Felipe Rodrigues

• Drove Total Value Management (TVM) to consistently deliver unprecedented results in cost over the last 03 years leading projects across multiple vehicle programs and lead process changes.
• Mentored and guided a team of over 20 non-experienced engineers, successfully integrating them into project workflows and accelerating their professional development to meet critical program objectives.
• Led the successful engineering and delivery of vehicle programs including 25MY CX727, P758, and U6xx, meeting stringent Quality, Cost, Weight, and Functional Performance (QCWF) targets.
• Spearheaded the resolution of up to five critical issues concurrently within CCRG discussions, driving root cause analysis and implementing effective corrective actions to mitigate risks and improve product quality.

• Led multiple BIW (Body-in-White) TVM Mega Projects, consistently delivering highly efficient structural designs that met stringent Quality, Cost, Weight, and Functional Performance (QCWF) KPIs, contributing for $10M annually.
• Directed Static Sealing TVM Mega Projects, optimizing designs and processes to achieve superior sealing performance and durability, which directly contributed to enhanced vehicle quality and customer satisfaction and cost efficiency with the XIP mega project.
• Collaborated extensively with cross-functional teams and interfaced with various levels of management to drive consensus and resolution on critical engineering challenges, leveraging technical expertise to mentor junior engineers and foster a culture of continuous improvement.

• Led implementation of project management processes and tools, collaborating with design engineering teams to manage project deliverables and identify opportunities for performance improvements. (i.e: timing enhancement using Kanban and scrum)
• Facilitated regular technical meetings and program briefings for corporate management and working level teams
• Oversight of product design, roadmap, and product rollout
• Coordinated definition of technical requirements
• Coordinated development of solutions for body structure engineering design and test issues
• Developed and implemented strategies and processes focused on material cost reduction
• Exercised team flexibility to embrace changes required to adapt to market dynamic quickly

Key achievements

• Cross vehicle-line cost reduction focused on products synergy delivering over USD 30M on material cost savings
• Led cost reduction taskforce on sheet metal coating communization resulting in USD 3M of material cost saving with no impact for customer

• Initiated cost reduction projects, developed concepts, managed costs, timing and monitored KPI`s
• Cross-functional coordination of teams from product development, purchasing, logistics, manufacturing, and suppliers to identify design optimization opportunities focused on value management / material cost reduction with non-impact on customer attributes delivery
• Established project schedules and monitored tasks to meet milestones on each phase of product development process.
• Provided technical assistance to manufacturing team on issues resolution
• Provided detailed technical and operational direction on project challenges, consistently meeting deliverables according to deadlines

Key achievements

• Led market alignment workstream focused on synergy between material cost and product market position delivering over than 3% of EBIT margin improvement
• Created and implemented cost management methodology that enable program overachieve financial EBIT equation in 2%
• Created and implemented cost reduction process and methodology for new business unit focused on off road products that identified material cost savings of USD 2M