Manager Supply Chain

Gustavo Adolfo Alvarenga Alvarenga

Pasaje Monta a de los Halcones #4, Sierra de Santa Elena, Antiguo

Cuscatl n, La Libertad El Salvador, C.A

Mob: 503-********, Ph: 503-********, Wrk 503-********, SKYPE: galvarenga3,

email: ************@*****.***

Operations Manager with over 20 years of comprehensive experience in

Project Management, Plant Management, Operations, Logistics and Supply

Chain Management with Lean Manufacturing and Six Sigma Methods to

positively impact a company's bottom-line performance.

Expertise in Manufacturing / Operations / Logistics & Supply Chain

Management / Warehouse 3PL concept / Six Sigma Continuous improvement.

US Citizen - Fluent English and Spanish.

Profile overview

A skilled communicator with exceptional skills and abilities in forging

business partnerships in global markets, leading cross-functional teams and

establishing beneficial relationships with key players in the industry

across the Globe.

Working with all levels, from the operational bottoms to the highest levels

of management within the organizations worked for, including board of

directors, consultants, vendors, clients, as well as outside institutions

such as banks and government agencies. I have worked alongside with

consultants, vendors and contractors from different regions such as USA,

Latin America, Canada, Germany, Denmark, Switzerland, as well as closely

interacting with Germans from having a German Wife.

Industry experience includes hospitality, commercial aircraft maintenance,

cement manufacturing, and full package apparel service manufacturing.

Experience working with different ERP and WSM platforms; as well as design

and implementation of in house parallel systems to optimize operations.

Logistics and Supply Chain

I have developed structures and personnel to work as a team in complex,

multi client, high volume, fast pace environments. With demand for details,

sense of urgency objectives, as well as solution and customer service

orientation; including introduction and application of Six Sigma & Lean

Manufacturing principles (details below). Designing and setting up

warehouses and distribution centers, and linking departments and operations

to drive an effective end to end work flow. Managing procurement and

sourcing activities from different regions such as India, Asia, North,

Central, and South America.

Aircraft Maintenance

Project Management responsibility during an expansion project for American

Airlines at tis its maintenance plant in Tulsa Oklahoma supporting the

Power Plant division maintaining landing gears as well as General Electric

and Pratt & Whitney engines,

Manufacturing

During a cement manufacturing project in El Salvador for HOLCIM, LTD, among

my responsibilities, was the coordination of shipping in equipment and

supplies from different countries and manufacturing facilities, including

introduction to the country managing its importing process in a way to

minimize the financial impact in taxes. Within manufacturing I have ensured

the end to end logistics integration with external and internal clients, as

well as vendors and service providers. Importing raw materials as well as

capital equipments from different vendors and countries; exporting finished

goods to customers' specifications and locations, as well as coordinating

with local vendors and service providers to ensure production needs.

Establishing New Operations

As a manager I have worked closely in developing organizations,

establishing process and procedures, as well as mentoring employees towards

changes in working culture. With HOLCIM, LTD participated on a union

decertification process working with ex employees into becoming legal

companies as to offer their services as outsourced contractors. I was one

of the initial members working for American Airlines at its Tulsa Oklahoma

maintenance base introducing what eventually became an extremely successful

employee suggestion program, The IdeAAs in Action Program.

Lean Manufacturing and Six Sigma

As part of establishing organizations, process and procedures I have

introduced best practices such as Six Sigma and Lean Manufacturing

principles even within companies that are not certified; turning

organizations from being part of the problem, into part of the solution.

Gaining credibility, among other things, because of its solution and

service attitude, efficiency, and traceability of the information it

generates and provides. Couching, mentoring, and following up on procedures

as to see an effective end to end work flow.

In regards to working with indicators and controls, I have extensively

worked in developing these tools and selling the acceptance of their use to

evaluate performance, and identifying gaps and opportunities for

improvement and motivation.

Budgetary Scope

Within Project Management, as Project Engineer, For American Airlines at

its Tulsa Oklahoma maintenance plant, managed over US$20 million capital

expense budget. For HOLCIM, LTD in El Salvador, as project division

Administrative Manager, managed US$85 million project for a new automated

state of the art cement plant facility, as well as over US$15 million worth

of complementary projects. For Confecciones del Valle in El Salvador, as

Operations and Logistics Manager, I manage procurements of over $US25

million purchases of raw materials, capital expenses, machine parts, and

supplies.

