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Rafael Toso

Rafael Toso

Sr. Manufacturing Engineering Manager
Indaiatuba

Summary

Professional with 21 years of experience in global automotive companies, having worked in Manufacturing Engineering, Maintenance, Quality and Operation departments. Achieving significant results in cost reduction and customer satisfaction metrics, acting both technically in the processes and in the positive transformation of company mindset. Experience of technical, operational and leadership team management. International experiences to develop technical activities and global department meetings. Fluent level in Portuguese, English and Spanish languages, and German in intermediate level. Available for travel and city / country movements.

Quality / Manufacturing Engineering / Operations Management Position

Overview

6
6
years of post-secondary education
4
4
Languages

Work History

Regional Advanced Quality Manager

BENTELER Automotive
  • Responsible for Advanced Quality teams from Brazil and South Africa management, ensuring the proper project work packages execution with quality and on time
  • Achievements: More than 70 projects developed simultaneously, in Brazil and South Africa
  • Advanced Quality team in Brazil and South Africa has became global reference in terms of standards improvement and application
  • Implemented the new Problem Solving strategy in the region, being recognized as Global benchmarking and Global standard.

Quality Engineering Manager

Magna Seating
  • Responsible for Advanced Quality, Customer Support, Plant Quality, Quality Management System, Supplier Quality and Labs departments, focused on Operational and Quality metrics achievement
  • Achievements: In 2016: 88% of reduction in quantity of inter-company customer concerns and 38% of reduction regarding to external customers / R$ 150K in cost reduction / Performed the 1st Quality Week in Magna SJB.

Central Quality Supervisor

ZF TRW Automotive
  • Responsible for Program Quality Engineering, Warranty, Customer Quality Engineering, Quality Management System and acting as Customer Quality Champion (South America Representative), managing a team with 34 engineers, analysts and technicians
  • Achievements: Average of 30 projects launched and approved by customers per year
  • In 2015, 50% of reduction in quantity of customer concerns and 89% of reduction in PPM, 51% of reduction in warranty on sales.

Program Quality Leader

FAURECIA Emissions Controls Technologies
  • Functions Performed: I have acted as responsible for assignments in quality designs for Exhaust Systems as well I was responsible to realize and follow up audit of compliance with the Faurecia and Customer Specific Requirements.

Advanced Quality Engineer

BENTELER Automotive
  • Functions Performed: I have acted as responsible for assignments in quality projects for automotive chassis parts, as well as perform audit of compliance with the project milestones

Quality Engineer

MAGAL Ind e Com. LTDA
  • Functions Performed: Acted as coordinator, leading the teams from Metrology and Metallurgy labs, was responsible for Customer Service and Satisfaction, responsible for customer concerns, metrics and cost of quality control
  • Promoted internal events related to quality, apart from giving lectures and training
  • Other activities: Application of Quality Tools, approval of new suppliers, deployment and application of Lean Manufacturing tools, Poka Yoke deployment methodology, QSB implementation, metrics analysis and experience with metallographic analysis (spectroscopy, microstructure, macrostructure and density of aluminum).

Production Operator

EATON LTDA
  • Functions performed: Keep the product quality in the process, using tools such as SPC
  • Application of Lean Manufacturing Tools.

Regional Manufacturing Engineering and Maintenance Manager

BENTELER Automotive
5 2024
  • Responsible for Regional (Brazil and South Africa) Manufacturing Engineering, Tooling / Processes Specialists and Maintenance team, supporting all plants in the region (7 plants)

Education

Specialization - Strategic Business Management

UNICAMP
Campinas, SP
02.2013 - 05.2014

Graduate - Control and Automation Engineering

Centro Universitário Salesiano de São Paulo (UNISAL)
Campinas, SP
02.2004 - 05.2008

Mechanical Technician - undefined

ETE “Pedro Ferreira Alves”
Mogi Mirim, SP
08.2002 - 05.2003

Skills

Familiarity with quality standards

International Experience

Argentina, South Africa, Germany, Spain, Mexico, USA, Czech Republic

General Courses And Languages

Green Belt – ZF TRW Automotive, General course of mechanical machines (825 hours) - SENAI, Fluent Level - CCAA + Wise up, Fluent Level - CCAA, Intermediate Level - Kreativ Campinas

Personal Information

  • Number of Children: 1
  • Date of Birth: 08/29/85
  • Marital Status: Married

Timeline

Specialization - Strategic Business Management

UNICAMP
02.2013 - 05.2014

Graduate - Control and Automation Engineering

Centro Universitário Salesiano de São Paulo (UNISAL)
02.2004 - 05.2008

Mechanical Technician - undefined

ETE “Pedro Ferreira Alves”
08.2002 - 05.2003

Regional Advanced Quality Manager

BENTELER Automotive

Quality Engineering Manager

Magna Seating

Central Quality Supervisor

ZF TRW Automotive

Program Quality Leader

FAURECIA Emissions Controls Technologies

Advanced Quality Engineer

BENTELER Automotive

Quality Engineer

MAGAL Ind e Com. LTDA

Production Operator

EATON LTDA

Regional Manufacturing Engineering and Maintenance Manager

BENTELER Automotive
5 2024
Rafael TosoSr. Manufacturing Engineering Manager