Gerardo Ramón

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Chief Operations Officer (COO) @ Mannesmann Precision Tubes
Jalisco, Mexico
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Guadalajara, Mexico Metropolitan Area, Mexico
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Executive Summary: •27 years of experience in multinational companies: 20 years in the automotive business, including different type of industries: metal-mechanic, assembly, iron casting, welding, metallurgic, chemical and plastic injection molding. International experience: assignments in Brazil, México, Argentina and Czech Republic; training in USA, Germany and France; reported to Executive Team in Canada, Germany, Scotland and USA.•Managed P&L and budget during 15 years, positively impacting main cost accounts of financial statements, such as labor, scrap, expenses, inventory and accounts receivables. Presided over commercial performance during 7 years, with proven results in sales increase.•Directed operations of large teams and many divisions: 1500 people in ABX (8 manufacturing plants) and 1,400 people in Johnson Controls. Moreover, conducted multiple world-class, profitable projects in multiple plants and several countries, using my extensive, unique expertise in Six Sigma and Lean Manufacturing.Core competences and skills: •Strategic and statistical thinking, financial acumen, with special strengths in sales and operations planning (S&OP) and budget control. Expertise to restructure organizations, and build teams aligned with company strategic plan. •Six Sigma and Lean Manufacturing specialist, leading to smartly deal with supply chain issues, cost reduction projects, production efficiency opportunities, as well as safety, quality and delivery improvement. Unique expertise to implement KPIs through many facilities in multiple types of processes.•Profound experience in CAPEX, investment acquisitions, layout optimizations, RFQ processes and NPI; extensive exposure to benchmark process with relevant competitors; proficiency to deal with complex customer issues through negotiation.

