projects with the NPI department.
• Sustaining a 30+ year SDWT (Self-Directed Work Team) culture in the plant.
• Experience in:
• Process & Flow diagrams                                              - PFEMA
• Control Plans                                                                   - Safe Launch
• APQP                                                                                 - Pilot runs
• Work sheet instructions                                                 - Lay-out design for new products
• Machine implementation for new products                  - Engineering samples
• Cut material sheet elaboration

QA Engineer, Corcom, Cd. Juarez Chih.                                                                      08/2000 – 07/2002

           Responsible for maintaining the production lines working with good quality and helping to have a strong quality system reducing the PPM’s and obtaining 0 nonconformance notes in ISO-9001 audits.

• Leading 2 dock stock inspectors, 15 process inspectors, 2 students
• Responsible to elaborate and implement the process audits.
• Responsible to elaborate and implement the ISO-9001 internal audits.
• Responsible to elaborate and implement the quality alert sheets.
• ISO-9001 audits support
• Responsible to implement and controlling the gauges (go-no go, pins gauges, etc..)
• Attend the safety agencies audits for UL, VDE and CSA.
• Document control.

Training Supervisor, Corcom, Cd. Juarez, Chih.                                                       08/1999 – 07/2000

           Responsible to receive the new operators in order to give training at the key operations, give them courses as also ensure that the all operator selected to continue in the operation have their fly hours completed in each key and basic operations. Give feedback to RH in order to select the correct production personal.

• Leading 4 trainers.
• Elaborate Cardex for each new personnel
• Elaborate courses with its exams
• Experience to give courses
• Elaborate fly sheets for each key operation
• Daily Tracking to all operators in charge to the training department.

Education/ Certification 

Technological Institute from Ciudad Juarez /   Industrial Engineer Manufacturing

• English                                                               - Green Belt (not certified)                                              
• 8D’s / problem-solving tool                             - MOST
• ISO-9001 / Rev. 2000                                       - Internal Auditor
• FMEA / Failure Mode Effects Analysis          - APQP / Advanced Product Quality Planning
• Control Plan                                                      - Minitab
• Ergonomic                                                        - SDWT / Self Direct Work Tram & Effective Teams
• Lean Manufacturing Training                           - Basic Crimp Theory (Komax machine 263 & 333)
• Mini-Side Feed Applicators