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Edgar Eduardo Guardado Torres

@edgareduardoguardado

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Bilingual quality and NPI specialist driving process improvements in automotive electronics.

Mexico

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What I'm looking for

I seek a higher-responsibility or cross-functional role where I can lead NPI, improve processes, reduce cycle times, and ensure compliance with IATF/VDA standards.

I am a result-oriented specialist with over 8 years of experience in the automotive electronics industry, focused on New Product Introductions (NPI), quality management, and supply chain optimization.

I have served as a customer liaison and project quality leader, monitoring critical KPIs, leading recovery plans, and validating milestone evidence to meet strict technical and quality requirements.

My work includes implementing IATF 16949 and VDA 6.3 standards, creating APQP and PPAP packages, and using core tools like SPC, GD&T, and Cpk analyses to prevent defects and reduce cycle times.

I am seeking higher-responsibility or cross-functional roles where I can contribute proactive process improvements, reduce cycle times, and ensure compliance with international standards.

Experience

Work history, roles, and key accomplishments

Customer Quality Engineer

GRE Valeo Mexico

Jul 2024 - Nov 2025 (1 year 4 months)

Served as liaison between OEM customer plants and Valeo, monitoring KPIs (scorecard, warranties, 0km) and leading recovery plans and containment/root-cause actions to ensure product quality and customer satisfaction.

Quality KPIs Root Cause Analysis Supplier Communication IATF 16949

Project Quality Leader

Valeo HV Mexico

Mar 2023 - Jul 2024 (1 year 4 months)

Led customer project launches ensuring technical and quality compliance, validated milestone evidence to achieve component Cpk ≥ 1.67, and managed production/releases per customer specifications.

New Product Introduction APQP CPk Analysis Production Releases Validation IATF 16949 VDA 6.3

Project Analyst (Purchasing)

Siix Mexico

Aug 2021 - Mar 2023 (1 year 7 months)

Managed customer demand and material flow, negotiated with suppliers to mitigate launch delays, and optimized inventory processes raising accuracy from 85% to 93%.

demand planning Negotiate With Suppliers Material Tracking Project Reporting Supply Chain Coordination

Quality Coordinator (NPI)

Siix Mexico

Jun 2019 - Aug 2021 (2 years 2 months)

Directed NPI projects under IATF 16949 and VDA 6.3, supervised quality engineers, handled customer complaints and audits, and reduced new project release time from 25 to 15 minutes via process improvements.

IATF 16949 VDA 6.3 Audit Management Process Optimization

Quality Engineer (NPI)

Siix Mexico

Dec 2017 - Jun 2019 (1 year 6 months)

Prepared APQP and PPAP packages, designed inspection strategies and poka-yokes, and shortened new-model implementation time on the line from 5 to 3 hours through visual inspection templates.

APQP GD&T Poka Yoke Design FTA