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New Business Developer:Developing business opportunities with new clients, from the feasibility analysis, audit of the productive processes, negotiation and the legal part of the contract. Identify and evaluate the best supplier source according with the region, develop suppliers according to the client’s processes. Establish KPI’s for every single supplier, quality, OTD. Integrating a range of solutions to manage customer MRO supply chain to streamline the operation during every step of the supply life cycle.Accomplishments• Twenty new business agreements signed.• 30 % growth over the past 6 years.• Exceeded 6.5% COI in sales year over year.

Juarez

Managed and directed the daily operations of two plants: Manufacturing, Engineering and Maintenance for three business units employing over 1100 employees.Accomplishments• Managed the Molding Modernization project to increase capacity by 40%.• Steered the migration project from through-hole to SMT technology in order to reduce 40 % of the operation cost.• Led the Continuous Improvement Strategic Plan to implement the Six Sigma and Lean Manufacturing philosophies. Saved $ 600K usd per year through SS and Lean Projects. • Implemented an electronic P.M. program for molding tools, machinery and building Facilities in order to support the growth of the plant.• Maintained under control the expenses budgeted for both plants. • Improve the KPI’s (Production attainment from 96 to 100%, Productivity from 88 to 96%, Yields from 94 to 99%, Machine up-time from 90 to 98%).

Managed and directed the daily operations of the plant: Manufacturing, Engineering, Quality and Maintenance for a business employing over 470 employees.Accomplishments• Transferred products from Fremont, Ca. and China to our facility, due to our high quality standards low cost and excellent delivery time, increasing the plant business by 20%.• Developed a high level of technology and professional skills for a P.C./Lap Top refurbish project, leading to 30% more business for the plant.• Creation of multifunctional team to support different projects, reducing headcount 20%.• Developed the OSP project (Outsourcing Service Provider) for Lap Tops to recover spare parts, and saved approximately 50 % in spares. Develop of suppliers of computer parts. • Created an Engineering Service Group to service ECS customers (Foxconn Juarez / Lenovo Monterrey), maintaining ECS as the sole motherboard supplier for the entire business of these accounts.NPI (New products introduction) 100% on time, around 50 different models every 3 months in response to customer request. • Increased production capacity by 20 %, offering more possibilities to Sales & Marketing to increase sales.• Increased First Pass Yield from 95 % to 98 %, by reducing customer complaints.• Reduced Maintenance expenses by 50 % by controlling spending on spare parts and lowering incidence of required corrective maintenance.

Managed and directed the daily plant operations for: Manufacturing, Engineering, Quality, Maintenance, Logistics, Finance, Human Capital, Safety and Environment, Science and Technology and Information Technology for a business consisting of over 430 employees, operating in five shifts, seven days a week.Accomplishments• Plant EBITA: Year on Year improvement of > 1 M, every year.• Six Sigma philosophy implemented as a continuous improvement tool to reduce operation cost, $250K first year, $950K second year.• Established the Global New Products Development Center in our facility and the direct participation of the plant in new product design. Develop of suppliers in USA.• Created a new Safety and Environment culture and achieved three years 0 LTI record.• Created a CISC (Continuous Improvement Steering Committee) to implement World Class initiatives, assuring completed on time the budgeted initiatives.• Reduced 20 % headcount through lean manufacturing programs. • Reformulated primary process component due to supplier elimination of key chemical and eliminated dependence on sole supplier. • Reduced nitrile glove process cycle time by 40 % through latex reformulation. • Reduced utility consumption: water (50 %), gas (40 %) for a savings of $970K per year.• Reduced the scrap level from 6 % to below 2 % for a savings of $360K per year.• Reduced materials and tooling costs by 285K per year.Successfully transferred flagship products from USA & England.• Increased the production capacity by 40 %, approximately 800K pairs more per month.• Designed and automated the new compounding area, increasing the efficiency of this Area 50%, reducing waste by 30%. • Validated alternate latex suppliers to reduce freight costs by 15 %. Improvement of Machine Up-time from 80 % to 98 %. • Winner of the corporate “Personal Best” award for Improved Machine Reliability.

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Industrial Engineer