Plant management, manufacturing management, process improvement, Lean

FRANCISCO PRESTON

Mission Viejo, CA *****, Cell. 949-***-****, **********.*******@*****.***

MANUFACTURING & OPERATIONS EXECUTIVE

Proven success leading continuous improvement operations in manufacturing and distribution to meet aggressive goals. Strengths include empowering teams in diverse organizations, developing high performance teams, engaging plant culture, and implementing procedures to sustain high performance levels. Utilize customer-focused management style to assure needs are identified and met by being proactive.

COMPETENCIES

● Process Improvements ● Lean and Six Sigma ● Safety Programs ● FDA Manufacturing ● Quality Systems

● KPI Development ● Production & Inventory Management ● Project Management

● BS Industrial & System Engineering ● Bilingual / Spanish

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

Polymer Manager

Applied Medical, Rancho Santa Margarita, CA 2015 – 2017

Responsible for leading and managing polymer manufacturing cells operating 24/7 manufacturing products according to standard operating procedures, manufacturing instructions, engineering drawings, specifications, and shop floor control guidelines. Responsible for training and developing team members in QSR, ISO, SOP, work rules and safety guidelines. Responsible for improving and controlling manufacturing environments, identifying and controlling quality improvement and cost reduction projects, controlling variable costs, meeting schedules, and maintaining quality standards succinctly. Proactively participating in Lean, Six Sigma initiatives, and developing best practices in Operations.

Establishing continuous improvement programs by training and empowering associates. Developed classroom material as DMAIC process was used to improve Secondary Operations providing better quality (50% improvement) while improving throughput times by 10%.

Expanding production capabilities and improving reliability and repeatability in injection molding. Being able to detect non-conformances as they happen enabling lower costs and lower compromised inventories.

Production optimization projects including developing best practices and improving processing standardization.

Improving response time from Non-conformance detection to mitigation/elimination.

Providing performance improvements of almost 5% and cost savings of over 11%.

Operations Manager

CCFI/MG Inc., Santa Fe Springs, CA, 2014 – 2015

Responsible for manufacturing, logistics, warehousing, engineering, maintenance, and facilities for a liquids and powders (regulated and non-regulated) chemical provider in Southern California. Responsible for NACD - Responsible Distribution certification. Responsible for improving operational performance in a sustainable manner.

Established continuous improvement programs by training and empowering associates. Developed classroom material (10+ one hour sessions) on continuous improvement / quality tools and trained all company employees.

Expanded production capabilities and improved reliability and repeatability in all work centers. Increased pounds per batch 20% while improving changeover times by 20%.

Improved customer satisfaction by minimizing stock-outs and by improving throughput times and communication, pushing orders and pulling inventories. Eliminated stock-outs and order delays for top 5 customers. Improved fill rates to 98% from 82%. Orders completed on time improved by 36%

Decreased maintenance expenses by 25% by improving providers, accountability, and better planning / scheduling.

Improved product quality by focusing on root cause analysis. Cut bad batches by 55% and adjusted batches by 15%. Decreased customer complaints by 36%

Developed, launched, and established NACD Responsible distribution program. Trained auditors.

Director of Operations

C & F Foods, Inc., City of Industry, CA, 2013 - 2014

Responsible for overseeing four plants in North America, establishing and sustaining best practices in operations including manufacturing, warehousing, maintenance, facilities operations in North America supporting business objectives.

Hired and trained plant managers for two plants. Turned around operations in two trailing facilities while sustaining improvement efforts in two leading facilities.

Improved equipment performance and reliability by strengthening maintenance support and programs while supporting new product launches and eliminating recalls. These efforts allowed company to improving order fill rate, on time customer service. Fill rates improved by 15% while on time shipments improved by 12%.

Mentor and develop various plants leadership teams to achieve goals.

Ensured company policies and procedures were observed and improved upon. Supported all quality, cost, and service improvement initiatives. Improved IFS audit results in all four plants with one being at the top tier for the first time.

Plant Manager

Ecolab Inc., City of Industry, CA, 1997 - 2012

Managed 9 managers supporting 2 manufacturing plants and distribution centers in California working 24/5 with 120 associates and $9M operating budget. Responsible for meeting customer needs in Western United States. Streamlined operation, developed team, provided leadership in manufacturing, engineering, quality, safety, maintenance, finance, continuous improvement, procurement, planning, warehousing, logistics, and human resources.

Produced excellent results by focusing on customer needs, coaching team, using continuous improvement methodology, interaction management, and negotiating skills.

Developed plant from working one shift to 24/5 operation with sustained double digit growth year over year. City of Industry site became best plant in North America after winning back-to-back most improved plant awards.

Delivered 96% on-time delivery at both plants by running efficient and effective manufacturing and distributing operations.

Delivered first time lot acceptance over 99.6% for past five years while minimizing inventories using Lean and Six Sigma which allowed plant to optimize footprint.

Developed leadership team by hiring and mentoring diverse team.

Assisted developing two LSS Black Belts and five Green Belts which enabled plants to improve and sustain service, quality, material utilization, equipment uptime, employee relations, and savings over $1M. Managed Kaizen events, 5S, VSM, JIT.

Insourced Peracid production with savings over $600K a year and Bleach packaging with savings of over $400K a year.

Managed FDA expansion and supply chain transformation to gain and retain important customer accounts.

Manufacturing and Engineering Manager, Ecolab Inc., Garland, Texas, 1994 - 1997

Managed a staff of 6 supervisors supporting a 2 shift operation with 90 union employees in manufacturing and engineering and $4M operating budget.

Transformed team from high costs and poor service to being lowest cost plant in network and top-tier service provider by creating a solid performing team, leading by example, and using continuous improvement methodologies.

Transferred polymer melt process from Puerto Rico (>$1Million in equipment) to Garland Texas (union facility) without customer service interruption on a production line that was the most complex semi-continuous process at the company.

Worked with new suppliers to validate and improve process performance at a lower cost.

Lead manufacturing, engineering, and maintenance transformation while setting new production and quality records by working with various cross-functional teams and employee engagement.

Improved Solids processing system to set new records one year after transfer by working with manufacturing and maintenance teams.

EDUCATION

B.S., Industrial and Systems Engineering

Georgia Institute of Technology, Atlanta, GA.

CERTIFICATION and TRAINING

● Certified Production and Inventory Management (CPIM) - APICS ● DuPont Safety Training – DuPont Safety

● Lean Six Sigma Black Belt – Management & Strategy Institute ● Interaction Management – DDI

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