LARRY ROSARIO
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Address:
City: Katy
State: TX
Zip: 77494
Country: USA
Phone: 832-***-****
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Salary Range:
Primary Skills/Experience:
Manufacturing operations professional . Licensed in Engineering in Texas and Puerto Rico. Strong business acumen, bi-cultural and fully bilingual. Experienced in all areas of operations and engineering, management and people development. Strategic thinker with successful execution record in turnaround opportunities involving highly diverse and complex supply chain operations in very challenging international environments . Solid international and domestic experience in Consumer, Pharmaceutical and OTC bushinesses. Extensive multifunction Board level and multi site operations direction experience. Over 15 years at Plant and General Management level in the consumer business. Strong in operations cost and finance management.10 years of experience in Project Management, Engineering and manufacturing in the Pharmaceutical sector . Extensive experience leading cost reduction and energy savings initiatives. Hands on experience in operations under Consent Decree, leading remediation and change management. Interested in joining a prestigious consulting firm and learning how to best help business managers become successful leaders .
Educational Background:
High School Dipolma from University of New Orleans, New Orleans LA 1/2001 to 7/2010 (MBA)
High School Dipolma from University of New Orleans, New Orleans LA 1/2001 to 11/2012
High School Dipolma from Catholic University of Puerto Rico, Puerto Rico, New Orleans LA 1/2001 to 11/2012
High School Dipolma from Duke University, New Orleans LA 1/2001 to 11/2012
High School Dipolma from Constraints Theory Goldratt Institute, New Orleans LA 1/2001 to 11/2012
Job History / Details:
Career Overview
Manufacturing operations professional . Licensed in Engineering in Texas and Puerto Rico. Strong business acumen, bi-cultural and fully bilingual. Experienced in all areas of operations and engineering, management and people development. Strategic thinker with successful execution record in turnaround opportunities involving highly diverse and complex supply chain operations in very challenging international environments . Solid international and domestic experience in Consumer, Pharmaceutical and OTC bushinesses. Extensive multifunction Board level and multi site operations direction experience. Over 15 years at Plant and General Management level in the consumer business. Strong in operations cost and finance management.10 years of experience in Project Management, Engineering and manufacturing in the Pharmaceutical sector . Extensive experience leading cost reduction and energy savings initiatives. Hands on experience in operations under Consent Decree, leading remediation and change management.
Interested in joining a prestigious consulting firm and learning how to best help business managers become successful leaders .
Qualifications
Strong analytical and problem solving skills
Change leader and coach
Excellent communication skills
Strong collaborative skills
Operations performance improvement and turnarounds
Project management
Productivity improvement and Constraints management
ERP systems implementation
Costs and Budgeting
Strong in financial statements interpretation and analysis
Disaster recovery and business continuity planning lead
Business turnarounds
Technical Skills
Skills Experience Total Years Last Used
Equipment reliability lead Campus wide initiative 7 sites 5 2012
Liquid, gels and cream filling Equipment procurement, implementation and maintenance 30 2004
Consent decree/Remediation Leading Engineering and technical remediation 1 year 2012
Sanitary protection, powder filling, tableting procurement, reliability and maintenance 30 2012
Tooth brush, cotton swab, plastic extrusion Engineering and manufacturing 20 2002
Non-woven carding manufacturing 8 2002
Plant and General Management in consumer business Turnarounds, cost reduction, service levels, inventory 15 2002
Project and Program Management Capital Utilities, Facilities, remediation 11 2012
Trained Green belt. lead and sponsored projects 12 2012
Inventory and service level management Lead implementation MRP2 and S&OPs 10 2002
Energy Management reduction and alternate sources 12 2012
Accomplishments
Responsible for the creation of a multi-functional engineering and manufacturing remediation team, developing and implementing a project plan for handling initial and longer term remediation commitments to the FDA in Consent decree situation.
Early steps were confirmed by FDA representatives, avoiding any type of fine or reprimand.
Restructuring of a large engineering department resulting in outstanding performance with over 99.5 percentage uptime in utilities and $2,000,000 in cost reductions.
Elected Chairman of J&J Campus Engineering Council (7 sites), achieving over 8 million dollars Cost reductions in two terms, exceeding business plan.
Created several initiatives for Engineer's and technical personnel development and training.
Achieved LEED certification, becoming the first existing manufacturing building certified world-wide.
ISO 14001 recertification with zero audit observations for 2 consecutive years.
