Experience

GRUPO IMPERIAL TEXTIL

• Guatemala
• Retail Apparel and Fashion
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Dyeing Technical Manager

  • May 2018 - Present



Gildan

• Canada
• Textile Manufacturing
• 700 & Above Employee

• Dyehouse Technical Manager

  • Aug 2016 - Apr 2018

  1,400,000 lbs fabric weekly production.33, 2000 lbs Exhaustion machines (Thies)Cotton/Polyester/Blends/Viscose and acetate rayon.Tubular. In my charge: 27 people1 Dyeing Technical Coordinator. -11 Supervisors1 Finishing Technical Coordinator. -4 Supervisors1 Dyestuff and Chemical Inventory Coordinator. -4 forklift drivers1 Automated Systems Coordinator. -4 Dyestuff Weighers -Dyeing and Finishing Reprocess analysis and action plans support.-Dyeing process analysis to reduce batch run times.-Dyeing recipes analysis to reduce costs and strengthen the process.-Downtime/alarms/efficiency analysis to increase the productivity.-Dyeing and finishing Troubleshooting.-Dyestuff and Chemical inventory analysis.-Recipe costs analysis and reduction.-Water consumption and reduction.-Steam consumption and reduction.-Energy consumption and reduction.-Saving projects > 2M$-Improvement projects.

• Dyehouse Technical Chief

  • Oct 2015 - Jul 2016

  1,400,000 lbs fabric weekly production.33, 2000 lbs Exhaustion machines (Thies)Cotton/Polyester/Blends/Viscose and acetate rayon.Tubular. In my charge: 17 People-1 Dyeing Coordinator.-1 Finishing Coordinator.-4 OrgaTEX Supervisors (Dyeing planning System)-8 Dyeing & Finishing Process Supervisors (pH, Water Analysis, Machine parameters, Troubleshooting, Dyestuff analysis, pick up, SOP, Weight, CPI, WPI, chemical analysis, color analysis, etc.)-2 Development supervisors (Color development, following color/fabric performance in each process, color fastness)-Machinery Supervisor (SOP, valves leaks, motors, pumps, predictive maintenance). -Reprocess percentage analysis and action plans to reduce it.-Inspection and analysis quality troubled batches.-New products and colors development.-SOP compliance.-Operation procedures/Technical specifications.-Color adjustment based on Spectrophotometer readings.-OrgaTEX Dyeing planning system management.-Dyeing process setting (Cotton, Polyester, blends, rayon)-Turns per day, downtime, production and dyeing efficiency.-Process Optimization.-RFT/AQL monitoring and action plans.-60% time on the dyeing production floor.

• Dyeing Technical Coordinator

  • Jun 2013 - Oct 2015

  1,400,000 lbs fabric weekly production.33, 2000 lbs Exhaustion machines (Thies)Cotton/Polyester/Blends/Viscose and acetate rayon.Tubular. In my charge: 11 People-4 OrgaTEX Supervisors (Dyeing planning System)-4 Process Supervisors (pH, Water Analysis, Machine parameters, Troubleshooting, Dyestuff analysis, chemical analysis, color analysis, etc.)-2 Development supervisors (Color development, following color/fabric performance in each process, color fastness)-Machinery Supervisor (SOP, valves leaks, motors, pumps, predictive maintenance). -Reprocess percentage analysis and action plans to reduce it.-Inspection and analysis quality troubled batches.-New products and colors development.-SOP compliance.-Operation procedures/Technical specifications.-Color adjustment based on Spectrophotometer readings.-OrgaTEX Dyeing planning system management.-Dyeing process setting (Cotton, Polyester, blends, rayon)-Turns per day, downtime, production and dyeing efficiency.-Process Optimization.-RFT/AQL monitoring and action plans.-80% time on the dyeing production floor. In this position I was trained:-Dyeing Machines Operation (4 months as Operator)-Color development laboratory (DataColor Match, Dyestuff performance, chemical performance, Dyeing Process Curves)-OrgaTEX Dyeing Management System training.-ColorService automatic chemical and dyestuff dispensing system.-Start and ramp up a new dyeing facility in Honduras.-33 exhaust machine commissioning.-1 Automatic dispensing dyestuff and chemical system commissioning.

• Quality Data Analyst

  • Jun 2011 - Jun 2013

  1. Quality KPIs monitoring: -Circular Knitting/Dyeing and finishing process audits. -Circular Knitting Inspection frames. -Circular Knitting /Dyeing and finishing AQL/RFT (By operator, machine, shift, etc.) -Spectrophotometer color trends (DataColor). -Database creation to do statistical analysis. -Working Loss. -Shrinkage/Weight/Skewness/CPI/WPI fabric performance analysis. -Capability analysis. In the interim, fill vacancies in the fabric physical testing laboratory, Knitting area, Cutting area.In this position I was trained:-Advanced MS Excel.-Advanced MS Access. -Minitab Statistical analysis.-Black Belt Six Sigma.