Carlos Alberto Hernandez

We are a high precision tooling and molding designer and manufacturer located in Shenzhen, China. We have been specializing in plastic molds & plastic injection fields for more than 15 years with our own R&D department and full in-house processing, certified by comprehensive ISO 9001 with high quality and pretty competitive price. VHP Tooling is serving the AUTOMOTIVE, MEDICAL, ELECTRONICS, OA Equipment, INDUSTRIAL and CONSUMER industries. With mold size ranging from small size to large ones above 1.2meters. VHP Tooling is producing 500~600 molds per year. Over 90% of the molds were shipped to North America, Europe ,Japan and Middle East for production. Most of our clients have been cooperating with us for more than five years. Customer retention rate is a key figure in measuring successful business practice.

Manage relationship/negotiation with suppliers supported by the Division Commodity Management. Panel management: ensure a regular follow-up of the supplier performance in relation with the Supplier Quality Assurance Manager and implement a supplier’s reduction plan consistent with Divisions and in coordination with the Business Groups. Ensure the overall supplier performance. Negotiate and implement general agreements with the main suppliers.

Managing and supporting automotive projects, including tooling, lab tests, resin for tool try-outs (raw material). Lead cost analysis in determining projects requirements. Plan, organize and implement all analysis of the tool construction project. Facilitated weekly conference calls with customers and tool shops to review project progress. Coordinated the development and implementation of the PPAP process for all nominated components supported by a team of 4 project engineers. Customer service contact and activities with customers. - Implemented savings in tool development process, including raw materials and logistics expenses by 30% - around $250,000.00 USD

Accountable for the seamless coordination between Project Managers in Europe/USA, with the commodity buyers in NAFTA, in observance of the policies and procedures from the company and the automotive rules. Develop suppliers for a diverse of automotive projects, like headrests, armrests, center consoles, seats and others for OEMs such as GM, FCA, Ford, Audi, BMW, VW and Daimler, including among others, plastics, rubber, stamped parts, wire harness, clips, fasteners, coverings, painting, chroming and flocking suppliers, all according to automotive specs. Monitoring projects assets and budgets. - Negotiate and maintain Vendor Contracts, Analyze and Monitored Vendor Performance based on ISO TS 16949 standards. Worked closely with engineering, R&D and suppliers during product development to ensure that a quality product could be manufactured at the lowest cost. Developed new and alternate sources for critical materials. - Obtained yearly savings for LTA's by 1.5 million USD. - Reduce 30% of the injection plastic suppliers, meaning $ 50,000.00 USD in savings for administrative expenses. Negotiated annual price reductions for $ 750,000.00

Supervised the activities of two Senior Buyers and one Purchasing Agent and lead a continuous improvement in their daily activities, having timing plans to follow up their activities. Negotiated blanket purchase orders for supplies and materials lowering inventory and reducing cost. Negotiated lower prices and on time delivery contracts with vendors. Negotiated contracts for plastic parts commodities. Responsible to coordinate actions in order to avoid premium freights. Developed a procedure to obtain information from the MFG system to have any kind of details and information from all part numbers. -Reduced by 35% the overall suppliers data base developing national suppliers instead or European, reducing lead times, freights and warehousing expenses – Estimated savings by $ 500,000.00 USD -Responsible to manage the investment for the installation of a new facility in Arteaga, Coah., negotiated the production machinery and equipment getting savings for $60,000.00 USD.

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