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Tijuana, B.C., Mx

Tijuana, Baja California, Mexico

Tijuana, Baja California, México

Tijuana Area, Mexico

Tijuana, Baja California, Mexico

Responsible for purchasing, planning and operations, projects coordination, i.e. outsourcing, new product forecasting, planning improvement, strategic planning, etc

Tijuana, Bc, Mexico

Responsible for inventory and operations planning, purchasing of $130MM USD/Yr. with 95 suppliers, Warehouse Operations in Mexico and US. Logistics: Freight, Import and Exports, annual operational budget coordinator, cost reduction initiatives coordinator•Inventory Reduction of $15M USD on 24 Months, increasing Inventory turns by 100% from 7 to 14•Sustained On Time Delivery > 99% for 15 Months•Improved Support to Cost Reduction Initiatives improving project realization on time from 60% to 85%•Implemented Supplier Resiliency Strategy as part of Enterprise Risk Management policy, this methodology was implemented globally•Improved SAP utilization: business processes standardization: Purchasing, warehouse and Kan-Ban operation, traceability and bar code inventory control•Improved planning visibility by negotiating new products forecast and long term capacity planning•Lead the Phase I Implementation S&OP process, launching internal and external capacity planning model

Tijuana Area, Mexico

Responsible for Purchasing, warehouse operations, inbound/outbound logistics, and Inventory Control. Manage customer service priorities across the value stream•Consolidated the materials planning and purchasing activities for Tijuana plant and implemented best practices among 4 planning teams•Drove key improvements thru the selection and implementation of KPI’s and the identification and removal of internal and external bottlenecks impacting business service level. Backorder and Backlog reduced to target levels of 0.8 and 2.5 •Influenced BU to drive lean process improvement and Engineering department to implement systematic approach on tooling preventative maintenance, capital equipment replacement, and technical constraint resolution (i.e. alternate molding resin material validations)•Improved inventory turns from 7 to 10•Coordinated implementation of an improved S&OP process based on Oliver Wight’s’ Integrated Business Planning •Led the effort to bring the Tijuana facility into a global carrier consolidation program with CH Robinson which will streamline logistics and leverage inbound and outbound transportation cost reduction opportunities. Annual savings projected at 12% - 15%•Co-led along with Global Sourcing group a number of PPV and supplier business review initiatives. Purchase negotiated savings of $1.5 M USD accomplished over last 2 fiscal years•Co-launched Global Materials Leadership certification program based on Best Practice implementation, Site Certification and Professional Certification for SM Materials Professionals

Ensenada Area, Mexico

Responsible for Planning, Purchasing, Warehouse operations and Inventory Control. Annual purchases of $65M USD with 260 Suppliers.•Implemented MRP best practices, optimized sales and operations planning process as well as purchasing operations to support business seasonality, and inventory level management•Implemented kan-ban program, reducing order to ship lead-time from 49 to 7 days on major product line•Led continuous improvement activities such as the launch of the Navico Operating System. The system utilizes VSM, kan-ban, and kaizen techniques to unlock value and reduce waste from the value stream •Achieve a 37% improvement on Inventory turns during first year while contributing to meet 2010 Sales Targets. Inventory turns went from 5.6 to 7.6

Responsible for Supply Chain functions: Purchasing, Warehouse, Import & Export & Planning, Kanban Management.Main contributions: Development and implementation of Value Stream Management for Continuous Improvement, e-kanban implementation, inventory reduction, freight cost reduction, Supplier Development & Cost Improvement Projects

Optimized MPS system, implemented synchronous material flow & kanban management, implemented JIT elements of APS production system: Contract Management, Leveling (Heijunka), Rail Management; implemented 5S & Visual management concept in planning and warehouse operations, participated on the definition and implementation of Autonomous Manufacturing Center Management using PDCA, QDCS matrix and APS methodology.Acted as Seatbelts Division Logistics manager implementing the Supply Chain Optimization program in 3 plants.

Business Development in the areas of Logistics, Systems Development, Supply Chain Management and Import & Export. GLS is a Logistic partner that help other companies to reduce cost, improve productivity and customer service by taking care of their logistics improvement efforts and as an outsourcing alternative.

Bs, Industrial & Systems Engineering

Activities and Societies: Engineering Conference Coordination Industrial and Systems Engineer Industrial Administration Speciality

Master, International Mba

Global MBA is a program managed in a Joint Venture between Thubderbird and ITESM from Monterrey, the program is focused on Latin-American.