Beat safety and environmental results vs. corporate goals. Received CEO recognition.
Outstanding unit CREDO employee survey results, leading the plant operation.
#1 Plant in energy consumption reduction (KWH) and dollar savings in the PR campus (7 sites) .
Successfully managed the transfer of Manufacturing from Puerto Rico to Trinidad with minimal impact to local inventory levels and account sales commitments. Successfully shut down PR operations.
Developed the first Distribution Systems for Caribbean.
Achieved a difficult turnaround in the J&J Venezuelan manufacturing operation including: Implementation of MRPll with inventory reduction of 50 percentage ($ 10,000,000 to $5,000,000) with improved service levels.
Implementation of IQR inventory monitoring system, now used throughout region.
Successful Implementation of Lean concepts and Goldratt's " constraints theory " pilot.
Successful implementation of Toyota style TPM process with Overall Equipment Efficiency increase of 200 percentage . Continuous cost reduction in economic environment despite 40 percentage overvalued currency and hyperinflation.
Hired and developed several employees which went on to Regional Director's level jobs.
Silver level J&J TQM award. Total Elimination of loss time and serious accidents during 8 years, J&J "A" rating in environment.
Received International " Standards of Leadership " award for Supply Chain improvement and support results.
Work Experience
October 2001 to August 2012
Johnson & Johnson, McNeil Las PIedras, Puerto Rico
Senior Manager Consent Decree
Responsible for the creation of a multi-functional team, developing and implementing a project plan for handling the initial and longer term remediation commitments to the FDA in facilities and manufacturing engineering systems and processes.
Created a work unit which successfully completed the initial remediation of multiple FDA commitments in engineering and manufacturing areas, being confirmed by FDA representatives and avoiding any type of fine or reprimand.
I personally interviewed and selected each team member according to a strategy of balancing short term technical strengths with longer term project management capabilities.
Through this team we led the remediation and the process reconfiguration efforts in close coordination with the "core business" organization.
11/9/2012 12:00:00 AM
Johnson & Johnson Arroyo, Puerto Rico
Plant Manager
Manage Engineering, Safety, Environmental, Manufacturing, and Materials departments.
11/9/2012 12:00:00 AM
Johnson & Johnson Arroyo, Puerto Rico
Engineering and Maintenance Manager
February 2008 to October 2011
McNeil Healthcare LLC Las Piedras, Puerto Rico
Engineering Senior Manager
Responsible for utilities and facilities maintenance and project engineering functions.
Also responsible for environmental,health and safety, security and plant process information systems engineering.
Major accomplishments Restructuring of engineering department resulting in outstanding unit performance with over 99.5 percentage uptime in utilities.
2,000,000.00 project related Cost reductions for 2009, $1,400,000 for 2010, both exceeding business plan.
Achieved LEED certification, becoming the first existing manufacturing building certified world-wide.
ISO 14001 recertification with zero audit observations for 2 consecutive years.
Strong safety and environmental results vs.
corporate goals.
Recordable accidents from 14 to 8 the first year and consistent reduction thereafter.
8 environmental audits with zero observations for the year 2010.
Outstanding unit CREDO results, leading the plant operation.
1 Plant in energy consumption reduction (KWH) and dollar savings in the PR campus (7 sites) for the.
May 2004 to March 2008
J&J Pharmaceutical Guaynabo, Puerto Rico
Engineering Projects Senior Manager
Responsible for directing Capital projects, Maintenance Excellence process and Security for three GPSG facilities in Puerto Rico (Ortho Pharm.,Janssen lcc., OMJ Pharm.) Four managers and 14 engineering project managers reporting into the position.
Responsibilities include directing the project management system.
Identification and concept development for projects, management of Capital Budget ($60 mm) and execution.
Major accomplishment Consolidate all facilities, utilities and related new products projects into one central projects unit for the GPSGPR.
Developed and implemented the concept and the system.
Benefits include focus, project cycle times, coordination between projects, leverage of knowledge and experience, administration of capital budget and substantial cost reductions.
Standardization of best practices.
Energy and resource conservation projects development from concept.
GPSG lead J&J in CO2 reduction projects.
Through program manager, directed implementation and support of Maintenance.
11/9/2012 12:00:00 AM
Barnes Hind Pharmaceuticals Sunnyvale, California
Plant Engineer
Barnes Hind Pharmaceutical, California Production Supervisor.
Supervised 95 Production employees in Ophthalmic liquid filling and Packaging operation.
