KARINA GARCIA JAUREGUI
Chandler,AZ
Summary
Experienced Project Manager and Quality specialist confident in leading team members, managing schedules and coordinating resources. Passionate about process improvements, agile project management and tasks prioritization.
Overview
15
15
years of professional experience
1
1
Certification
Work History
Program Analyst
Nikola Corporation
Phoenix, AZ
08.2023 - 09.2024
- Assisted in developing new program initiatives through creating detailed project plans, timelines, executive reporting and budgets.
- Collaborated with other departments to create a Solution in Smartsheet for Portfolio Management, Change Management, and Resource Planning (Improving efficiency by 30%; developed standard templates & created a Confluence site to have an overview of all active Programs).
Program Quality Lead
Nikola Corporation
Phoenix, AZ
08.2022 - 07.2023
- Responsible for Fuel Cell Electric Vehicle Program Quality. Performed visual inspections of finished products. Trained Quality inspectors in product testing procedures for EOL. Responsible for Special Characteristics tracking.
- Identified opportunities for continuous improvement initiatives within the organization's quality system. Developed a system to execute Gate and Build Readiness Reviews for new Programs.
- Led an initiative to use Agile project management (for Quality Deliverables).
Supplier Quality Engineer
Nikola Corporation
Phoenix, AZ
02.2022 - 08.2022
- Conducted supplier audits to ensure quality standards were maintained.
- Developed and implemented corrective action plans for suppliers who failed to meet the required quality criteria (Automotive Lighting & HV/LV harnesses).
- Collaborated with cross-functional teams including design engineering, manufacturing engineering and operations personnel during product launches.
Project Manager Consultant, PMO
Hella Automotive Mexico
Guadalajara, JALISCO
09.2018 - 01.2022
- Expert on Microsoft Project and/or SAP Portfolio Planning system for: Resource Planning, Project Planning, Gates Reviews, Budget Tracking, Risk Tracker, Project Executive Reporting, Project KPIs, Project Kick Offs, and Project Closure.
- Facilitator of Risk Management Workshops (Pre-Mortem).
- Product Development Processes Trainer.
- Supported the definition of a new global change management procedure.
Project Manager
Hella Automotive Mexico
Guadalajara, JALISCO
09.2014 - 08.2018
- Developed and maintained project plans, schedules, budgets, resource plans and status reports.
- Conducted risk management activities such as identification, quantification, response planning and monitoring of risks (Initial and during Project life-cycle).
- Responsible for Project Quotation (Requirements Analysis and Business Case preparation: D&D, Tooling, Production, Capacity, Make/Buy Analysis); Planning (Kick Off, Baseline Schedule, Project Team, Project Targets); Execution (Product Development, Design Validation, Industrialization with Process Validation, Launch/SOP; and Projects Hand-Over/Closure (Project Documentation, LL Workshops)). Worked with international teams; automotive industry (VW-USA, Toyota-USA, Nissan-Japan).
Quality Planner Development
Hella Automotive Mexico
Guadalajara, JALISCO
07.2009 - 08.2014
- Creator of test plans for design and process validation (DVP&R).
- Led the definition and documentation of Special Product/Process Characteristics. Statistical studies for assembly process and measurement devices (Pp/Ppk, Cp/Cpk, R&R).
- Problem solving during development and launching phases.
- Creation of control plans, appearance specifications, and planner of safe launch. Methodology expert for Design and Process FMEAs, PPAP, Process Audits.
Education
Master Degree - Top Management and Strategic Intelligence
Instituto De Estudios Universitarios (IEU)
Puebla, Mexico11-2020
Bachelor Degree - Industrial Engineering
CUCEI
Guadalajara, JALISCO11-2011
Skills
- Cross-functional team leadership
- Risk Management
- Analytical Thinking
- Continuous Improvement
- Change Management
- Excellent Organization
Certification
- Project Management Professional (PMP)
- Project Management Certified by Smartsheet
- Certified Scrum Master
Languages
English
Advanced (C1)
C1
Spanish
Proficient (C2)
C2
Work Availability
monday
tuesday
wednesday
thursday
friday
saturday
sunday
morning
afternoon
evening
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Work Preference
Work Type
Full TimeContract WorkWork Location
HybridRemoteOn-SiteImportant To Me
Work-life balanceWork from home optionPersonal development programsHealthcare benefitsTimeline
Program Analyst
Nikola Corporation
08.2023 - 09.2024
Program Quality Lead
Nikola Corporation
08.2022 - 07.2023
Supplier Quality Engineer
Nikola Corporation
02.2022 - 08.2022
Project Manager Consultant, PMO
Hella Automotive Mexico
09.2018 - 01.2022
Project Manager
Hella Automotive Mexico
09.2014 - 08.2018
Quality Planner Development
Hella Automotive Mexico
07.2009 - 08.2014
Master Degree - Top Management and Strategic Intelligence
Instituto De Estudios Universitarios (IEU)
Bachelor Degree - Industrial Engineering
CUCEI
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