Félix Rubén Lostal Martínez

inglostal@gmail.com
skype: rlostal

Professional objective: Mission Career
* Offer my management skills in the direction of an international automotive industry group or company
* Increase the influence of my management consulting and engineering in the international arena

MUBEA 2017-today

• Location Manager for Saltillo Plants and Plant Manager.  Oct 2018 - today
  • North America CEO main contact for Saltillo
  • 2 Plants
  • 4 Business Units
  • 650 Employees (blue and white collars)
• Plant Manager.  Oct 2017 - today
  • Responsible for overall operation and P&L for Powertrain Plant in Ramos Arizpe (100 MUSD in sales)
  • 3 Business Units
  • 450 Employees (blue and white collars)
  • Increase output in 15% in 6 months
  • COPQ reduction in 1% (33% reduction) of sales in 2 year
  • Productivity increase 38% in 3 years
  • Current cost improvement in 2% (20%) of sales in the last year
  • 3 years in a role GM Supplier Quality Award

 

DELPHI 2016-2017

(Actually APTIV)

 

• Plant Manager.  May 2016 – Oct 2017
  • Responsible for overall operation and P&L for CENTEC II in Saltillo (125 MUSD in sales)
  • 750 Employees (blue and white collars)
  • OEE 90%
  • Manufacturing cost reduction in 1.5% of sales from 2016 to 2017
  • Increase profit in 6% from 2016 to 2017
  • COPQ reduction in 0.93% of sales from 2016 to 2017
  • Bookings of 35 MUSD in 2017

 

 

Dong Kwang Group 2006-2016

Korean Tier I for automotive interior trim 

• DK Ramos Plant Manager (General Manager).  Jan 2015 – April 2016
• Responsible for overall operation for Ramos Plant (100 MUSD in sales)
• 350 Employees (blue and white collars)
• OEE 87% 
• Manuf cost 19%

 

• North America Sales-Eng,  General Manager January 2012- January 2015
• During this phase I develop VW Group as new OEM for Dong Kwang Group, awarding contracts for new business.
• Golf and Jetta
• Reporting to the Chairman of the group
• Develop future expansion plans for South America.
• Direct Negotiation with VW VP and Exec Directors in America and in Germany

 

• North America Secretary Office General Manager April-2011-January 2012
• Reporting to the Chairman of the group
• Cost Savings activities for 2011. Savings of 4 MUSD Fiscal year (total annually 6 MUSD)
• M&A negotiation. 
• Develop new business strategy for DK.
• Definition of the South America policy in the Group.

 

• North America Engineering General Manager Jan 2010-April 2011
• Reporting to the Chairman of the group

 

• North America Strategic Planning General Manager 2009-2010
• Quoted over 200 Million USD since August 2009
• During this phase I develop DAIMLER North America as new OEM for Dong Kwang Group, awarding contracts for new business.
• Reporting to the Chairman of the group 

 

• North America Program Launch General Manager (Interior Systems, Instrument Panel, Head Liner, and Console) 
• Programs 166 (Cadillac SRX) , J-300 and T-300 
• Reporting to the Chairman of the group
• Direct communication with the Purchasing VP of GM and Global executive directors

 

• North America Program Launch General Manager (Interior Systems, Door trim, Instrument Panel, Head Liner, Trunk Side, Trunk Floor , Console and Garnish Trim) for Dong Kwang in San Luis 
• T-250 (Chevrolet Aveo) project and Global Small Car– Mexico
• New plant start up responsible in San Luis Potosi-Mexico
• 30 MUSD Annual Sales
• Reporting to the Chairman of the group
• Direct communication with the Purchasing VP of GM and Global executive directors

 

• Plant Manager (Operations responsible) Dong Kwang Ramos Arizpe 2007 (Interior Systems, Door trim, Instrument Panel, Head Liners, Trunk Side, Trunk Floor , Console and Garnish Trim in Ramos Arizpe Mexico 2007
• 100 MUSD annual Sales
• 100 persons in staff
• 400 operators
• Develop production skills
• Manage operations 
• New business integration
• Reporting to the Chairman of the group

 

• Launch Manager GMT-319( Chevrolet Captiva ) (Interior Systems, Door trim, Instrument Panel, Head Liners, Trunk Side, Trunk Floor , Consol and Garnish Trim) for Dong Kwang  new facility  in Ramos Arizpe Mexico 2006-2007
• New plant start up responsible in Ramos Arizpe-Mexico
• Reporting to the Director of  North America

 

CASTECH (Joint Venture GIS-HYDRO Group) 2005-2006

• Project Manager for L-850 aluminum cylinder head family castings in CASTECH for GM (Ramos Arizpe, México) 2005-2006. Developing these projects with GM Germany, GM Shangai. And GM Spring Hill.
• PPAP 2 months in advance of original schedule.

