Humberto Rodriguez
Operational Excellence at General Motors
- Role
- Operational Excellence North America at General Motors
- Location
- Austin, TX, US
- LinkedIn followers
- 500 followers
Experience
Operational Excellence North America
Mar 2025 — Present
Lead Operational Excellence across GMNA Manufacturing plants, ME, Supplier Quality, and Workplace Safety, through a team of OpEx Masters who support plants and functions across the region.• Provide strategic direction and coaching to OpEx Masters and plant leaders on reducing waste and scrap, improving productivity, optimizing processes, reducing cost, and improving quality using data‑driven problem solving.• Oversee capability building for OpEx Leaders and project Sponsors through formal training (e.g, multi‑day OpEx leader training and Quick Win workshops) and ongoing coaching.• Partner with senior leaders to align OpEx priorities to what matters most to the business, focusing on initiatives that increase revenue, reduce cost, and strengthen safety and quality performance.• Sponsor and grow the Faster Master network of plant OpEx Masters (100+ across GMNA) to multiply impact at the plant level and develop future OpEx and operations leaders.
Education
Tecnológico de Monterrey
Ingeniero Mecanico Administrador, Mechanical Engineering
1998
Universidad Tecmilenio
MBA / Maestria en Administración de Negocios en Calidad y Productividad, Business
2010
Johnson Controls
Certified Six Sigma Black Belt
2001 — 2002
University of Michigan
Lean Six Sigma Certification
2018 — 2019
Leadership Institute Johnson Controls (Plymouth, Michigan)
Certified Six Sigma Master Black Belt, Six Sigma, Lean Manufacturing
2003 — 2004
Skills
- Iso 14001
- 8d Problem Solving
- Ts16949
- Toyota Production System
- Dfmea
- Poka Yoke
- Ppap
- Iso
- Business Process Improvement
- Tqm
- Spc
- Manufacturing Operations Management
- Kanban
- Root Cause Analysis
- Black Belt
- Quality System
- Cross-Functional Team Leadership
- Supplier Quality
- Continuous Improvement
- 5s
- Tpm
- Manufacturing
- Engineering Management
- Engineering
- Iso 9000
- Management
- Project Management
- Quality Management
- Pfmea
- Automotive
- Dmaic
- Operational Excellence
- Manufacturing Engineering
- Kaizen
- 5 Why
- Six Sigma
- Iso Standards
- Value Stream Mapping
- Process Improvement
- Iso/Ts 16949
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