1. Personal Statement 自己紹介 Skills スキル
An adept multi-tasker, who is able to combine the ability to lead and motivate with an Project Management
enthusiastic, can-do approach. Comfortable working on large projects or numerous,
smaller size pieces of work, Sala is able to plan and think on his feet and has vast ✔ Change management
experience of working on multi-cultural development, engineering, and IT projects. ✔ Motivating staff
Well organized and able to multi-task, he has a passionate desire to excel against
demanding expectations, and is more than willing to take charge of the end-to-end ✔ Infrastructure projects
delivery of the project life cycle. He is now looking to work for a company which
promotes recognition and rewards creativity, hard work & commitment. ✔ IT projects
✔ Project planning
Employment History 職歴 ✔ Contract administration
2007-2013
Japan/Shizuoka Professional
Misumi Group, Suruga Seiki(Europe Factory)
Director: Production, Engineering, and IT (Poland) ✔ Identifying key issues
✔ Leadership skills
Factory Top Management duties:
• designing and maintaining the layout of the plant ✔ Estimating costs
• designing, developing and installing plant control systems ✔ Budgetary control
• supervising equipment and facility with 5S tools and forecasting production
• calculating production KPIs and its costs ✔ Manufacturing control
• deciding on the effective use of resources, raw materials, equipment & staff ✔ Warehouse control
• supervising the work of manufacturing engineers, operator and support staff
• investigating environmental hazards in production ✔ Information gathering
• reviewing results and methods for improving the productivity rate ✔ Coaching staff
• investigating latest technology that could improve the productivity rate
• sourcing new suppliers of industrial equipment Personal
• conducting safety tests and removing potential hazards ✔ Strategic thinking
• establishing and implementing a quality culture within the factory
• supervising 3 managers, 4 sub-leaders, 3 office staffs, and 20 operators ✔ IT skills
✔ Influencing skills
Project Management duties:
• Identifying and quantifying external risks affecting the project ✔ Conflict resolution
• Drawing up detailed plans of how to achieve each stage of a project
✔ Problem solving
• Preparing status reports for use in communication to board members.
• Ensuring that each stage of the project is progressing to schedule ✔ Analytical mind
• Maintaining accurate information to enable records of contract history
✔ High levels of integrity
• Communicating project direction to the Japan HQ, and suppliers
✔ Negotiating skills
2005-2007
Japan/Tokyo
Volkswagen Group Japan
Language 言語
Engineer Electronics Research
Germany HQ Car telematics and automobile infotainment task s:
● Japanese Fluent
• Developed & tested OEM car navigation system requirements with Simens ● English Fluent
VDO Japan ● Spanish Native
• Developed & tested After Market navigation system requirements with
Clarion Japan
• Developed Car Networking with KDDI Japan. Seamless Connection 3G,
Wimax, and WiFi
• Developed & tested of future concept navigation system requirements with
Infosys Japan- Sharp
• Supported all deliverables withing the VW HQ German project management
process
• Provided status report and prepare a cross functional and integrated project
plan Responsible for identifying and resolving cross-functional issues that
may impact critical projects

2. 2000-2001 Scholarships 奨学金
Japan/Tokyo
Sony Corporation Core Technology & Networking in 2003-2004
the Manufacturing System UFJ Bank, Kawashima
Internship Scholarship
2001-2003
Automatic Code Generation Software Research. Responsible to present an OOA Itou Shaon Foundation
(Object Oriented Application) representing SONY in USA California Scholarship
1999-2001
Academic Qualifications 学歴 AIE Honor Scholarship
2011- 2014 1995-1999
Poland/Gdansk Mombusho, Japanese
Gdansk University Government Scholarship
Doctoral Studies in Economics. (Individual tutoring) 1992-1994
PHD Research Argentinean Government
2001- 2003 Scholarship
Japan/Niigata
Nagaoka University of Technology
Master in Mechanical System Engineering. (Full time) Areas of Expertise 専門分野
1999- 2001
✔ Project Initiation
Japan/Niigata
Nagaoka University of Technology ✔ Financial awareness
Bachelors in Mechanical System Engineering. (Full time)
1995- 1999 ✔ Risk management
Japan/Kagoshima ✔ Innovation
Kagoshima National College of Technology
College Associate in Mechanical Engineering. (Full time) ✔ Managing Suppliers
✔ Stock Control
Project Management Experience プロジェクトマネジメントの経験 ✔ Supervising staff
As part of growth strategy for Misumi Group, negotiated and participated actively in ✔ KPI methodology
the NPI (New Product Introduction) investment for Factory Automation product
lines. Subsequently directed hiring and training integration of new personal. Ensuring ✔ Coordinating resources
the adoption of best-practice project management tools, processes and techniques. ✔ Project implementation
Full responsibility for Aluminum Frame Line, from project concept to SOP (Start of
Production).
Other その他
For Musumi Group Suruga Polska, directed implementation of factory corporate-
wide management resources system to provide accurate and timely work
IBM Catia V5 certification
performance reports. Improve payroll and accountancy invoice controls. Reduce size
(Japan)
of Accountancy, Production Control, Engineering and IT staffs.
Completed 30% reduction of NRM (nom rotating material) in all factory ● Basic & part Design
warehouses. Implemented ITO (Inventory Turn Over KPI) control and achieved 3.2 ● Assembly Design
ratio while importing raw material from Korea & Japan to Europe. Also renegotiated ● Assembly Design
machine tool stock to secure significantly enhanced delivery and payments terms. ● Surface & Generative Design
● Generative Drafting
Redesigned operational and financial procedures that: 1) significantly reduced
irregular purchase order process time; 2) provided accurate and reliable European Driving License
costing/profitability information (thereby permitting more aggressive negotiations
with suppliers and client); 3) improved receiving and physical inventory
procedures;4) enhanced internal controls throughout the organization by deployment
of ERP system.