Project Manager Mechanical Engineer

Fernando P. Busato C.

**** ** ***** ** *** ***** Aventura FL 33160

e-mail: ********@*******.***

mob: 305-***-****

Mechanical Engineer and Business Administration background with experience as: Project Manager, Purchasing, Imports, Customs, Logistics, Distribution, Warehousing and Supply Chain for 20+ years. Demonstrated strategic thinking and leadership abilities applied to keep coordination between what the Organization Operation requires and suppliers offer.

Self-motivated, effective problem solver and team player with the ability to motivate others and work under pressure in fast paced challenging environments, high-level interpersonal skills and technical leadership.

Complete Experience in a Company which produces household cleaning products, industrial and chemical specialties, including plastics containers, with 550 employees and two (2) manufacturing factories. Also, it is the holding of two additional companies which specialized in chemicals for the Auto, Steel Mills, Aluminum Cans and Food Industry, Laundry, Hospital and Hotel. Furthermore, one of the companies has a Joint Venture with a worldwide recognized American company expert on Industrial lubricants and specialty chemicals.

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

SERVIQUIM C.A. 10/01/1986 - PRESENT

PURCHASING MANAGER AND PROYECT MANAGER 09/01/2011 - PRESENT

Worked with demand forecasts from Sales & Marketing teams to determine appropriate quantities of raw materials, packaging, equipment, spare parts and finished good products to meet demand requirements. Managed forecast load and MRP planning on SAP.

Managed inventory levels and lead times for raw materials, spare parts, supplies, finished good products to meet production requirements and inventory policy guidelines.

Supervised and coordinated staff assignments of 18 employees in 4 areas (Purchasing Department at two facilities, Purchasing Department at the Main Office and General Service Department).

Responsible for planning, developing and buying materials, parts, supplies and equipment in a timely, cost and effective manner while maintaining appropriate quality standards and specifications.

Developed and managed supplier cost reduction of 12% plus, and stocking program improvement to aid overall inventory by reducing inventory costs by 15-17% the last 3 years.

Negotiated long term contracts with more than 25% of suppliers overseas providing a continuous yearly improvement in performance, included costs, quality and delivery.

Developed alternative suppliers from Europe and Asia with a cost reduction of 12% especially in bulk raw materials considering the currencies and freight costs.

Worked with the engineering department to support introduction and launch of more than 5 new products for household as average per year.

Led packaging team optimizing packaging suppliers giving the company better quality on corrugated box, labels, plastic bags, plastic packaging for automatic filling equipment and plastic bottles.

Managed the last 10 years the operation of an American Company responsabile of the logistic of the purchases in USA of raw materials, chemicals, spare parts, supplies and equipment exported to South America. This Operation represented a reduction on cost of 15.5% (i.e.: US$ 800.000 for 2016 saving).

Managed three proyects (5 MM US$) related to install the complete production lines for bleach and household cleaning products, includding bottle production, ordering the bottles into the lines, filling, capping, labeling, packaging and palletizing. This new production lines increased production 200% and with a reduction of workers 43%.

Performed monthly Purchase/Budget reports for the Board of Directors.

PURCHASING COORDINATOR 05/16/1992 – 08/31/2011

Supervised a team of 10 employees in the Purchasing Department.

Ensured raw material components be ordered and delivered in a timely manner.

Monitored reposition costs by updating and evaluating purchase price variances; alert Sales and Finance Departments of costs variance.

Negotiated long term contracts with suppliers providing a continuous yearly improvement in performance, included costs, quality and delivery, optimizing cost savings for the company.

Communicated and coordinated with factory and suppliers to ensure continuous supply of product, meeting quality and delivery requirements.

Managed the implementation of SAP Logistics Module with SAP Consultants, Purchasing and Logistic Department, and two Production Plants, in two months less (82 % of total time) than was budgeted.

Reduced labor costs in 12% analyzing the plant operations with a working team, selecting and purchasing the latest technologies on equipment like filling, bagging, labeling, packaging, palletizing. The investment costs of purchased equipment to be recovered in two to four years period.

Worked on the finance impacts of purchasing decisions; increased credit line for prepaid to 15 and 30 days credit on local purchases and 45 to 90 and 120 days for import materials.

Defined the most appropriate and competitive Shipping Lines to work with from overseas for our imports.

Participated in two Auctions in South Carolina and Florida, purchasing complete production lines, conveyors, filling machines, labelers, palletizing, boiler, bottle blowers, chillers, pumping systems and silos negotiating more than 3 MM US$.

PROJECT MANAGER 10/01/1986 – 05/15//1992

Managed a project to produce Sodium Sulfite Anhydrous and Bisulfite using as raw material Petrochemical Sulfur (US$ 1.2 MM).

Investigated and selected updated technologies available in Brazil, Germany and Italy, as well as visiting factories and project companies quoting the design of the new Chemical Production System.

Studied the market visiting factories that used this raw material and determine volume consumption.

Determined the optimum location of the plant based on source of raw material and the most important industrial consumers.

Quoted and import main equipment specially designed for this raw material according to the production capacity requested of 600 MT/Hr.

Stablished a Pert Program to coordinate the installation and supply of equipment in order to avoid delays on project accomplishment.

Managed the project to produce Precipitated Silica (3.2 MM US$), specialty raw material for the tooth paste industry and other areas. Obtained industrial approval of our product as a substitute having the international standard quality. The process includes testing and laboratory evaluation as well as performance in live production lines.

Imported equipment required for this project. Quoted and purchased steel structures and tanks according to design specifications.

Accomplished with the project team the installation, startup and run of production of this specialty product.

Worked directly with the industries to substitute the original raw material they were using with our new developed raw material in the areas of tires, shoes, paint, agricultural insecticides and rubber parts achieving approval by 96 % of cases.

Developed with a multinational toothpaste manufacturer and our technicians a new product used as a carrier for the abrasive function.

EDUCATION

MBA, Master in Business Administration. Specialization: Business Administration and Marketing.

University of Nebraska at Omaha.

BS, Bachelor of Science in Mechanical Engineering Simon Bolivar University, Caracas Venezuela

Honors: Full bright Scholarships all my studies.

Languages: English, Italian and Spanish (Native language)

Technical Proficiencies: Microsoft Word, Microsoft Excel (Pivot Table, Vertical lookup), SAP, QuickBooks

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