Director of Operations
Resume:
Edson D. Martinez
Dallas, TX
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https://www.linkedin.com/pub/EdsonMartinez
Education
Bachelor of Science – Manufacturing Engineering - 2006
The University of Texas – Pan American (UTPA), Edinburg, TX
Objective / Skills
To obtain a Director of Operations or a Plant Manager role in a growth-oriented company
Product/Process Development Lean Manufacturing Team Building Leadership (Flexibility, Commitment, Communication, Motivation, Responsibility)
Selected Accomplishments
●Coordinated the completion for the Environmental Stewardship Program; a green certification for a Green Cabinet Manufacturer, awarded in 2009, 2010 and 2011
●Utilized Lean methodologies to reduce scrap over 33% and increase productivity 35% resulting is > $2.5MM in savings
●Led the Push Back racking system project in order to increase warehouse capacity for finished goods by 350%
Work History
Director of Manufacturing Operations – SurePods – January 2020 – May 2020
●Focus on Safety as being our #1 priority, changed the Safety culture from day one by training team members on using the proper PPE
●Overseen 125+ employees producing
●Improve output by 52.3% (6.7 PODS/day from 4.4 PODS/day)
●Optimize productivity standards, metrics and performance
●Implement new reports i.e. ECN, Deviation form, Project list, scheduling production, FA review/approval
●Lead new business applications development and implementation, i.e. the vertical line, which improved productivity by 63% (tile installation and loading/unloading improvements)
●Manage the design of future production line
●Implement 5S projects
●Optimize the Material Warehouse layout and establish the right processes and documentation
●Collaborate with subcontractors to make sure priorities were being assigned on the day to day businesses
Plant Manager – TX Assembly Operations – American Woodmark – July 2015 - December 2019
●Focus on Safety as being our #1 priority, as of today we are the safest plant out of nine. Achieved 4.0 years without a Lost Time accident as of April 2019. TX’s achieved the 1st TRIFECTA ever in the history of this 30 year old company. This means: TCIR (No Recordable)-0, LCIR (No Lost Time Accidents)-0, and Workers Comp $0
●Overseen 185+ employees producing 1.3 million cabinets per year
●Implement Key Performance Indicators in the production floor to improve communication between management and production employees
●Implement 5S in all work areas which helped improving Safety and Efficiencies
●Increase production efficiencies by 19.3% (from 90% to 109.3%) from July 2015 to March 2019. TX’s was the first manufacturing plant in the USA to achieve an efficiency goal of 108%+
●Supervising the production of quality product through continuous monitoring of plant operations and assessment of daily production flow to meet customer demand and schedules
●Make To Order Project – Increased production efficiency by 36% (from 72% to 108%). Implementation of new layouts, continuously training operators on 5S and One Piece Flow, headcount reduction applying line balancing, racking re-organization, improving Quality and Customer Service’s response time, and improving shipping layout and process.
●Applying engineering knowledge to oversee machinery and equipment inspections and ensure continuous operations
●Ensuring compliance with production standards and quality assurance while identifying and implementing cost-containment strategies
●Effectively utilizing labor hours to maximize profit and minimize waste and scrap
●Analyzing forecast and production data to assess the financial impact throughout the organization
●Ensuring compliance with safety practices
●Coordinating procurement of raw materials to obtain optimal production and utilization
●Directly supervising production managers and indirectly supervising all other plant personnel, including delegating work assignments, evaluating performance, imposing discipline, authorizing leaves-of-absence, and approving hiring, promotion, compensation, and discharge decisions
●Increase productivity output by 26% (from 19,000 units to 24,000 units per week)
Plant Manager/Manufacturing Engineer – Pacific Hardwood – December 2014 – June 2015
Apply Lean Manufacturing tools and Operation processes by training hourly and management employees
●Implement Key Performance Indicators in the production floor
●Implement 5S in all work areas
●Increase production efficiencies by 77%
Director of Manufacturing – LYMI INC DBA Reformation – July 2014 – October 2014
Apply Lean Manufacturing tools and Operation processes by training hourly and management employees.
