R D Plant Manager

CESAR R. FLOREZ

Friendswood, Tx, ***** 931-***-**** *******@*****.***

PRODUCTION & PLANT MANAGER SUPERINTENDENT

Goal and customer-oriented multilingual Chemical Engineer professional with extensive experience within the chemical and petrochemical industries. Strength in proven technical, project management, and analytical skills along with R&D, sales, and marketing abilities. Solid record of continuous improvement and expansion projects. History of success in multi-tasking management style in team building with customers, process, production, sales, and technical service functions. Extensive background with P&L responsibilities. Track record of achievement in developing revenue and meeting aggressive growth targets. Strength in creating an inclusive culture with strong communication and teamwork that benefits the entire organization. Committed to creating a culture of excellence, quality, service, and profitability.

KEY SKILLS

Petrochemical Lubricants Additives Process Production Expert In Tolling Surfactants Production And Applications Peroxide And Ethoxylation Semi-Batch Reactions Batch And Continuous Distillation Recovery, Refining And Purification Operations Reactive-Azeotropic Distillation Specialty Chemical/Petrochemical Processing And Production (Acrylonitrile), Herbicides, Solvents, Pmac, MTBE, Etc.) Ceramic Tile Industry Process/Production Expertise EH&S Fluent In Spanish & Italian

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

Lubrizol USA, Deer Park, TX. 11/2019 - Present

Superintendent BDTF

Management of the Blend and Tank Farm Unit of lubricants additives at Deer Park. Unit with 20 high-technology blenders, 4 reactors, and 320 storage tanks. Unit produce 182 different products, 63.2 million MT per month. Implemented inline blending system that resulted in increased production capacity in 40%.

Lead a team consisting in a production Manager, 2 process engineers, a plant supervisor, Maintenance coordinators and 4 Foremen reporting directly. 82 operators reporting indirectly.

Unit KPI’s creation for production and maintenance, resulted in 99% schedule compliance, 1900 days without injures, and cost savings $540K in OT.

Create a continuously improvement culture introducing Kaizen concepts in production as Lean six sigma, 5S tools, etc. increasing the OEE at ILB200 from 65% to 92%. And reducing the cost in 25%.

Manage a Yearly expenses Budget of $72 million. Reached cash flow goal. Implemented a preventive and predictive maintenance program that resulted in $370,000 dollars saved.

Lead $32 million CAPEX projects to improve equipment and process resulted in upgrade flammable tanks compliance.

Implement the environmental compliance system including LDAR internal audit and EOL program. Zero reportable.

Execute the BL-4 PHA and PSSR unit for Anglamol products (Amines). Avoiding delays increasing OEE to 98%

Lead the SPCC storage tank inspection and MOC implementation to the tank repairs completing 26 tanks per year vs 5 tanks in previous years...

Introduce 25 new products to rotate the portfolio last year.

Successfully implement the HPI program and the toolbox talk safety initiative reducing the incidents is 35%.

Oxiteno USA (Ultra Group), Pasadena, TX 06/2017 - 11/2019

Production Manager

Was successfully part of the leading team that started up and commissioning the new Plant 2 for the Batch Alkoxylation unit in the USA that consisted in ISBL: two new reactors train: water test, equipment started up, and production starting up. Also the OSBL: tank farm, boilers, scrubbers, etc.

Led the Plants 1 and 2 production units with 11 employees reporting directly and 60 indirectly. Both Plants are consistent in 8 batch reactors and 4 blenders to produce 120 different products (145 MTY).

Led the Planning and organizing of production schedules, assessing project and resource requirements.

Monitored daily operations, production rates, and product quality.

Cesar R. Florez 931-***-**** Page 2

Led the Operations personnel on operating procedures to ensure they are valid and up to date that accomplish the PSM requirements.

Performed incident investigations and root cause analysis teams that resulted in improvement on 26 products' cycle time reduction of 20%.

Ensuring that EHS regulations are met, determining quality control standards, overseeing production processes participating in PHA teams and providing technical input for process safety. Working with the Technical Engineering Department in San Paulo on detail engineering,

Actively lead the integration of the new ORACLE system into the USA production system for production and inventory controls.

Create and Support project managers for proper project execution as well as PHA, PSM, and SOP of individual operations evaluating feasibility and safety of proposed projects.

Organizing the repair and routine maintenance of production equipment, liaising with buyers, logistics marketing, and sales staff.

Close links between production management and general or strategic management and marketing and finance. Obtained the ISO9001 in 2017 and ISO14001 in 2019 for best manufacturing practices.

Create and manage the annual Production budget. Control the production cost centers.

Clariant Corporation, Pasadena, TX 06/2012 - 06/2017

Operations/ Project Engineer

Created the plant a customer service-oriented culture that works with high safety standards and the right procedures. Training the people in technical aspects as well as in Kaizen culture allows the synergy to improve the process and production in a continuous manner increasing the quality and service.

