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Jesús Valencia

Jesús Valencia

Guaymas,México

Summary

Driven Plant Manager offering 22 years of experience in manufacturing. Decisive leader and complex problem solver. Top strengths in communication, relationship building and decision making. Experienced in senior-level operations, production and distribution. Promotes wide range of experience in planning and leading operations in manufacturing environment. Well-versed in contributing to company growth by implementing continuous process improvement, production optimization and high-performance team development. Experienced with union labor and contract negotiations.

Overview

8
8
years of professional experience

Work History

Plant Manager

Permaswage MX, PCC company
Guaymas, Sonora
02.2022
  • Coach, direct and facilitate the development, adoption and realization of site level initiatives and objectives to align the organization with the Permaswage Mexico Corporation Business Plan
  • Manage and coordinate activities of the management team
  • Develop the human capital in the organization by building an effective, independent, and winning team, identifying 'high-potential' employees and creating development plans to further their growth and managing a personal development review system
  • Protect site revenues by leading teams to optimize the manufacturing process and supply chain activity and by pursuing product transfers and new product development
  • Reduce site costs by leading teams or assigning responsibilities to track and improve purchasing activity, labor resource administration, scrap and NRE costs
  • Champion the continuous improvement initiative and manage site level responsibility and accountability for continuous improvement goals
  • Ensure adherence to the Company quality systems (AS9100 D)
  • Coordinate and participate in continuous improvement processes
  • Coordinate and ensure the availability of resources to establish, implement, maintain, and improve the Quality Management System
  • Including human resources and skills, organizational infrastructure, technology and financial resources.

Plant Manager

Walbar Engine components
Guaymas, Sonora
03.2017 - 09.2021
  • Share accountability for performance to overall site leadership in the areas of safety, quality, deliveries, personal development and retention, and financial performance
  • Full responsible and accountable for plant resources, plant goal and expectations, plant P&L and budget
  • Manage the operation growth, employees development and business expansion, implementing the manufacturing strategy to support the business growth
  • Develop manufacturing operation plan, sales, budget, and capital plan including customer requirements, labor hours, production cost, earned hours, absorption and headcount
  • Supervise, support and champion activities to improve plant metrics such productivity, efficiency, on time delivery, scrap, COPQ, non-conforming material reduction, inventory turns and cost reduction, supporting continuous improvement through lean manufacturing and six sigma
  • To fully support all Health, Safety, and Environmental policies and procedures to achieve Zero Lost Time Injuries and ensure that there are no Environmental Escapes against consent Limits for all the Walbar plants
  • Achieve flow line productivity and efficiency, plant wide, of 80%+
  • Drive the shop operations to meet the set standards and minimise variation
  • Supports the Operations to achieve a scrap target no more than 2% of sales
  • Coordinates production activities such as workflow and workforce utilization to ensure customer satisfaction is met using established target criteria
  • Attend meetings with internal groups and external customers and communicates with other departmental leaders as needed to deliver a clear communication.

Operation Manager

UTC Aerospace Systems, Engine components (Formerly Goodrich Corp.)
Guaymas, Sonora
10.2014 - 03.2017
  • Responsible for operations-related plans, budgets, policies and procedures
  • Ensure that all employees comply with safety programs, identify safety issues and conditions that require corrective action
  • Ensure that effective performance measurements are assigned, and employees are motivated to achieve and exceed objectives in a professional, timely and quality manner
  • Responsible for operating within an approved financial plan, which includes direct costs, indirect costs and profitability
  • Providing the highest quality delivery at the lowest possible cost
  • Maintaining a high level of customer satisfaction while maximizing operational efficiencies, controlling costs within the district and meeting financial goals
  • Maintain an open channel of communications among all departments and personnel to ensure consistent dialogue and maintain employee morale
  • Train, mentor, oversee, and assist supervisors with disciplinary actions with approval from Business Unit Manager and HR office
  • Assist with terminations and disciplinary action when required
  • Improves technologies and resolves problems in conjunction with managers of one of the following functional areas: manufacturing, quality assurance, engineering, and sales.

Production Manager

Doncasters GCE Industries
Chula Vista, California
03.2014 - 06.2014
  • Responsible of the process for stainless steel and light temperature alloy components used for combustors transition process and impingements plates for industrial and aerospace gas turbine engines
  • Responsible to apply industrial manufacturing engineer principles to oversee manufacturing operations and processes
  • Improve quality and efficiency of production operations, responsible for all the production CNC equipment
  • Responsible to coordinate production, quality, operations, planning and maintenance to ensure and meet all quality controls objectives
  • Improving flow of materials, production schedules, engineering specifications
  • Assign work to the manufacturing employees and ensure consistently high levels of productions
  • Manage activities for Continues improvement, implementation of 5’s and point of use and visual management on the manufacturing cell
  • TMP program implementation on all CNC equipment and Welding machines.

Education

Industrial Engineer -

Instituto Tecnológico De Sonora
Guaymas, Sonora
07-2003

Skills

  • Six Sigma understanding
  • Lean Manufacturing Processes
  • Team building and development
  • Six Sigma expertise
  • Cost control improvements
  • Safety Management
  • Lean manufacturing principles
  • Resource Coordination
  • Project Coordination
  • ISO Compliance
  • Cost controls
  • Production Scheduling
  • Operations Management
  • Environmental Compliance
  • Cost-reduction strategies
  • Compliance understanding
  • Performance Improvements
  • Continuous Improvement

Languages

English
Professional

Timeline

Plant Manager

Permaswage MX, PCC company
02.2022

Plant Manager

Walbar Engine components
03.2017 - 09.2021

Operation Manager

UTC Aerospace Systems, Engine components (Formerly Goodrich Corp.)
10.2014 - 03.2017

Production Manager

Doncasters GCE Industries
03.2014 - 06.2014

Industrial Engineer -

Instituto Tecnológico De Sonora
Jesús Valencia