Areas of Expertise

. Project Management

. Strategic Planning

. Plant management

. Logistics Management

. Supply chain Management

. Local & International Procurement - Export/ Import

. Warehouse Management

. Inventory Control

. Production Planning

. Quality Assurance

. Customer Satisfaction

. Organizational Development

. Lean Manufacturing

. Cost Control

. Product Development

Key Achievements

. Lead the structuring process for the Post Production operations at

TEXTILES LA PAZ (FUN TEES INC). Centralizing Screen Print, Packing,

warehouse, Distribution Center, Outsourced production, Import and Export.

Linking Production and Post Production planning.

. Helped strategize the outsourcing for HOLCIM, LTD of everything not

strategically required to keep in house. Coordinated and negotiated

consignment and maintenance contract allocations for manufacturing

plants. Generating important savings by implementing consignment

contracts on non-strategic inventories. Assisted ex union and non union

employees establishing legal companies to become corporate contractors.

. Designed and set up for Confecciones del Valle a warehouse with 5,700

cubic meters of racks in a 5,000 square meter (aprox 60,000 square feet)

building managing over 50,000 active SKU s. Operating as a 3PL to support

6 plants, centralizing planning, procurement, inventory management and

distribution among manufacturing plants. Implemented consignment

contracts with vendors to reduce costs of machine parts and raw material

supplies by US$200,000. Improved raw material turnaround times and space

efficiencies. Procurement and sourcing from regions such as India, Asian

Countries, North, Central, and South America.

Career Snapshot

Confecciones Del Valle, S.A de C.V., El Salvador Nov. 2003 - Present

Operations & Logistics Manager

Key Profile

. Managing a department comprising of 40 employees

. Played a key role in building a full package manufacturing service

operation from 25% of the production of one manufacturing plant in 2003

to 100% of the production in 5 plants and 25% of an additional plant.

Managing for 1 years one of its sewing production plants, including

cutting, parallel to centralizing warehouses, procurement, personnel, and

establishing process and procedures to operate as a 3PL to support the

different manufacturing plants.

. Procurement and track deliveries of fabrics and trims based on planning

for various programs. Procurement, sourcing, and importing from regions

such as India, Asia, North, Central, and South America.

. Procurement of over US$25 million worth of annual purchases plus capital

expenditures. Warehouse and inventory management. Preparation and

distribution of trims, fabrics, machine parts and supplies among 6 plants

and outsourced contractors according to shipping dates, availability, and

production plant capabilities.

. Cutting and Production planning, including outsourced contractors'.

. Managing storage of machines and other equipment not in use. Maintenance

of an auto and fork lift fleet.

. Reporting to Accounting, Plant Managers, and commercial managers

responsible for the different programs.

. Coordinating logistics, storage and shipping of finished blanks for a

"Quick Response" program involving screen print and packing in

coordination with client's specs.

. Lead the implementation of an ERP system under a NGC Platform. Designed

and implemented an in house WSM system to improve operations.

. Introduced best practices such as Six Sigma and Lean Manufacturing

principles turning the organization from being part of the problem, into

part of the solution. Gaining credibility, among other things, because of

its solution and service attitude, efficiency, and traceability of the

information. Couching, mentoring, and following up on procedures as to

see an effective end to end work flow.

Textiles La Paz, LLC De El Salvador, 2001 - 2003

Offshore subsidiary of Fun Tees, Inc. of North Carolina.

Key Profile as Post Production Manager, 2002 - 2003

. Managed 127 plus employees within a 15,000 square meter facility (aprox

150,000 square feet).

. Structured the Post Production Department centralizing all post-

production operations such as Import and Export, coordination of airline

cargo and shipping line services, Screen Print, Packing, Distribution

Center, Raw Material Warehouse, and coordination of outsourced

production, such as embroidery and washing.

. Managed warehousing, and distribution of imported raw materials and

supplies including administration and distribution of cut fabric, as well

as packing and production accessories based on planning. Including a

distribution Center to ship to our client's locations according to

established packing instructions, tech backs, packing lists, and all

advance shipping notices (ASN).

. Started a packing operation from an initial 3,000 dozens packed finished

goods shipped/week and ramped up to 24,000 dozens pfg/week.

. Started a planning department overseeing post-production operations in

conjunction with sewing production planning. Working with IT to develop

and implement an efficient system to manage an effective end to end work

flow.

Key Profile as Administrative & Financial Manager, 2001 - 2002

. Headed a department comprising of 35-employees

. Directed accounting, fiscal, and financial activities including financial

reports to the US main office, contact with external auditors,

administration of cash flow, and payroll.

