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Newmarket, On, Ca

Markham, Ontario, Canada

Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic

* Cultivated amicable relationships between stakeholders, including contractors, customers, and Governmental entities, which resulted in smooth interactions and progress.* Administered time and money allocations of the pre-set budget. * Monitored and assessed Biomass Plants construction projects’ progress and other KPI’s while also keeping their documentation, reports, schedules and plans up-to-date.* Coordinated availability of required equipment and resources, assigned tasks.* Fostered a safety culture by following HSE standards.* Supervised plant operations during project handover process, created operations manual and trained all personnel.

Bonao, Dominican Republic

* Maintained and increased supplier portfolio by being the company’s representative and handler of first negotiations with the retail market and by leading and participating in internal and external replenishment improvement projects.* Supervised biomass inventory accuracy and quality, its personnel and the area’s heavy equipment. * Aided Vendor Management by auditing suppliers to assure compliance with Government Regulation and was responsible for collecting data for the biomass Systems Management sheet.

Dominican Republic

* Cultivated amicable relationships between stakeholders, including contractors, customers, and Governmental entities, which resulted in smooth interactions and progress.* Administered time and money allocations of the pre-set budget.* Monitored and assessed Biomass Plants construction projects’ progress and other KPI’s while also keeping their documentation, reports, schedules and plans up-to-date.* Coordinated availability of required equipment and resources, assigned tasks.* Fostered a safety culture by following HSE standards.

Santiago De Los Caballeros, Dominican Republic

* Served as Project Leader of the Operations area for all product-related initiatives to be done in the plant, managing to introduce 5 new products to the Dominican portfolio.* Was responsible for the production process of all product prototypes.* Prepared yearly budget for the Product Services department (over CAD 50k). * Improved product catalogue key performance indicators (over 15 SKUs) by proposing and implementing cost effective changes along the Product Development team after data analyses of specifications, results, materials, etc. * Lead and participated in Lean Culture events such as Cost Reduction Activities (through collaborative planning forecasting replenishment, CPFR), Deficiency Assessments, A3s, Continuous Improvement Taskforces, quarterly PFMA workshops, etc. * Served as internal Auditor for the ISO9001:2008, OHSAS 18001 and ISO14001 norms.

Santiago De Los Caballeros, Dominican Republic

-Delivered a compliance and gap-related CAPEX project to a successful completion as its Project Manager: *The project included the adaptation, installation, migration and training of personnel on a new agronomy management software. *Stakeholders of the project included external tobacco farmers.

Zona Franca San Isidro, Dominican Republic

* Initiated the process of transferring new CMP products and processes to the K&L Plant and increased quality control results to over 90% of approval. * Hired, trained and supervised CMP (sister companies) production lines (25 operators).* Consistently increased production rates while also fostering a safety first environment.

Zona Franca San Isidro, Dominican Republic

* Assured stock availability of direct material, indirect material and spare parts over 98% of the time by ordering, performing MRP and monitoring the status of purchase orders. * Consistently maintained on-time delivery rates over 95% by dispatching production orders to the production floor based on the Master Production Schedule, customer backlogs, forecasts, Just In Time principles and by handling the finished product’s shipment logistics.* Maintained inventory accuracy over 97% as supervisor of the warehouse, the finished goods inventory and its personnel.

M.Sc. Supply Chain Management, Logistics, Materials, And Supply Chain Management

Industrial Engineer