David Esquivel Salcido

Blvd Duara # 67 * Fracc. Duara * Mexicali BC, México

home: +52-686-688-1669
cell: +52-686-310-0982
e-mail: desquiv1@gmail.com

SKILL SUMMARY
Excellent problem-solving skills… Works well in a team-oriented environment…
Ability to work under pressure… Excellent at coordinating projects and activities…
Out of the box thinker...Highest ethics and integrity values…

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

Gulfstream Aerospace – Mexicali, BC, MX

Materials Director October 2013 to present
Responsible for all Materials related activities at the Gulfstream Mexicali Plant. Logistics, Warehousing, Receiving, Put away,
Picking, Cycle Counting, (4 warehouses, 2 tool cribs, 45K SKU’s), Materials Control (Shipping, Receiving), Production
Control (Production Planning), Materials Planning (Materials Requirements Planning), Purchasing (MRO), Imp/Exp. Staff of 5
Managers and a total of 190 Materials employees. Plant consisting of 5 Strategic Business Units with different operations,
Avionics Electrical Harnesses, Electrical Panels for Communication Racks and Avionics, Machining, Sheet Metal Fabrication
and Structural Assembly.
o Implemented a Self Billing process for high volume wire consumption in a VMI environment.
o Improved Inventory Accuracy from 75 to 98.8% and continuing to improve through introduction of cycle counting
process best practices and continuous improvement culture.
o Reorganized the Materials Planning groups to improve material availability and shortage reduction to less than 1%.

International Rectifier Corporation – Tijuana, BC, MX

Materials Director April 2007 to October 2013
Senior Materials Manager Jan 2006 – March 2007
Responsible for Purchasing department (Sourcing, Negotiation and Contracting) of Manager and 8 buyers (all materials
procurement, contract and price negotiations, Capital expenditures, Supplier development, Misc. Services), Production
Control department of Manager and 5 planners , 12 Die bank operators (wafer receipt and storage, Line scheduling and
loadings, FG re-work), Material Control department of Manager and 4 planner/buyers, Raw material warehouse with 28 WH
operators (RM local and satellite warehouse, cold storage warehouse, VMI warehouse, copper scrap recycling and sale with
revenue of 3.5 million a year), Inventory Control Manager responsible for materials at the satellite warehouses, in plant
warehouse and cold storage rooms, floor stock, material shelf life control, Cycle Counting process, MRB process and WIP
aging at IR Mexico assembly site. Site of 1,500 employees working 24-7 in all areas.

Purchasing Manager May 2003 – Jan 2006

Responsible for the Negotiation, Contracting & Procurement of all of the Raw Materials, Production Supplies, Office supplies,
Packing Supplies, Facilities contractors, Employee Transportation, Janitorial Services, Scrap Handling, etc. with a total yearly
spend of 60M in 5 different focus factories in IR Mexico. Negotiations of multiyear contracts with raw material vendors in
Asia, Europe and the US regions. Copper commodities purchasing with pricing variation depending of metal (London Metal
Exchange copper) prices fluctuations, currency exchange fluctuations. Contract negotiations with service suppliers, scrap
recycling companies, transportation for employees, third party warehouses including cold storage, painting subcontractors for
machinery and building, construction companies, etc. IR Tijuana plant is the biggest assembly operation for International
Rectifier Corp., with a 24/7, 363 days a year schedule and 2,500 employees. Production volumes of discrete semiconductors
totaling 26 million pieces per week
o Supervision of 9 Buyers; 2 senior raw material buyers, 2 senior capital purchasing buyers, 2 MRO buyers, 1
production supplies buyer, one equipment spare part buyer and one supplier development senior engineer
o Responsible for CRP generation and reporting
o Responsible for PPV analysis, forecasting and improvement
o Coordinated Yearly cost reduction projects for Raw Materials, MRO Items and Services. Consistent $1+ Million in
yearly cost reduction last 2 years
o Negotiated with copper lead frames suppliers to buy copper futures in the LME market to control and reduce cost
o Implemented an electronic requisition and DOA system for automatic approval processing to streamline the
Purchasing department MRO buying process, ”e-Req”
o Functional owner and Manager for the e-Rec system in North America. Responsible for auditing system integrity.
o Implemented a system to forecast, quote and buy Manufacturing Equipment SPARE PARTS improving the
equipment down time by 15%
o Conducted Negotiation of contracts with suppliers in Europe, Asia and US. Visited suppliers for negotiations in
Japan, France, Taiwan, US, etc.
o Negotiated volumes and pricing improvements with 2nd tier suppliers to achieve desired cost reductions.
o Implemented a VMI (Vendor Managed Inventory) system to reduce inventory levels, increase inventory turns and
ensure timely delivery of material to a changing forecast environment. For 60% of our volume materials, the VMI
program was implemented. Suppliers pay the storage and transportation of the material to a 3rd party warehouse in
Tijuana (2 blocks from the plant). We pay the suppliers as we pull the material from this warehouse. Supplier is
responsible to replenish inventory levels on the VMI warehouse based on our 13 week rolling forecast. Requirement
to have at leas 3 to 4 weeks of inventory at said location
o Conducted the transfer of several product lines from other IR location to our plant IRMX (Substrates Printing Line
from Krefeld Germany, Hi Rel Line from Leominster Massachusetts, TO-247 Line from Oxted Surrey UK). I was the
lead in those teams for the procurement aspect of the transfers.
o Responsible for sourcing of suppliers for new product line DirectFet, a mid volume, high tech, IR proprietary product
line
o Responsible for sourcing of new vendors transferred and existing lines in Asia and Mexico
o Lead of the procurement team for the sale of distilled product lines to Vishay. Product lines including all the
equipment, processes, procedures, suppliers, etc., were transferred to Xian China
o Lead the project team for the implementation of procedures and controls for SOX compliance (The Sarbanes-Oxley
Act of 2002) in the procurement department

