* Manage and motivate employees to achieve breakthrough improvements at all levels of the organization.* Manage day to day operations and drive strategic initiatives to meet organizational objectives.* Provide coaching and mentoring to supervisors, production leaders and manufacturing engineers to drive employee engagement.* Responsible for providing strategic long term planning (3, 6, and 12 months out) including labor planning, hourly throughput, machinery requirements, peak season planning. * Network with other leaders across the company to achieve productivity goals, safety, quality standards and delivery goals. * Set clear goals and expectations for supervisors and manufacturing engineers to ensure efficient and cost effective operations. * Work closely with support staff (HR, finance, maintenance, purchasing, warehouse, logistics, IT, to secure support and resources for projects, initiatives and operations. * Accountable for quality and delivery of products. * Daily reports of operations through intracompany and intercompany huddles.

• Achieve the Productivity goals specified by the MPS on a daily basis.• Purchasing of supplies needed to execute the daily productivity goals• Coordinate the communication between Operations and the support departments to assure the continuous flow.• Coordination and alignment with the Coach Leaders from the areas of Receiving of Materials, Shipping (WMS and Stock and Trace), Picking, Shipping to Customers.• Implemented the KPI dashboard for the area (SQDCS).• Weekly Meetings w/customer to present the KPI´s of the area.• Achieving of the assigned ORC´s (Objectives and Key Results) per fiscal quarter.• Creation of the Recognition Program (Employee of the week, Shipper of the Week, Picker of the week, Employee of the month) to inspire and motivate people to be more productive and make them feel successful.• Coordinate the communication, efforts and results with the leaders of 4 shifts in order to achieve the costumer demand during peak season.

* Achieve the Productivity goals specified by the MPS on a daily basis.* Coordinate the efforts from the supervisors between first and second shift in order to meet the Production goals.* Manage the efforts between Production and the support departments within the organization to assure the continuous flow on the production floor.* Successfully launched the SQDCM dashboard in all Production Areas.* Coordinate the efforts of Production supervisors towards the continuous improvement, safety, 5's in order to have an organized and clean workplace that impacts in a low turnover and improvement in employee morale.* Manage efficiently the Production through the available resources of machines, people and materials.* Influenced the Production supervisors to increase the Productivity and Saving Projects from the Department seeking for the continuous creation of projects of high impact to the organization and the financial statements.

This position reported directly to the Plant Manager, provided leadership and coordination to 74 people in Assembly A to achieve $78,000 dollars on a daily basis through the following activities:* Coordinated with the Finishing, Packing, Rough Mill and Quality Managers to meet the daily goal of $78,000 dollars.* Followed-up to rush orders to complete them on a timely manner and with proper quality.* Coordinated the efforts of the supervisor, assembly and touch-up leaders to accomplish the productivity and quality goals.Other Activities performed in this company:- Successfully managed and supervised the Rails Area coordinating the processes of Sub-assembly, Assembly, Boring, Sanding and Packing, responsible to meet the daily goal of productivity of $16,800 dollars with a crew of 24 people.- Managed, Supervised and mentored 100 people such as operators, line leaders and supervisors from area A.- Ensured the proper management of the conveyors from the assembly lines 1 thru 3 (speed and spacing to achieve the production standards for each part number).- Launched and developed strategies with line leaders and supervisors to achieve the daily goal of 75,000 usd in packaging.- Launched and deployed Lean Manufacturing throughout the company, visual management implementation, VSM , training development in Lean concepts, time studies, standard work.- Searched on alternative packaging materials oriented to cost reduction and better protections for products.- Developed pilot runs oriented to optimize raw materials and reduction of cycle times.- Performed daily quality audits and created trategies to improve the Quality Department.- Translated Quality Manual from English to Spanish- Successfully achieved $79, 632 in savings through several saving projects.- Created Manufacturing and Quality standards to Rail´s Suppliers in order to maintain Quality consistency.

• Launched and Delivered training for 2 days at CANACINTRA in LEAN MANUFACTURING to supervisors, buyers and managers from different regional companies.• Successfully Interpreted during a Kaizen Event Week at the facility of UTC Fire & Security in Navojoa Sonora. May 9 thru 13, 2011.• Successfully deployment of Lean Six Sigma methodologies in Montecitos, launched of suggestion box program,• Created time studies to set standards.

