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An accomplished Industrial Engineer with 13 years of experience in manufacturing operations, plant management and process improvements. Extensive leadership in lean manufacturing practices. Proven ability to establish and execute operations strategies to optimize company resources and reduce plant costs to increase bottom line profits combining technical knowledge, vision with excellent communication and people development skills.
BILINGUAL: ENGLISH/SPANISH
Summary of Qualifications
Management of multifunctional teams in the US and Mexico.
Planning and execution of multimillion dollar budgets.
Expert-level in problem solving methodologies.
Solid management skills with demonstrated proficiency in mentoring individuals.
Cost reduction specialist.
Continuous improvement vision.
Areas of Expertise
Lean Manufacturing (5s, TPM, SMED,KANBAN, VSM,JIT, Visual Management) Production and scheduling managementConflict Resolution Quantitative & Qualitative Analysis Leadership by Example Formal Presentation Skills Ability to Coach, Engage & motivate Others Diplomatic Change Agent for Productivity Improvements ISO9001 Multiple Project Management MRP Cost reduction P & L Improvements Inventory Control
Professional Experience
Plant Manager March 2009 – July 2012
Boral Roofing, Guadalajara, MX
- Selected by the CEO of Boral Roofing to help turnaround the plant operations.
- Directed and managed plant for production, maintenance, quality assurance, shipping and receiving.
- Implemented lean manufacturing and continuous improvement initiatives, including Visual Management, VSM, 5S, SMED and TPM to improve cultural awareness, safety and plant OEE.
- Assured all Quality System and/or Management System documentation was in place and current.
- Developed and control plans, budgets and profits for this facility.
- Coordinated and lead efforts to increase Overall Plant efficiency to world class manufacturing standards achieving performances over 85% becoming the top performing plant in North America.
- Reduced plant reject rate from 2% to less than ½ %.
- Reduced production cost more than 20% by negotiating prices with suppliers reducing prices 15% in average, increasing production efficiencies by 40%.
- Chaired the Safety Committee and conducted safety training achieving more than 2 years without LTIs or MIs.
Production Manager November 2005 – March 2009
Boral Roofing, Denver CO, Pompano Beach, FL, Stockton, CA. USA
- Troubleshoot operational issues on a daily basis as required. Spending significant time on shop floor soliciting process feedback, improvement opportunities and working with the operations team to deliver shared goals in service, quality, cost and safety.
- Designed and developed new processes and improvements to existing processes, utilizing engineering principles.
- Presented to plant management documented analysis and recommendations of processes to implement.
- Implemented lean manufacturing and continuous improvement initiatives, including Visual Management and 5s.
- Key member of the team awarded with Best Plant of the year award in 2008.
- Increased plant efficiency by 10%
- Started 2nd shift Lean operations achieving same performance standards as first shift within 1 month.
Packaging/Warehouse/Distribution Manager March 2004 – November 2005
Hoopeston Foods INC Denver, CO. US.
- Lead efforts to increase packaging department performance reducing a 3 shift operation to a 1 shift operation maintaining the same throughput.
- Implemented lean manufacturing principles to increase packaging department efficiency to 120%.
- Managed the warehouse ensuring the receipt, co-ordination and safety of goods coming through the warehouse.
- Provided guidance on manufacturing improvement and cost reduction activities for the packaging department.
- Cycle count program implementation
- Supported the production facility with raw materials, and managing a warehouse area in excess of 120,00 square feet
Sr. Production Planner/ Master Scheduler March 2002 – March 2004
Graham-Field Health Products INC. (Labac Systems) Lakewood, CO. US
- Improved customized wheel chair delivery time from 2 months to 2 weeks.
- Improved planning of finish goods and raw material orders reducing inventories 50% within 1 year.
- Monitored and updated m...
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