Maria Jose Vargas

• Hire the first 100 positions for the manufacturing team (operators, technicians and engineers)
• Transfer the product lines of Dental implants and Crowns to Costa Rica
• Lead the creation of all the process documentation (WIs, Visual aids, etc.)
• Lead the training team to create the training plans and perform the certification process for the production lines.
• Developed the learning curve and ramp up of the operation.
• Create and monitor the production KPIS for the Costa Rica operation
• Work with the finance, facilities and HR team in general topics regarding the opening of the Costa Rica site, like HR politics, budget and facility maintenance and safety
• Work with the stakeholders to propose and implement process improvement projects
• Work with the HR team to develop a good work environment and company culture in the team

• Company Overview: Costa Rica
• In charge of process engineering department (10 engineers)
• Design and update the different processes of the Costa Rica operation
• Lead and guide the team in the implementation of new process or transferred process
• Participate and contribute to the strategic planning process of the Costa Rica site
• Participate and contribute to the creation of the OKRs and KPIs of the Costa site
• Global SME of software and process validation
• Lead and guide the engineering team in the implementation of the process improvement projects of the company
• Lead and guide the engineering team in the operation sustaining task, such as the daily monitor of the metrics, problem solving task and general support to the operation
• Coach and guide the process engineers to improve their soft and technical skills
• ISO 13485 subject expert matter (Internal Auditor, participate in the ISO 13485 certification)
• Work with the technology team in the development and implementation of new automations
• Work with the operations team in the OPEX implementation.
• Lead and guide the engineering team to support the quality system.

Company Overview: Costa Rica

• Create and design different processes such as software validation process, training process, change management process and others
• Lead the implementation of different metrics like Efficiency, productivity, and yield
• Improve the standard time of the treatment planning process, we reduce 20% of the standard time just the first year
• Participate in the creation of the quality system
• Work as a project manager for the setup process projects portfolio.

• Company Overview: Costa Rica Site B44
• In charge of the Agilis and Boxing team
• Guide the production line to achieve the different goals of the company
• Developed different process improvement projects
• Work with other teams to improve the quality of the production

Company Overview: Costa Rica Site

• Production supervisor in charge of a 4 production lines transfer, from Mexico to Costa Rica, the first production supervisor hired for the Costa Rica site
• Create different documents used in the production process such as Work Instructions, Device history records, and others
• Participate in ISO 13485 site certification

• Supported production lines to control scrap metrics and monitoring the critical operations
• Create and modify drawings for the different tools
• Modified the design of different tools used in the production lines of drainage catheters