Luis Alberto Brenes Meraz
S&OP Manager, Production Planning Manager, Warehouse Manager & Import / Export & Trade Compliance at CRIOTEC, S.A. DE C.V- Claim this Profile
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Credentials
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Lean Manufacturing
Tecnológico de MonterreyApr, 2016- Nov, 2024
Experience
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CRIOTEC, S.A. DE C.V
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Mexico
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Wholesale
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1 - 100 Employee
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S&OP Manager, Production Planning Manager, Warehouse Manager & Import / Export & Trade Compliance
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Jul 2018 - Present
• Reported directly to the CEO.• In charge of production plan, purchase of long lead time material, the warehouse management and Import/Export Manager in order to assurance the finish goods of the customers.• Review the forecast with the sales managers in weakly basis in order to have a better vision of the future sales, creating a Master Production Schedule according to the sales orders & the forecast, taking care of the Working Capital. (Social Communication skill)• Check the engineering changes and everything that is involved as new components, lead times of the raw material, equipment and tooling that is necessary to produce the pieces, labor, liability and capacity.• Review of the budget in order to accomplish the goals of the company.• Create and implement work systems in order to have the best supply chain management on components, work in process and finish goods. (Leadership Teamwork skill)• I take critical decisions about buying or cancelling raw materials according to the necessity of our suppliers, and the needs of the production lines, making analytic analysis of the forecast of our suppliers. (Decision Making skill)• Review in daily basis the KPI’s so we can aim the goals of the company.• Coordinated 75 people in the staff.Achievements:- Reduction of inventory (From 45 days to 12 days).- Avoid the air shipments (From $1M pesos to $100k pesos per month)- Shipping's on time (From 80% to 93%)- Reduce the production plan changes (From 20 annuals to 7)- Cost reductions on budget (5% annual)- I created a team to reduce the costs of the finish goods, and we implemented new suppliers with cost reductions ($2.5M pesos per month). (Strategic Thinking skill)- I fixed the Anexo 24 (From $125M pesos to $1M pesos of taxes). (Conflict Resolution skill) Show less
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Production Planning Manager & Warehouse Manager
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Sep 2012 - Jul 2018
• Reported to the supply chain director.• In charge of production plan, purchase of long lead time material, the warehouse management, in order to assurance the finish goods of the customers.• Review the forecast with the sales managers in weakly basis in order to have a better vision of the future sales, creating a Master Production Schedule according to the sales orders & the forecast, taking care of the Working Capital.• Check the engineering changes and everything that is involved as new components, lead times of the raw material, equipment and tooling that is necessary to produce the pieces, labor, liability and capacity.• Review of the budget in order to accomplish the goals of the company.• Create and implement work systems in order to have the best supply chain management on components, work in process and finish goods. (Leadership Teamwork skill)• Review in daily basis the KPI’s so we can aim the goals of the company.• Coordinated 75 people in the staff.Achievements:- Reduction of inventory (From 45 days to 12 days).- Avoid the air shipments (From $500k pesos to $100k pesos per month)- Shipping's on time (From 85% to 93%)- Reduce the production plan changes (From 20 annuals to 7)- Cost reductions on budget (5% annual)- I Created a team to reduce the costs of the finish goods, and we implemented new suppliers with cost reductions ($300k pesos per month). (Strategic Thinking skill) Show less
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Production Planning & Production Control Leader
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Sep 2011 - Sep 2012
• Reported to the supply chain director.• In charge of production plan & purchase of long lead time material, in order to assurance the finish goods of the customers.• Review the forecast with the sales managers in weakly basis in order to have a better vision of the future sales, creating a Master Production Schedule according to the sales orders & the forecast, taking care of the Working Capital.• Check the engineering changes and everything that is involved as new components, lead times of the raw material, equipment and tooling that is necessary to produce the pieces, labor, liability and capacity.• Review of the budget in order to accomplish the goals of the company.• Create and implement work systems in order to have the best supply chain management on components, work in process and finish goods. (Leadership Teamwork skill)• Review in daily basis the KPI’s so we can aim the goals of the company.• Coordinated 12 people in the staff.Achievements:- Avoid the air shipments (From $1M pesos to $500k pesos per month)- Shipping's on time (From 80% to 85%)- Reduce the production plan changes (From 20 annuals to 7)- Cost reductions on budget (5% annual) Show less
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MAHLE
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Germany
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Motor Vehicle Manufacturing
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700 & Above Employee
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Logistics Specialist
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Oct 2010 - Oct 2011
