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San José, CR

San Jose, Costa Rica

• Lead the quality assurance processes for all operations in four different countries (Guatemala, Honduras, El Salvador, and Costa Rica), to guarantee compliance with regulatory and customer requirements:
• Implement policies, procedures, ensure quality assurance throughout the value chain and follow up on current legal regulations.
• Monitor key metrics along the value chain, identifying deviations and designing action plans in collaboration with operations (Agriculture, Manufacturing, Supply and Sales).
• Lead team to identify main causes of complaints, through analysis of market data and implementing corrective actions and continuous improvement.
• Build collaborative relationships with key stakeholders such as Type A customers and government agencies, easing effective communication and problem resolution.

Costa Rica

• Responsible for implementing industrial safety, occupational health, and environmental policies and procedures, in over 200 locations in five countries (Guatemala, Honduras, Nicaragua, Costa Rica, and Colombia):
• Negotiate effectively with executive committees, country managers, and functional managers..
• Lead data analysis and reporting cycles at various levels, facilitating supervisory routines and decision-making processes for directors and managers.
• Lead the implementation of the strategy to manage and mitigate COVID 19 impacts, ensuring safety and continuity of operations.
• Execute the transformation of the Safety, Health, and Environment function by hiring key talent, redefining activities, and integrating new EHS processes into business operations.

Alajuela, Costa Rica

• Manage the production operation with over 750 employees in charge, ensuring high standards of quality, safety, and operational efficiency, through the application of Lean Manufacturing and continuous improvement.
• Manage the annual budget, supervising the allocation of production resources and developing cost reduction strategies.
• Develop reliable and efficient processes to meet quality and food safety standards, optimizing company resources.
• Lead operational excellence strategies, working alongside with functional areas, to apply information management methods and comply with established metrics.
• Create a work environment that reflects the commitment to protecting the health and safety of team members, as well as the quality and safety of products.

Cartago, Costa Rica

• Create and implement production strategies for two plants with a team of 180 employees, ensuring high efficiency, operational excellence and expected financial performance:
• Lead operational planning processes aligned with the Supply Chain and Sales departments, ensuring high levels of service and customer satisfaction.
• Design operating expense and capital investment budgets, driving profitable growth of production processes and effective returns on company assets.
• Develop tactics to improve quality standards, overseeing the creation of procedures to optimize the operation.
• Generate action plans along with the sales area in the pursuit of increasing production volume, designing products for new markets, and assessing the impact in customer satisfaction.

Lagos De Moreno, Jalisco, México

Identified critical variables and control points to minimize waste and increase productivity. Learn technical aspects of sanitary facilities desing. Programed productive resources using "production trains" methodology. Used lab procedures to improved efficiency and process control. Reformulated products to purchase available low cost raw materials.

Cartago, Costa Rica

• Responsible for implementing production processes and work methods, using Lean Manufacturing methodology to improve operational efficiency and quality standards:
• Coordinate activities and conduct follow up with stakeholders (contractors, project engineers, equipment manufacturers, etc.).
• Lead the execution of multiple CAPEX projects, including end-of-line packaging and capacity increase solutions.
• Promote the development of new processes to optimize production and maximize available resources, using methodologies that provide operational efficiency and quality standard compliance.

Nicaragua

Audit compliance with the standards of fermented milk products to Sigma Alimentos. Coordination transport of production equipment from Managua Nicaragua to Sigma Alimentos facilities, San José, Costa Rica.

San José

Supervised quality inspectors. Check and developing procedures for ISO 14001. HACCP Committee Member. Development Sanitation Standard Operating Procedures (SSOP) and support procedures

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Master'S Degree, Industrial Engineering

Bachelor'S Degree, Industrial Engineering