Félix Rubén Lostal Martínez

El Dr. Rubén Lostal Martínez es un directivo global del sector automotriz con más de 25 años de experiencia liderando operaciones industriales complejas en entornos multinacionales. Ingeniero Industrial y Doctor en Administración, ha desarrollado su carrera en compañías Tier 1, donde ha dirigido plantas, gestionado operaciones multi-sitio y ejecutado procesos de transformación orientados a productividad, calidad y rentabilidad sostenida con impacto en mercados internacionales.

Su perfil se caracteriza por un enfoque riguroso en la gestión basada en evidencia, apoyado en metodologías estructuradas de resolución de problemas y en la implementación disciplinada de sistemas de mejora continua.Es Master Black Belt en Six Sigma y ha liderado múltiples procesos de transformación industrial, incluyendo integración de tecnologías asociadas a Industria 4.0, inteligencia artificial, optimización de cadenas de suministro globales y desarrollo de talento técnico en entornos de alta exigencia.

Paralelamente a su actividad ejecutiva, mantiene una sólida producción intelectual con publicaciones de alcance internacional en países como Estados Unidos, Canadá, Alemania, España, México, la India, el Perú y Cuba, abordando temas clave como nearshoring, productividad industrial, transformación digital y gestión organizacional. Su trabajo ha sido difundido en revistas académicas, plataformas especializadas y foros industriales, consolidando un posicionamiento como referente en análisis aplicado a la industria.

El Dr. Lostal combina una experiencia operativa profunda con una capacidad analítica estructurada, lo que le permite conectar la estrategia con la ejecución en sistemas industriales complejos. Su enfoque se fundamenta en la premisa de que la competitividad no es resultado de tendencias o discursos, sino de la aplicación consistente de metodologías, datos y disciplina operativa

MUBEA 2017-today

• Location Manager for Saltillo Plants and Plant Manager. Oct 2018 - today
  • North America CEO main contact for Saltillo
  • 2 Plants
  • 4 Business Units
  • 650 Employees (blue and white collars)
• Plant Manager. Oct 2017 - today
  • Responsible for overall operation and P&L for Powertrain Plant in Ramos Arizpe (100 MUSD in sales)
  • 3 Business Units
  • 450 Employees (blue and white collars)
  • Increase output in 15% in 6 months
  • COPQ reduction in 1% (33% reduction) of sales in 2 year
  • Productivity increase 38% in 3 years
  • Current cost improvement in 2% (20%) of sales in the last year
  • 3 years in a role GM Supplier Quality Award

DELPHI 2016-2017

(Actually APTIV)

• Plant Manager. May 2016 – Oct 2017
  • Responsible for overall operation and P&L for CENTEC II in Saltillo (125 MUSD in sales)
  • 750 Employees (blue and white collars)
  • OEE 90%
  • Manufacturing cost reduction in 1.5% of sales from 2016 to 2017
  • Increase profit in 6% from 2016 to 2017
  • COPQ reduction in 0.93% of sales from 2016 to 2017
  • Bookings of 35 MUSD in 2017

Dong Kwang Group 2006-2016

Korean Tier I for automotive interior trim

• DK Ramos Plant Manager (General Manager). Jan 2015 – April 2016
• Responsible for overall operation for Ramos Plant (100 MUSD in sales)
• 350 Employees (blue and white collars)
• OEE 87% 
• Manuf cost 19%

• North America Sales-Eng, General Manager January 2012- January 2015
• During this phase I develop VW Group as new OEM for Dong Kwang Group, awarding contracts for new business.
• Golf and Jetta
• Reporting to the Chairman of the group
• Develop future expansion plans for South America.
• Direct Negotiation with VW VP and Exec Directors in America and in Germany

• North America Secretary Office General Manager April-2011-January 2012
• Reporting to the Chairman of the group
• Cost Savings activities for 2011. Savings of 4 MUSD Fiscal year (total annually 6 MUSD)
• M&A negotiation. 
• Develop new business strategy for DK.
• Definition of the South America policy in the Group.

• North America Engineering General Manager Jan 2010-April 2011
• Reporting to the Chairman of the group

• North America Strategic Planning General Manager 2009-2010
• Quoted over 200 Million USD since August 2009
• During this phase I develop DAIMLER North America as new OEM for Dong Kwang Group, awarding contracts for new business.
• Reporting to the Chairman of the group 

• North America Program Launch General Manager (Interior Systems, Instrument Panel, Head Liner, and Console) 
• Programs 166 (Cadillac SRX) , J-300 and T-300 
• Reporting to the Chairman of the group
• Direct communication with the Purchasing VP of GM and Global executive directors

• North America Program Launch General Manager (Interior Systems, Door trim, Instrument Panel, Head Liner, Trunk Side, Trunk Floor , Console and Garnish Trim) for Dong Kwang in San Luis 
• T-250 (Chevrolet Aveo) project and Global Small Car– Mexico
• New plant start up responsible in San Luis Potosi-Mexico
• 30 MUSD Annual Sales
• Reporting to the Chairman of the group
• Direct communication with the Purchasing VP of GM and Global executive directors

