Jaime M.

Ramirez
400 Via Capri. • Rio Rico, AZ • 85648 • 520.980.1323 • jaimejaimearturo@hotmail.com

ENGINEERING / OPERATIONS / PLANT MANAGER

Accomplished Technical and Business Operations leader with profit and loss responsibility and wide-
ranging experience in
• Product Redesign • Cost Reduction / Product Sustaining
• Design for manufacturing / design for • Test / Qualification
Assembly
• Product Launch / Life Cycle Management
• Project Management
• Staff Development
• Manufacturing , Engineering • Lean Manufacturing Methods & Six Sigma
• Quality • Business Development
• Injection molding

OBJECTIVE:
To provide customers with high value products in a timely manner, ensuring that the
customer’s requirements and expectations are fully met through products that are profitable
and defect free.
Strong organizational and communication skills (Bicultural), which promote collaboration across disciplines
and businesses.
Demonstrated success managing multi-disciplinary teams to achieve cost, schedule, performance and
quality goals.
Extensive experience working with Field Services, Manufacturing and Sustaining Engineering addressing
customer issues.
Proven ability leading manufacturing initiatives, including process & capital equipment development,
qualification and training.
Provides a high degree of forward thinking and consistently pursues total product quality.
Takes great pride in providing business and personal value for others.

CAREER HIGHLIGHTS

Factory Start-up in Nogales Sonora Mexico from Ground zero, Transferred from the Czech Republic, AB3
automotive lines for the North American Market with TS-16949 implementation from a year from start-up,
Decreased annual return rate (ARR) by 15% in less than 2 years, resulting in cost savings exceeding $5
million/yr. Budget oversight to $1 million, capital equipment ownership of $700k

CAREER HISTORY

Rain Bird Corporation

(Commercial Irrigation)
Engineering Manager Commercial SBU
April 08 –
present
Provided technical direction and organizational leadership to multidisciplinary product sustaining &
mechanical engineering teams focused on irrigation components and assemblies, leading all aspects of
Cost Reduction, including project completion, redesigns, justification and execution corporate wide for the
commercial division.
Typical projects include design improvement, failure analysis, cost reduction and domestic/international
sourcing for irrigation consumer markets.
• Recruited and directed a core group of engineers
• Directed core technology efforts, including mechanical, electrical, software, quality,
manufacturing and test.
• Prepared and tracked quality monitoring testing managed resources/activities and
developed performance metrics.

400 Via Capri. • Rio Rico, AZ • 85648 • 520.980.1323 • jaimejaimearturo@hotmail.com

 • Managed internal and external qualification requirements and certifications, including
CSA, IAMPO.
• Coordinated production suppliers and outsourced manufacturing partners, both
domestic and international.
• Worked with supplier and customer quality organizations to meet corporate goals for
product performance.
• Interfaced with testing teams to ensure successful phase exits and product launch.
• Established improved standards of quality / reliability through refinement of product
development processes.
• Demonstrated hands-on leadership by managing risk, developing contingency plans
and communicating clear paths toward success to an entire engineering organization.
• Recruited, trained, and mentored staff as needed to maintain technical capabilities in response to
project needs
• Managed multi-disciplinary product engineering teams. Achievements included, but not limited to
the following.
o Reduced Defective Return Rate by 15 % within 20 months
o Expanded the use of highly accelerated test to failure to understand product weaknesses.
o Competitive testing, to understand and identify opportunities
o Over $5MM in savings through redesign of components, part elimination, and alternate
materials within a 20 months
o Over $8MM in Cost of Goods sold Savings within a 20 month period
o Packaging Optimization
o Prime cost reduction by 20% in target Products
o Corporate Document Control Department under my responsibility, ECO turnaround from 8
days to 4 days

Amphenol-Tuchel Electronics
(Automotive Connectors & Cable Assembly)
Position: Plant Manager
June. 03 –
April 08
Under limited supervision, Overseeing the operation, Quality, production, Purchasing & infrastructure of
the Manufacturing Company. Development and implementation of policies and procedures. Preparing
financial and/or operational analysis and reports, and auditing current procedures to monitor and improve
efficiency of the operation. Responsible for ensuring the Operations conformance to the company quality
system in accordance with customer and company requirements.
Overseeing daily operations of the Manufacturing Facility and its various components, supervision of 180
plus personnel, which includes work allocation, training, and problem resolution; evaluating performance
and making recommendations for personnel actions; motivating employees to achieve peak productivity
and performance Provided technical direction and organizational leadership to multidisciplinary
manufacturing & engineering teams focused to drive results.
• Budget oversight of $1M
• Prepared and tracked program schedules, managed resources/activities and
developed performance metrics.
• Led customer / OEM product integration and testing.
• Responsible for P&L and general business management.
• Worked with supplier and customer quality organizations to meet corporate goals for
product performance.
• Interfaced with program teams to ensure successful phase exits and product launch.
• Established improved standards of quality / reliability through refinement of product
development processes.
• Demonstrated hands-on leadership by managing risk, developing contingency plans
and communicating clear paths toward success to an entire organization.
• Recruited, trained, and mentored staff as needed to maintain technical capabilities in
response to project needs.

