Adrian Meraz Email & Phone Number

El Paso, Texas Area

I help small to medium-size manufacturing, production, and transportation companies achieve the following results: -> Reduction of turnover of 30-40%.-> Increased employee productivity of 10-20%.-> Increased employee satisfaction of 30%.-> Hundreds of thousands of dollars a year in savings through optimized labor utilization. quality improvements, reduced safety incidents, and reduced overtime. -> Increased unity and teamwork between management team and employees. -> Increased trust between management team and employees.-> Effective communication that leads to faster results.-> Collaborate effectively with emotional intelligence. -> Increased performance, commitment, and accountability of the management team. Other Goals:1. Help management teams increase their leadership and employee management skills in order to achieve financial goals though employee engagement and satisfaction. 2. Help companies implement a 7-step management transformation system to develop a culture of trust, effective communication, teamwork, accountability, and higher performance. 3. Teach the management team how to coach employees for better performance. - These programs are available live (onsite), virtually (video conference call), or online through a member's area. Information about my clients: - Client's Yearly revenue ranges between $10MM-200MM.- Number of employees range from 100 to 900. - Client’s main industries include manufacturing, production environments, and transportation.Go to www.AdrianMeraz.com

El Paso, Texas Area

- Responsible for creating and executing a detailed work and production plan for mid-management teams to ensure full satisfaction of shareholders and customers.- Managed and supervised over 450 employees, including team leaders, supervisors, engineers, managers and labor employees (indirectly). - Responsible for receiving, processing, grading, handling, packaging, and delivering over 950,000 lbs of raw material on a daily basis.- Worked with President of the company on P&L goals and trends. - Evaluated and implemented continuous improvement activities to increase employee performance.- Designed and created strategies for value creation, quality assurance, and production standards. - Maintained a safe working environment within the facility by meeting OSHA standards. I was also member of the plant safety committee.- Provided training to all team leaders, supervisors and engineers on production best practices.- Provided weekly leadership and personal development training to mid-management teams.- Work with Production manager to develop production budgets and cost analysis on a weekly basis.- Enforce company operational policies and create new policies when needed. - Worked with the sales department to ensure a mutual understanding of product requirements as well as to define quality guidelines and training programs for the production team. - Worked closely with the purchasing department to ensure the quality of the incoming raw material. - Presented plant performance reports to President and company owners on a weekly basis.

El Paso, Texas Area

- Managed and supervised over 350 employees, including labor employees, team leaders, supervisors, engineers, and other staff. - Managed over 20 different production lines with over 500 different unique products. - Established production standards to evaluate capacities and efficiencies among the different product lines. - Evaluated and carried out layout analysis for better space utilization and material flow. - Maintained a safe working environment within the facility by meeting OSHA standards.- Provided training to all team leaders, supervisor and engineers on new product lines and processes.- Provided leadership and personal development training to supervisors and team leaders on how to engage, empower, and motivate employees for better performance. - Developed production budgets and cost analysis on a weekly basis.- Reviewed weekly production demand to define staffing requirements, scheduling, and resource allocation. - Designed and implemented a new garment sorting system that was implemented in the main sorting area.- Conducted random production audits to ensure the processes are being followed according to specifications.

El Paso, Texas Area

- Developed a new inspection process that allowed us to increase product coverage by 33% with the same staff. - Designed a quality metrics report by department which presented detailed information about the performance of every work unit. - Implemented a Real Time Production Control System (RPC) throughout the plant and provided specialized training to material handlers, team leaders, and supervisors. - Created a new workstation design that will minimize quality errors caused by material handling and improve employee’s productivity by at least 15%. - Performed sample tests on all our suppliers to determine value and quality. Also, maintained a detailed database of such suppliers and their rankings.- Maintained and updated the main database of products and BOM’s with SAP. - Provided training to employees on Lean Manufacturing concepts and self growth.

El Paso, Texas Area

- Performed time studies to determine process standards and identify and eliminate idle times.- Developed a new material flow system that reduced material handlers’ idle time by 43%.- Generated a new layout design that reduced traveled distances by 46% (material and workers).- Address safety and health issues and provide suggestions to minimize accidents and injuries.- Designed a new production system that increased production rates by 33%, minimized overtime, and maintained the specified quality levels. Also, managed this department for three months and trained a supervisor to resume that position.- Designed a conveyor system that achieved material handling cost savings of $30,000 per year.

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