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Johnson City, Tn, Us

Responsible for Manufacturing, Supply Chain, Procurement, Engineering & Construction.The ebm-papst group, a family owned company headquartered in Mulfingen, Germany, is a globally leading manufacturer of fans and drives, with annual revenue of $2.4 Billion USD. With it's core expertise in motor technology, electronics, digitalization and aerodynamics it has over 20,000 products and employs just under 15,000 people at 29 production sites and 51 sales offices worldwide.

Kingsport, Tennessee, United States

Lead Operations Transformation for 9 Sites, on the Maintenance Work Execution space, for operations with over $400M Direct Spend combined, restructuring organizations of ~5000 employees in total. Lead teams deployed through the Corporation actively learning, teaching, installing and sustaining Operational Disciplines in Manufacturing areas.

Sto. Toribio

Special assignment as Site Manager after a significant Process Safety Event, to define cultural and capability opportunities, design a corrective action plan and restructure the organization to address them.

Texas City, Texas

Manage a large petrochemical complex with over $400M USD Revenue, two world-scale chemical processes (Acetic Acid and a phtalate-free Plasticizer), onsite Industrial Gas Supplier (ASU and Syngas), diverse logistics capabilities and champion growth opportunities. Responsible for a Safe, Reliable, High Quality and Sustainable operation.

Uruapan Del Progreso Area, Mexico

Manage Plasticizers and Adhesives Manufacturing Site for a Fortune 500 Company.Responsible for Plant Performance & Costs, Safety, Production, Quality, HR, Maintenance, WarehousingLeader for Continuous Improvement Plan and Implementing Lean Manufacturing.

Puebla De Zaragoza Area, Mexico

Coordinate Production Programs with VW (jit), Ford, Chrysler, SAS (jit), HBPO, Peguform and Magna.Lead Kaizen (Continuous Improvement) and Hoshin (Reduce Waste) workshops for injection, hot-stamp, assembly and rework processes on Ford B299 (Door Trim and ICP), Ford C346 (ICP), VW 324 (Instrument Pannel and Air-Vents), Fiat 500 (Consoles).Propose and develop improvements on Tools and Processes.Quality and Deliveries follow-up contact for every customer.Manage a team of 120 people.

Mexico City Area, Mexico

Polymer Scientist & Projects Manager (June 2012 to September 2012) - IQ Electronics International S.A. de C.V. Create and manage an R&D department oriented to plastics, paints and adhesives.Develop new technology for the refurbishing of plastic pieces.Implement a water based paint system for electronic devices.Six Sigma and Kaizen leader.Plant Manager (May 2009 to June 2011) - IQ Plastics S.A. de C.V.Client Development, cost and feasibility analysis, pricing negotiation and production planning.Financial planning and internal projects development.Production and maintenance management.Supervision of 120 people and responsible for Production, Maintenance, Warehouse, Supply Chain, Sales, Logistics, Quality Control, SHEA and Human Resources.Operations Manager (May 2009 to September 2012) - IQ Plastics S.A. de C.V.Startup of a 13 machine injection plant with capacities between 300 and 1,500 Ton in 36 days. Business development and commercial growth exceeding forecasts.Development of a new process and formulation for the injection of 7 Nextel mobile phone full housing’s plastic pieces in our SLC plant in Guangdong, China.Design and execution of a project to recycle contaminated (mixed) materials (PP, HDPE, HIPS, GPPS).

Research and development of coatings oriented to automotive, industrial and architectural segments.Responsible for the formulation of resins for OEM and Refinish businesses.Technology feasibility analysis for new projects. Technology migration from TIPS.RX to SAP R3 and process alignment with US and Europe.Plan follow-up of all new developments of core businesses.Lean Manufacturing and Six Sigma projects implementation. Analysis of Supply Chain improvement strategies based on SKU used for technology toolbox.PPAP, AMEF and CP design for all new products of refinish business.Direct supervision of the resin development laboratory with 3 engineers and 6 painting development operators.

Maj. Polymers, Chemical Engineering

Characterization of Polymers Manufacturing Processes Polymer applications

Bachelor Of Engineering - Be, Chemical Engineering

Activities and Societies: MENSA since 2004 IMIQ since 2005 ANIQ since 2006