Maria Alvarez, Quality Manager

Maria Alvarez

Quality Manager

Industrials del Recambio

Location
Spain
Education
Master's degree, MBAE
Experience
20 years, 6 months

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Work Experience

Total years of experience :20 years, 6 months

Quality Manager at Industrials del Recambio
  • Spain
  • My current job since September 2012

Quality Manager at Industrias del Recambio, manufacturer and worldwide distributor of suspension system components for aftermarket of any brand and model of cars.
RESPONSIBILITIES
- Quality System.
- Plan and carry out internal system audits, product audits and process audits.
- Quality strategic definition in our factory with all customers and suppliers.
- Problem solving.
- Leader and driver to implement changes.
- Communication with all levels, internally and externally.
- Update and apply environmental standards.

Owner and Director at Retos Ingenieria
  • Spain
  • January 2009 to September 2012

Retos Engineering working partner, enterprise working on industrial design. Its main activity is related to design, manufactured management and commercialization of furniture. It is also dedicated to laboratory and manufactured tools design, simple structural calculation and finite element calculation.
RESPONSIBILITIES
- Enterprise strategic definition by prioritizing working lines.
- Management and financial tools establishment and monitoring.
- Product design and development using specific tools for this activity: 3D design and drawings (CATIA), basic structural calculation (CYPE), finite elements calculation (ANSYS).
- Suppliers search, contact and business. Manufacture management with the suppliers involve in the process. Agreeing terms, priorities, costs, etc…
- Final product transportation management to any place in Spain.
- Customer support and commercial activity. Creation of the national commercial net.

Product Design Engineer at Dynamobel
  • Spain
  • January 2008 to January 2009

Product Design Engineer in Movinord (Dynamobel). Enterprise working on design and manufacture of: office furniture and technical ceiling, floor and walls.
RESPONSIBILITIES
- Technical ceiling design and development.
- Tests definition to verify our prototypes.
- Manufacture costs analysis responsible collaborating with other areas.

Climatization Systems Design Engineer at Ah asociados
  • Spain
  • May 2007 to January 2008

Conditioning System Design Engineer at A&H Asociados (ED Engineering). A&H Asociados architecture firm installation department.
RESPONSIBILITIES
- Take part of the installations team and collaborate with the rest of the areas in order to integrate the conditioning system projects in the general project.

Breaking Systems Design Engineer at TRW Automotive
  • Spain
  • October 2003 to May 2007

Product Design Engineer at TRW Automotive (multinational company) designing servo assisted brakes.
RESPONSIBILITIES
- Take part of the different teams orientated to different customers to carry out new projects.
- Components detailed design to get the functional behavior and adaptability of the product requested by customer in each project.
- Prototypes design and test results analysis. Re-design optimization if necessary.
- 3D model, components and customer drawings (CATIA).
- Functional parameters prediction, tolerance calculation and force balance.
- Finite elements calculation and analysis (ANSYS).
- Stress behavior analysis of parts made of rubber (MARC mentant).

Education

Master's degree, MBAE
  • at ESIC
  • September 2006

An MBA program must respond to increasing levels of demand that managers and entrepreneurs in their day. Aspects such as the creation of added value, the response to global environment, differentiation through corporate culture, corporate social responsibility, knowledge management, the focus of interest groups (stakeholders) and strategic perspective people management, among many others, we are forced to lifelong learning if we want to be effective and efficient in carrying out our responsibilities. Therefore, the Executive MBA basically power: The strategic vision People management The international perspective Entrepreneurship

Bachelor's degree, Industrial Engineer
  • at Public University of Navarra
  • May 2004

Graduates in Industrial Engineer have a general training that enables them to practice in many areas. The most interesting opportunities are in industry and research, in a technology development, preparation of construction projects, production, maintenance, operation, quality control and technical inspection.

Specialties & Skills

Quality Systems
Problem Solving
Product Design
Project Management
Industrial Engineering
Problem Solving
Quality Systems and Quality Control
Leadership and Managment
Internal Audits
Service attitud, team orientation, customer focus
Initiative and energy to implement changes
Able to communicate with all levels

Languages

English
Intermediate
Spanish
Expert
Italian
Beginner

Memberships

Spanish Industrial Engineers Asociation
  • Member
  • May 2004
ESIC Alumni
  • Member
  • September 2006
Public University of Navarra Alumni
  • Memeber
  • May 2004

Training and Certifications

Quality Managment Technician (Training)
Training Institute:
Quality Spanish Asociation
Date Attended:
March 2013
Duration:
80 hours
Six Sigma Green Belt (Training)
Training Institute:
TRW Autimotive
Date Attended:
September 2005
Duration:
40 hours
Project Manager (Training)
Training Institute:
AIN (Navarre Industry Asociation)
Date Attended:
March 2014
Duration:
40 hours

Hobbies

  • Travel
  • Stay with friends
  • Watch movies
  • Listen music
  • Read books