Gerardo Ramón's Current Company Details
Mannesmann Precision Tubes

Mannesmann Precision Tubes

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Chief Operations Officer (COO)
Jalisco, Mexico
Gerardo Ramón Work Experience Details
  • Mannesmann Precision Tubes
    Chief Operations Officer (Coo)
    Mannesmann Precision Tubes
    Jalisco, Mexico
  • Mannesmann Precision Tubes
    Chief Operations Officer (Coo)
    Mannesmann Precision Tubes Nov 2023 - Present
    El Salto, Jalisco, México
  • Flexometal Sa De Cv
    Director Of Operations
    Flexometal Sa De Cv Jul 2021 - Jun 2023
    Tlajomulco De Zúñiga, Jalisco, México
    • Responsibilities: Mexican company for as welded tube manufacturing for commercial and industrial companies. Managed P&L, S&OP, budget and operations performance. 35k-tons/year, $70M-sales operations. Processes: slitting and tubing.• Achievements: Operations Management: increased productivity from 3,000 to 4,000 tons/month (33%) by optimizing shift configurations defining new KPI and reducing idle times. Reduced customer ppm from 80k to 18k by improving product quality audit strategy. Scrap reduction from 5.5% to 4.5% (18%) through maximizing MTBF (small shut downs reduction). Redefinition of process for capacity planning, safety stock levels, and sales forecast accuracy measurement and follow up.
  • Nova Steel Inc
    General Manager
    Nova Steel Inc Apr 2019 - Mar 2020
    Ramos Aripze
    •Responsibilities: Managed P&L, S&OP, NPI, budget, quotations, business cases, commercial agreements, expansion plans and investments selection, in a 150k-tons/year, $150M-sales operations. Canadian company, processing steel for automotive and rail industries. Processes: slitting, tubing, laser tube cutting, bending and piercing, press. •Achievements: Supply Chain Management: increased inventory turns from 2.2 to 4.0 by shrinking 2,000 tons of low-movement items. Slashed 100k demurrage costs on import process and cut $250k storage and transportation costs. Finance Management: raised accounts receivables turnover by reducing past due from 50 to 25% of the open accounts. Dealt with risk of $1.8M past due -Chapter 11-, restructured finance area to overcome challenges in AR and cost analysis. Commercial Management: won 3 new contracts for tubing and flat steel ($15M sales), redesigned area to deploy KPIs and follow up RFQ servicing, customer responsiveness and customer prospection process. Operations Management: boosted labor (200%) and material productivity (5%) in VA equipment, reinforced engineering and lean initiatives, which drove to consumable supplies cost reduction by 30%, and faster slitter changeover -from 48 to 27 min-.
  • Grupo Abx
    Director Of Operations
    Grupo Abx Feb 2017 - Mar 2019
    México
    • Responsibilities: Presided over P&L, operations excellence, supply chain design, project investments, $400M sales in 8 plants (Monterrey, Puebla, Querétaro): Ab tube (1): tubes; Ab Steel (2): blanking, coil slitting, cut to length (CTL), leveling; Ab Fab (1): laser cutting, machining and welding; Ab Tech (2): bars drawing; and Ab Teflu (2): tubes cutting, bending, stamping, drilling, welding, machining.• Achievements: maximized efficiency of manufacturing by 50% in AB Steel, increasing OTD and sales-Trinity, John Deere and CAT-; redesigned supply chain through improved inventory planning -MTS vs MTO safety stock strategy- in AB Tube, driving to maximize product availability -95% service level- with optimized inventory turnover -4 turns-; benchmarked more than 7 factories for $15M leveler-stretcher, and tube mill investment; slashed scrap by 1% (1,800 tons of steel) through lean strategies in set up and changeover costs -tube and coil processing divisions-; proven success in developing, standardizing KPI to lead and drive continuous improvement with multiple cross functional teams through the 8 facilities.
  • Salzgitter Ag
    Plant Director
    Salzgitter Ag Jan 2011 - Feb 2017
    El Salto, Jalisco
    • Responsibilities: Supervised P&L, S&OP, NPI, budget and expansion plans for 200% capacity increase. Business: German metal-mechanic, worldwide leader of precision tubes for automotive industry, medium mix, $40M operations. Processes: forming mill, 2 furnaces, cold drawing, straightening, NDT, cutting. Products: tubes for shock absorbers, steering columns. Key customers: ZF Sachs, TKP, Stabilus.• Achievements: redesigned end-to-end supply chain, aligning sales plan with operations capacity strategy, driving customer responsiveness improvement and augmented market penetration -12,000 tons of camshafts and stabilizers-. Restructured organization to expanded capacity -$35M investment-. Improved profit from red to black -400% improvement in 3 years-. Improved manufacturing efficiency: slashed scrap from 21% to 17%, skyrocketed furnace productivity to 93%, and reduced labor cost from 14.5 to 9.7 man-hours/ton by executing breakthrough operational excellence strategies.
  • Imi Cornelius
    Director Of Operations
    Imi Cornelius Jan 2007 - Jun 2009
    Reynosa, Tamaulipas, México
    • Responsibilities: Managed P&L, S&OP, budget and continuous improvement. Business: high mix $260M, 450 people operations, leader in the dispensers and components for the beverages industry. Main process: aluminum casting, stain steel tubing and bending, cutting and welding, sheet metal cutting and bending, machining, plastic injection molding, valves, assembly and foaming. Customers: Pepsi, Coke, Subway.• Achievements: improved business process for high mix, MTO business, increased market share in Coke and Disney segments. Conducted a multidisciplinary team to smoothly transfer operations from Mason City to Reynosa with 38% space productivity improvement, maximizing output by 240% in 4 months ramp up. Managed to improve operations performance: 53% material cost reduction ($150k), 22% labor efficiency increase, and 12.6% energy savings ($132k), driving to $1.4M favorable variance to budget.
  • Andrew Corporation
    Master Black Belt
    Andrew Corporation Jan 2006 - Jan 2007
    Reynosa, Tamaulipas, México
    • Responsibilities: Conducted project to increase market share in Czech Republic by improving Customer Request Date (CRD). Andrew is global leader in antennas for the telecommunications industry -base station, microwaves and satellite systems, high mix $10B operations-.• Achievement: Increased CRD from 65% to 95%, by a) w/sales and supply chain: increasing forecast accuracy from 30 to 80%, and improving product availability by changing strategy from MTO to MTS; b) w/operations: shrunk cycle times through cellular layouts, pull systems and one-piece flow.
  • Johnson Controls
    Lean Six Sigma Master Black Belt
    Johnson Controls Mar 1997 - Sep 2005
    Coahuila De Zaragoza, México, Argentina, Brazil
    Lean Six Sigma Master Black Belt LATAM 06/98-09/05• Responsibilities: Six Sigma and Lean culture transformation in Saltillo, Ramos Arizpe and Monclova plants, supervised and coached projects in 7 plants (more than 30 Black Belts)• Achievements: coached and led black belts and teams to implement Lean Six Sigma culture, driving to multiple processes improvements through end-to-end supply chain: $1M cost reduction in freight -truck utilization efficiency and routes optimization-, skyrocketed inventory turns to 40 turns -1.5 days raw material inventory and daily inbound shipping frequency-, improved product quality from 200 to 50 RPPM; slashed leather scrap in $1M, improved inventory accuracy from 95 to 99%. Deployed Lean Six Sigma in South America. Trained more than 20 Black Belts in Brazil and Argentina; coached and managed more than 40 Six Sigma operational and transactional projects, driving manufacturing efficiency optimization and cost transformation strategy through multidisciplinary teams in quality, operations and supply chain.Quality/Project Manager (Rosario, Argentina) 03/97-06/98 •Green field $50M operations. JIT system seats to GM, FCA and Mitsubishi.•Achievements: 90 RPPM, suppliers’ nationalization of stampings, welding, painting, foams, fabrics, leather, plastics -extrusion and injection-, threads and tapes fabrication.

Gerardo Ramón Skills

Lean Manufacturing 5s Seis Sigma Kaizen Manufactura Mejora Continua Mapa Del Flujo De Valor Six Sigma Apqp Dmaic Cadena De Suministro Kanban Operations Management Injection Molding Manufacturing Operations Management Strategic Planning Manufacturing Continuous Improvement Welding Sheet Metal Factory Value Stream Mapping Steel

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Gerardo Ramón works for Mannesmann Precision Tubes

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Gerardo Ramón's current role is Chief Operations Officer (COO).

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Gerardo Ramón attended Tecnológico De Monterrey, Apics, Six Sigma Academy, Universidad Tecnológica Nacional, Universidad Tecnológica Nacional.

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Gerardo Ramón has skills like Lean Manufacturing, 5s, Seis Sigma, Kaizen, Manufactura, Mejora Continua, Mapa Del Flujo De Valor, Six Sigma, Apqp, Dmaic, Cadena De Suministro, Kanban.

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