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VICTOR H. ARAIZA

PHOENIX

Summary

Supplier quality program professional with over 20 years of experience in team leadership and continuous improvement initiatives. Demonstrated success in cost reduction and project profitability while enhancing operational efficiency. ASQ Certified Six Sigma Black Belt with a strong focus on building effective customer relationships.

Overview

24
24
years of professional experience
1
1
Certification

Work History

Sr Principal Engineer Mission Assurance

Northrop Grumman
Chandler
11.2022 - Current
  • Develop continuous improvement projects at a system level to address systemic issues.
  • Support strategic initiatives to improve supply chain quality for the active RF commodity.
  • Support business expansion by onboarding new suppliers and conducting supplier assessments and audits.
  • Perform supplier performance management by analyzing performance and quality data to identify opportunities for improvement.
  • Implement systemic project to improve quality (Supplier Portal implemented in 2023).
  • Collaborate with IPT teams to foster positive working relationships with suppliers, DCMA and MDA.
  • Perform requirements review of SIRPLS, and work on corrective actions requested by the customer.
  • Completes data reviews for first article inspections and executes source inspections activities.
  • Initiate corrective action plans and work with suppliers, manufacturing, and engineering personnel to identify root causes and implement robust corrective actions.
  • Lead first article reviews.
  • Support processes and product audits and capacity assessments to ensure the supplier's processes are robust and capable.
  • Review purchase orders for quality notes flow down to the supplier.
  • Work with key suppliers to ensure they are performing, and their capacity and capability are adequate to deliver products to specifications and on time.
  • Communicates supplier and organization performance plans risks, issues and opportunities to all stakeholders.

Sr Advance Project Engineer (PSE) – Hot section engine components, nozzles

Honeywell Aerospace
Phoenix
03.2021 - 11.2022
  • As a product support lead for the machining commodity organization, I plan, conduct, and monitor engineering reviews, FAIR, PPQP plans, validation plan completion and customer deliveries.
  • Coordinate quality engineering and supplier requirements to comply with ultrasonic testing (UT), radiographic Testing (RT), eddy Current Testing (ET), penetrant Testing (PT) and magnetic particle testing (MT) for several engines’ components.
  • Product Support Engineer – Supplier Readiness Team (Transitions/Repositions) OEM and After Market support (MRO).
  • I developed an integrated master schedules (IMS) to meet project/program objectives.
  • Led strategic supply chain activities to manage work with suppliers and programs.
  • Familiar with the machining of aluminum, nickel and titanium alloys.
  • Weekly leadership reviews and report updates for risk analysis and schedule adherence.
  • I established the basis for internal and external schedule recovery, corrective, and preventative action plans and tasks.
  • Project manager leading a supplier reposition of 4M dollars and 100% responsible performance and schedule adherence.
  • Communicates and coordinates supplier and organization performance plans for risks, issues, and opportunities procurement, engineering, and business teams.
  • Execute validation plans for parts transitions material test, functional and fixed process requirements.
  • Maintain and sustain communications open for all stakeholders of parts in transition and work on ad-hoc projects.
  • Commodities expertise in welding, bracing, machining, coating (blades/airfoils) and casting.
  • Develop stakeholders’ relations and assess performance throughout all contract phases.
  • Assist product and process certification and estimation development analysis.
  • Led internal meetings (with all functions) and supplier meetings to present recovery plans, improvement projects, and long-term solutions to meet customer needs.

Sr Project Engineering – Recovery Specialist

Honeywell Aerospace
Phoenix
10.2018 - 03.2020
  • A Senior Supplier Recovery Specialist drives performance improvement with customers and suppliers by identifying root causes within the supply chain as it relates to specific suppliers and implementing systematic solutions. Airfoils and blades.
  • Partnered with Sr. buyers, fulfillment specialists, and global planning to reduce customer PO past due by 30%.
  • Managed project cost, schedule, and quality to decrease supplier past due by 200%.
  • Championed design review changes to improve part yield by 60%.
  • Proposed a new casting method that would save $200k annually.
  • Spearheaded the effort to review 800+ part numbers for machining hog-out reducing analysis from 8 years to three months.
  • Supported value stream mapping and kaizen events to identify Purchased order risk issues and create an improvement plan cutting 60% of lead time.
  • Negotiated program funding for tooling and fixtures for suppliers leading to 100% output improvement.
  • Experienced with Electron-beam physical vapor deposition (EBPVD) and plating for blades and airfoils components.
  • Knowledgeable in the procuring RFI, RFQ, & RFP and sourcing process.
  • Enforced contractual requirements to improve on-time-to-deliver and reduce line of balance.
  • Modified MOS to correct PO pricing issues at two supplier locations for both commercial and military customers.
  • Oversaw technical and business guidance to critical supplier and programs.
  • Maintained tracking database showing all noncompliance issues and the progress made by the supplier in bringing their products to compliance reducing compliance issues 80%.

