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Bilbao, Spain

Continuing with the role of Operations Strategic Project Coordinator, I took on the position of Business Unit Continuous Improvement Manager. This new role involves overseeing the work of five Improvement Project Managers, each dedicated to one production plants in Spain and Portugal (one manager per plant). The establishment of this new role stemmed from the necessity to harmonize the operations across all plants, ensuring that their projects are in line with the corporate strategic vision. This move aims to foster collaboration, sharing of best practices, and the adoption of common methodologies among the plants.Responsibilities• Coordinate Improvement Project Managers activity (definition of work dynamics, area scorecard follow-up, project follow-up, communications).• Responsible of Operational Excellence processes for the Business Unit.• Standardise tools, methodologies and ways of working, while extending best practices to other sites.• Plant audits

Bilbao, Spain

After the acquisition of new plants by the group, the corporate team at headquarters grew. This growth led to a need for more organized and consistent management practices. In response, I was assigned to support the Operations Management team develop and implement new strategies and tools for all operational departments. I also played a role in coordinating important company-wide initiatives.Responsibilities• Lead the generation of management models in different fields/areas under a standard framework• Coordinate the implementation of projects in different functional areas and plants.• Convince and persuade teams to adopt new ways of working while dealing with resistance to change.

Europe

Under Operational Excellence area and reporting directly to the COO, there was a recognition of the necessity to address projects in underperforming sites with a more systematic and cohesive approach. In that context I am named Project leader to deploy on sites the Project Culture, coordinate the programs, and align ways of working.Responsibilities• Global coordination of all defined projects (structure, planning, follow-up, dashboard, action plan).• Strengthening alignment with headquarters by actively promoting and instilling the corporate culture• Facilitating the transfer of best manufacturing practices and management methodologies from the most advanced plants to other locations.• Leading multidisciplinary teams, encouraging analytical thinking, problem-solving, and effective collaboration.• Managing stakeholders and devising comprehensive communication plans to ensure transparency and engagementProjects:1.Elton (England), 2021: Program Leader at one of Europe's largest glass manufacturing sites, which faced challenges such as low operational performance, high levels of defective products, organizational issues, and absenteeism.Achievements: Performance stabilisation during a 15% absenteeism period. Reduce non-conforming product generation by more than 50%.2.Castellar (Barcelona), 2020: Lead programs at a site experiencing significant performance fluctuations, critical customer concerns, difficulties in defining and executing plans by the management team, and a complex work environment.Achievements: Sustained performance improvement increasing from 85% to 91%; customer complains reduction by 41%; Cut non-quality costs by 40%; development of the management team.3.MD Verre (Belgium), 2019: Took on the role of Program Leader in a site struggling with low process control, leadership issues, and lack of root cause analysis.Achievements: Improve perfomance from 82% to 89%; Reduce machine stoppage by 40%; Implement root cause and problem-solving tools.

Me incorporo a Vidrala dentro del departamento de Excelencia Operativa para apoyar en la construcción del modelo operativo de Vidrala con la definición y despliegue de herramientas lean y de mejora continua.

Vitoria-Gasteiz Y Alrededores, España

Idom es una empresa líder en servicios profesionales de Consultoría, Ingeniería y Arquitectura integrado por un equipo de más de 5000 profesionales y presencia en más de 120 países.Como Ingeniero de proyecto desarrollo proyectos de construcción industrial tanto en la parte del diseño como de cálculo estructural.

Vitoria-Gasteiz Y Alrededores, España

Máster Universitario En Dirección De Operaciones Y Calidad

Máster Universitario En Ingeniería En Organización Industrial

Grado En Ingeniería Mecánica, Mecánica

International Engineering Management