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Lauro A. Cruz Matos

OBJECTIVE:

To serve as a leader for a mid to large Manufacturing company, where

I can lead a team to achieve upper management's projected goals. I will

maximize productivity; minimize expenses, maintaining Quality, Organization

Stability and Safety, while promoting team work and team spirit. Establish

direction to achieve business growth, and defining resources needed to

attain the desired goal.

SUMMARY:

. BS in Business Administration with 30 years of professional experience

in Cosmetic industry.

. 25+ Years of Production Management/Supervision experience. Supervised

up to 125 manufacturing personnel including managers, supervisors over

3 shift operations.

. Handled all aspects of production management, including accountability

and reporting, resource planning/scheduling, department budgeting,

cross-functional team management, performance reviews, safety

compliance, production goal settings for teams, etc.

. Experience with various production equipments including liquid bulk

compounding, batching, mixing, blending, liquid filling, and

packaging.

. Experience with Automated Systems using PLC.

. Excellent team player. Work well with union trades people, engineering

and management.

. Bilingual English/Spanish.

. Open to relocate within the USA.

Experience

(3rd Shift) Production Manager for Cosmetic Essence Innovations, NJ.

January 2014 to September 2014

2 years 3 months with the same company at 2 locations

Responsible for running the 3rd shift day-to-day operation of a production

floor consisting of 14 production filling lines, with fluctuating

capacities from 25 units/minute to 70 units/minute, depending of product

structure and complexity. 3rd shift fluctuates from 4 to 8 lines; 45 to 90

employees, depending of production schedule. Presently have 7 line

Supervisors and a Production Floor Supervisor. Also responsible for

Mechanics (4), Compounding (2), Warehouse (3) and Building Maintenance (2)

personnel, during the 3rd shift.

(2nd Shift) Production Manager for Cosmetic Essence Innovations, VA June

2012 to Jan 2014

Started as a consultant for 8 months, then converted to permanent position

due to superior performance..

From June 2012 through the end of the peak season, I was the 2nd Shift

Manager for the Assembly Department at the Salem plant. The 2012 the peak

season for the Assembly Dept (July-Sept), had a 10% increase in volume

compared to the previous year, with less labor and time consumed. At the

end of peak season (mid Sept), I was reassigned to the Plantation plant

where I took over as 2nd shift Manager RF Dept. (radio Frequency sealing),

Ceramide Dept. (serum beads assembly lines), Thermal (Plastic tray

forming). I was then reassigned and took over the responsibility for the

day to day operation of the 2nd shift Fill Pack Dept, from April 2013 to

Jan 2nd.

Director of Operations for CHEMAID LAB INC. NJ July

2003 to June 2011

8 years with the same company. Started as production manager and promoted

to Director Position within 6 months, due to excellent performance.

Owner sold company to investment firm, which eventually reorganized the

operations. I was laid off with many other people.

Responsible for the day to day operation of a workforce of over 125

employees, with the assistance of a staff of 3 Managers and 4 Supervisors

over filling area, bulk liquid manufacturing and warehouse

Insure that cGMPs where being followed, and insure maximum level of

quality and safety was maintained. Review and update SOP's as well as

writing new SOPs and Work Instructions.

Under my leadership, the company grew from about 60 employees - one shift,

to more than 130 employees - two shifts, and attaining the company's

largest gross sales, recorded during 2010.

The warehouse went from no location system and only floor locations by

customers (about 1,900 pallets), to a fully computerized WMS system, with

over 10,000 pallet locations.

Production Manager for INTERCOS, AMERICA, NY November

2000 to July 2003

Responsible for day-to-day Planning and coordination of the Manufacturing

and Production Departments, while insuring on time delivery of high quality

finish goods. This assignment was a startup. Intercos America was

originally a joint venture with CEI-Ridgefield. They parted ways from CEI

and open their own operation on Nov/2000.

They hired me to help develop and maintain the new facility, which started

with about 20 employees. The company continued its growth which by my

departure, grew to nearly 125 employees / two shifts operation.

12/83 to 11/2000: PRODUCTION SUPERVISOR FOR FRAGRANCES, CHANEL, INC.

. 1983 to 1997: Production Manager for Chanel's Puerto Rico plant.

. 1997 to 1998: Supervisor for Pick Pack at Chanel's Piscataway NJ plant,

supervising 15 to 20 pickers on a semi automatic RF pick pack line.

. 1998 to 2000: Production Supervisor at Chanel's Piscataway NJ plant

with 40 t0 60 line workers.

Education

Universidad del Turabo, Gurabo, PR.

Bachelors in Business Administration, major in Accounting. Graduated

Magna Cum Laude

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