Alejandro Flores, Mba Email & Phone Number

Winston-Salem, North Carolina, United States

Onboarded to provide governance and leadership to RJRT Manufacturing Product Quality Dept. activities with a focus on talent development and empowerment to drive flawless execution. Partnered with cross-functional departments to ensure products were available for sale, launched new products, implemented continuous improvement initiatives, factory testing, and trials.★ Conceptualized and implemented initiatives, roadmaps, and strategies, created measurable and trackable metrics, instituted new processes, and re-engineered existing processes to establish and continuously improve operational efficiencies, reduce complexity and costs.• Directed operations, providing leadership and oversight, including, authoring and tracking KPI’s, supervising, training, mentoring, coaching, and developing team members. Evaluated individual performance, skills, and created team and personal success plans.• Accountability for Financial support, contributing to budget preparation/management, financial reporting, and monitoring financial KPIs, and costs.• Understood and anticipated the priorities of customers and built productive working relationships with cross-functional internal stakeholders. Provided "Voice of Customer" feedback to develop effective roadmaps and schedules. Driving improved customer success metrics.• Drove implementation of multiple projects and programs, working closely with cross-functional teams and resources to achieve multiple program and project milestones, within established timeframes.• Produced dynamic, data-driven, analytic solutions to support enterprise goals. Instituted data-driven process improvements, developed actionable insights, and provided strategic advisement to senior leadership.• Responsible for IWS Quality data collection and reporting, and ISO Document Control (SOP's, WI's, etc.)• Ensured ongoing FDA inspection readiness related to Product Quality/Non-conformances /CAPA’s/Change Control in manufacturing.

Winston-Salem, North Carolina, United States

Responsible for supporting RJRT Manufacturing Finance and Engineering Innovations with a strategic direction that emphasized process, financial integrity, and driving capability improvements. Oversaw and maintained key transactions of $200 million between capital and expending budget, providing forecasts, results, and guidance. Ensured financial variances were reconciled and explained at monthly/yearly closings. Led, managed, and developed three salaried employees. ★ Provided strategic financial advisement. Monitored, recommended, and implemented improvements to financial controls, processes, and procedures.• Evaluated existing and proposed expenses, pricing, and costs ensuring financially grounded, data-driven decision making, while pursuing business objectives.• Contributed to the long-term financial objectives by minimizing non-revenue producing assets, encouraging value-added financial processes, and educating the client group on financial measures. • Supported, contributed, and guided Capital Investments and Assets Management projects. • Facilities Business Strategic Partner for RAI subsidiaries (6-month assignment).• Supported the achievement of RJRT's Total Product Cost (TPC) and Manufacturing Conversion Cost.

Yabucoa, Puerto Rico

Senior executive with full P&L responsibility for the strategic planning, operating management, growth, and optimization of manufacturing facility working in continuous quality, cost, and business process improvement mode encompassing three shifts, 100 employees as well as a $17 million GOE and $7 million capital budget supporting $47 million in revenue. ★ Led cross-functional teams that collaborated as a focused unit to achieve aggressive business goals, high productivity, cost efficiency, and regulatory compliance. • Responsible for the financial success of the factory operations assuring proper management of the capital expenditures and overhead budgets.• Identified root causes, under-performing and antiquated processes, and bottle-necks. Authored and implemented continuous improvement initiatives, re-engineered and streamlined processes and procedures, driving operational efficiencies and profitability.• Steered all aspects of manufacturing, supply chain, procurement, logistics, processes, maintenance, engineering, and regulatory compliance, and spearheaded sales and new business activities. • Delivered rapid results, exceeded performance objectives, successfully instilled strategic vision, and created a practical blueprint for continued business growth.• Guided plant through successful ISO 9001 Factory Certification renewal with no findings maintaining a seven-year record. • Boosted service level from 37% on-time delivery orders in 2007 to 99.6% in 2009.• Delivered highest product quality rate of 90% vs. RJRT-North Carolina’s 86% for the year 2009.• Authored top-ranked RFP to bring production volume of Alternative Tobacco Products to RJRT Puerto Rico manufacturing facility, a $32 million investment, one of only four proposals accepted. Project scrapped by a potential client. • Doubled cigarette output from 2.4 billion to 5.1 billion by directing factory expansion and new equipment installation.

Yabucoa, Puerto Rico

Delivered financial-based information, analysis, and insights to the plant management team and seven division heads. Held accounting management over cost accounting, fixed assets, accounts payable, inter-company transactions, supply chain, and procurement transactions. ★ Oversaw monthly closings, balance sheet reconciliations, analysis, financial reporting, variance analysis, product costing, capital spending justification, and asset tracking.• Monitored and controlled the annual $12 million budget, enforced internal controls, and supervised department staff.• Achieved SAP superuser status directing training, setup, and execution across general accounting, fixed assets, and procurement.• Succession candidate for Finance Director.

Caguas, Puerto Rico

Came on board during the time of robust growth after the $108 million contract award through Defense Supply Center to assist finance manager, improve internal controls, and perform transactions related to cost accounting, month-end close, account reconciliation and inventory valuation, and financial statements.★ Analyzed manufacturing, purchasing, and cost variances and efficiencies; reviewed labor reporting and cost, material costs, manufacturing overhead, inventory levels, and operational budget. • Monitored accuracy of the physical inventory and reported results; performed bills of materials audits measuring product/labor cost accuracy.

Yabucoa, Puerto Rico

Provided vital financial support in product costing, quarterly volume forecasts, budgeting, annual financial audit, and supervision of the physical inventory. Reconciled and maintained a schedule of monthly purchases and related charges; analyzed and validated BOMs; reconciled intercompany accounts and performed periodic maintenance of the JDE inventory module. Supported Purchasing, Materials, and Warehouse Divisions in procedures and projects. Led J.D. Edwards user training. ★ Reduced month-end closing time of physical inventory transactions by setting materials reports that summarized transaction data in JD Edwards.

Master Of Business Administration - Mba, Business Administration And Management, General

Bachelor Of Business Administration - Bba, Accounting