Adrián Castro Acuña

Industrial Engineer with over 18 years of experience in the manufacturing industry, specializing in production planning, product costing, project management and new product launches. I focus on collaborative work, leading multidisciplinary teams, and employing an analytical mindset for process optimization and continuous improvement.

NPI Leader at Amcor Specialty Cartons Mexico (2019-10 – 2025-10)

• Lead new product introduction (NPI) projects from design phase to production for 4 clients.
• Coordination of multidisciplinary teams (prepress, PD, engineering, production, planning, customer service).
• Managing schedules, resources, and risks to ensure the achievement of objectives, improving the LT for the NPI's on 20%.
• Deal with clients and suppliers to ensure technical requirements and delivery times, minimizing urgencies by 10%.
• Implementation of process improvements.

Account Coordinator at Amcor Specialty Cartons Mexico (2017-11 – 2019-10)

• Communication with customers, ensuring visibility and compliance for the project.
• Identified specific needs and proposed technical solutions to improve customer satisfaction.
• Validation of technical information and designs, providing support to product engineers and production department.
• Support to create and maintain BOM's and technical information on the ERP.

Cost Engineer at Amcor Specialty Cartons Mexico (2016-04 – 2017-11)

• Analysis and estimated project costs, ensuring accuracy in resource and time estimations.
• Preparation of financial and technical reports to support strategic decisions.
• Registration of production orders and material consumption on the ERP system.

Production Planner at Amcor Specialty Cartons Mexico (2015-08 – 2016-04)

• Production planning according with the customer requirements and operational capacity.
• Purchases of raw material.
• Coordination with customer service, QA and warehouse departments to dispatch final production.

New Product Engineer at Amcor Specialty Cartons Mexico (2009-10 – 2015-08)

• Analyze technical information for new products and execute from pilot tests to press approvals.
• Creation of protocols and technical documentation for quality control.
• Create and maintain product codes, BOM and technical information on ERP systems.
• Collaboration with production, purchasing, and quality departments to ensure efficiency in each product.

Industrial Engineering in Industrial Engineering – ITSLP