Establish the vision and priorities for North America Consumer Brands manufacturing operations. Lead the performance improvements across KPI's including safety, quality, productivity and financial performance. Manage relationships with cross-functionals partners.

Director of Manufacturing for Chemical Plant obtaining world class operational standards and exceeding established goals. Responsible for 37 production lines and over 850 workers, fulfilling demand of production of up to 48 million units a month with excellent results in Safety, Quality, Delivery, Costs and Environment Preservation.P&L responsibility, cross-enterprise integration. Leadership of plant expansion projects to support new products launch and increase sales for Latin America, North America, Asia and Europe.Elaboration and execution of the annual budget. Formulation of strategies and execution of plans to increase productivity, efficiency, continuous improvement, implementation of Lean Manufacturing and TPM principles on the methodology to achieve the business goals.

Assure the manufacturing and delivery of finished goods to the supply chain operations, according to the business strategy and production plan, ensuring safety standards, quality and food safety of each stage of the process. Assure resource administration and optimization, keeping productions costs in line with budget through Lean Operations practices. Promote and improve an excellent working environment though coaching, motivation and training. Responsible for eight production lines and a copacker operation to fulfil the demand up to 970 million liters of beverages a year. Key Responsibilities:- Define and manage the budget for all production units under my leadership.- Define and manage the strategies to ensure the Plant Service Level, Plant Efficiency, and waste.- Support the Research and Innovation team for new products development and manufacture.- Manage an efficient operation according to budget.- Leadership and execution of productivity and efficiency projects though continuous improvement and Lean Manufacturing.- Be an example for the compliance of business policies, procedures and regulations.Main Achievements:Lean Manufacturing leader for TPM improvement, SMED and Six Sigma implementation.2018: Exceeded Service Level over 95.5%. Increased Efficiency by 2% from 87% to 89% and reduced waste by 20% and reduced operations cost by 4%, resulting in 0.4 MM US$ in savings. Doubled SKU’s production and plant flexibility. 2019: Exceeded Service Level over 95.5%. Increased Efficiency by 2% from 89% to 91%, reduced waste by 27% and reduced operations cost by 4%. Increased Plant Flexibility; annual volume increased by 2% vs last year with only 7 lines (out of 8) for cost reduction, resulting in 0.7 MM US$ in savings.On time Start-up of refurbished production line to support innovation. Leadership for developing new SKU’s aimed at childrens, resulting in an all time best seller launch at Walmart.

Assure and improve the manufacturing and bottling process of 11 Plants, with PET, GRB, Cans and Tetra Pack technologies through the compliance of food safety and franchise standards, in order to achieve high quality beverages that satisfy customers.Key Responsibilities:- Lead the Research and Innovation team for new products development and manufacture.- Promote and maintain a high efficiency and productivity environment nation wide.- Planning and execution of the annual budget.- Leadership of the Quality Assurance and Food Safety multidisciplany team.- Leadership of internal Quality and Food Safety audits to ensure compliance of franchise standards and goverment regulations.- Provide constant training and evaluation of personnel skills and knowledge.- Ensure the quality of ingredients and set quality standards for all stages for suppliers, the manufacturing process and supply chain.- Support to customer service and sales.Main Achievements:2017: Increased Food Safety external audits scores to excellence level.2016: Completed HACCP implementation and FSSC 22000 certification for all plants.2016: Leadership for Statistical Process Control implementation for beer, CSD's, hot fill and Tetra Pack manufacturing process.

Direction of manufacturing bottling plant to meet established goals and obtain high operations standards in syrup elaboration, CSD’s bottling, packaging, quality assurance, safety, maintenance, environmental protection, raw and finished SKU control. Responsible for four bottling lines and 600 workers to fulfil the demand of production up to 45 million liters a month. Support to customer service and sales.Main Achievement:Successfully managed the plant during a highly conflictive period of collective wage agreement negotiations with union of workers.Leadership of production expansion project and supply chain reorganization to increase production by 25% in single serve production lines.2014: Operations plan compliance 106%2015: Operations plan compliance 105%.

