Gabriel Freitas De Almeida Email & Phone Number

Auckland, New Zealand

Auckland, New Zealand

Auckland, New Zealand

Auckland, New Zealand

- Responsible for the creation of new products and maintenance of existing products on BPCS system. - Maintenance of Raw Material and Finished Goods BOM’s in BPCS System & Access to avoid material variances due to wrong set up.- Planning and Logistics Manager across Purchasing and Production Scheduling.- Generate reports, analyze and create shop orders for raw material requirements.- Create, keep and revise logistics KPIs.- Reduced stock variance by fixing BOM’s to reflect what is actually been used, provided training for material handlers to ensure all the material transfers were made on the system, provided training and created SOPs to ensure the accuracy of production data entry by production team leaders. - Manage the Purchasing and stock levels of factory consumable items including safety equipment and PPE.- Provide coverage for Planning & Logistics Manager in times of absence. - Member of the health and safety committee with health and safety representative initial course completed on 07/11/2019- Liaise with external 3PL’s to arrange delivery of Vendor Managed raw materials- Receive and receipt raw material deliveries.- Purchasing and Inventory of Raw Materials and Finish Goods.

- Coordinate the demolition and reconstruction of a section of the fire-affected building, including automation processes.- Implemented the introduction of new fire-fighting systems in all plant areas.- Investigated and recommended the installation of new production and recycling lines of PVC compounds, polyolefin and master batches.- Optimised the use of the utilities area (compressed air/industrial water) and increased line productivity.- Managed the costs and schedules reporting back to the engineering manager.- Arranged and organized contractors on the site.- Managed an automation project to fill packaging and palletizing of finished product reducing labour and injuries from lifting 25kg bags.- Improve the packing for a better design and material, reducing costs and increasing the shelf life of the packed products.- Worked on an additional project with the process department as an English translator with offshore engineers to develop new screw profiles.

- Managed the company's logistics:- Receipt of incoming materials.- Inventory of Raw Materials- Overseeing the mixing of raw materials in an automated Waeschle system.(28000T/month)- Daily management of up to 150 warehouse /production staff across three 8 hour shifts.- Direct liaison with suppliers.- Oracle Production Planning and Control for 70 + machine centers.- Inventory of the Finished Product.- Arrange transport and shipping to best utilize space. Freight Management of the integrated system seeking continuous improvement.- Process analysis, cost reductions and overall operation excellence. Reduced labour count.- HR. Hiring of new warehouse staff, arranging staff training, (Fork hoist etc.), staff reviews and disciplinary actions in conjunction with HR.

- Generated oracle reports to collect historical average production data and scrap results for the previous three years.- Observed industrial indicators and trends in comparison with real time information from similar jobs and machines.- In conjunction with the production manager we set new limits for acceptable waste and machine efficiencies.- Established teams to investigate the root cause of any discrepancies.- Set about optimising the production scheduling from the master plan based on historical data.ie. if customers were placing special blends of ten ton orders in one ton increments each month we switched from JIT to batch orders, holding stock for them reducing change over times and purging on the machines.- Suggested streamlining some of the orders by running identical materials through dedicated machines. Developed communication channels between supply chain and the production floor.- Increased the overall capacity of the plant improving performance, reducing costs and defining company budgets to meet the new goals.

- Tasked with a project to better utilise information collected on the Oracle system and deliver transparency between the manufacturing, Engineering and supply Chain teams.- Updated technical information on Oracle pertaining to the equipment, wear parts and critical spare parts plus stock holdings.- Created minimum and maximum part limits in the system and automatic reordering.- Research and analyse suppliers and service providers for each particular machine/replacement parts. Listed information for three suppliers of each machine to arrange quotations and delivery. Investigated aftermarket suppliers and engineering workshops who could recreate parts locally to avoid downtime and reduce OEM costs.- Created immediate savings in reducing costs and meeting deadlines.- Generate and issue purchase requisitions for parts and equipment services.- Production analysis. CA (5Y) of breakdown and engineering issues when shift production did not meet target.

São Paulo Area, Brazil

- Preventive maintenance of tools, polishing and replacement of parts.- Manage the service schedules for tooling maintenance.- Work study, time and motion and process improvements.- Die setting – changing over and setting tooling.- Worked together with a technician to test new tools .Wrote up the specification sheets and work instructions.- Under the guidance of the Tool room manager I provided 3D modelling (Solid works) of simple plastic tools, products and parts.- CNC programming and machining of new tooling using Powershape and Power mill.

Bachelor’S Degree, Mechanical Engineering

Technician In Mechanical Machining Processes

Especialização Em Gestão Empresarial