Rene Ramirez Email & Phone Number

Mexicali, Baja California, Mexico

Mexicali, Baja California, Mexico

Manage tactical procurement, detailed production planning, master planning, warehousing operations, receiving and shipping operations for the Mexicali Campus (2 fabrications plants and 1 final assembly plant).• Direct manager for 2 functional managers: Planning and Purchasing Manager and Inventory Control Manager (2)• Direct manager for Master Planner and Senior Demand Analyst• Functional responsibility for tactical procurement, including 7 tactical buyers• Functional responsibility for production planning, including 4 production planners and 1 Junior Planner.• Functional responsibility for inventory control operations for the Mexicali Campus (Warehouse, Receiving and Shipping), including 2 warehouse supervisors, 1 Cycle Count and MRB Coordinator and a head count of 43 hourly indirect employees.

Mexicali Area, Mexico

Autolite is the leading supplier of spark plugs in North America with headquarters in Lake Forest, Illinois and part of the UCI-FRAM Group, a $2+billion global businesses within RANK Group Limited. The role reports directly to the VP of Operations and supervises and participates in advanced, highly-complex multi-plant professional planning activities and it is based on the Mexicali, Mexico Plant, the position is responsible to:• Leading the SIOP process for Autolite with monthly demand plan and supply plan that assures minimal inventory and meets customer needs.• Managing Customers Line Fill to meet 98% min. goal including manufactured product for Aftermarket / OE/S, Purchased product including outsourced spark plugs and wire sets and glow.• Leading Autolite Brand Level Strategic Deployment Working Capital Action Plan designed to meet AOP targets on Gross Inventory Value and Inventory turn.• Creating Customer and Supplier connectivity to assure timely and prompt response on all Customer Service inquiries; assist in New Product Introduction (NPI) Process to assure flawless product launches for each program or customer. • Direct Manager for SIOP Manager, Mexico Plant Materials Manager and Aftermarket Senior Analyst; also matrix manager for two U.S. based materials managers.• Establish, manage and control three plants strategies and actions relating to Production Control, Materials Planning, Distribution and Customer Service.• Work and collaborate with Customer Business Managers, Regional management teams and the VP of operations to ensure customer satisfaction and customer related initiatives.

Mexicali, Baja California, Mexico

Manage materials planning / purchasing of direct materials (Procurement Management), SIOP process, Detailed Production Scheduling and Receiving / Shipping / Warehousing areas• Functional responsibility for the materials planning group & Sourcing Specialist (4)• Indirect responsibility for the production planning group (5)• Functional responsibility for plant’s warehouse operation including stores, receiving, shipping and local transportation including a head count of 42 indirect employees and 3 supervisors• Functional responsibility to external warehouse operations• Participates in the development of SIOP supply plans for inventory and capacity manpower requirements.• Support vendor transitions and set up in support of integrated supply chain.• Responsible to develop procurement planning strategy based on PFEP model• Major Achievements:o Reduced procurement interruptions from 42% to less than 2%o Improve inventory DOS from 140 to 69 with a sustainable plan to reach <60 o Improve importation cycle time for incoming inventory from 72 to <8 hourso Implement new external warehouse operation reducing cost by 35%

Manage all materials department functions such as Procurement Management, Sales and Operations Plan, Production Scheduling, Vendor Planning, Warehouse and Inventory for the Tecate Fabrication Plant and Plating Plant located in Tijuana.• Functional responsibility for the production scheduling group (a group of 2 production scheduler and 2 Production Control Coordinators)• Responsible for vendor scheduling (raw material procurement) for a group of 1 Planning Supervisor, Brass Business Unit Vendor Planner, Falcon Business Unit planner buyer as well as OSP Planner• Responsible for warehouse operation including stores, receiving, shipping and local transportation including a group of 1 supervisor, 3 leaders, 1 Logistics Analyst, 1 Inventory Analyst and 17 clerks in the Tecate site.• Responsible for Tijuana Plating materials operations (scheduling, procurement, flow of material in/out)• Actively participates in the development of the AOP & SOP plans for Inventory, Capacity and Manpower requirements.• Indirectly responsible (collaboration) for new product introduction• Manage moderately complex processes or projects within multiple materials functions• Defines, interprets and implements organizational goals and performance tracking metrics within area of responsibility such as Inventory Turns, On Time Shipments, Sales and Operations Performance, Production Attainment and Adherence.• Participate as a member of the Mexico Council to review multiple plants projects• Operational Excellence Award as Outstanding Contributor on 2009 for Oracle 11i Implementation Project in both Tijuana and Tecate Plants

Implement, Manage and Lead the SIOP process (Sales, Inventory and Operations Planning) for the three Mexico locations linked with corporate commercial and residential SIOP in support of Schlage Lock Company of Operational Excellence Strategic Directions.• Lead the SIOP process and procedures for the three Mexico plants• Responsible to develop and implement the necessary procedures to successfully manage demand, FG inventory levels, manpower requirements and capacity plan• Responsible to leverage and standardize procurement planning processes across the sites in the region.• Leads monthly, quarterly SIOP internal and business unit processes for the Mexico Region• Actively participates in the development of the AOP plans for the Mexico Region for Inventory, Capacity and Manpower requirements.• Indirectly responsible for functions such as planning, master scheduling, and new product introduction• Manage moderately complex processes or projects within multiple materials functions• Defines, interprets and implements organizational goals and performance tracking metrics within area of responsibility• Participate as a member of the Mexico Council to review multiple plants projects

Manage a team of planners and schedulers responsible for procurement planning and detailed production scheduling for the Gas Controls Business unit, reporting directly to the Business Unit Operations Manager:• Lead and managed the SIOP process for the business unit, improving capacity and manpower utilization by more than 30% and at the same time improving schedule adherence from less than 70% to 90% consistently• Lead and managed the customer service group and activities for the business unit, improving service ratings eliminating Customer complaints• Responsible to execute and track performance of production planning, past due reduction, revenue/shipments, and OTD (on time delivery)• Lead the group to re-engineer the planning structure from repetitive manufacturing to discrete manufacturing, reducing past dues to manageable levels (70% reduction), improving on time delivery to 95% plus, from a historical of less than 65%, and at the same time improving inventory turns from less than 6 to 11.5 turns• Lead the materials group in the implementation of SIOP-MPS/CTB process• Reduced w.i.p. inventory to less than half of what it was before the conversion to discrete manufacturing

Responsible for the SIOP and Master scheduling processes of the Caterpillar business unit, managing a team responsible to develop the MPS and production plan, reporting to the Operations Manager • Lead monthly quarterly SIOP meetings to ensure the Operations management team had the right levels of visibility of demand forecast to properly plan for manpower, inventory and capacity utilization, prepare master plan for the unit business (monthly, quarterly annually) • Managed a group of planners and shop floor schedulers to drive efficiency and productivity improvements in the areas of: inventory turns from 9 to 14, capacity utilization from the low 80% to better than 95%• Coordinated the activities to prepare the sales, inventory and operations plan • Lead the customer service activities for the business unit• Analyze and translate into an executable production plan the sales and marketing demand forecast, improving on time delivery from 75% to better than 98% consistently• Quest for Excellence Award 2004 with Supply Chaing Integration Project (Honeywell/Caterpillar)

Mba Degree, Major In Finance

Bachelor Degree In Business Administration, Complete