Arturo E. Flores-Gonzalez

**** ****** **. *** ** Mansfield, TX 76063

Mobile 817-***-**** acrkfp@r.postjobfree.com

SUMMARY OF QUALIFICATIONS: Read, Write, and Speak English and Spanish

I am a bilingual, computer literate and degreed professional with over 10 years of experience managing all resources with safety and quality in mind to satisfy the business needs within budget.

Learned the client Companies’ operating procedures and software to properly perform the inventory transactions maintaining its integrity, while managing, coordinating, supervising, and developing large diverse teams in the areas of Manufacturing, Refurbishing, Warehousing, Inventory Control, Distribution, Cross Dock, Value Added Process, and Domestic as well as International Logistics that involved participation with C-TPAT.

Managed large inventories in the food, pharmaceutical, and medical devices industries, and in the automotive parts (raw materials, parts, and finished goods), and consumer electronics.

SPECIFIC EXPERTISE

Understanding of Service Levels Agreements (operational goals), the creation of Key Performance Indicators and Account Metrics, and good understanding of Operating Statements (P&L).

Exercising due diligence to validate Service Levels proposed.

Continuous Process Improvements, Value Stream Mapping (current and future state), Deviation Reduction, Safety Training, risk analysis, and root cause analysis using 5 Phase and 5 Why.

PFMEA - Potential Failure Mode and Effect Analysis methodology as well as creation of Contingency Plans.

Developed and monitored the operations’ budget and financial well-being in our division.

Inventory Control Techniques, WMS with RF and Bar Coding.

Physical Inventory, as well as Inventory Cycle Counting, Consolidation, Reconciliation, and Auditing.

Manufacturing, Refurbishing, Distribution, Warehousing, and Logistics.

Lean, Kaizen events, Kanban implementation and training, and one-piece-flow, time and motion analysis, and production line balancing techniques, and workplace organization using 5S.

Development and implementation of continuous process improvements, and Best Practices.

Personnel selection, hiring, orientation, training, supervision, coordination, development, including advancement and succession planning.

SIGNIFICANT ACCOMPLISHMENTS

Increased productivity 4,900% by redefining an existing tool in a 52 years old welding shop doing this.

Reduced overtime by more than 90% with cross-training to increase personnel utilization in Shipping.

Could’ve eliminated the overtime caused by defective production forcing rework in one welding shop.

Earned more than 100% additional business in two existing operations by satisfying the SLA.

Prepared the Operations Managers for eight outsourced operations throughout the U.S. and Puerto Rico.

Increased more than 15% warehouse capacity in the same floor space by adjusting some rack locations.

In partnership with the Client Companies’ Management, supported nine operations, transitioned seven of them, managed four of them, and trained two Sr. Operations Managers, and eleven Operations Managers.

Increased the throughput by 100% with time and motion analysis in 2 welding shops.

Accumulated more than $100,000 in cost savings with documented process improvements.

Reduced 23% production downtime to ZERO using Deviation Reduction methodology.

WORK EXPERIENCE:

12/14 - 03/15 Estimator - Contract - Betafence USA, LLC

Revised the costing and pricing calculation files, and keeping safety and quality as the main priorities increased equipment efficiencies, and several production groups’ productivity.

Also envisioned, designed and fabricated fall-protection hardware for a production group that had been working without it for seven years.

03/14 - 07/14 QA Manager promoted to Plant Manager – InfinitiDecor, LLC

Provided a safe environment for everyone, and figured out what we needed to work on by dynamically rearranging priorities to satisfy the business needs. Coordinated the maintenance personnel to keep our equipment running, and designed and fabricated jigs and templates to establish formal, safe, and efficient processes for the production of signage, cabinets, and display fixtures.

12/12 - 12/13 Production Scheduling and Materials Expediting Support Manager - FWT, Inc.

Tried to provide a safe environment for everyone, and figured out what we needed to work on based on what the Master Production Schedule called for and what the first shift completed and left in WIP, and also coordinated the maintenance personnel to keep our equipment running, and the parts pullers and materials expediters to bring for us what we needed at the right time and in the right sequence.

04/12 - 11/12 1st shift Production Supervisor - Valmont-Newmark, Inc.

Tried to provide a safe environment for everyone.

Increased production of the long seam welding process by 80%.

Increased production of the shaft assembly process by 100%.

Increased production of the inside seam welding process by 90%.

05/11 - 07/11 DISTRIBUTION MANAGER - CEVA Freight LLC

In the process of establishing business controls, and providing developmental training to improve operational efficiencies.

In the process of standardizing processes, reviewing and rewriting Standard Operating Procedures and furnishing training and certification materials.

Conducted the Fork Lift Driver recertification, and the LEAN training for personnel development.

Assisted in the TSA recertification for our outbound crew.

02/04 - 03/11 OPERATIONS SUPPORT MANAGER - Kelly Services, Inc.

Supported nine operations, transitioned seven of them, managed four of them, and trained two Sr. Operations managers, eleven Operations Managers.

Prepare and submit payroll and invoice

Shared with other operations, identified and implemented operational best practices & lessons learned.

Standardized processes and documenting procedures in all Kelly-OCG-BPO operations in our region.

Continuously monitored the SOW, the SLA, the KPIs, the Metrics and P&L in all our operations.

Coordinated customer approved freight contractors, security service personnel, and customs brokers.

EDUCATION:

Certified Logistics Technician by MSSC (Manufacturing Skill Standards Council)

OSHA Training – 10 Hours (Tarrant County College)

Certified Logistics Associate (Tarrant County College)

Certified Forklift Driver – First Aid and CPR (Tarrant County College)

Inventory Management and Control Techniques (Southwest Missouri State Univ.)

Managing and Improving Warehouse Operations (Southwest Missouri State Univ.)

Missouri State Certified Teacher for Adult Basic Education – to teach ESL - Moberly, MO

Microsoft Office Suite

Data Base Administrator and instructor for UNIVAC DMS-1100 in St. PAUL, MN

Bachelor of Science in Mechanical Engineering (U.A.N.L. in Monterrey, NL MEXICO)

Computer Programmer (JCL, COBOL, RPG, PL/1 and ASSEMBLER) in IBM de MEXICO

Hold a favorable Security Threat Assessment from the Transportation Security Administration.

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