José Airton Florentino de Arruda

Managed industrial engineering, maintenance, and RPP departments. Led the maintenance team, driving collaboration and timely support. Developed preventive maintenance programs and managed corrective actions. Oversaw budgets, negotiated contracts, ensured regulatory compliance, and optimized KPIs with lean techniques. Executed CAPEX/OPEX strategies, led cost benchmarking workshops, and managed complex investment and relocation projects to optimize production costs and operational performance.

Responsible for manufacturing areas, lean manufacturing and industrial engineering. Daily monitoring of production through KPIs; Planning of resources for production, machine capacity and raw material. Deployment, monitoring and reporting of production goals for the Germany headquarters. Definition and implementation of lean manufacturing strategies within the plant. Consolidation, planning and execution of the CAPEX of the plant. Project management of new investments and machine relocation between plants.

• Acting in front of the routines of the area, acting in the coordination of issues related to the global manufacturing network of the production of directions and hydraulic pumps for use in the commercial and passenger vehicle sector, providing support to the Vice President of global manufacturing in the definition of manufacturing strategies and location of plants, as well as in the definition and conduct of projects to reduce production costs , increased productivity and manufacturing flexibility.