Froilan Retrita

Operations / Manufacturing Director

Contact

Blk 17 Lot 1 Woodhill

Settings Nuvali,

Canlubang, Calamba

City Laguna, Phil

+63917.532.43.02

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Executive Summary

Manufacturing Director / Plant Manager with more than 12 years’ experience as top factory manager locally and overseas managing factory operations, developing systems and strategies, new technology project management and start-up operations in the Metal Packaging Products for Food and non-food industry. Accumulated 23 years’ experience in the Metal Packaging Industry. Education

BS Chemical

Engineering

University of Sto. Tomas,

Manila

MBA-TDEC

units earned

Adamson University

Key Skills

Factory Operations

Management

Project Management

Budget Planning

Certified Energy

Manager

Management Systems

(ISO 9001, BRC, Halal,

FSMS 22000, ISO

55000, ISO 140001)

Problem-solving

Quality and Customer

Relations

Technology Know-how in

Metal Packaging

Industry

Experience

April 2016 – Present (7 years)

Operations/Manufacturing Director •

Member local Board of Directors & Mancom (Philippine Plant) Silgan White Cap South East Asia, Inc. – Philippines • 80-100 employees part of Silgan Closures [Silgan Holdings, USA]

Manufactures Metal Closures for the SEA & ANZ region (industry leader) Caters to leading global brands like Nestle, Campbell, Unilever, Del monte, Heinz and leading food brands in the region

Technologies: Pre-press-Lithography Operations, Scroll/Slitting Operations, Capmaking Operations, Capping/Retort laboratory

Highlights:

• Reports to the local President & GM, hidden lines to VP-Operations HQ Silgan Closures Europe (Germany)

• Direct Reports: Production Manager, PPIC Manager, Quality Manager, Engineering Manager, QC Head, Process and EHS Engineer

• Main role – CAPEX projects, Factory Budgets/Plant Expense management, BOM review and approval, New Technologies, Process Improvements

• Management Systems – consistently passed ISO 9001 certification, Halal, achieved BRCGS rating of AA, established the Energy Management System complying to ISO55000 and RA11825, SMETA/SEDEX compliance

• Organization review: right sizing initiative which resulted to higher throughput despite reduction in manpower (lower fix expense-overheads)

• New Technology Projects – Product Camera Systems, Off-line Proofing Machine, upgrade to MK5 on High Speed Press Line, upgrade of Capping/Retort machines, Automation with SPC of Quality Measuring Tools, Compressor upgrades to higher efficiency units, upgrade to high efficiency burners for capline ovens, Thermal Scan capability for Maintenance

• Technology & Maintenance Engineering Systems Improvement, Initiatives and Projects: upgrade of oven conveying systems lowering downtimes and parts replacements, General Overhauling Projects of Lithography Lines, lowered the Factory Expense ratio per units produced when I managed the factory vs. previous management

• Systems Improvements – established a better Maintenance Program resulting to improvements on MTTR, better Production & Quality practices by amending procedures and practices improving year on year the KPI ratios on OEE, Cost per units, Cost of Quality, Caps per Net manhour, HFI and Spoilage Rate, Complaints per million

• Established the PPIC team (Production Planning and Inventory Control)- this improved the WIP inventories status eliminating previous performance on slow moving items and expiring RMs. Resolved variances in Inventory Management by establishing monitoring systems and amending reporting procedures. Amended and improved and has taken over the MRP on Coatings, Inks, Compound Linings and Packaging materials from the Purchasing Manager

(reporting to GM) to PPIC Manager (reporting to Manufacturing Director) eliminating run-outs, unscheduled air freight deliveries and over ordering resulting to expired RMs. This 2023, the MRP on Tinplate was transferred PPIC Team from Purchasing Team.