• Successfully delivered Lean Manufacturing training to green belt wave.• Mentored several Green Belt Projects• Mentored several saving projects with production, quality and engineering leaders.• Coordinated and deployed an improvement program.• Coordinated Rolled Throughput Yield Initiative in sewing lines.• Delivered and lunched of Training in 5´s and 7 wastes to personnel.• Delivered Monthly KPI's presentations to sewing department.• Successfully launched of 5´s and Push Vs. Pull System games.

• Successfully procurement of materials to be used in production on a daily basis.• Performed purchasing orders entry into agile program.• Negotiated better deals with freight companies to reduce the freight expenses.• Negotiated better deals for the company looking for lowest prices and contracts.• Successfully deployed Lean Manufacturing on the floor.• Delivered Lean-Six-Sigma training to employees.• Created Time Studies Analysis and Line Balancing. • Created and Implemented production standards.• Created Improvements of product flow on the floor.

• Successfully facilitated 5 Gemba Kaizen Events at the following companies: DJ-Ortho, Smiths-Medical, ARRIS/C-COR. Achieving improvements in Efficiency, Productivity, Reduction of Setup Time through SMED.• Instructor of Yellow Belt program at ARRIS/C-COR & Jem Electronics.• Instructor of Value Stream Map & 5’s at Comair Rotron,Smiths-Medical, Club Lean Star.• Consultant, instructor and facilitator of the Lean-Six-Sigma methodologies at the following companies: ARRIS/C-COR, Smiths Medical, DJ-Ortho, Jem Electronics, Comair Rotron.The following results were accomplished in these companies:√ Customized Lean-Six-Sigma training.√ 5’s implementation program√ Visual Factory√ OEE boards implementation at the machine area.√ e-Kanban cards implementation to activate the pull system between the production area and the warehouse.√ Visual Aids implementation to manage the e-Kanban cards system.√ Coordination with planners to choose the Plan for Every Part start running the Pull System through e-Kanban cards.√ Re-layout & Balancing of Assembly lines.

• Successfully facilitated 6 RIE’s (Rapid Improvement Events) in different departments since the creation of the Event Charter and kick-off until the Implementation of Changes and Follow-up. Each of the RIE’s, was finished with an oral presentation made by the employees to the top managers and KYOCERA’s president, showing to them the improvements made during the events and also to get their approval and support as far as budget initiatives.During these events the following results were accomplished:√ Deployment of strategies to apply Lean Manufacturing & Continuous Improvement√ Cycle Time Reduction resulting in shortening the Lead Time, increasing the Inventory Turns, Faster Throughput Time, Better Response Time.√ Traveled Distance Reduction made by the material√ Elimination of Non-Added Value Activities√ Improvement of 5’s Score. √ Creation of Standard Work through more comprehensive and detailed Work Instructions.√ Implementation of (Pull & Kanban) Systems.√ Implementation of Takt Time & One Piece Flow. √ Improvement of Product Flow (Cellular Flow)√ Development of DOE’s to analyze the process output.√ Empowered Team Members√ Employee Motivation geared towards self actualization.√ Training to plant personnel to apply the lean initiatives (5’s, Push Vs. Pull System, 7 wastes + 1).√ Development of Time Studies & Line Balancing.√ Tracking of project progress with each accountable individual in regular meetings using reporting templates to discuss the progress.

• Performed wood department purchasing.• Successfully generated Sales and purchasing orders entry into business works program.• Successfully Implemented Lean Manufacturing projects to acrylic department.• Created movement and time studies.• Improved the orders flow on the floor.

• Launched different systems and databases to compute correct Intercompany Transfer Pricing.• Performed Research and development of statistical projects.• Created PPV (Purchase Price Variance) reports.• Successfully Coordinated and communicated transfer prices for Baxter affiliates in several countries assigned to me.

• Performed Inventory Controls. • Performed material requisitions to our sister company in San Marcos, CA.• Successfully launched Quality controls at the cutting department.• Managed and mentored the supervisors from the cutting, welding, cleaning and paint departments to accomplished the daily goals of the MPS.