Manager Plant

? Innovative Thinking ? Results Driven ? Expert in Business Development in

Global Environments ? Bi-cultural

? Bilingual ? Excellent Customer Management Skills ? Strong Lean Six Sigma

Acumen

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Passionate about success; firm believer in operational excellence

through effective lean six sigma culture deployment, making it a way

of doing business; expert in turning plants/operations back to

profitability; innovating thinking to create cost-efficient business

operations; resourceful decision-maker that combines effective

leadership & organizational skills with the ability to direct high-

level business affairs; highly knowledgeable in best practices;

skilful at formulating and implementing policies and procedures to

streamline business cycle, reduce cost, improve productivity, and

increase profitability; detailed oriented; results driven; self-

motivated; deep mathematical knowledge and pragmatically applied to

create models that help improving processes performance in a

sustainable fashion; more than 12 years experience in U.S. and Mexico

world class manufacturing and business development environments

(specific experience in North America, Latin America & Eastern Asia);

dealing with people from diverse cultures and nationalities; excellent

Customer Management Skills; fluent in English and Spanish.

Master in Engineering ? Universidad Pan-Americana,

Guadalajara, MX (2008)

Master Business Administration ? ITESM College, Guadalajara,

MX (2001)

Bachelor of Science Industrial Engineering ? ITESO College,

Guadalajara, MX (1998)

Six Sigma Black Belt Certified ? Lean Six Sigma Institute

(2009)

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

2009 - Present Viasystems Technologies LTD

(An US$1 Billion contract manufacturer/integrated electronics

manufacturing services worldwide)

General Manager EMS Americas JZ & El Paso

2009 - Present

El Paso, TX (Distribution Center) & Cd. Juarez (EMS PLant)

Key functions

Direct and coordinate, through subordinate managers, all

operational activities in an Electronic Manufacturing Services

(EMS) assembly, integration and metal fabrication manufacturing

establishment, including full P&L responsibility for the

Facility's EBITDA.

Reports to the President/COO; responsible for the overall

management of the organization with regard to policies,

practices, and attainment of operating goals, including quality,

costs, productivity, and on-time delivery; manages the operating

activities of a variety of functional departments.

Major accomplishments

Turnaround the financial and operational performance

Double sales in 10 months (from 35M run rate annum ratio to

+75M)

Every single metric in the three measured areas (Customer

Satisfaction. Profit & Risk Management) turned to a positive

trend (among some others, sales by employee went from 7K to 18K,

gross profit margin from -5.5% to +10.5%, EBITDA from -7.5% to

4.5%, Inventory Turns from 2.9 to 7.1, OTD to Promise from 62%

to 97%, OTD to Request from 45% to 89%,Turnover from 5% per

month to 1.5%, labor efficiency from 49% to 79%, equipment

downtime rate from 5% to 0.5%, scrap rate from 1.75% to 0.55%)

Implemented the culture of Lean Six Sigma as a way of doing

business; drive cost down (eliminating any type of waste in the

processes, both, administrative and manufacturing); and reduce

process variability to improve quality

Create a self-directed team to continue leading the plant and

consolidating the transformation

1998 - 2009 SANMINA-SCI Corporation

(An US$8 Billion contract manufacturer/integrated electronics

manufacturing services worldwide)

Business Director Enclosures Mexico

2008 - Present

SES Plant 4 - Mexican Silicon Valley - Guadalajara, MX

Key functions

Direct interface with the customers; regular contact to

effectively communicate with them to close deals; and address

their concerns with root cause analysis and action focus.

Business strategy owner to reach corporate' growth and profit

expectations (10% in sales and 5% in standard gross profit

margin per year) & Sales forecast and financial projection owner

Business Terms and Conditions approver and new business

qualification leader

Lead the program management and the quoting and estimation teams

Major accomplishments

Led the Plant to profitability (Actual SGPM Q1FY09 2.5% SGPM vs.

