Juan Carlos Caballero

Senior Operations & Manufacturing Manager | Plant Operations | Production Leadership | Lean Manufacturing | Operational Excellence | Robotic Welding |

Huehuetoca, México, Mexico

About

Manufacturing and Operations Leader with 14+ years of progressive experience across Quality, Production and Operations within heavy manufacturing environments. Throughout my career, I have successfully evolved from Quality Inspector to Operations Manager, leading manufacturing transformation initiatives, plant start-ups, productivity improvements, quality systems and operational excellence programs. My experience includes managing operations supporting facilities with approximately $10M USD monthly revenue, overseeing 6 manufacturing lines and direct leadership of 4 Superintendents. Key accomplishments include: ✔ Increased manufacturing capacity by 25% through implementation of new production lines. ✔ Improved labor utilization by 15% and operational efficiency by 10%. ✔ Reduced scrap and rework costs by 35%. ✔ Improved On-Time Delivery (OTD) performance through production planning and operational discipline. ✔ Led successful plant start-up and operational ramp-up initiatives. ✔ Currently leading implementation of a robotic welding production line Expertise includes: Manufacturing Operations | Plant Management | Production Management | Lean Manufacturing | Continuous Improvement | Operational Excellence | Capacity Planning | Workforce Management | Quality Systems | ISO 9001 | Supplier Development | Manufacturing Automation | Robotics Integration | Smart Manufacturing Open to opportunities as: • Senior Operations Manager • Senior Production Manager • Plant Manager • Manufacturing Manager

Experience

  • Operations Manager at Grupo Polesa
    Nov 2024 - Present · 1 yr 8 mos

    Drive KPI management into operations. Project development to Capacity increases by 50% (2 new production Lines . HC Analysis for Capacity Increases. Analysis of Weekly Production Programs. Efficiency improvement on 10 %. Responsible for overall manufacturing operations, production planning, capacity expansion and operational performance. Key achievements: • Increased manufacturing capacity by 50% through implementation of new production lines. • Improved labor utilization by 15%. • Increased operational efficiency by 10%. • Reduced monthly rework hours by 20%. • Improved production schedule compliance to 85%. • Leading implementation of a robotic welding production line. • Managing manufacturing operations across multiple production lines and shifts while driving safety, quality, delivery and productivity objectives.

  • Production Manager at Arcosa México
    Apr 2024 - Nov 2024 · 8 mos

    Achieve manufacturing cost, efficiency, Earned hours, Safety and quality goals | Implement strategic plans to improve production and labor utilization||Meet product specifications and Implement methods of manufacturing processes| Provide leadership needed to ensure effective utilization of plant personnel & equipment | Reduce manufacturing cost and improve throughput and quality of the product.

  • Quality Assurance Head at Generac Power Systems
    Jun 2022 - Apr 2024 · 1 yr 11 mos

    Strong knowledge in welding, coating, metal parts, formed, forging and machining processes.|Managing Projects|New product introduction|Staff Development|Technical design reviews |Warranty process assessment.|Procedure creation.|PPAP management.|LPAs|Data bases & Dashboards Deployment |Experience on AMEF process. |Strong PPAP knowledge|ISO9001|Supplier Audit|

  • Arcosa Inc. (5 yrs 5 mos)
    • Quality Manager
      May 2020 - May 2022 · 2 yrs 1 mo

      Implemented/ maintained in compliance with ISO-9001:15. Established a new certificated under AISC 2017:2020 (on going). Root cause resolution and corrective actions. Create Quality Control Plan NCR Process and follow up of preventive /corrective actions Responsibility for 35 people in 4 departments (QA, Welding, QMS, NDT) New Accountable role for QMS. 2020 Open House for new plant North side Mexico (Coahuila MX)2020 New Accountable role for Welding Department. 2021 Provisional accountable role for Production. 2021 (7 Months)

    • Quality Superintendent
      Jan 2017 - May 2020 · 3 yrs 5 mos

      Internal & external Audit Compliance to Quality Control Plan Perform root cause investigations, implement corrective/preventive actions. Track Quality Metrics (weld rate %, Scapes, defect process) Scrap reduction, through clarification/ homologation of acceptance criteria in ASTM and Business Unit Procedures for Steel plate. 2017 Homologation of QA and NDT department within a single department.2018 Provisional accountable role for Material department just for component manufacturing. 2019 (6 month)

  • Trinity Industries, Inc. (5 yrs 1 mo)
    • Quality Supervisor
      Jan 2015 - Oct 2017 · 2 yrs 10 mos

      NCR Procedure Root Causes Analyzes Accountability in incoming inspection, welding/ inspection process, shipping and assembly process Responsibility for 12 people

    • Quality Inspector
      Jan 2014 - Jan 2015 · 1 yr 1 mo

      Welding Inspection Dimensional Inspections NCR process Incoming Material inspections Shipping Inspections

    • Engineering Intern
      Oct 2012 - Jan 2014 · 1 yr 4 mos