Manager Plant

MANUEL E. RIVERA

**** ***** *** *** ******: 915-***-****

El Paso, Texas79912 **************@*******.***

PROFESSIONAL SUMMARY

"Delivering Advanced Expertise in International Manufacturing Operations"

Solutions-focused professional with over 30 years of progressive

manufacturing management experience combining strong operating, multi-site

management, and new plant startup expertise. Career Highlights include:

Operations Management Expertise: Managed multi-site international projects,

assignments, and operations, and built, mentored, and led teams of talented

engineers, managers, and cross-functional workforces of up to 2700. Able to

analyze performance of business operations to optimize working capital,

track and analyze costs, create and implement internal control systems, and

apply lean principles to streamline business processes.

Visionary Leader with global perspective, drive, and attitude: Understand

and comfortable in diverse business customs and cultures; a strategic hands-

on leader with superior consensus-building abilities, with a proven talent

for developing, planning, and implementing diverse corporate visions and

strategies.

A proven track record in new plant startups and product line transfers:

Have led and participated in new plant startups and product line transfers

for diverse global markets, including infrastructure design, process

development, and business integration.

Core Competencies:

P&L Management Financial Management World Class

Manufacturing

New Plant Start-ups Plant/Product Line Transfers Revenue

Optimization

Single Minute Exchange of Dies Kan Ban/JIT Manufacturing ERP

Systems/Implementation

Quality Control/Assurance Preventive Maintenance Strategies

Inventory Control

Staff Leadership/Development Market/Business Development ISO 9001

Certification

Materials Management Labor Cost Control

Cost/Benefit/Analysis

Bilingual with Articulate Fluency in English & Spanish

EDUCATION / CERTIFICATIONS

Bachelor in Business Administration (BBA)

The University of Texas at El Paso, El Paso, Texas

Six Sigma Green Belt Certification

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

SUN CIRCUITS INTERNATIONAL, INC. EMPRESAS DE MANUFACTURA (Contract

Manufacturing), Cd. Juarez, Mexico 05/2002-Present

General Manager

Serve as the Senior Operating Manager with full P&L responsibility for

the strategic planning, development, and operations management for this

contract manufacturing facility with revenues in excess of $12M.

. Led and transitioned this new full-scale plant operation through

feasibility analysis, research, strategic planning, plant layout,

permits, and development to a full scale manufacturing operation.

. Oversaw the implementation of five different manufacturing process

including metal stamping, plastic injection molding, electronic

assembly, and general electrical/mechanical assembly to fully

operational automated lines.

. Direct the scheduling of all production activities; process control,

procedural development, quality assurance, staffing, safety, resource

utilization, short and long-range planning, and all continuous

improvement activities; served as the prime interface for the facility

communicating production output commitments and schedule/production

issues to clients.

Key Achievement:

- Developed and implemented a growth strategy that led to an increase in

business revenue from $2.4M to over $12M within a 5 year period.

- Managed, developed and implemented process and quality system changes

to obtain the ISO 9001 quality management system implementation and

certification within seven months of startup.

MANUEL E. RIVERA

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PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE (Continued

ADEMCO/HONEYWELL, Cd. Juarez, Mexico

03/1998-05/2002

Vice President/General Manager

Managed the overall administration of two different assembly plants

involved in the production of a broad line of alarm and security devices

with revenues of $360M annually; oversaw all aspects of market and

business development initiatives, inventory control, safety, quality

control, customer service, and new project launches.

. Oversaw the work efforts of a cross-functional staff of over 2500 staff

members including cohesive teams of the production managers, engineers,

technicians, and operators overseeing yield of all production;

estimated worker-hour requirements for completion of all customer

orders.

. Managed the budget administration and funding activities for a yearly

budget in excess of $90M including the acceptance, disbursement, and

accounting of monies for labor, inventory, supplies, resources, raw

materials, and equipment.

Key Achievement:

- Developed, implemented, and executed comprehensive strategies and

customization requirements for the manufacturing operations including

standard operating procedures and plans to execute all supporting

operations, which led to being recognized as "Honeywell's Center of

Excellence" in electronics.

- Reduced the manufacturing cycle time from 2 days to 40 minutes by

reconfiguring the production flow lay-out and designed a continuous

production flow with a synchronous manufacturing and vertical

integration systems. As a result of the working process: 1. Inventory

was reduced by 80%, 2. Floor space was reduced, 3. The cost of

inventory and cost of money was reduced, 4. The Product quality was

improved, 5. Production output was increased by 20%, 6. Delivery time

was improved, 7. Accounts receivable was improved, 8. The

organization gained product market penetration.

Harper-Mex/Harper Wyman, Cd. Juarez, Mexico

02/1992-03/1998

Plant Manager

Managed the initial startup of this plant accountable for the assembly of

both mechanical and electrical gas and electrical range components for

worldwide customers.

. Supervised, managed, and executed key processes and business

initiatives for the plant including all engineering, quality, human

resource initiatives, finances, materials management, inventory

control, staff scheduling to support all activities, and all customer

support functions.

. Managed the work efforts of a 700 employee workforce including the

allocation of all labor hours required to maintain an efficient and

streamlined operation.

Key Achievement:

. Managed the implementation of continuous improvement activities for

production that led to a 40% decrease in customer complaints, reduced

material costs by over 35%, and the turn around strategies to bring the

organization from a struggling financial operation to an organization

with a positive cash flow during a six year period.

CONTROLES DE PRESION/JOHNSON CONTROLS, INC., Cd. Juarez, Mexico

10/1989-02/1992

Plant Manager

Challenged to renew both the pressure control cells and temperature

control operations with a workforce of over 540 staff members; managed

and directed the consolidation of the two operations, which let to total

annual sales of $44M annually.

Key Achievement:

- Implemented and directed a production cell concept, non-synchronous

manufacturing, empowerment of group leaders, and other process

improvements, which reduced the rejection rate from 20% to about 0.5%

and the overall standard hourly rate from $18.00 to $9.00 per hour.

CONTROLES TEMEX/ROBERT SHAW CONTROLS, Laredo/Mexicali, Mexico

06/1985-09/1989

Plant Manager

Worked through a series of leadership roles based on the strong

demonstrated capacity to handle and coordinate new facility startups,

transfer projects, and initiatives to improve organizational capability.

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