• Technical Manager for the plant - Coordinate with Corporate/HQ-Germany ‘s product Development Engineering Director and Quality Director for all aspects regarding new technologies, systems and regulations initiated by HQ. Approve standard systems and product systems applicable for the regional product requirements. Reports to HQ-VP of Operations aspects and performance in regard to EHS as part of Sustainability reporting. September 2014 – March 2016 (2 years)

Plant / Factory Manager •

Managed 2 factories

Crown Can Industries – Hassani Group of Companies – Dubai, UAE • Factory 1 - 200 employees, Factory 2 – 50 employees Manufactures Metal Packaging System: 3pc cans, 2pc DRD cans, Lug Caps, EOE, Peel-Off Ends, General Cans, Bottoms, Ring Lid Tagger and Fancy Cans Technologies: Pre-press-CTP, Offline Proofing Line, Coil Cutting Operations, Lithography Operations, Scroll/Slitting Operations, Can Body Lines, DRD Can Lines, EOE Lines, Lid Lines, 20L Paint Lines, Lug Cap line, RLT Line, and 18L rectangular Can line.

Highlights:

• Directly Reporting to Managing Director (owner) of the Hassani Group

• Direct Reports: Litho Manager, Body Line Section Head, Ends/Lid Line Section Head, Quality Manager, Technical Supervisors, Stores Supervisor, ERP Specialist, Production Planner/Process Engineer

• Main role – Coordinates, propose new projects and manage its implementation in the plant. Manage Daily Factory operations. Manage Material Requisition Planning and procurement. Coordinate with Sales GM and Food Manufacturing GM.

• Management Systems – created the ISO9001 (QMS) system for the plant

• Organization review: Re-organized the factory strengthening technical competitiveness. These include movements, new hires and created positions.

• Technology Projects – as Project Manager for new Line installations: CTP line, Proofing line, 1 Coater line, 1 Printing line, 1 DRD Line, 1 EOE Line, 1 Lug Capline, 1, Rectangular Bottoms line, 1 Can body welding line, 1 DT Line, and 1 RLT Line.

• Systems – Created work instructions, procedures, workflows that improved factory KPIs. Recovered non-moving WIPs.

June 2006 – September 2014 (8 years)

Plant Operations Manager •

International Cap CAPEX LLC – Technopark, Dubai, UAE • 150 employees

State of the Art Manufacturing plant for Lug Caps, Omnia Caps, EOE and Peel- Off Ends closures which is one of the leader in MENA which supplies to global brands like Nestle, Unilever, Pepsi and leading regional brands like Almarai etc. Technologies: Pre-press-CTP, Coil Cutting Operations, High Speed Lithography Lines, 6-Color UV Printing Line, EOE Line, POE Line, Lug Caplines Highlights:

• Numerous promotions from QC Inspector to Plant Operations Manager. Handled the following positions: Process & Standards Officer, Production Supervisor, and Production Superintendent. One of the pioneer employees

(Start-up Plant).

• Reporting to the Manufacturing/Managing Director

• Direct Reports: Litho Manager, Capline Manager, Engineering Manager, Quality & PD Manager, Production Planner

• Main role – Manage Daily Operations, Ensure compliance to regulations and certifications as customer’s requires to be the preferred provider of metal closures

• Management Systems – written/co-written the Management Systems, lead the implementation, establishment and passing the ISO9001, ISO22000 certifications. Created the ISO 14001 Manual and lead the implementation of SEDEX/SMETA as required by customers.

• Manufacturing performance: Led the operations achieve its first 1 Billion caps production performance since establishment. The factory has capacity of 1.5 Billion per annum.

Y2002 – Y2006 (4 years)

QA Engineer • San Miguel Yamamura Ball Corporation, Philippines Company now called “Can Asia, Inc.” a Subsidiary of San Miguel Corporation-San Miguel Yamamura Packaging Corp.

The only manufacturer of 2-pc Aluminum Beverage Can in the country

- Quality Assurance works for manufacturing operations can bodies and ends

- Trained as support Customer Service Engineer

- Presented the feasibility study in the Annual SMC Technical forum, the project on SCADA implementation at the factory

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