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Company activities: Cargill is the largest private company in the USA. HQ in Minnetonka, MN. The company employs +160k people in more than 125 countries. Cargill is one of the world's top producers and distributors of agricultural products such as sugar, refined oil, cotton, chocolate, and salt. CQN is Cargill Aqua Nutrition, part of Cargill Animal Nutrition & Health (ANH) Global Enterprise, leader in aquaculture feed with +$3 B USD in sales, +2.2 M MT produced annually, +2.5 k employees, 12 species served and more than 1,000 projects/yr and +$100 M USD CAPEX invested/yr.» Led implementation and standardization of FSQR processes, achieving a 15% reduction in non-conformities.» Developed and executed strategic plans that aligned operations with business objectives, improving operational efficiency by 20%.» Implemented Business Intelligence solutions that optimized decision making, resulting in a 25% increase in the identification of business opportunities.» Managed a portfolio of projects that generated savings of +$6.7 M USD and quality improvements valued at +$8 M USD.» Supported regional managers in 13 countries, achieving a 10% reduction in quality losses and improving project execution.» Mentored 5 candidates (from Mexico, Chile and Indonesia) in Lean Six Sigma, contributing to their certification and professional development.

Plant Activities: Automotive synthetic leather and fabric supplier to car seats and upholstery. Working with OEMs like Tesla, FCA (Stellantis), Honda, Toyota, Mazda, Nissan, Subaru.» Planned and assigned responsibilities to a team of +120 employees, improving productivity by 18%.» Led the synthetic leather manufacturing plant, achieving an increase in quality from 84.4% to 92.8% and a reduction in waste from 10.2% to 3.0%.» Coordinated IATF certification form manufacturing side in plant, ensuring compliance with international standards.» Led process requirements to fulfill Tesla's supplier program, Synthetic Leather. 2020» Synthetic Leather Process Training. Seiren Suzhou. Suzhou, China. Aug 2019

Plant Activities: Largest Mondelez worldwide biscuit manufacturer, Salinas plant supplies 40% of the USA and Canada demand. Main brands as Oreo, Ritz, and Bel-Vita.» Led packaging engineering projects for 6 production lines, improving line flexibility and reducing finished product transportation time by 30%.» Managed a $5M USD Capex/Opex budget, optimizing resources and reducing costs by 15%.» Coordinated with international OEMs to implement improvements that increased production efficiency by 20%.» Improved line flexibility finished product direct transport through conveyors to palletizing.» Successful FAT at Douglas Machine (Alexandria, MN / Set. 2017).

Supervised and coordinated final equipment installation for new line working with contractors, maintenance and Engineering team at Salinas Victoria facility (Green Field plant).Responsible for first wet trials under new equipment.Interview, select, and train new operators and Production Facilitators.+120 staff (operators non-unionized) direct manager.Direct report to Brand Operations Manager.Technically validate processes and product changes. Ensures the implementation of engineering and product changes on time.Give support and follow-up to the standards of the team to achieve the KPI's objectives.Achievements:Successful Startup production line on VSU scheme (Vertical Start-Up).Start operations with GE improvement from 9% weekly to 82%.Waste decrease from 50% to 7% (learning curve).Zero recordable incidents. Safety daily reinforcement meetings.

Plant Activities: Latin America´s largest production site biscuit and crackers manufacturer of Pepsico. Manufacturing brands like Crakets, Saladitas, Chokis, Emperador, Quaker.» Managed three production lines with +350 employees, increasing productivity by 6% and reducing waste by 18%.» Implemented PDCA methodology, improving safety and quality KPIs by 10%.» Led continuous improvement initiatives resulting in a reduction of safety incidents to zero.» Increased productivity 6% vs previous year.

Plant Activities: Only site in Mexico manufacturer dairy Yoplait products and cheese brands as Nochebuena, La Villita, FUD. » Controlled the production of 13 filling lines, increasing production efficiency by 5%.» Monitored critical process control points, ensuring HACCP compliance and reducing non-conformities by 8%.» Coordinated the performance of process equipment, improving equipment availability by 10%.» TPM implementation, methodology training and deployment in operational areas.» SQF certification. Required document and process evidence fulfillment.» Increased 92% to 95% production plan attainment by changeover and cleaning time reduction.

Organized, tracked and generated action plans, direct administration of approx. 100 unionized employees.Performance conducted under SQF Level 3 Certification (Silliker 106864).Coordinated efforts to: GPM, HACCP, ISO, SQF Lvl3, TPM.Tracked product from raw material to finished product process.Lead teams on TPM (Total Productive Maintenance) scheme.

Evaluation of raw materials.Judgment of Conforming / Non-conforming materials.Communicated to the supplier cases of rejection/deviation of the quality of their raw material items.Direct and indirect deal with suppliers.Physicochemical analyzes of the different dairy products in the Yoghurt and Cheese plants of the Site.Use of SAP applied for the corresponding area.

Production-quality supervisor in the high vacuum packaging area.Primary cuts of fattening bull.Control and check of product shipments.Follow-up of the HACCP plan and GMPs.Inventory control and billing of the handled product.