Carlos
Mendes.
Plant Production Manager - Automotive. Safe plants, zero defects, on-time output.
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01Profile
Production leader with 12+ years in automotive assembly and component manufacturing. Drives safety, quality and throughput with lean methods, TPM and data-driven problem solving, and leads shift teams of 300+.
02Experience
Plant Production Manager
Vertex Auto Components · Feb 2020 - Present
- Raised OEE from 68% to 84% with TPM and SMED, adding 22k units of annual capacity.
- Cut PPM defects from 420 to 45 with 8D problem solving and poka-yoke.
- Achieved 1,100 days without a lost-time injury.
Production Engineer - Body Shop
Northline Motors · Jun 2015 - Jan 2020
- Launched 2 new vehicle programmes and validated 64 robotic weld cells.
- Reduced cycle time by 11% through line balancing.
Graduate Engineer Trainee
Precision Castings Ltd · Jul 2013 - May 2015
- Introduced SPC charts on 12 CNC lines, cutting scrap by 18%.
03Lines & Improvements
OEE Improvement ProgrammeTPM · SMED · 2021
Plant-wide programme lifting OEE by 16 points across 9 lines.
Zero-Defect LineQuality · Poka-yoke · 2022
Error-proofing that cut customer PPM from 420 to 45.
Expertise
Assembly linesBody shopCNC machiningRoboticsTPMSMEDKaizen8DPPAP / APQPISO 45001LOTORisk assessment5SSAP PPMESMinitabAutoCADEducation
B.E., Mechanical & Automobile EngineeringSample Institute of Engineering · 2009 - 2013
Certified
Lean Six Sigma Black Belt2019
IATF 16949 Internal Auditor2018
NEBOSH International General Certificate2017