Gabriela Franz

Led global initiatives to ensure launch readiness across manufacturing and production, developed standardized documentation to align teams, and trained program teams in PMP tools to improve execution and risk management.

Served as primary liaison for international clients during new product introductions, coordinated multidisciplinary teams to meet quality, cost, and schedule targets, and implemented qualification and transfer processes from prototype to production.

Managed a team of 53+ to optimize resources and program profitability, reducing operating costs by 7% and recovering 85% of high-value rework units.

Led introduction of five production lines and new customer portfolios, overseeing onboarding of new products and ensuring production readiness and schedule adherence.

Analyzed forecasts and program production runs to meet customer demand, increasing on-time delivery from 87% to 93% and reducing planning-related downtime to under 1%.

Improved inventory reliability from 72% to 85% in six months and reduced downtime for model changeovers from 4 hours to 3 hours through stockroom reorganization and process improvements.

Created a cross-training matrix to increase department productivity and developed a shipping system that reduced international shipment complaints from 10 to 4+ per month.

Scheduled and processed orders to meet master plan requirements, ensured timely shipments and recovered at least $500,000 USD of unused material for resale each quarter while improving shipment accuracy to 95%.

Bachelor in Industrial and System Engineering from Universidad del Valle de México.