Site leader for the Safety, Health and Environmental committee.Guarantee the workplace environmental, safety and health practices according to the corporate and government standards and regulations.Protect workers from hazardous work conditions.

Develop and perform the annual operations plan for Maracaibo Plant, addressing costumer needs and expectations, optimizing time and costs, ensuring compliance of food safety, quality standards, health and safety regulations. Responsible for four production lines to fulfill the demand of production up to 45 million liters a month.Elaboration and execution of the annual budget. Formulation and execution of strategies aimed to increase productivity, efficiency, continous improvement and reduce waste and cost. Implementation of Lean Manufacturing and TPM principles of PepsiCo Manufacturing and Warehousing (M&W) methodology.Supervisory responsibilities of 5 senior managers, 20 supervisors and 300 workers to ensure proper orientation and motivation to achieve results.Collective wage agreement negotiations with union of workers. Main Achievements:Lean Manufacturing leader for design and implementation of Total Productive Maintenance, Andon, SMED and Kaizen.2009: Increased the operations plan compliance from 91% to 101,3%.2010: Reduced waste by 33% vs last year. Operations plan compliance 100,3%.2010: Leader of implementation for PepsiCo Resource and Conservation program achieving 0.45 MM$ in savings and reducing the carbon footprint by 8% the first year.2010: Co-leadership in union negotiations to agree new 2011-2013 contract.2011: Operations plan compliance 102%. 2011: Nationwide leader for PET preform weight lightening project and implementation for all Pepsi Cola Venezuela, achieving 3 MM US$ in savings and 7% reduction in use of plastics.2012: Lower Manufacturing Costs among all plants of Pepsi Cola Venezuela.2012: Benchmark for Pepsi Cola Venezuela in waste reduction programs.2012: Operations plan compliance 101%2013: Operations plan compliance 100%

Assure and improve the manufacturing and bottling process of carbonated and non-carbonated drinks, through the compliance of food safety and franchise standards, in order to achieve high quality beverages that satisfy customers.Assure and improve environmental protection of all processes involved in CSD’s manufacturing.Key Responsibilities:- Promote and maintain a high efficiency and productivity environment in the Quality Assurance Department. - Lead the Research and Innovation initiatives for new products development and manufacture in site.- Elaboration and execution of the annual budget.- Provide constant training and evaluation of personnel skills and knowledge.- Ensure the quality of ingredients and set quality standards for all stages of the manufacturing and bottling process. Ensure that all quality standards are met throughout all stages of the process.- Ensure the operation and quality standards of the potable water, wastewater treatment plants and syrup batching room.- Coordinate and supervise internal audits to ensure compliance of food safety, franchise standards and government regulations.- Support to customer service and sales.Main Achievements:Lean Manufacturing leader for design and implementation of Total Quality Management, Six Sigma, 5S’s and process Standardization. 2003 PepsiCo Silver International Award.2004 Leader for development of a Quality program based in 6 Sigma. Nationwide implementation of the Statistical Process Control module in SAP R/3 and developing a SAP BW report module for main KPI’s.2005 PepsiCo Bronze International Award.2005 Leadership in plant expansion to build a new sewer water facility. 2006 PepsiCo Silver Quality Excellence Award.2007 PepsiCo Bronze Quality Excellence Award.2008 PepsiCo Silver Quality Excellence Award.2008 Design and implementation of software for finished syrup batch, achieving 100% in all quality KPI’s.2008 Leadership in plant expansion, doubling capacity of water treatment.

Assure and improve the water treatment process to the Pueblo Viejo, Machango and Tablazo serving over 3 million citizens, through the compliance of WHO standards, in order to achieve high quality standards.Assure and improve environmental protection of all processes involved in chemical hangling and storage.Key Responsibilities:- Provide constant training and evaluation of personnel skills and knowledge.- Ensure the operation and quality standards of the potable water.- Coordinate and supervise internal audits to ensure compliance government and WHO regulations.- Optimize all stages of the water treatment process for all the 3 water treatment plants.Main Achievements:2002 Leadership in plant optimazition to increase production and quality standards.