Manufacturing Engineer, MBA Business Management, LSS Master Black Belt

Alex Armando Viafara Zuniga

Tracy, California, USA

Age: 42

Experience: 19 Years

Mobile Phone: +1-209-***-****

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LinkedIn – linkedin.com/in/alex-viafara

Manufacturing Engineer, MBA and Master Black Belt

Profile

Manufacturing Engineer, MBA (Awarded as Best Performance Student at FGV Class 119) and Lean Six Sigma Master Black Belt. Fluent in three Languages (Spanish-English- Portuguese) with broad experience in Manufacturing Management, Projects Management, Continuous Improvement, New Products Development and Business Development. I have worked in fast paced industries like Glass Containers, Tableware, Food Industry (Snacks, Gums and Candies). I am results focused and people oriented, constantly working in cost reduction, productivity increase and objectives achievements with my teams by training them in the Lean Six Sigma Methodology and coaching them while leading improvement projects. I have worked in Projects in the United States of America, South Africa, Colombia, Brazil, Germany, Netherlands and Peru. Trained as Black Belt in Colombia and Master Black belt in the USA. Coach and instructor of Black Belts and Green Belts in the USA, Colombia and Brazil.

Work Experience Owens-Illinois USA, Tracy, California

Position: UPM Unit Plant Manager – Production Manager Area: Manufacturing

Period: January 2018 – September 2020

Report to: John Granados

Phone: 209-***-****

Scope and Achievements

Unit Plant Manager and Site Quality Manager in Tracy, California site, the biggest O-I site in the US. As Unit Plant Manager leading a special assignment for increasing the productivity of the A Tank and replicate the solutions across the Site. This Program is based on the Lean Six Sigma Methodology and in my previous experience. As the Plant Quality Manager and Food Safety Team Leader, implemented the Food Safety Certification system ISO 22000:2018, achieved the Food Safety Certification for the first time for this plant and with the best result for an O-I plant in North America, in the Certification audit and in the periodic Audit recently finished, establishing the benchmark for North America Region. Achieved all the Quality goals during the first year of this special improvement plan, Quality Index improvement by reducing Held ware, Customer Complaints and solving the root cause of low performance jobs with the Plant team.

Owens-Illinois do Brasil, Rio de Janeiro, RJ Brazil Position: Manufacturing Manager – (Tableware Plant Manager) Area: Manufacturing

January 2013 – December 2017

Report to: Alessandro Figliuolo – Industrial Director Brazil and Argentina Phone: 55-11-254*-****

Scope and Achievements

Responsible for the Tableware plant Operation, main KPI Gross Profit, leading the areas of Manufacturing, Machine Repair, Molds Maintenance, Molds and Design (NPD), Furnace, Raw Materials and Quality Assurance. I worked closely with cross functional teams from different areas (Finance, Marketing and Logistics) in order to attend the Budget and objectives.

The transformation of the Plant was achieved by implementing the Lean Six Sigma Methodology; we trained all my direct reports as LSS Green Belts, and executed several LSS projects. We increased the efficiency and Throughput by 17% within the first 2 years, and 6% more within the next 3 years. Every year we increased the productivity and reduced Manufacturing Cost per Ton, up to 13% even with inflation. Focus areas of the projects were people training, safety, speed increase, reduction of defects and energy consumption. Mondelēz International - Cadbury Adams Colombia S.A., Cali, Colombia Position: Projects Manager

Area: Operations – Business Development

Period: October 2011 - January 2013. 1 year 3 Months Report: Felipe Carabali - Business Development Manager Phone: +57-318-*******

Projects manager for the highest Impact projects for the country, increased Sugar free gums capacity by 33% with a Capex project based using DFSS and achieving a vertical start up, added new presentation for Trident, introduced the concept of flexible manufacturing in the country with quick change transformation kits and acquired a new production line capable to change formats in short time. I worked closely with the Manufacturers in the Netherlands, Germany and Italy in the design and testing of the Machines and Molds. I led projects for Halls and Trident, from line layout to product launch, worked with all the areas involved including Plant, Supply Chain, Sales and Marketing, used Lean Six Sigma and Engineering tools such as FMEA and Design for Lean Six Sigma to achieve the goals expected by the company. I was the leader from Business Development department for the new shape of the Halls Mint Candy for Andean region as part of the LA strategy, worked in Germany with the supplier of the molds to finalize details considering changes for assuring the performance of the candy in the production line. All my projects delivered as requested, attending all of the goals. I participated for Colombia in Biscuits projects like Belvita in Peru in the project FMEA.

Cristar S.A. Owens-Illinois Colombia

Position: Master Black Belt

Area: Manufacturing and Lean Six Sigma

Period: April 2001 - October 2011. 10 Years 6 Months Report: Gilberto Pena

Phone: +55-112*******

Achievements and Responsibilities

Trained by Minitab Inc, in Owens-illinois Headquarters Offices in Perrysburg, OH, USA. As Master Black Belt I led platform projects in Latin America Plants in Costs Savings, Energy and Manning, coached and trained Black Belts and Green belts and supported Plant Managers in complex operations facing organizational changes. Previously as Black Belt, I led strategic projects for the company, achieving the award Project of the Year in Colombia for one of them with Savings above US$1 Million. I worked on projects in three Plants in the country and I led a project a platform project in Latin America. I worked in New Products design and development, implementation of Lean Six Sigma in Manufacturing. I worked in different positions through my career in O-I Colombia, including Furnace and Raw Materials as Junior Engineer, Forehearts Engineer, Production Line Coordinator, Molds and Design Coordinator, Black Belt and Master Black Belt.

SUPRAPAK S.A. - Cali, Colombia

Position: Assistant

Department: Export

Period: May 2000 - April 2001. 11 Months

Report: Jesus Alberto Llanos (Exports Manager)

Phone: +572*******

Achievements

In charge of the Customers from USA, Germany and some in Latin America, developed new customers in Europe, worked on the e-commerce strategy, virtual simulations of products and presentation for the International Packaging Fair of Chicago, developed an application to improve the speed and accuracy of quotations for exports department. While I was a trainee, I worked in Production Planning and then in Machines Design for the Technical department, where developed a 4th printing head for Flexographic machine. Academic Background Fundação Getúlio Vargas – Rio de Janeiro, RJ, Brazil Master in Business Management (Best of the Class GE119-2017) MBA

April 2014 - March 2016

Award: Best Student of the Class 119

Minitab Inc. - Owens-Illinois World Headquarters – Perrysburg, Ohio, USA Lean Six Sigma Master Black Belt

January 2010 - May 2010.

GEORGE GROUP – Colombia

Lean Six Sigma Black Belt

April 2008 - July 2008.

Universidad Autonoma de Occidente – Cali, Colombia Manufacturing Engineer

Julio 1995 - December 2000.

Colegio Fray Damian Gonzalez – Cali, Colombia

High School

August 1984 - June 1995

Award: Gran Caballero (Best performance during the 11 years of School) Languages Native: Spanish

Second Language: English

Third Language: Portuguese

Other Studies Personalysis Corporation – Perrysburg, OH, USA

Personalysis Facilitator

May 2010

Personalysis Corporation – Owens-Illinois, Medellin, Colombia Personalysis

May 2008

Dennis & Dean – Owens-Illinois Colombia, Medellin

Project Management

March 2008

Instituto Latinoamericano de Liderazgo

Diplomado en Liderazgo y Productividad (Diploma in Leadership and Productivity) January 2004 - October 2004

Centro Cultural Colombo Americano

English

January 1996 - December 1998

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