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Monterrey, N.L., Mx

Romeoville, Il, Us

Largest manufacturing partners in North America and the largest mechanical solutions provider, with 21 facilities located in the United States and Mexico. With sales over $500M dollars and more than 2,000 employees, we work with the most innovative companies in the world today and offer a unique breadth of capabilities and technical expertise that allow us to rapidly bring customer programs from concept to scale. In addition, our decades of specialized experience designing and manufacturing for information communication technology, warehouse automation & robotics, kiosk & gaming, aerospace & defence, renewable energy & electrical infrastructure, and medical sectors make us a trusted partner in our customer's supply chain. Monterrey Plant revenue is over $150M dollars and with a total of 750 associates.Main achievements:• Developed a new P&L reporting to track in a weekly basis the opportunity areas vs budget. This allows us to track expenses and identify overcharges.• Implemented a process to review in a monthly basis those items that do not have the proper margin, either wise due from the cost or the sales price.• Managed the implementation of a new payroll system developing weekly reports to review payroll accuracy.

Zurich, Zurich, Ch

Headquartered in Zurich, Switzerland, sales over $9.6B dollars. The Barry Callebaut Group is the world's leading manufacturer of high-quality chocolate and cocoa products, mastering every step in the value chain from the sourcing of raw materials to the production of the finest chocolates. We are the heart and engine for the chocolate industry and our mission is to be number one in all attractive customer segments. We are a business-to-business company, fully vertically integrated with a strong position in cocoa-origin countries and a unique global footprint. LATAM Region revenue is around $260M dollars and with a total of 600 associates.Main achievements:• Slashed tax/administration cost 60% by performing a successful merger of five companies. • G&A expense savings 6% by negotiating prices and fees, while ensuring the continuation and enhancement of the business.• Started sales in Colombia, Peru, and Ecuador, accomplishing all legal and statutory requirements.• Implementation of Shared Service Center to absorb the accounts payable department.• Managed opportunities and structure commercial deals for growth with new contract negotiations.• Analysis of customer and product profitability, develop of pricing and margin improvements.

San Clemente, California, Us

Leading global provider of medical devices and equipment for the healthcare industry. With Sales over $950M dollars. Worldwide the company employs over 7,500 people, with manufacturing concentrated in the US, UK, Italy, Mexico, and Czech Republic. Portfolio includes ambulatory, syringe, and infusion pumps and safety software, connectors, peripheral, catheters, and sterile solutions, as well as a range of respiratory, patient monitoring, and temperature management products. Main achievements:• Managed a $180M usd budget with a reduction of cost totaling 10%• Coordinated and reported the Value Improve Programs with over $6M usd savings, participating actively with the engineering and production departments with the information required.• Boosted operational efficiency 5% creating automated reports, cutting administrative work.• 2019 Excellence Award runner up due to the scrap reduction project. With 15% reduction, working together with production departments and with the creation of Kanban boards. • Reduction of Internal audit observation, with the creation of a plan to maintain all controls implemented.• Implementation of best practices, established a monthly meeting to show best practices with other plants.• Improve payroll generation process with the implementation of the system authorization of the overtime.

San Clemente, California, Us

Main achievements:• Reduced operating costs by 8% due to internal control, change suppliers and improve capital expenses process.• Implementation of new P&L reporting which is standardized for all Medical Manufacturing Plants.• Standardization of efficiency reports and headcount requirements based on the future demand.

St Paul, Mn, Us

3M Company (originally the Minnesota Mining and Manufacturing Company) is an American multinational conglomerate operating in the fields of industry, worker safety, healthcare, and consumer goods. The company produces over 60,000 products under several brands, including adhesives, abrasives, laminates, passive fire protection, personal protective equipment, window films, paint protection films, dental and orthodontic products, electrical and electronic connecting and insulating materials, medical products, car-care products, electronic circuits, healthcare software, and optical films. It is based in Maplewood, a suburb of Saint Paul, Minnesota. With sales over $36B dollars and 95,000 employees. Mexico plant designs, manufactures, and markets filtration products for the separation, clarification, and purification of fluids and gases. Its products include proprietary depth filters and semi-permeable membrane filters used in potable water, health care and fluid processing applications. Main achievements:• Reduced operating costs by 10% and 15% during 2010 and 2012 due to the implementation of controls and monitoring.• Implementation of JDE system for accounting.• Implementation Tress for payroll system.• Restructuring purchasing and IT departments.• Savings of up to 20% overhead during the 2012 vs. the average of past years. Coordinate kaizen events to review and correct BOM´s.

Mentor, Oh, Us

STERIS is a leading global provider of products and services that support patient care with an emphasis on infection prevention. WE HELP OUR CUSTOMERS CREATE A HEALTHIER AND SAFER WORLD by providing innovative healthcare, life sciences and dental products and services. With sales over $2.7B and 16,000 employees.Main achievements:• Start operation of the Monterrey plant.• Implementing MRP and accounting systems (Oracle).• Set up the processes and controls in accordance with company policies and legal requirements.• Recruiting and training a team to the finance department.• Fulfillment of budget.

Rueil Malmaison, Paris, Fr

Schneider Electric SE is a French multinational company that specializes in digital automation and energy management. It addresses homes, buildings, data centers, infrastructure, and industries, by combining energy technologies, real-time automation, software, and services.Main achievements:• Managed an auction to sale assets for a plant generating over $1M dollars of cost savings.• Annual Budget compliance for Monterrey plants.• Generated savings due to BOM´s reviews in collaboration with the cost department.

Toronto, On, Ca

Firms operate in 143 countries and territories, collectively employed more than 270,000 partners and people, serving the needs of business, governments, public-sector agencies, not-for-profits and through KPMG firms' audit and assurance practices, the capital markets. Main achievements:• Fulfillment of delivery times of all audits performed.• Managed audits for several industries specially Maquiladora Industry.

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