ROMMEL CUNANAN
Tanauan City
Summary
Results-driven Process Quality Engineer with over 15 years of experience in manufacturing quality, new product introduction (NPI), and continuous improvement. Skilled in root-cause analysis, non-conformance investigations, and lean production optimization. Proven track record of reducing defects, improving yield, and driving cost-saving initiatives through Six Sigma and Kaizen principles. Adept at cross-functional collaboration, customer communication, and leading quality projects across multiple production phases. Recognized for meticulous attention to detail, strong analytical skills, and commitment to ensuring product reliability and customer satisfaction.
Overview
20
20
years of professional experience
5
5
years of post-secondary education
Work History
Manufacturing Quality Engineer
Advanced Energy Incorporated
Sta Rosa
03.2025 - Current
- Provided support to production personnel regarding quality assurance issues including or identifying corrective action plans when needed.
- Review purging notice, MRB, RMA, LRS, and WIS
- Raise stop build and ship notice for any quality issues for inprocess and customer
- Followup the RCCA for problem released by Hold shipment Notice
- Prepare regular quality reports like yield and overall test failure
- Work with QE in NPI for handover of NPI products to MP
- Review and revise quality plan and provide other required deliverables
- Work with the transfer team for qualification of a transfer product from other sites
- Monitor the transfer, build completion and generate report for transfer qualification
- Analyze burn-in test yield data continually to reduce burn-in time of the products
- Focal person for factory in handling customer issues and queries, initiate and follow proactive CA from other parties for fixing external quality issues
- 8D driver for the team to support quality issues from internal and customer issues
QPM Supervisor
Kinpo Electronics Philippines Inc.
Sto Tomas City
08.2024 - 01.2025
- Cross departments/plants communication & coordination for NPI quality issues.
- Quality Management of manufacturing project in each NPI phase (EVT/ DVT/PVT to MP).
- Communicating with customers and colleagues from each department/plant.
- Optimizing lean production process.
- Responsible for running and managing top-down, operation-level, factory level, and continuous improvement projects.
Process Quality Engineer III
Sonion Philippines Incorporated
Tanauan City
01.2016 - 03.2024
- Handles RIC, Cable Subassembly, Connectors and Sockets Assembly for new projects and mass production.
- Ensures good product quality and provide disposition of non-conforming products.
- Lead and support capacity improvement activities (yield, efficiency, material cost reduction, process improvement)
- Leads the investigation of process quality issues and conduct failure analysis of non-conforming products.
- Standardized working method, monitor production compliance, and maintain QMS requirement documentation.
- Build and maintain process control to ensure product performance and reliability.
- Certification of operators and inspectors.
- Respond to customer complaint issues and conduct investigation using 8D methodology.
- Support new product introduction activities and ensure validation of new machines are well-executed by thorough review of validation document report.
- Weekly update of process performance and quality investigation.
Senior Process Engineer
Renewable Products Group Incorporated
Biñan City
05.2013 - 12.2015
- Assess new product introduction and parts evaluation.
- Conducts time study and line balancing method.
- Ensuring that all aspects of an operation or process meet specified regulations.
- Preparing reports, work instructions, flow diagrams and charts.
Senior PQC and New Product Introduction Engineer
Samsung Electronics Philippines Mfg. Corporation
Calamba City
10.2010 - 05.2013
- Overall in-charge of New Product Introduction for Quality and DPPM Monitoring from Mainline Production to SMT Production.
- Attends to New Product line quality issues and process difficulties.
- Gathers quality data for every new model run.
- Attends and reviews PVA, PRA and CPRA Quality issues.
- Attends to buyer samples run, CPRA and NPRR samples.
Production Engineer - Sub-Leader
Samsung Electronics Philippines Mfg. Corporation
Calamba City
12.2009 - 10.2010
- Assess and analyze current production methods.
- Develop and draft an improved production process.
- Design and implement cost-reductive changes.
- Maximize productivity of machinery and workers.
- Follow product specifications and quality control measures.
- Determine how many workers are needed to man the production line.
- Train, supervise, and manage production line workers.
- Increase speed and efficiency of processes without compromising quality.
- Develop and implement quality control measures that effectively monitor products and guarantee desired results.
- Ensure all steps of production run smoothly and efficiently.
Production Engineer
Panasonic Communications Philippines, Devices and Components Division
Sta. Rosa City
07.2008 - 12.2009
- Develop process improvements to effectively utilize equipment and materials to maximize production.
- Evaluate current production activities and make recommendations for improvements.
- Implement cost reduction initiatives while maintaining high quality standards.
- Investigate problems and analyze root causes.
- Provides guidance to team members to accomplish production goals.
- Handled dismantling/repair line to effectively utilized other materials that can be save and use or recycle (cost savings).
Quality Assurance Technician
Flexo Manufacturing Corporation
Tanauan City
05.2006 - 07.2008
- Document/record all findings affecting quality standards and ensuring that supplies and products comply with customer satisfaction.
- Ensures good product quality and provide disposition of non-conforming products.
Education
Bachelor of Science - Industrial Engineering
Polytechnic University of the Philippines
06.2001 - 05.2006
Skills
- Computer Skills
- Measuring tools
- Analysis Skills
- Statistical Data Analysis
- FMEA Analysis
- Process Capability Studies
- Root Cause Analysis
- Continuous Improvement
- Lean Manufacturing Processes
- Process Mapping and Monitoring
- 8D Methodology
- Quality engineering tools
Accomplishments
- Reduced the top rejects for Sivantos line using six sigma principles from 2.0% to 0.0% and achieving the SBA targets from 96.0% to 98.0% (Green Belt Trained).
- Reduced the customer complaints by applying some actions in the line to prevent failures on the customer side.
- Helped the company's cost reduction program through Kaizen principles.
- As Process Quality Engineer, always collaborated with the team of ME, PM and Production in the development of RIC and Cable Assembly, Connectors and Sockets projects.
- Finished the BB project transfer from PH to Vietnam.
- Trained Vietnamese colleagues for the assembly and line auditing during visit in Ho Chi Minh and Vung Tau Vietnam last July, October and February 2024.
References
Available upon request
Timeline
Manufacturing Quality Engineer
Advanced Energy Incorporated
03.2025 - Current
QPM Supervisor
Kinpo Electronics Philippines Inc.
08.2024 - 01.2025
Process Quality Engineer III
Sonion Philippines Incorporated
01.2016 - 03.2024
Senior Process Engineer
Renewable Products Group Incorporated
05.2013 - 12.2015
Senior PQC and New Product Introduction Engineer
Samsung Electronics Philippines Mfg. Corporation
10.2010 - 05.2013
Production Engineer - Sub-Leader
Samsung Electronics Philippines Mfg. Corporation
12.2009 - 10.2010
Production Engineer
Panasonic Communications Philippines, Devices and Components Division
07.2008 - 12.2009
Quality Assurance Technician
Flexo Manufacturing Corporation
05.2006 - 07.2008
Bachelor of Science - Industrial Engineering
Polytechnic University of the Philippines
06.2001 - 05.2006