Andres Avila
El Paso,TX
Summary
Seasoned Chief Operating Officer with expertise in streamlining operations and enhancing process efficiency. Skilled in cost analysis and safety compliance, driving profitability and quality improvements. Proven ability to lead teams towards achieving operational excellence and superior customer service.
Overview
20
20
years of professional experience
3
3
Certifications
Work History
Chief Operating Officer
AAT Trucking, LLC
El Paso, USA
07.2019 - Current
- Oversee and evaluate day-to-day operations of transportation and logistics.
- Hire and train staff including drivers, mechanics, and office personnel.
- Analyze cost structures and implement process improvements to increase profitability.
- Evaluate all existing and future logistics contracts.
- Manage DOT and FMCSA compliance, ensuring high safety standards.
- Travel to operational sites to meet clients, forecast staffing, budgeting, and equipment needs.
- Evaluate contract efficiency and oversee all company audits and KPIs.
Quality Engineer II
Sumitomo Electric Wiring Systems
El Paso, USA
03.2014 - 07.2019
- Coordinated quality support for major OEMs including FCA, Ford, Toyota, and Subaru.
- Support and confirm customer audits and coordinate APQP preparation.
- Generate cost analysis for customers in regard to sorting and rework projects.
- Conduct procedure audits, conduct process and quality system audits.
- Coordinate sorting/reworks for finished goods at ECSC warehouse.
- Assure critical points quality, quality control system, and inspection standard when checking PFMEA and Control Plans from manufacturing plants and ECSC rework process.
- Acknowledgement of AIAG requirements for PPAP's process.
- Travel to Mexico and US manufacturing/assembly plants for support.
Industrial Engineer / Production Supervisor
Rogers Foam Corporation
Santa Teresa, USA
05.2013 - 03.2014
- Supervised 25+ operators on the Tempur-Pedic line while managing quality and efficiency.
- Maintained production logs, material traceability, and inventory systems (Epicor).
- Work with other engineers in order to improve the design and efficiency of the assembly line.
- Analyze operating procedures and equipment functions to reduce processing time and cost.
- Meet all required Quality Standards.
- Conduct and participate in internal audits.
- Help manage company quality system to ensure a reduction in defects.
- Perform a quality inspection on all raw materials coming in and confirm workers put them to use promptly and accurately.
- Monitor raw material stock levels for Care Fusion, Cardinal Health and Tempur-Pedic.
- Design a layout for all inventory in order to maximize space, optimize time and help implement our first in, first out method.
- Perform physical quarterly inventories.
- Source and schedule trucks using our Supply Chain Command center database in order to transport finished beds accordingly, to our required distribution centers.
- Supervise all finished goods being shipped out to ensure all material is accurate.
Auto Parts Specialist / Sales
AutoZone
El Paso, USA
04.2007 - 05.2013
- Delivered exceptional customer service and technical advice.
- Drove product sales and maintained store inventory and merchandising.
Team Lead/ Data Analyst
UPS
El Paso, USA
08.2012 - 12.2012
- My group members and I were given the task of developing a solution and/or improved job set-up that will minimize the number of packages that were not getting scanned during this high paced unloading operation. Using our engineering background we were able to apply Production Control and Design of Experiments (DOE) in order to find a solution. We were able to develop a worker schedule; as well as new and more effective scanning methods in order to successfully reduce their frequency scanning errors to less than 1%.
- Applied DOE, SQC, and production control methodologies.
- Tools used: Minitab, Microsoft Excel.
Service Clerk
Walgreens
El Paso, USA
08.2005 - 04.2007
- Handled cash operations and maintained store inventory and backroom organization.
Education
Bachelor of Science - Industrial Engineering
The University of Texas At El Paso (UTEP)
El Paso, TX12.2012
Skills
- Process improvement and logistics
- Production scheduling
- Operations management
- Safety compliance (DOT/FMCSA)
- Cost analysis
- Inventory management
- Bilingual communication (English & Spanish)
- Customer service
- Leadership
- Quality control
Professional Affiliations And Awards
- Institute of Industrial Engineers, 2011-Present
- AutoZone Extra Miler Award, 2012
Certification
Six Sigma
Timeline
Chief Operating Officer
AAT Trucking, LLC
07.2019 - Current
Quality Engineer II
Sumitomo Electric Wiring Systems
03.2014 - 07.2019
Industrial Engineer / Production Supervisor
Rogers Foam Corporation
05.2013 - 03.2014
Team Lead/ Data Analyst
UPS
08.2012 - 12.2012
Auto Parts Specialist / Sales
AutoZone
04.2007 - 05.2013
Service Clerk
Walgreens
08.2005 - 04.2007
Bachelor of Science - Industrial Engineering
The University of Texas At El Paso (UTEP)