Gerente de Planta | Plant Manager

• Aug 2017 - Present

Operations Manager & SEC

• Aug 2009 - Oct 2016

Main responsibility is to provide overall leadership, direction and management for all aspects of the manufacturing operations, with responsibilities over the areas of Manufacturing, Production Planning & Scheduling, Local Purchasing, Quality, Logistics, EHS and Process Engineering.Reporting to Operations Director and working with Finance, Sales and Supply Chain Teams, as well as corporate customers and Government Agencies (AFIP / DGA - OPDS - SAyDS - RENPRE). Managing plant resources to achieve operation goals & objectives:- Performance Indicators (KPI's).- Corporate Reports (US & France).- Managing several program related to Operational Excellence: Housekeeping, 5S, Process & Quality Improvement, BMP, QMS and 6BOX.- Productivity improvement programs.- Lead QMS & Lean Six Sigma projects- Operations Budget and Structural Cost to achieve EBITDA goal.- Local Procurement Management & RM’s Temporary Import System.- Responsible for EHS Management System in all issues related to Environment.- Quality System ISO 9001: responsible for demonstrating evidence of system compliance during external, internal and customer audits. Show less

Quality & EHS Manager

• Jan 2007 - Aug 2009

Main responsibility was to provide overall leadership, and management for all aspects of the Quality Management Systems and EHS Management System (Environmental, Health & Safety). Reporting to Operations Director and with dot line to Quality and EHS Corporate Departments in USA.- Primary contact for Quality Assurance in Argentina.- Managing resources, to achieve Quality & EHS goals and objectives- Managing and implementation of Quality Management System.- Work with Operations to identify opportunities for improvement and reduction costs of non-quality.- Quality KPI’s: CIO´s, FTR, SIO´s, NCMR, OTIF, Quality Index, etc.- Lead QMS & Lean Six Sigma projects- Managing and implementation of EHS Management System.- EHS KPI’s: LTI, LTIF, TRIF, incident reports, waste & energy indicators, etc.- Managing and Implementation of EHS programs: 4S, SBO, 5S Housekeeping, 6BOX.- As Quality & EHS Manager held main responsibility for proving systems compliance during external, internal and customer audits. Show less

Planning & Quality Supervisor

• Mar 2005 - Jan 2007

Main responsibility was to provide overall leadership and supervision for all aspects of Quality Management Systems and Production scheduling. Reporting to Production Manager and with dot line to Quality Corporate Department in USA.As a Production Planner, I was responsible for working with Customer Service, Supply Chain and Sales teams in order to meet Customers needs. - Optimaze Plant Production Schedules.- Production KPI’s.- Inventory KPI’s, Inventory Accuracy, sleeping Inventory, OTIF, Inventory Turns.- Quality Assurance.- Managing and implementation of Quality Management System.- Quality KPI’s: CIO, FTR, SIO, NCMR, OTIF, etc.- As Quality Supervisor I was responsible for proving systems compliance during external, internal and customer audits. Show less

Consulting & Teaching

• Jan 2002 - Mar 2005

- Management Consulting to small business, providing tool to improve productivity, process performance, internal control process, and defining goal, objectives and KPI's (performance indicators). - Teaching: college and high school students. - Management Consulting to small business, providing tool to improve productivity, process performance, internal control process, and defining goal, objectives and KPI's (performance indicators). - Teaching: college and high school students.

Production & Maintenance Operations Leader

• Mar 1992 - Jun 2001

Main responsibility was to provide overall leadership and management for all aspects of the manufacturing operation, with responsibilities over the areas of Production and Maintenance. Reporting to Plant Manager, and working with Quality, Sales, Marketing and Supply Chain Teams.- Managing plant resources to achieve production goals and objectives.- Performance Indicators (KPI's).- Managing several program related to TPM, GMP, 5S, TQM, Continuous Improvement.- Productivity Improvement Programs. Show less

Mechanical Technician

• Jan 1990 - Mar 1992

Mechanical Technician, responsible for maintenance activities in two plants (food manufacturing).- Preventive Maintenance Program- Corrective maintenance.- Building and Installation of new equipments.