Sebastian Torres: Supply Chain Project Lead in santa ana, CA

New product development for minimal invasive catheters. In charge of all product development activities for the innovative catheters for the delivery systems for aortic stents. Lead a cross functional team composed of Research and Development, Sales, Marketing and Manufacturing.

Lead cross-functional team responsible for the launch of new products, process selection and development. Manages end-to-end design for manufacture ability. Leads design transfer activities, identifies and coordinates input from multiple functions(supply chain,planning, supplier management, manufacturing, sales, marketing). Responsible for plan and execution of process validation activities.

Principal Engineer for Baxter International supporting areas of Quality, Manufacturing and Rubber extrusion. Experience leading teams, validating equipment, driving LEAN and Six sigma projects to increase productivity and efficiency.

•Utilize Lean Six Sigma tools to develop a disciplined approach to analyze and improve manufacturing processes and product design. •Lead cross functional teams to manage non-conformance investigation and closure. •Apply statistical process control (SPC) methods for analyzing data to evaluate the current manufacturing process and process changes. •Conduct root cause investigation by applying systematic tools for all CAPA related activities. •Perform root cause investigation for customer complaints and implement corrective actions to address issues identified during product use. •Evaluate processes and procedures for compliance to the Quality System Requirements. •Work with auditors and regulators to ensure quality systems are in place in advance of audits to ensure compliance to ISO 13485 standards and 21CFR 820 (Quality systems regulation/good manufacturing practices for medical devices) . •Establish standard work, daily accountability and visual management within the quality engineering group.

Production Supervisor, Final Assembly area and subassembly, supervising manufacturing of medical devices for specialty therapies. In charge of supervising 100+ different level operators. Lead cross functional teams to achieve daily targets. Set up daily accountability metrics and quality control tools.Responsible for all production in the first shift. Interim supervisor for Extrusion and Rubber area for all 3 shifts of production.

Implementation and validation of new technologies, leader for cross-functional teams to improve quality, Implementing Lean and Six Sigma methodologies.Project Management, Fixture design, creation of FMEAs,Specifications, technical drawings, value stream maps and Kaizen events.

Industrial Engineer working in the areas of supply chain, operations, technical services and production.