Jose Alexandre De Barros

My name is Alex Barros, I am 48 years old and have 23 of experience in the automotive business.

Most of my career I have worked for TRICO products, a wiper systems company based in the united states that started a branch in brazil back in 1999 when I joined them.

I am Skilled in IATF 16949, VDA 6.3, ISO 14001, APQP, FMEA, Continuous Improvement, Project Management, Manufacturing, Product and Process Engineering, Sales and price definition.

I am a Strong management professional leading Engineering and Quality teams.

I have Solid relationship with automotive customers and suppliers.

I have had international trips to USA, Mexico, Argentina and UK for program definition and launching.

I went through several positions while working for Trico, from a design engineer, engineering supervisor, project manager and engineering and quality manager.

As Engineering and Quality manager, I was responsible for ISO TS 16949 certification and later migration to IATF 16949, ISO 14000, VDA 6.3 VW approval and Ford Q1 award.

I also lead the Kaizen team, and on the latest process, could get an overall OEE improvement with aggressive PPM reduction, which resulted in a 5% labor cost reduction and 9% piece price reduction.

Before being promoted to Engineering and Quality Manager, I lead several Programs as a Project Manager for 3 years. During this period, I exchanged information using Microsoft Project and reported to the team in the US plant during the weekly meetings.