Luis Yahir Macias

Strategic Leadership & Cost Reduction: - Delivered $8M USD in cost savings by executing a strategic pipeline of Value Engineering and Quality initiatives. - Leading the integration of complex subsystems, ensuring alignment between design, engineering, and manufacturing to optimize product performance and cost-efficiency. Portfolio & Team Management: - Directing a cross-functional team of 10+ contributors across risk assessment, APQP, and Whirlpool Product Development (WPD) frameworks. - Managing project budgets and CAPEX execution, utilizing strict ROI analysis to approve business cases and ensure financial discipline

Portfolio Management: - Managed a high-volume portfolio of 70+ projects annually, focusing on cost optimization, quality improvement, and regulatory compliance. - Spearheaded the critical refrigerant conversion (R134 to R600a), ensuring full regulatory compliance while maintaining cost targets and timely execution. Operational Excellence: - Executed investment plans and Capital Expenditures (CAPEX) based on rigorous ROI analysis to support large-scale manufacturing changes. - Coordinated launch readiness activities across multiple plants, ensuring zero downtime during product transitions.

Program Management: - Led the Cost & Quality Program portfolio (70+ projects/year), overseeing business case validation, planning, execution, and wrap-up phases. - Negotiated capital investments and project resources, ensuring alignment with the company's annual financial goals. Continuous Improvement: - Generated strategic project pipelines through benchmark analysis and competitor teardowns. * - Implemented systematic project execution standards and KPI tracking to improve team velocity and delivery rates.

• Cost Reduction Projects • Work Shop Cost Planner • Management of new initiatives portfolio • Mechanical Structure Projects • Lean Office Leader • SAP

• Leader Relocation of Production Lines • Suppliers • Manufacturing & Process • Strategic Plan Inventory • Master Part List • Cost Material List • New Model Planning • New Product Introduction • BOM

• Experience in injection Tools • Experience in purchase Tools. • Experience in Hydraulics parts • Experience in Development of Plastic Parts • Development Parts with U.S.A.

• Experience in Stamping Tools • Proven use of Mechanics of Materials knowledge for design purposes. • Experience in Simultaneous "Take out cost” projects for products sold in North America market, the target is time and cost. • Qualified as Black Belt Engineer • Experience in FMEA process • Wide experience designing solutions using steel as primary raw material. • Experience in punching dies. • Design for Reliability Proficiency • Design for Manufacture proficiency • Design for Safety Proficiency • Robust Design Proficiency • Qualified in Statistical Analysis • Pro-e CAD Basic • Tolerance Stack up Proficiency.

• Experience in Product Engineering • Use of SAP as Manufacturing Resource Communication • Proven expertise in Molding by injection. • "Take out cost” projects for products sold in domestic market. Experience in • Motors, paints, screws, steel, drive systems, porcelain and plastic parts.

-Experience in Quality Projects, working with the improvement of product in the field reducing the PPM. -Use of FEA as design support -Cost Reduction Projects -Quality Projects -Solid Works CAD Basic -Product Engineering -Reliability -Tolerance Stack up -FPAs -TCAs -FMEA -TEST Plan

This is the option for those who wish to develop their ability to plan, execute, control and close projects in an ethical and collaborative manner. Those who study this UVM online master's degree understand the processes for project management in a comprehensive way, calibrating its impact on all areas of an organization.