400 Via Capri. • Rio Rico, AZ • 85648 • 520.980.1323 • jaimejaimearturo@hotmail.com

 • Factory Start-up in Mexico from Ground zeroTS16949 implementation.
• Internal Quality under 250ppms, External Quality at 6ppms
• Kan-Ban / FIFO implementation 98% on time Delivery, Achieved Productivity of 118%
(reduced labor to increase profit)
• Scrap of 0.32% of cost of sales, Growth from 3.9M to 8.8m in one year.
• Developed team that define and executed the operations strategy and direct them
through
• P/L responsibility, best month of $6.95/hour / Cost reductions of 3M YTD

Noma / Prestolite (Nogales)

Position : Operations Manager
(Automotive Connectors & Cable Assembly)
Feb 96 –June
03
Initiate and conduct Engineering / Maintenance assignments and determine methods of accomplishment
work force and facilities utilization, coordination with plants and fulfillment of assignments. Originate new
design concepts to satisfy customers and plant objectives. Provide Engineering Liaison to sales and
marketing, manufacturing, customers and suppliers.
In charge of initiating products, material, changes, designs, and quotes based on the requirements of our
clients, cost reduction, etc. Specifications of all the components, cables, blue print, and bill of materials,
prototypes and samples. Project Management; require deviations or changes to our clients. Coordinate
team to accomplish objectives. Assumed piece part and assembly level ownership, including design, QA,
integration and test.
• Closed twelve new products from development to production start-up
• A kaizen team leader
• Design fuse holder for one of our customers. (Cost reduction of $200,000/yr)
• Implementation QS-9001 (Design Module)
• Lead team in the achievement of measurable results in process and quality improvement
and cost reductions
• New Electrical System implementation.
• Conceptualizing and implementing process improvements
• Selection and justification of new equipment / Efficiency boost to mid 90’s from the mid 50’s
• Designed and implemented S/V isolation solutions that enabled qualification of non-
conforming product.
• Developed CAD models, released prints, prototypes, supplier selection / qualification
and transfer to high volume.

Fleck Manufacturing Inc.

Position: Manufacturing Engineer
(Automotive Connectors & Cable Assembly)
Jul 94 – Feb
06
In charge of process and manufacturing engineering in two areas of production. Improved all assembly
procedures. Achievement of the JIT program with the use of KAN-BANS.
• Reduced development costs, time to market and improved product quality and reliability.
• 35% Space optimization, 30% Reduction of operators -Reduced 30% of material handling
• 20% Reduction of Q.C. inspectors -Reduced ppms to 1000ppms from 5000ppms (internal)
• Raised productivity to 90% from 62%
• Raised efficiency to 90% from 74%, Participation in the certification of ISO-900

Agua Purificada San Jose

Position: Owner
Aug 90 – Apr
94
Improved all processes & procedures. Sales growth by 12 % every year, Developed an effective
distribution strategy, budget oversight of 500K.

400 Via Capri. • Rio Rico, AZ • 85648 • 520.980.1323 • jaimejaimearturo@hotmail.com

 EDUCATION

Industrial Engineering in Electronics (University of Nogales)

Jan 94

MBA in Total Quality Management (U.A.C.H)

Dec 98
Universidad Autonoma de Chihuahua

MBA in Technology Management (University of Phoenix)

June 01
University of Phoenix Nogales Arizona.

SKILLS

Part, assy and mechanism Manufacturing process Life cycle management, ECO,
design development ECR
Stamping Data collection and analysis Cost reduction / management
Die-casting Tolerance analysis / GD&T BOM, RFQ, RFP
Injection molding Finite Element Analysis / FEA Technical publication
Precision machining / turning Computational Fluid Dynamics Bilingual English / Spanish (Bi-
Prototyping / CFD Cultural)
Tooling / gauging FMEA, DOE, SPC, Six Sigma, ISO-9000, QS-9000, QS-9001,
Test fixtures LEAN TS16949
Electro / mechanical Design for Manufacturability / Mold Flow analysis
packaging DFM SolidWorks / PDMWorks
Vision systems Supplier selection / Microsoft Project
Automation qualification Pro-Engineer / PDMLink /
Capital / manufacturing Inspection equipment Mechanica
equipment First Article Inspection / FAI

Employee Strengths:
• Alignment of operational goals, and integration of resources
• Exceptionally strong organizational skills with ability to self start and effectively manage in rapid
growth. Possessing a strong sense of urgency
• Excellent education background, With a solid Work ethic
• Strong attention to detail (Floor Manager)

400 Via Capri. • Rio Rico, AZ • 85648 • 520.980.1323 • jaimejaimearturo@hotmail.com