Also involved in Project Engineering.
11/9/2012 12:00:00 AM
Johnson & Johnson Arroyo, Puerto Rico
Maintenance Supervisor
February 2002 to March 2004
J&J Ortho Pharmaceuticals Manati, Puerto Rico
Manufacturing Operations Director
Responsible for Manufacturing, Packaging, Maintenance and Process Excellence Black Belts Managing 8 direct and 250 indirect reports, lead the manufacturing of solid dose and semisolids business units.
These include contraceptive tablets, vaginal creams, anti aging and lubricating gels.
Manufacturing volumes support 1.5 Billion U.S.
Dollar sales.
Accomplishments include double digit productivity gains, 4 percentage cost reduction over previous year, 100 percentage compliance, reduction in accidents and certification in ISO 14000 .Lead Implementation of TPM, Kaizen teams and Lean manufacturing processes.
December 1993 to January 2002
Johnson & Johnson de Venezuela, S.A Valencia, Venezuela
Operations Director
Responsible for the Plant, including Manufacturing, Engineering, Materials Management, Technical Services, Distribution, Safety and Environmental and administration of capital investments.
Johnson & Johnson Venezuela had net sales over $ 50,000,000.00 a year.
Operations Budget of $6,000,000 a year Total headcount in Operations area 300.
Member of J&J Venezuela Board of Directors, Regional Operations Council and head of Supply Chain Committee Major accomplishments include: Implementation of MRPll with inventory reduction of 50 percentage ($ 10,000,000 to $5,000,000).
Implementation of IQR inventory monitoring system now used throughout region.
Successful Implementation of Goldratt's "constraints theory "pilot.
Successful implementation of TPM process with Overall Equipment Efficiency increase of 200 percentage Continuous cost reduction in economic environment with 40 percentage overvalued currency and hyperinflation.
Silver level J&J TQM award Total Elimination of loss time and serious accidents during 8 years J&J "A" rating in.
December 1991 to January 1994
Johnson & Johnson Caribbean San Juan, Port of Spain, Puerto Rico, Trinida
Operations Director
Responsible for Regional Operations, including Manufacturing, Engineering, Materials, Technical Services, Distribution, Safety and Environmental for Johnson & Johnson Caribbean companies in Dominican Republic, Trinidad, Puerto Rico, Jamaica and regional contract manufacturing.
Johnson & Johnson Caribbean as Regional entity with net Sales of US$ 70,000,000.00 engaged in Manufacturing, Marketing, Sales and Distribution functions.
Operations Management is complicated by an environment with four currencies, two languages, trade tariffs and periodic devaluations.
Position responsibilities included 10 direct staff and 140 Production, Distribution, Materials and Technical Services Employees in four countries.
Successfully managed the transfer of Manufacturing from Puerto Rico to Trinidad with minimal impact to local inventory levels and account sales commitments.
Developed Distribution Systems for Caribbean, including implementation of Bar Code technology for Puerto Rico.
Directed construct.
January 1985 to January 1991
Johnson & Johnson Hemisferica Arroyo, Puerto Rico
Operations Director
Responsible for the Manufacturing, Engineering, Materials, Technical Services, Distribution and Environmental functions.
In addition, directed Quality Improvement Processfrom 1989-91.
Responsible for acquisition of Manufacturing equipment in the U.S.
and Europe.
Education and Training
University of Puerto Rico,
B.S Mechanical Engineering
University of New Orleans,
Master Business Administration
Catholic University of Puerto Rico, Puerto Rico,
Undergraduate Courses in Accounting & Operations Management.
Duke University Durham, NC.
Executive course in World Class Manufacturing. Executive course in World Class Competitor. Michigan State University. Course in World Class Logistics. Northwestern University,
J.L. Kellogg Graduate School of Management Executive course in Advanced Management
Constraints Theory Goldratt Institute,
Price Waterhouse Coopers Lean Manufacturing, Examiner training in J&J Signature of Quality Programs, Factory Mutual Loss Control, advanced leadership. Training in Project Management Professional Certification Green belt training and certification project in process
Additional Information
PROFESSIONAL ORGANIZATIONS Colegio de Ingenieros y Agrimensores, Puerto Rico. Texas Board Of Profesional Engineers Licensed Professional Engineer in Puerto Rico and Texas A.P.I.C.S., United States Manufacturing Association, Puerto Rico MENSA Intelectual Society International Beta Gamma Sigma Honor Society