        Carrying out all these works in Germany, Mexico and USA.

 

FAURECIA (Former SOMMER ALLIBERT) 2000-2005

      Industrial Pilot for Citroen C3, A-31 project (door panels) in FAURECIA Automotive Tarazona (Spain) 2004-2005.

Carrying out all these works in Spain and France

 

• Industrial Pilot for Opel Meriva ´05 Instrument Panel and Corsa C4300 MY 05 

Carrying out all these works in Spain, France, Germany, Austria and Italy 

 

• Industrial Pilot of Opel Meriva Instrument Panel (X-0421 project for Europe and X-4316 project for Brazil)) in FAURECIA Automotive Tarazona (Sommer Allibert) 2001-2003. For  GME´s Factory in Figueruelas (Zaragoza) and for GMB´s Sao Bernardo(Brazil) 
• Increase profit in 6% over the budgeted OI.

        Carrying out all these works in Spain, France, Germany, Czech Rep., Austria, Italy and Brazil 

 

• Industrial Pilot of C-4305 (Corsa Door Panels) in FAURECIA Automotive Tarazona 2002. 

 

• Industrial Pilot of A04 (VW POLO Door Panels) in FAURECIA Automotive Tarazona 2001. 

 

HLM Engineering Consultant 2000-2006

 

• Founder and Partner in HLM Office of Engineering and Emergency Plans. 

 

M&M 2000

 

• Responsible for the Technical Office in M&M in Tarazona 2000. 

 

OTHERS 1997-1999

• Doctor in  Administration               IEXPRO (México)            
• Industrial Engineering                     Zaragoza University (Spain)
• Industrial Engineering                     CENEVAL (Mexico)
• Master in Administration                IEXPRO
• APGM                                                 International Org. for Project Management
• MBA                                                    American Management & Business 
• CSSMBB                                            Six Sigma Institute

 

Courses, 

• Griffith University
  • Introduction to Business in Asia
• Open Universities Australia
  • Human Resources
  • Strategic Management
• International College of Management Sidney 
  • Management for a Competitive Edge
• Sydney TAFE (The Sidney Institute pf Technology)
  • Financial Planning
• Macquarie Graduate School of Management
  • Diagnosing the Financial Health of a business
• The Open University
  • Quantitative and qualitative research in finance
  • China and the USA: Cooperation or conflict?
  • Understanding Operations Management
  • Speeches and Speech-making
  • International Management: An institutional perspective
  • Commercial Awareness
• FM Global
  • Fighting Fire in Sprinklered Buildings
• NFPA
  • NFPA 1700 Modern Structural Firefigthting
• University of Kentucky
  • Lean Executive Leadership Institute (True Lean)
• Alison
  • Diploma in  journalism
• IMSS
  • All about the prevention of COVID-19
  • Recommendations for a safe return to work against COVID -19
  • Action plan for the home against COVID-19
  • Vaccination against COVID-19 in companies
  • Recognition of COVID-19 as an Occupational Disease
• WHO (OMS)
  • ePROTECT Respiratory Infections (ES)
  • Prevention and control of infections (PCI) caused by the new coronavirus (COVID-19)
  • WHO COVID-19 Mass Gatherings Risk Assessment Training
  • Introduction to COVID-19: methods for detection, prevention, response and control
• DELPHI
  • Enterprise Operating System
  • IATF 16949
• EVERFI
  • Labor Matters 
• MBA REGENESYS Business School
  • MBA International Management. Certificated.
  • MBA Organizational Behavior and Development. Certificated.
  • MBA Human Resources Management. Certificated.
  • MBA Project Management. Certificated
• PDM REGENESYS Business School
  • PDBM in Business Management
  • PDBM Business Ethics and Corporate Governance. Certificated.
  • PDBM Financial Management and Financial Accounting. Certificated.
  • PDBM Economics. Certificated.
  • PDBM Human Resource Management. Certificated.
  • PDBM Marketing Management. Certificated.
  • PDBM Fundamentals of Research. Certificated.
  • PDBM Organizational strategy Planning and Management. Certificated.
• Project Management System                                                            24 h. (Only evaluation Time)
• Professional and personal Leadership                                          100 h.
• Area Manager                                                                                     100 h.
• Total quality (ISO-9000)                                                                      60 h.
• Electro-Pneumatic Circuits                                                              250 h. 
• Core Tools                                                                                            32 h.
• APQP                                                                                                     32 h.
• FMEA                                                                                                       8 h.
• Fire fight                                                                                                  8 h.
• Resolution Problems Group                                                                8 h. 
• Work content                                                                                         8 h. 
• MIFA (Material Internal Flow Analysis)                                             8 h.
• Speak in public                                                                                      8 h.
• Adhesives and adhesion                                                                     7 h.
• Lubricants                                                                                              4 h.