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Temple, TX, US

Azusa, California, US

Leading 2 manufacturing locations, Azusa California and Tijuana MexicoResponsible of the entire Supply ChainTotal headcount is 1700+SMEAD project started to reduce downtime at the automated assembly machine for rotors.Lean Project at the manual rotor line, objective to increase 30% output

Toledo, Ohio, US

Leading 2 manufacturing locationsResponsible of the entire Supply Chain for LATAMTotal headcount is 3100+Main Lean Sigma Projects:a. EHS cross functional team in placeb. Operational Excellence implemented focus on Delivery, Quality and Productivity.c. TPM methodology in place, trained 200 manufacturing supervisors and production leaders at Glass Forming.

Leading 4 manufacturing facilities in North America ( Mexico and USA)Responsible for the entire Supply Chain Chinaware productsTotal head count is 3500+Main Projects:a. Grohe Canada plant transferred to Mexicob. New Toilet Vormax product introduction on record timeb. Lean Sigma certification process implemented across the 4 facilities

• Trane Inc. is a subsidiary company of American Standard Inc. located at Piscataway N.J. (Ingersoll Rand bought Trane in June 2008) As Finance Director Responsibilities included: FP&A for CCOE plants 1 in Mexico, 3.
• Implemented Manufacturing Performance Review metrics. Defined metrics dashboard templates and standardized across five plants saving time and money. Streamlined Standard Cost development & implementation across.
• Reduced Monthly Management Actual financial reports from 6th day working day to the 3rd.o Financial Statements, P&L, Balance Sheet and Cash Flowo Manufacturing Variance analysiso Operating Income bridge, Actual.
• Monthly Management Forecast financial reports reduced 50% from the 10th working day to the 5th.o Financial Statements, P&L, Balance Sheet and Cash Flowo Manufacturing Variance analysiso Operating Income bridge.
• Facility Relocation financial support (new plant in China and Screw Compressor relocation to Mexico).o IT financial definition for new plant in Chinao Standard costing and BOM definitiono Managed import-export support.
• Oversaw Financial and Tax consolidations for Mexican Law requirements. Tax planning of the Bath and Kitchen asset sale in Mexico in 2007.

• Ideal Standard S.A. de C.V. is a subsidiary company of American Standard Inc. located at Piscataway N.J. As Operation Director with budget of $250M with 17 direct reports and 1700 total headcount in Monterrey Plant and.
• Achieved production growths of 18-20% year over year 2002 through 2007.
• Relocated the production of 1 million pieces from Paintsville, KY Plant to Monterrey, Mexico. Relocation, redesign and restructuring resulted in $8.7M USD savings.
• Achieved Six Sigma savings average of $ 3.1M USD a year.
• Achieved materials cost reductions in 2004 in $6.8M.
• Outsourced program for non-core components Zinc die cast, with average savings of $1.0M years over year.

• Accomplishments:
• Business Leader on SAP implementation of the 4 basic modules: Finance, Sales & Distribution, Production and Materials.The period of implementation was of 9 months period, without parallel software transactions
• Supervised Import – Export program. Mexican Import – Export program was not functioning properly. Established program procedure, process control, regular BOM maintenance and monthly reporting status to senior management.
• Managed Hyperion consolidation software implementation. Company wide consolidation software implemented in Mexico in all plants with out impact.

Nordborg, DK

Established a complete new Finance organization, Finance policies, internal control, taxes and Finance PlanningBPCS software implementation with 4 main modules, Finance, Sales, Production and Material managementPITEX program implementationCost accounting, Standard Cost, Bill of Material and Routings implementation

Education record

Green Belt Certification, Lean Sigma

Program D1, Program Ad 1

Cpa, Cpa