Production Manager March 2002 – May 2003

Responsible for 12 production lines of discrete semiconductor assembly. Back End process consisting of 7 operations
(transfer molding, curing, trimming, plating, de-flashing, reflow oven, singulation). Line running 24/7 with 350 operators and
volumes of 14 million per week
o Implementation of the 5S principles in the production lines.
o Design, coordination and implementation of work groups to improve Quality, Productivity and house keeping on the
production lines
o Improved the operator productivity by 15% by elimination of non value added activities in the molding operation

Distribution Center Manager June 1999 – 2002

Assi st. Mgr March 1998 _ June 1999
Shipping Supervisor Jan 1997 - March 1998
Responsible for receiving, packing and bar code labeling finished goods into stock picking orders for customers. FG stock
room of 100 Million units, 5 to 7K SKU’s, running 24/7 with 80 operators. Responsible for the Import - Export function
o Developed a cycle count program to improve from 75% to 99.8+% inventory accuracy in the FG warehouse
o Implementation of bar coding automation system for special customer requirements
o Designed a Personal Development System for Distribution Center operators to maintain low turnover
o Coordinated special requirements for automotive customers following QS9000 guidelines
o Documented procedures for ISO 9002 and QS9000 specification
o Assisted in special projects in warehouse layout, storage shelving and flow redesign, cycle time reduction for
shipments, inventory accuracy improvement, and new product package redesign
o Conducted inventory analysis for slow moving parts for disposition
o Coordinated the selection purchase & implementation of new RF Bar Code Scanning system for real time Pick and
Put Away operations
o Visited customers in US, Thailand, Singapore and Mexico to work on continuous improvement activities
Courses completed at International Rectifier:
o 8D’s Problem Solving Technique
o Mistake Proofing Techniques (Poke Yoke)
o Cycle Count Program International Rectifier El Segundo CA
o Failure Mode and Effects Analysis (FMEA)
o Process Transformation SPC. PDCA methodology
o Team Building Workshop
o Effective use of Time
o Communicating with diplomacy and tact
o S.C.O.P.E., System for Creating Organizational and Personal Effectiveness.
o The OZ Principle, Getting Results Through Individual And Organizational Accountability
o Theory of Constraints course – 1999 APICS
o SAP MM

Allied Signal Automotive de México, S.A. de C.V. – Mexicali, BC, MX

Raw Material Buyer 1996
Raw material buyer for Charged Air Coolers used in heavy machinery production lines
Coordinated project to update material specification for suppliers in purchasing department
Supervised raw material inventories in WIP

Universidad Autónoma de Baja California - Mexicali, BC, MX

Social Service Professional Studies Requirement
Participated in design of Local Area Network in school computer lab
Updated PC Lab user’s database
Assistance of computer lab users for programming and general functions
Design maintenance program for laboratory equipment

EDUCATION
Masters in Business Administration – Course Completed, thesis pending
Instituto Tecnológico de Tijuana – Tijuana, BC, MX
Bachelors Degree in Information Systems Management - 1996
Universidad Autónoma de Baja California - Mexicali, BC, MX
High school Quality Control Specialty Certificate – 1988
Instituto del Valle - Mexicali, BC, MX

Additional Key Skills

Global SAP Implementation, International Rectifier (Purchasing Data Migration Lead)
Fluent in Spanish and English
All related computers skills
Changes to procedures and specifications based on ISO, QS and TS standards
Successfully completed SOX audits in the procurement area, including Purchasing, Planning and Warehouse-Receiving
SOX risk management mitigation experience
Competitive supplier selection experience
Ethical supplier relationships practices
PERSONAL
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Date of Birth: July 30 1967
Marital Status: Married, 2 Sons
Place of Birth: Tijuana, B.C.