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- Operations Management: Lead operations at the strategic USA facility for vertical zipper with 175 employees, ensuring smooth production processes to deliver on time to internal and external customers. Implemented and maintained quality control standards to meet customer specifications.- Team Leadership: Provide effective leadership through a "people first" lens to the manufacturing team, fostering a positive and high-performance culture. Established Goals & Objectives for key staff and provided support and accountability to ensure objectives were delivered.- Capacity Planning: Analyzed production capacity and prepared for future customer needs. Optimized resource utilization and production scheduling to ensure OTP was achieved.- Safety& Compliance: Ensure compliance with safety regulations and industry standards.Implement and maintain safety protocols to create a secure working environment.

-Lead start-up of advanced manufacturing innovation center in Research Triangle Park, Durham, inclusive construction oversight, equipment installation, and employee hiring and training.-Build end-to-end capability for quick-turn, digital manufacturing, with focus on near shore mfg.-Strategized with VF brands on product category selection and retail channel for leveraging speed to market capability-Partnered with VF LATAM Sourcing and Procurement to develop localized raw material supply and strategic mfg partners for enabling speed to market model

- Responsible for Quality, Delivery, and Cost of 27 million garments exported to US for VF Jeanswear Coalition from the Yucatan division, consisting of 4 facilites working 24/7 with over 4,000 associates. - Maintain and improve QC programs to insure product meets customer and consumer requirement and drive more volume through the division. - Oversight and maintenance of on time performance plans to meet supply chain expectations. - Plan, develop, and establish budget for all seven cost centers in the division and ensure proper controls are in place to successfully meet budget. Total responsibility is for approx. $200M FOB.- Responsible for adhering to OSHA standards and compliance for external audits performed by WRAP and other customers such as: Costco, Target, Kohls, etc.- Other functions: Ensuring payroll practices, HR policies, and financial rules are being followed across all cost centers. Recruitment of top talent across multiple levels to ensure optimal manpower for future needs are in place.- Close collaboration and connectivity cross coalition with Operations, Brands, and Sourcing to ensure alignment on objectives, goals, strategy, and measures.

- Responsible for supporting VF Brands to meet cost of good sold though implementation of best practices in manufacturing process and equipment and negotiate FOB reduction through thorough analysis of cost breakdown. - Managed Engineering team in 4 countries across multiple coalitions. Projects include: corrugate and container optimizations, ticketing changes, fabric and material yields improvements, automations evaluation, process enhancements, etc.- Close collaboration with Sourcing Brand teams to ensure alignment on goals, objectives, strategy, and measures.

Area Engineer for Nicaragua responsible for meeting objectives of VF start up operation to take advantage of TPL's within CAFTA and meet VF's manufacturing objectives of quality, cost, delivery. Responsible for ground-up completion of objectives for: construction, recruitment, equipment import, payroll practices, training, safety, and quality.

Lead start-up operation of (2) new facilities for VF Jeanswear executing strategy to capitalize on NAFTA Maquiladora programs. Responsibilities included: recruitment, hiring, training of staff at all levels within each facility, achieving build-up of volume per strategy, ensuring quality and cost expectation were achieved, safety and compliance standards were followed, and developing sustainable SOP's for and manufacturing standards so consistent practices could be followed.

Manufacturing Trainee and night shift manager.