Costing And Logistics Manager
Arnecom S.A. De C.V. (Instruments Division – Axa Yazaki)
San Nicolás De Los Garza, Nuevo León, México
Automotive Clusters manufacturing division of Xignux. Assemblers of front boards housing speedometer, tachometer, fuel gauge, temperature gauge, etc. Annual Sales of $50 million usd. Employees: Direct 400, Indirect 130. Main customers: Toyota, Mitsubishi, GM, Nummi, Mazda.Costing & Logistics Manager. Responsible of P&L Statement, Operation Costs, Budget, Pricing, Quotations, Sales Reports, Inventory Valuation, Cost Control System, Logistics, Import/Export, Customs, Management of IMMEX (Pitex)/Maquiladora Programs, for 70 clusters; plus 1,200 components supplied by 90 US and 5 Japanese vendors.• Start of Operations (SOP) of the automotive cluster facility.• Administration and Achievement of P&L Statement of 100% in 2003.• Project Leader for the Acquisition, Import and Start of Operation of PCB (Printed Circuit Board) Production Line with value of $1 million usd.• Reduced import freight costs by 25% through International Shipment Consolidation.• 100% delivery performance from Customs Brokers 1997 – 2003 by Q,C,D evaluations.• Leader of Inventory Reduction (Production Control, Purchasing and Costing) achieving reduction from 100 to 60 days/cost.• Implemented Cost Control System on molding area, reducing 10% scrap during last year.• Annual savings of $400k usd by negotiating with freight carriers the empty container situation.• Recovered 95% of Past Due Payments during 2003 or $1 million usd.• System developments for Sales Analysis, Inventory Valuation, Short Term & Long Term Forecasts (Volume, Sales, Material Cost and Man Hours), Pedimentos Control, Raw Material Consumption per Car Line, Scrap measurement per Car Line and Production Line, all with achievement of 100% according to Plan (APQP).