Quality Assurance Manager

DKS Doorway
Inglewood
01.2013 - 09.2018
  • Company Overview: Commercial and Residential Access Control Systems
  • Lead team to implement SMT process using Panasonic equipment.
  • Meet with customers on a regular basis to address field issues.
  • Implemented lean cost reduction program resulting in 150M savings.
  • Eliminated 2nd shift and overtime resulting in 5M in annual savings.
  • Implemented CAPEX project for Yamaha surface mount equipment for $650K, obtaining gains of $2M/year.
  • Utilized lean visual flow methods to streamline return material authorization by 90% resulting in $250K in savings.
  • Managed global quality distributions in the US, Mexico, Canada, and the United Arab Emirates
  • Developed supplier scorecards and key process indicators to boost supplier performance.
  • Reports and audits for the International Traffic in Arms Regulations (ITAR) and Customs-Trade Partnership Against Terrorism (C-TPAT) compliance.
  • Evaluated customer complaint data and product/component failure analysis to implement corrective actions.
  • Implemented and reassessed as needed a VMI system to reduce stock-outs by 90% on hardware needs.
  • (Employed from 2004-2018)

Program Quality Systems Engineer

Zodiac Aerospace
La Palma
04.2001 - 05.2004
  • Company Overview: Airplane Interiors (Commercial) – Seats, Overhead bins, lavatories, and reinforced doors
  • Communicate with customers to improve deliveries and resolve quality issues (Boeing, Airbus and Embraer).
  • Developed and implemented lean projects, totaling savings of $100K for the cable/harness assembly area.
  • Completed ten ISO 9000 and AS 9100 audits.
  • Wrote ISO 9000 and AS 9100 procedures for calibration, in-process, and incoming inspection.
  • Deployed multi-plant calibration system using process analysis techniques to close open ISO 9000/AS9100 non-compliance and to comply with FAA, AS9100, and ISO 9000 requirements.
  • Created test programs on circuit analyzer automated testing DIT-MCO FACT 7000/8000 for wire harness assemblies.
  • Planned and implemented tensile tests leading to a 90% reduction in crimping failures.
  • Responsible for three plants’ calibration system and the inspection process at the site and supplier to guarantee compliance with customer requirements supporting new and used part inspections in both a repair station and manufacturing environment utilizing a wide variety of hand measurement tools and test equipment like CMMs.

Education

Master of Business Administration (MBA) - Corporate Finance

Pepperdine University

Master of Science - Manufacturing Engineering Technology minor in Information Systems

Arizona State University

Bachelor of Science - Industrial & Electronics Engineering

Hermosillo Institute of Technology

Skills

  • Supplier management
  • Supply chain optimization strategies
  • Business acumen
  • Federal Acquisition Regulations (FAR)
  • Minitab, ERP Systems, SAP and Teamcenter
  • Certified in Earned Value Management
  • Expert in root cause analysis investigations and tools
  • Risk Management

Certification

  • ASQ Six Sigma Black Belt Certified
  • ASQ, Six Sigma Green Belt Certified
  • Negotiation and Influence, Red Bear
  • Certificate in Value Stream Mapping, Creating Continuous Flow, Making Materials Flow, Lean Institute
  • PMP (In progress)

CORE COMPETENCES

  • Supply Chain/Project management professional: Long history of implementing continuous improvement in projects with high financial gains involving information and materials flows (IT, supply chain and quality).
  • Leadership: Demonstrated success as a leader inherent in eliciting a team's best quality with a commitment to the highest service levels. Leads by example with ethics and integrity. Experienced in leading IPT teams.
  • Analytical/Decision Making: Able to quickly analyze metrics and analytics to weigh out the best possible options before making decisions to achieve the best results.

Timeline

Sr Principal Engineer Mission Assurance

Northrop Grumman
11.2022 - Current

Sr Advance Project Engineer (PSE) – Hot section engine components, nozzles

Honeywell Aerospace
03.2021 - 11.2022

Sr Project Engineering – Recovery Specialist

Honeywell Aerospace
10.2018 - 03.2020

Quality Assurance Manager

DKS Doorway
01.2013 - 09.2018

Program Quality Systems Engineer

Zodiac Aerospace
04.2001 - 05.2004

Master of Business Administration (MBA) - Corporate Finance

Pepperdine University

Master of Science - Manufacturing Engineering Technology minor in Information Systems

Arizona State University

Bachelor of Science - Industrial & Electronics Engineering

Hermosillo Institute of Technology

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