Delice Javalera
NAI, a designer and manufacturer of custom interconnect solutions, has announced the appointment of Delice Javalera to fill the new position of Director of Operational Excellence. In this role, Javalera will be responsible for supplier quality and operations planning, and she also will act as the primary operations interface with customers.
"To meet NAI global supplier quality requirements, Delice will enhance the company's current proactive measures of supplier performance," said a company spokesperson. "As an initial priority for operations planning, she will focus on formalizing the process to provide dual capacity across NAI's current and expanding global manufacturing locations and ensure seamless on-time delivery and quality performance. In addition, she will coordinate and institute best practices among these various operations."
Jon Jensen, President and CEO at NAI, stated, "We established this new position as we continue to take our operations to the next level and leverage the strengths of each location for the benefit of the others. Delice is highly qualified to drive this charge at NAI, and we look forward to her success in advancing our continuous improvement efforts."
Javalera has held a variety of positions, from quality engineering and systems management to global director of quality and VP of quality, at various manufacturing companies in a wide range of industries. Her experience includes multi-site and global manufacturing operations, direct customer engagement and the deployment and practice of APQP.
Javalera holds a Bachelor of Science in industrial chemical engineering from the Chihuahua Institute of Technology in Mexico, an MBA from the University of Complutense of Madrid, Spain, and a Master of Science in quality and productivity with a Black Belt Certification from ITESM and Arizona State University.
For more information contact:
NAI
480-556-6066
www.nai-group.com