●Lean initiatives have improved Manufacturing Efficiency 22% YTD
●Implemented Key Performance Indicators in the production floor, this has increased productivity by 12%
●New Factory layout has increased physical capacity by 58%
●Search and purchase of equipment to increase capacity and reduce Quality defects (inspection machine)
●Reduce Over Time by 10% YTD
●Increase In-House cutting capacity by 33% and reduce labor cost by 60%
●Train employees on One Piece Flow in order to eliminate overproduction and inventory errors
●Create and/or work with several departments (Receiving, Shipping, Inventory, Manufacturing, Design, QC and the Executive team)
American Woodmark (Formerly RSI Home Products) - 2008-2014
Held 4 roles of increasing responsibility over a 6 yr. period. Led several projects on all manufacturing locations (Tijuana, MX, Dallas, TX, Lincolnton, NC, and Anaheim, CA), most of them related with improving efficiencies, reducing scrap and training the workforce on Lean Manufacturing’s tools
Manager of Process Engineering – West Coast – September 2013 – July 2014
●Increased efficiency on our Rigid Thermofoil (RTF) operation by 17%
●Increased capacity; pieces loaded per cycle, on our RTF operation by 25%
●Implemented Lean Manufacturing in our facility in Tijuana, MX operations, resulting in productivity improvements of 35%. Trained over 500+ employees (hourly and management)
●Implemented Lean Manufacturing in our assembly operations (Kitchen Base) in Lincolnton, NC, resulting in productivity improvements of 24%
●Managed the new introduction products into our assembly operations in Anaheim, CA and Dallas, TX. These were the first times were an introduction of a new product was achieved on the first trial
Product Engineer – September 2012 – August 2013
●Worked on costing assignments, where processes and materials must be understood by the engineer in order to reduce the cost as much as possible.
●Tested procedures for current or new products, i.e. Deflection and drop test, and First Article approvals and processes
●Worked on Product Requests (PR), in order to cost new products
●Worked on Engineering Change Notice (ECN), these are used internally to make any type of update to current or new products and also involving all affected departments
●Learned about packaging and how to reduce cost by improving their design
●Designed a new assembly method for our Ready to Assemble (RTA) products. This new assembly method created a more rigid and better-looking cabinet.
Supervisor – Door Department – January 2012 – September 2012
●Overseen 78 employees producing 3.3 million doors per year
●Implemented Lean Manufacturing in the Door and Hinging operations, resulting in productivity improvements of 22%
●Implemented First Pass Yield (FPY) to reduce internal scrap by 33%
●Developed an internal candidate into a supervisor role
●Reduced labor headcount by 11%
●Implemented a panel saw optimization project, which resulted in productivity improvements of 43%
Manufacturing Engineer – May 2008 – December 2011
Managed several projects, introduction of new processes and new products. Also, improved efficiencies, reduced internal scrap and applied Lean Manufacturing
●Implemented Playbooks for RSI-TX that were used as a visual management tool for our hourly force
●Managed the introduction of Cellularization and Push Back Racking where more than 1,000 hours were spent by the teams that I put together working endless hours and weekends without stopping our assembly and mill operations
●Developed new products, work collaboratively to implement process improvements within the procurement process
●Design and arranged effective production cells in order to increase production and reduce lead times
●Conducted time studies in order to find opportunities to increase productivity by 28%
●Designed an efficient layout of plant distribution for warehousing, production and cross docking to increase productivity
●Developed process visual aids and Standard Operation Procedures (SOP)
●Identified, documented and developed production process improvements
●Implemented Lean Manufacturing in our assembly operations resulting in productivity of 20%
●Introduced new products into our assembly and mill operations
●Tested all new packaging for current and new products
Woodcrafters – 2007-2008
Process/Product Engineer – May 2007 – April 2008
Managed several projects, introduction of new processes and new products
●Developed new fixtures to increase production by 13%
●Developed process visual aids and SOPs
●Obtained data by taking time studies on three different manufacturing plants for production planning and line balancing
●Developed Bill of Materials (BOMs) for new products
●Responsible for pilot runs of new products
●Worked on First Pass Yield project for the solid surface top plant, FPY was increased by 28%
●Utilized Cut Rite software to optimize raw material yield
●Responsible for vendor product testing and qualification
The University of Texas – Pan American (UTPA) – 2001-2006
Computer Lab Technician
●Assisted students with computer related issues
●Repaired drives and computers network problems
●Maintained and updated computer software and equipment
Languages
●Fluent in English and Spanish: read, write and speak
Computer Skills and Training
●Operating Systems: Windows and MAC OS
●Software: Pro-engineer 2000, Arena 8.0, Cut Rite, ERP, Laser QC, JD Edwards, Solid Works, Inventor and Vault
●Training in Reliability Centered Maintenance (RCM), Anaheim, CA July 2012
●Training in 5S, Lincolnton, NC, February 2011
Honors and Organizational affiliations
●Southwestern Bell Scholarship at UTPA, Fall 2004, Edinburg, TX
●Society of Manufacturing Engineering (SME) Treasurer and VP, June 2005 to May 2006, Edinburg, TX
●Society of Hispanic Professional Engineers (SHPE), January 2002 to May 2006, Edinburg, TX
●Society of Manufacturing Engineering (SME), September 2002 to May 2006, Edinburg, TX
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