-6.5% average in FY08)

Top line improvement of 15% during FY08, going from US$52M FY07

to 60M

Customer base diversification, introduced for the first time

ever in Enclosures Mexican Operation, with new customers in the

Transportation; Alternate Energy; and Infrastructure Industries

Zero customer escalations

Leaded the Plant's certification in D3K; since for the first

time ever the plant was certified (D3K: Best Corporate Business

Practices)

Retained the IBM Business (worth US$15M+) throughout a solid

value added proposition with an effective global pricing

strategy execution

Excess and Obsolete Inventory reduction of 55% from US$1.8M to

less than US$800K in FY08

Zero A/R Past Due above 60 days in FY08

Evolved the Enclosures Mexico Business Team from a junior

experienced and motivated group of individuals to a more

sophisticated, business savvy & seasoned Program Management

professional team

General Manager Electronic Plant

2005 - 2007

EMS Plant 3 Mexican Silicon Valley - Guadalajara, MX

Key functions

Lead the operation of a multi-million manufacturing electronic

plant with annual revenues of +US$400M; over 3,500 people; and

16 customers; P&L owner

Major accomplishments

Created a result driven management team which allowed the plant

to stop continuous financial losses and reverted quality and

productivity negative trends

Led the plant ISO TL13485 Certification Program (2005) &

Introduced first medical customers to the Mexican EMS Division

(Philips) representing 10% of the plant business portfolio in

FY05, and 25% in FY06

Effectively implemented the first truly high mix very low volume

Global Account Manager

2004 - 2005

Long Island, NY, 11949

Key functions

Define business plans to reach higher revenue levels across

Sanmina-SCI Corporation with specific focus in Latin America

(Mexico & Brazil) and the Far East (Singapore & China)

Vertically integrate the company divisions and capitalize this

in higher revenues

Develop trustful and long term business partnerships in a global

environment

Major accomplishments

Top line improvement of 240% in a record time of 12 months, the

income through revenue grew up from US$25M to US$85M+ per Annum

Full vertical integration of the Symbol project, it started with

PCB & PCBA, and after 12 months, Sanmina-SCI was selling

Enclosures; Cables; and Engineering Services

Most profitable accounts in the Plants

Global manufacturing footprint design and execution, we launched

products in Mexico and China

Business Unit Manager Electronic Plant

2002 - 2004

EMS Plant 1 - Mexican Silicon Valley - Guadalajara, MX

Key functions

Management of a 100 million dollars Business Unit in a World

Class manufacturing operation

Finance Indexes Management & P&L Projection

Resources requirement planning to achieve customer goals and at

the same time, financial and operative Plant objectives

Quotes elaboration and account receivables and payables control

Major accomplishments

Reached the highest profit levels at the plant with my projects

12%+ SGPM

Highest ROI and Asset velocity in my projects (Inventory Turns

8.5, DOS 15, Past Due A/R less than 5%)

Highest Customer Satisfaction Index at the Plant, 99% vs. 82%

Plant Average

Program Manager Electronic Plant

1998- 2002

EMS Plant 1 - Mexican Silicon Valley - Guadalajara, MX

Key functions

Management of a 60 million dollars Project in a World Class

manufacturing operation;

Attend daily meetings with Marketing, Production, Materials, and

Manufacturing Managers and supervisors to evaluate project

performance and develop alternatives to resolve critical

situations

Quotes, Excess, PPV's & Inventory Revaluation management

Major accomplishments

Defined the bases to effectively and profitable managed High mix

Low Volume Projects across EMS MX

Best in Cost Management Award due to outstanding results &

launched cost savings

Successful introduction of over 120 NPI's during 2000 and 2001

PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT & ORGANIZATIONS

Kaizen training; TQM training; Executive Leadership; Professional

Negotiation Skills; Purchasing Management; Project Management; Theory

of Constraints. Member of Society of Hispanic Professional Engineers

and Society of Industrial Engineers

ADDITIONAL INFORMATION

Recent Training & Certifications

. Helping Individuals Lead Successfully (HILS) Staub

Institute (2010)

. Six Sigma Black Belt Certified - Lean Six Sigma Institute

(2009)

. Problem Solving and Decision Making-Kepner Tregoe - Sanmina-

SCI, NY, 2005

. Guest speaker at International Industrial Engineering Forum

in both, Mexico & Panama, 2007 & 2008 respectively

. Excellence Award by the ITESM for getting highest GPA

during the studies of the MBA 2001

. Four consecutive years awarded highest GPA Industrial

Engineering College, 1995 - 1998

. Certified Advance Diver by PADI, 2008

Computers: MS Office, AutoCAD, Premium Solver, FLEXSIM (modeling

software)

Languages: Spanish (Mother language), English (Advanced), Mandarin

(Basic Level)

* Professional references available upon request

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