Foster and support lean operations to achieve mastery and excellence - Led and managed the project to commission equipment and integrate wood grain finish Aluminum products into Apex’s business portfolio. Successfully completed in 3 months.- Stablished supply chain standards to guarantee a sustainable inflow of raw materials based on critical needs and customers’ requests and projections- Designed JIBS documents as well as operating procedures in order to measure and improve performance.- Redesigned area workflow in order to make operations more efficient. Executed and led the design of systems to foresee production necessities and machinery changeover (process 25% more efficient over 4 months period)- Increased HS line capacity over 200% without any major capital expenditures- increased packing area capacity by 63% using the 3 steps lean methodology (simplification, stabilization and standardization)- Championed procedural training programs in order to help develop a culture of ownership and accountability through the use of train the trainer programs (TWI methodology) and better training and cross-training programs.- Supported the standardization of processes across different work lines- Assembled and developed a highly efficient team of lean specialists in order to identify Value chain breakages and tackle C.I opportunities throughout out the plant.- Incorporated the Plan-Do-Check-Act methodology in order to successfully leverage Kaizen events with full cycle project completion in one month or less. Focus Areas: production, safety, Quality, Labor- Supported the concept of Data gathering analysis for effective decision making- Created executive business strategy to foster company culture by focusing on 5 segments of change management, as well as increase operational mastery through the development and subsequent integration of value chain Macro-activities to company vision.

-Led operational standardization projects resulting in the creation of process flows, VSM, and training programs for all departments and production units. Currently 80% of the processes have been standardize leading to systems 4.5% leaner and more efficient.-Oversaw and led the development of the Preventive Maintenance Program using methodologies as 5S and Kanban to organize the department, reduce the cost of the spare parts inventory and implement a KPI based system to track and measure the department performance. -Led the coaching and mentorship of managers and supervisors in the development of individual KPI’s, lean manufacturing and continual improvement techniques resulting in the creation of methods to track and improve throughput and efficiency.-Assisted in the acquisition and commissioning of new production lines which successfully increased fresh plant capacity and throughput by 70%, while the manual labour was reduced by 28%. -Started MUDA methodology in order to eliminate/reduce waste in the systems. Supported and enforced company health and safety regulations.-Assisted and supported QC/QA initiatives in order to comply with HACCP and SQF regulations.

- Led Quality and Performance reviews to suppliers and vendors resulting in the standardization of raw materials and it’s compliance criteria- Winner of VWR President award 2014. - Developed and managed capital expenditure plans and budgets of over 1 million US. Increasing production capacity for crucibles area by 50% and lowering rejection rate by 20%. Also reducing product drying time from 38 to 25 hours.- Fostered Improvement projects for the distribution centres and dangerous goods warehouses.- Oversaw and led Health and Safety department, encouraging 0 accident / incident policy and achieving highest recognition at Santiago plant for maintaining highest safety ratings- Developed key performance indicator (KPI) metrics, controlling and tracking production efficiencies with following results- Increased general plant manufacturing efficiency 16% without any major capital investmentReduced overtime 53%, absenteeism59%, and operating costs 20%-Directed implementation of quality assurance (QA) quality control (QC) departments through development of procedures, process maps, KPIs and Lean projects, reducing rejection rates due to raw material inconsistencies, which decrease by 40% over period of 2 year.- Led interdisciplinary projects, controlling and standardizing supply chain for raw material, and management of inventory levels for finished products.- Oversaw infrastructure expansion project and manufacturing plant commissioning in Santiago, Chile, increasing global installed capacity by 35%.- Supervised bottleneck identification and elimination project. Resulting in processes 25% more efficient- Organized coaching, recruitment and labour rebalancing in North and South America, reduced 32% of direct labour impacting product costing.- Administered implementation of ISO9001 system for all operational processes, achieving re-certification since 2012.- Decreased equipment down time by 24%, while increasing reliability by 13.7%.