Production Manager · Automotive
Carlos Mendes
Role: "Plant Production Manager - Automotive" Experience: "12+ yrs" Plant: "City, Country"
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Production Profile
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+.
Skill Matrix
Production Management
Lean Manufacturing
Quality Systems (IATF)
TPM / OEE
Health & Safety
Robotics & Automation
Safety: ISO 45001, LOTO, Risk assessment, 5S
Systems: SAP PP, MES, Minitab, AutoCAD
Shop-Floor Experience
Plant Production Manager @ Vertex Auto Components[Feb 2020 → Present]
Tier-1 supplier of chassis parts, 3 shifts.
- 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]
Vehicle assembly plant, 240k cars a year.
- 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]
Foundry and machining operations.
- Introduced SPC charts on 12 CNC lines, cutting scrap by 18%.
Improvement Projects
OEE Improvement Programme
TPM · SMED · 2021Plant-wide programme lifting OEE by 16 points across 9 lines.
Zero-Defect Line
Quality · Poka-yoke · 2022Error-proofing that cut customer PPM from 420 to 45.
EV Battery-Tray Line Launch
New product · 2023Launched a new line on time for an EV programme at 98% first-pass yield.
Certifications & Education
Lean Six Sigma Black Belt (2019)
IATF 16949 Internal Auditor (2018)
NEBOSH International General Certificate (2017)
B.E., Mechanical & Automobile Engineering
Sample Institute of Engineering, 2009 - 2013
Sample Institute of Engineering, 2009 - 2013