Jose A Castillo Email & Phone Number

Mexico City, Mexico

A. Coordinate the transition of the MUO between the New York office to the Mexico City office. B. Assist with the team build up. C. Coordinate the different operational functions within the business. D. Work with commercial partners in the development of MUO own brand products and setting up global distribution strategies. E. Interact with the International Sales team on the selection of new sponsors and licensee companies. F. Grow the brand's business opportunities and increase its value through the new era of Miss Universe in support of the company values and mission.

United States

Global Strategic Sourcing

Corpus Christi, Texas Area

Overhead Door Corporation's Business Unit.Overseeing manufacturing locations in Corpus Christi and Matamoros, MX; production planning and scheduling, procurement, materials management, inventory control. Focused on strategic sourcing projects.• Launched VMI strategy for aluminum extrusion special finishes reducing lead time by 2 weeks and cost by 33%.• Relocation of domestic and Chinese suppliers within China for mechanical parts, switch controls and laces and electronic controls, delivering 58% , 70% and 16% cost savings respectively.

Stephenville, Tx

Managed a team of dedicated planners who scheduled production of 13 different product families in a very challenging and customer demanding environment which was constrained by machining and supplier outsourcing capacity and raw material long lead times.• Executed S&OP supply plans to schedule production and set buffer stock strategies, achieving 100% inventory buffer levels for critical raw and machined components and 96% for Make To Stock assemblies, increasing OTD from mid-80’s to 96%.• Created processes to streamline constraints data on a daily basis and updating parts master catalogs to reflect supply plan changes and managing production planning by load leveling of machining operations, optimizing earned hours.• Created KPI and planning/production models to track daily inbound orders, shipments and backlog data as well as overall manufacturing performance.

Wichita Falls, Tx

Subsidiary company of Alfa Laval (Sweden). Formulated and executed global sourcing strategies to reduce total cost of ownership, including low cost country supplier development, negotiating and executing global contracts and supply, inventory consignment, service, asset and non-disclosure agreements.• Identified supply chain risk mitigation strategies potentially affecting supply disruptions, cost and delivery by eliminating single source practices, identifying suppliers’ strengths and weaknesses, tracking and analyzing global industry indicators, global commodity price trends, metal surcharges, foreign currency indexes and cost forecasting models.• Determined annual direct materials and overhead standard costs, achieving annual PPV variation of 5.7% favorable per year for 5 years (28.6% accumulated).• Served as global project leader for engineered polymer components for sister plants in Sweden, China, India and Brazil by moving tools from Poland and Mexico to Sri Lanka, India*, China*, Sweden* and UK* achieving 33% cost reductions and an additional 5% rebate for the corporation.• Launched a supplier managed inventory program for polymer components initially sourced from Mexico, moved to Sri-Lanka but stored in a USA warehouse reducing lead time to one week and price by 19%.• Hired a third-party logistics company to optimize domestic and global freight reducing costs by 15%.• Managed the inventory control team, directing annual physical inventories, introducing iPod enabled cycle counts and other mobile apps to transact inventory remotely.

Master Of Business Administration - Mba

Bachelor Of Science (Bs), Industrial And Systems Engineer, Industrial Engineering