jesus valdez

General Manager Position

Bilingual Plant General Manager with more than 25 year’s hands on experience in manufacturing operation, accomplished, pro-active and results-oriented, hands on, problem solving Operations Manufacturing Leader of experience working with world-class bi-cultural Aerospace, medical and electronic device manufacturing companies. Excel at working with people with diverse backgrounds. Lean manufacturing & Six Sigma methodology expert, continuous improvement and cost reduction specialist. Extensive background in the Injection and extrusion process, areas of expertise include:

High Volume manufacturing • Process Development/improvement • Process Budget planning       
• Strong Leadership • P&L metrics • Chemical process expert • Excellence Operation 
• Start-up of production lines • Nickel Plating Process • Start-up of production lines Titanium, Steel allow, Aluminum and Magnesium Aerospace parts.

• Chemical Industrial Engineer, University of Instituto Tecnologico de Tijuana, Mexico. (Obtained Degree in 1994)                                                        
• Master of Science Degree in Chemistry, University of Instituto Tecnologico de Tijuana, Mexico. (Obtained Degree in 1998)                                         
• Internal Auditor ISO 9001, SCCAP International consulting, Monterrey Mexico. (2005)
• Lean Manufacturing Practices HONSHA 2007-2009(SMED, TPM, KANBAN, STANDARDIZE WORK, KAIZEN, PDCA, 5’S, VSM, Andon, AMEF methodology) (2007-2008)
• Certification Six Sigma Green Belt (2009-2010)ITESM. DOE, ANOVA, SPC, Root Cause, Paretos
• Certification Six Sigma Black Belt (2011-2012)ITESM. Multivary, CPK, Variances, Control Charts
• Certification Coaching Manager Toyota Kata, ALFRA (2015)