. Managed Production Control and Payroll processing daily production data

for production reports as well as direct and indirect payroll. Lead

implementation of a new payroll processing system.

. Managed procurement and warehousing of machine parts and supplies for

maintenance, production, and offices.

. Managed an IT department supporting systems programming requirements as

well as programming and hardware maintenance.

. Managed transportation services for all departments except transportation

for the labor force within nearby towns.

. Managed an employee store, as well as an employee coffee shop offering 3

daily meals plus break snacks 7 days of the week.

. Monitored customer-factory compliance from clients' requirements;

including environmental certification for the screen print operation.

Cemento De El Salvador, S.A. de C.V., El Salvador 1997 -

2001

Offshore subsidiary of HOLCIM LTD.

Corporate Service Contract Administrator, 2000 - 2001

Result of an automated new plant, retro-fit of an old cement plant,

implementation of a SAP platform, and decertification of the union;

helped strategize the outsourcing of everything not strategically

required to keep in-house.

. Coordinated contract allocations with manufacturing plants.

. Maintained current activities and contractors catalog.

. Coordinated contracts' payment datelines and conditions with Finance.

. Followed up on contracts/contractors compliance with policies and

procedures.

. Assisted ex-union and non-union employees establishing companies

that, in turned, became new corporate contractors.

. Participated in the module development and implementation of a SAP

platform and implemented procedures to outsource contracts under a SAP

conditions.

. Negotiated consignment contracts on non-strategic inventories;

eliminating stockpiling of supplies, as well as maintenance inventories,

except for strategic spare parts. Generating important savings and

efficiencies on inventory management.

. Contributed to the company's culture change; result of boosted

productivity and a reduction in workforce of around 70%.

Corporate Project Division Administrative Manager, 1997 - 2000

Administered US$85 million project for a state of art new automated cement

plant facility, and managed over US$15 million in complementary projects.

. Reported to upper management, Board of Directors, and the World Bank.

. Managed investment and expense budgets.

. Negotiated and closed contracts, including the turn key contract for the

new facility as well as the different contracts for the complementary

projects.

. Monitored contractor payments based on contract advances.

. Working with consultants and Engineering managed the complementary

projects including procurement as well as construction and or

installation' contracts.

. Compliance on vendors and manufacturing facilities from different

countries, as well as coordination of shipping, import and receiving of

machinery and equipment, including all customs import requirements.

. Working alongside with consultants and contractors from USA, Canada,

M xico, Switzerland, Germany and Demark.

. Administered documentation and technical archives.

American Airlines, Tulsa, OK, USA 1989 - 1995

Industrial Engineer (Project Engineer) 1991 - 1995

. Coordinated projects and supported overhaul shops for the Power Plant

division maintaining landing gears and General Electric (GE) and Pratt &

Whitney (P&W) engines.

. Performed make or buy and ROI analysis, as well as equipment utilization

studies.

. Developed and coordinated onsite service contracts for construction

projects, as well as maintenance and installation of equipment.

. Managed a capital expense budget for the procurement and maintenance of

tooling, industrial facilities, and equipment ranging from manual to

fully automated. Managing over US$20 million worth of capital expense

projects.

. Developed and implemented production process studies to control costs and

achieve productivity improvements.

. Actively involved in the day to day shops' operations and decision

making. Working closely with shop personnel, planners, Safety, Quality

Assurance, Engineering, Production Managers, and the different technical,

administrative, and financial departments.

Suggestion Department Analyst (ideas in action), 1989 - 1991

Analyzed suggestions pertaining to aircraft maintenance and engine

overhaul. Including extensive research, return on investment and budget

impact, as well as to secure implementation of the suggestion when

technically and financially feasible. Communicating decisions to the

affected parties

Education

. B.S., Industrial & Systems Engineering, Florida International University,

Miami, FL, 1988

. A.A., Miami Dade Community College, Miami, FL, 1984

. High School Diploma, Physics & Mathematics, Externado de San Jos , San

Salvador, El Salvador, 1980.

Diploma

. Logistics, Operations & Supply Chain Management, Latin American Logistic

Center & Georgetown University, 2008

Specialized courses

. Administration of the Demand from Planning, Reverse Logistics.

. Worldwide Responsible Accredited Production (WRAP).

. Simulation for the industries of Logistics and manufacturing.

. Lean Supply Chain Management.

Personal Details

. Languages: English and Spanish

. Citizenship: United States of America.

. Willing to relocate, learn, and travel.

. In regards to relocation, available 3 to 4 weeks from hired.

. CAFTA experience.

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