Develop and execute batch process designs, from feasibility studies to commercialization along with the design details for process transformations, manufacturing systems, production equipment, and utilities

Lead production unit with 5 employees reporting directly and 45 indirectly. Both Plants consisted of 5 batch reactors and 4 blenders to produce 250 different products (185 MTY). Producing peroxide products and ethoxylate products. The peroxide plant goes from 84 to 820 tons/month using 5S, self-motivation and empowerment, and DMAIC tools in 3 months. No investment in assets.

Managed the Production to develop the P&L strategy (360) to control and adapt changes with the annual budget cost, production, raw materials, logistics, and employees.

Lead planning and organization of production schedules, assessing project, and resource requirements.

Estimated, negotiated, and agreed budgets and timescales with clients and managers.

Ensured EHS regulations are met, determining quality control standards, overseeing production processes, and re-negotiating timescales or schedules as necessary.

Selecting, ordering, evaluating, training, and hiring employees, supervising the work of junior staff, and organizing relevant training sessions. Create overtime control systems.

Actively led the integration of the new ORACLE system into the production system for production and inventory controls.

Led warehouse team that controls the raw material income and the logistics delivery in tank trucks and rail cars as well as the drumming and totting of final goods taking care of scheduling and processes.

Organized repair and routine maintenance of production equipment, liaising with buyers, logistics marketing, and sales staff.

Process Engineer

Successfully led the start-up of the two new reactors: water test, equipment start-up, and production start up. Increasing unit capacity by 45%.

Participated actively as Process technical advisor in the Basic and Detail Engineering design for the 2016 expansion project ($60MM.). Traveling to Germany and China during process design coordinating the details with German And Chinese Engineering departments. Handled maintenance contracts and contractors. Actively participated as a support Project Manager in the 2016 expansion.

Designated Manager for DCS control system implementation and new recipe system for the expansion project in 2016. Led operations to produce 64 different products using Ethoxylation into three batch loop reactors. The team

Cesar R. Florez 931-***-**** Page 3

consisted of 32 members which included Operators, Engineers, Technical staff, and mechanical support from 15 contractors.

Managed accounts for customers as P&G, Ashland, etc. Increased sales by 8,200 tons per year with improvement projects without investments. Participated in presentations to customers supporting sales by offering our portfolio of products.

OTHER RELEVANT EXPERIENCE

Johann Haltermann Ltd, Channelview, TX Production Team Leader (CTL)

Solutia Inc, Alvin, TX Acrylonitrile (AN) Process Optimization/Production Engineer Acrylonitrile (AN) Process Engineer

Flor-Gres Group, Clarksville, TN Project Technical Support Manager

New Product Development Manager Technical Lab Manager

Corona Group, Bogota, Colombia Technical Manager

EDUCATION

M.S. Management of Hydrocarbons Vina del Mar University, Valparaiso, Chile

M.S. Chemical Engineering James I. University (accredited), Castellon, Spain

B.S. Chemical Engineering Industrial University of Santander, Bucaramanga, Colombia

Diploma Engineering Project Management Engineering Colombian School, Bogota, Colombia

Lean Sigma Green Belt UMS-GMBH - Clariant University, Charlotte, NC

Six Sigma Green Belt Certified

PROFESSIONAL TRAINING & DEVELOPMENT

PCS7 Engineering 1 - Siemens; Spring House, PA, 08/17 - 8/21, 2015.

Excel Spreadsheet Problems Solving for ChEng; Houston, TX, 06/15/2015.

PCS7 Engineering 2 - Siemens; Atlanta, GA, 5/18 - 5/22, 2015.

PI System Administration for IT Professionals; Houston, TX, 10/30 - 11/2, 2012.

Minibat 15 training, Minitab Inc.; Houston, TX, 1/18 - 1/22, 2010.

Advance Excel Training, ACC College; Alvin, TX, 10/3 - 10/7, 2009.

Basic of Process Engineering, R. Russell Rhinehart, Oklahoma State University; 8/4 - 8/6, 2009.

HCN safety Training, Harvey Openshaw; Houston, TX, 05/13/2009.

Cause Analysis Training, McBryer Gary; Houston TX, 12/10/2008.

Process Technology- Equipment and Systems; Houston, TX, 12/01/2008.

World Class Project Management; Houston, TX, 11/06/2008.

Process Modeling Using ASPEN HYSYS; Houston, TX; 09/11/2008.

Regression Apply in production, Dr. Raid Amin; Houston, TX, 06/07/2008.

Distillation Practical Training Course, Henry Kister; Houston, TX, 04/16/2008.

MEMBERSHIPS/SOCIETIES

AIChe., SPE, Universitat Jaume I alumni society, Linkedin

Contact this candidate