• Plant Manager (Operations responsible) Dong Kwang Ramos Arizpe 2007 (Interior Systems, Door trim, Instrument Panel, Head Liners, Trunk Side, Trunk Floor , Console and Garnish Trim in Ramos Arizpe Mexico 2007
• 100 MUSD annual Sales
• 100 persons in staff
• 400 operators
• Develop production skills
• Manage operations 
• New business integration
• Reporting to the Chairman of the group

• Launch Manager GMT-319( Chevrolet Captiva ) (Interior Systems, Door trim, Instrument Panel, Head Liners, Trunk Side, Trunk Floor , Consol and Garnish Trim) for Dong Kwang new facility in Ramos Arizpe Mexico 2006-2007
• New plant start up responsible in Ramos Arizpe-Mexico
• Reporting to the Director of North America

• Project Manager for L-850 aluminum cylinder head family castings in CASTECH for GM (Ramos Arizpe, México) 2005-2006. Developing these projects with GM Germany, GM Shangai. And GM Spring Hill.
• PPAP 2 months in advance of original schedule.

FAURECIA (Former SOMMER ALLIBERT) 2000-2005

Industrial Pilot for Citroen C3, A-31 project (door panels) in FAURECIA Automotive Tarazona (Spain) 2004-2005.

Carrying out all these works in Spain and France

• Industrial Pilot for Opel Meriva ´05 Instrument Panel and Corsa C4300 MY 05 

• Industrial Pilot of Opel Meriva Instrument Panel (X-0421 project for Europe and X-4316 project for Brazil)) in FAURECIA Automotive Tarazona (Sommer Allibert) 2001-2003. For GME´s Factory in Figueruelas (Zaragoza) and for GMB´s Sao Bernardo(Brazil) 
• Increase profit in 6% over the budgeted OI.

• Industrial Pilot of C-4305 (Corsa Door Panels) in FAURECIA Automotive Tarazona 2002. 

• Industrial Pilot of A04 (VW POLO Door Panels) in FAURECIA Automotive Tarazona 2001. 

• Founder and Partner in HLM Office of Engineering and Emergency Plans. 

• Responsible for the Technical Office in M&M in Tarazona 2000. 

• Doctor in Administration IEXPRO (México)
• Industrial Engineering Zaragoza University (Spain)
• Industrial Engineering CENEVAL (Mexico)
• Master in Administration IEXPRO
• APGM International Org. for Project Management
• MBA American Management & Business 
• CSSMBB Six Sigma Institute

Courses, 

• Griffith University
  • Introduction to Business in Asia
• Open Universities Australia
  • Human Resources
  • Strategic Management
• International College of Management Sidney 
  • Management for a Competitive Edge
• Sydney TAFE (The Sidney Institute pf Technology)
  • Financial Planning
• Macquarie Graduate School of Management
  • Diagnosing the Financial Health of a business
• The Open University
  • Quantitative and qualitative research in finance
  • China and the USA: Cooperation or conflict?
  • Understanding Operations Management
  • Speeches and Speech-making
  • International Management: An institutional perspective
  • Commercial Awareness
• FM Global
  • Fighting Fire in Sprinklered Buildings
• NFPA
  • NFPA 1700 Modern Structural Firefigthting
• University of Kentucky
  • Lean Executive Leadership Institute (True Lean)
• Alison
  • Diploma in journalism
• IMSS
  • All about the prevention of COVID-19
  • Recommendations for a safe return to work against COVID -19
  • Action plan for the home against COVID-19
  • Vaccination against COVID-19 in companies
  • Recognition of COVID-19 as an Occupational Disease
• WHO (OMS)
  • ePROTECT Respiratory Infections (ES)
  • Prevention and control of infections (PCI) caused by the new coronavirus (COVID-19)
  • WHO COVID-19 Mass Gatherings Risk Assessment Training
  • Introduction to COVID-19: methods for detection, prevention, response and control
• DELPHI
  • Enterprise Operating System
  • IATF 16949
• EVERFI
  • Labor Matters 
• MBA REGENESYS Business School
  • MBA International Management. Certificated.
  • MBA Organizational Behavior and Development. Certificated.
  • MBA Human Resources Management. Certificated.
  • MBA Project Management. Certificated
• PDM REGENESYS Business School
  • PDBM in Business Management
  • PDBM Business Ethics and Corporate Governance. Certificated.
  • PDBM Financial Management and Financial Accounting. Certificated.
  • PDBM Economics. Certificated.
  • PDBM Human Resource Management. Certificated.
  • PDBM Marketing Management. Certificated.
  • PDBM Fundamentals of Research. Certificated.
  • PDBM Organizational strategy Planning and Management. Certificated.
• Project Management System 24 h. (Only evaluation Time)
• Professional and personal Leadership 100 h.
• Area Manager 100 h.
• Total quality (ISO-9000) 60 h.
• Electro-Pneumatic Circuits 250 h. 
• Core Tools 32 h.
• APQP 32 h.
• FMEA 8 h.
• Fire fight 8 h.
• Resolution Problems Group 8 h. 
• Work content 8 h. 
• MIFA (Material Internal Flow Analysis) 8 h.
• Speak in public 8 h.
• Adhesives and adhesion 7 h.
• Lubricants 4 h.