Jorge Mendes

Controlling and steering of capital expenditures for European plants (CAPEX and OPEX). Coach operations and Engineering (Chief Engineers, PMLs and Logistics) on release CAPEX core procedures. Supervision of European teams in terms of their investment planning. Implement capital core procedures and standards at division level. Manage and report capacity and workload balance between plants.

Launch new products in the plant, according the specification and project milestones. Ensure that all the conditions required for the Launch (material, machines, people, etc.) are met. Specify the production process and the equipment. Cost optimization and rework and scrap rates improvement. Increase of consolidation levels in the plant.

Follow-up and suport on the Industrialization of articles from phase-in to SOP Master thesis: "Characterization and rheological study of rubber compounds" Individual Project: "Analysis of factors involved in the extrusion process of tire treads"

Rheological characterization of plastic materials. Manufacturing processes (injection molding, extrusion molding and thermoforming process). Conduct modeling, part design, simulation and analysis of structural components using CAD techniques.