Plant Manager

• Nov 2022 - Present

Chief Operating Officer/Director of Operations

• Sep 2021 - Sep 2022

➤ Held full P&L responsibility for $40M in operating revenue with oversight of North America business operations.➤ Focused on organizational and leadership growth and developed/implemented a Value Stream Management Approach.➤ Restructured executive staff to capitalize on talent/skills and created a new Manufacturing Engineering Department.➤ Refocused operations by removing departmental focus and proved a one-team mentality supported by a new set of KPIs.➤ Established safety as the organization's top priority and led digitalization efforts in Manufacturing for Training.➤ Led 8 direct reports including Vice Presidents of HR, Sales, Supply Chain, Finance, and 4 operations managers.

Operations Manager

• Nov 2020 - Aug 2021

➤ Led 6 direct reports with 25 employees in 1-shift operations with full P&L responsibility for $36M in annual revenue.➤ Focused on KPI attainment, organizational development as well as coaching, mentoring, and developing a training plan.➤ Improved production flow by creating and negotiating stocking programs with key vendors to ensure material delivery.➤ Managed 2 buyers, 1 production supervisor, 1 scheduler, 1 warehouse attendee, and 1 EH&S/maintenance supervisor.➤ Implemented Quick Books for inventory control and project cost control as well as researched CapEx opportunities.➤ Analyzed critical business requirements, monitored and managed budgets, oversaw cost controls, and forecasted sales.

Operations and Supply Chain Manager

• Jul 2018 - Nov 2020

➤ Led 100 employees on 3-shift operations while managing a $40M P&L and leading EH&S efforts to promote safety.➤ Directed high-impact organizational changes by aligning resources and responsibilities by associated value streams.➤ Provided a strong focus on Visual Management and Lean efforts applying Saint-Gobain's WCM methodology.➤ Oversaw and drove internal/external quality to achieve significant improvements on quality complaint response time.➤ Managed CapEx for capacity increase, equipment replacement, and digitalization.➤ Led 10 direct reports as well as proactively planned staffing and resources for day-to-day operations to meet needs.➤ Monitored logistics process by reviewing weekly status or performance results with team leaders and stakeholders.➤ Managed 2 quality engineers, 1 EH&S/WCM specialist, 2 maintenance techs, 5vvalue stream leaders, and 2 planners.➤ Successfully implemented M4.0 initiative in one full production line and led the project from concept to final execution.

Plant Manager / Operations Manager

• Jun 2008 - Jul 2018

➤ Successfully led a 200-employee start-up operation across warehousing, planning, machining, assembly, and shipping.➤ Played a key role on new ORACLE MRP implementation and implemented a revised facility layout to promote flow.➤ Developed and implemented a completely different set of lean operational metrics to meet/exceed financial goals.➤ Invested $500K in warehouse automation that reduced average picking time from 5 minutes to 30 seconds.➤ Upgraded technology and process to cut tubes that reduced labor requirements by 20% and well reducing WIP by 30%.➤ Reduced payroll costs year over year through streamlining and refining practices and eliminating redundancies/waste.➤ Managed the warehouse team to deliver on performance goals while providing accurate, careful handling of deliveries.➤ Performed administrative duties including reporting, monitoring KPIs, analyzing inventory, and reviewing P&Ls.

Previous Work History

• 1998 - 2008

➤ OpEx Manager – Covidien, Tijuana, MX – 2003 to 2008➤ Manufacturing Engineer – BD Medical Systems – 1998 to 2003 ➤ OpEx Manager – Covidien, Tijuana, MX – 2003 to 2008➤ Manufacturing Engineer – BD Medical Systems – 1998 to 2003