• In charge of Customer Service, Production Plan, Material Planner and the warehouse in order to assurance the finish goods of the customers. • Daily conference calls to the customers reviewing the fluctuation of their demands. • Review the contracts of the customers, checking all the agreements and commitments to accomplish them. • Update the MRP (SAP) with the new releases of the customers, analyzing the increases-decreases so we can avoid any capacity issue or constrain. • Check the engineering changes and everything that is involved as new components, lead times of the raw material, equipment and tooling that is necessary to produce the pieces, labor, liability and capacity. • Create a ship plan according to the windows of the customers. • Owner of the master production plan, creating plant orders to manufacturing according to our customer demands and shipments as need it. • Analyze 16 weeks demand of horizon, in order to have the weekly production plan & the weekly schedule agreements to the suppliers. • Develop the integrity of the MRP to have the 95% of trust in the system by daily cycle counts, ensuring the finish goods as the raw materials and components. • Analyze the space and dimensions of the warehouse, so we can have the necessary to keep our inventory levels on components, WIP and finish goods to not shutdown our production lines and also the customer lines. • Review in daily basis the KPI’s so we can aim the goals of the company, as sales, reduction of inventory, avoid the air shipments, shipping’s on time, reduce the production plan changes, expedite components, and the inventory turns. Having daily meetings with the staff to follow them. • Make a supplier performance on monthly basis, analyzing the shipments by month and checking if they commit our requirements, also if the materials and quantities as requested, and on time deliveries. Show less
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Praxair México
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Mexico
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Chemical Manufacturing
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1 - 100 Employee
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Material Engineer Coordinator
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Oct 2009 - Oct 2010
• Implementation and training of new MRP in different states of México. • Send and verify if supplier received the purchase orders of the equipments. • Create the Material´s requisitions. • Expedite PO´s in order to receive them according to the production plan. • Track all the PO´s • Coordinate 4 warehouses, 2 at Monterrey another one in Minatitlan, Veracruz, and the other one in Altamira, Tampico. • Coordinate 10 people in the staff. • Daily conferences with customers in order to confirm their needs and in another hand having conferences with the suppliers in order to receive the material accordingly. • Management of priorities for the department to ensure adherence to department performance metrics. • Implementation of continuous improvements to ensure the Quality. • Create the master production plan. Show less
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Electrocomponentes de México
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Chihuahua y alrededores, México
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Customer Service & Production Control
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Aug 2007 - Aug 2009
• Receive and analyze all the requirements from customers in different ways, EDI, FAX, EMAIL. • Analyze the requirements, in order to detect all the increases or decreases that the customer can have. Load the System with these requirements in order to check if we have the raw material to produce the requirements. And keep customer informed. • Make a weekly conference call with the costumers in order to review any discrepancies on the EDI’s. • Prepare work orders or purchase requests for the production or purchase of components or parts based on a master production schedule, shop load and inventory requirement. • Coordinate with production line to establish inventory reserve values and initiates actions to dispose of material as required. • Assist in establishing sequence and lead times to meet shipping dates for designed operations/product lines. • Plan production and material schedules of products utilizing the Manufacturing and Inventory Control System • Make the shipping instructions according to the customer EDI vs. Transit time. • Responsible for procurement plans meeting forecasting and inventory requirements. • Research and implement opportunities to reduce product costs and inventory investments. • Daily personal communication with the customer by email, phone calls, etc. Show less
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Jabil Circuit
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chihuahua
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Production Control Planner
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Aug 2006 - Aug 2007
• Prepares work orders or purchase requests for the production or purchase of components or parts based on a master production schedule, shop load and inventory requirement. • Coordinates with production line to establish inventory reserve values and initiates actions to dispose of material as required. • Assists in establishing sequence and lead times to meet shipping dates for designed operations/product lines. • Plan production and material schedules of products utilizing the Manufacturing and Inventory Control System • Responsible for procurement plans meeting forecasting and inventory requirements. • Research and implement opportunities to reduce product costs and inventory investments. Show less
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Education
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2012 - 2014
Universidad Tecmilenio
Master of Business Administration - MBA, In Finance -
2001 - 2006
Instituto Tecnológico de Chihuahua
Industrial Engineer, Productivity
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