Plant Manager

Jorge Encarnación Montero

Current Address: *** * *** **, **** 5H, Bronx, New York City 10451

201-***-**** (Mobile)

Skype ID: jor_enc E-mail: *******@*******.***

Objective: Obtain a challenging job in a dynamic and exciting company, in order to continue applying my managerial skills in manufacturing, continuous improvements (CI), injection molding and customer service, acquired through more than twenthy years of experience in multinationals companies and at the same time to contribute my professional growth. I have the willingness to take, as well as surpass, challenges through calculated risk decision- making.

P R O F E S S I O N A L E X P E R I E N C E

Signal Transformer.

(BEL Group Company).

Haina, Dominican Republic

General Manager

Prepare and manage the operational policies aimed at achieving the objectives of the company's Strategic Plan, proposing the lines of action of each area. Ensure the correct execution of production, in quality, time and costs. Analyze the productivity, performance and operation of the different departments in charge. Lead continuous improvement processes and ensure profitability in different areas. Ensure preventive and predictive maintenance of machinery and facilities and manage associated investments. Ensure the start-up of the transformers to the end customer. Signal Transformer.

(BEL Group Company).

Haina, Dominican Republic

Process Manager for Continual Improvements (CI)

Responsible for developing and execution of the CI plans in the specified area. Through hands on approach, deploys Lean, Six Sigma and Manufacturing Excellence tools and processes in order to drive cost out goals, achieve performance excellence, improve competiveness and improve customer satisfaction as measured through Profit Plan and Strategic Plan goals. Leads the development capabilities in the area of Continuous Improvement with regards to Lean, Six Sigma and Manufacturing Excellence. Identifies and develops functional and leadership talent. Creates the functional OCA for the Organization.

July 2020 to Present

July 2019 to July 2020

GBM Dominicana

(An IBM Alliance Company).

Ave. J.F. Kennedy,

Santo Domingo, Dominican

Field Manager

Responsible of all operational and administrative tasks (Printing Process, Quality, Purchasing, Logistic and Maintenance, etc.) of the Printing Center of GBM Dominicana

(An IBM Alliance Company) located at J.F. Kennedy Avenue in Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic. Currently we are in the implementation stage of the LEAN and 5S methodologies with the goal of reducing product delivery times to our customers both external and internal. And achieving cost reduction target to foster long term relationships with our raw material suppliers. Also provide technical support to sales in projects that seek to strengthen relationships with existing customers and finding new customers. We also serve as a liaison between our Accounts Receivable department and customers when there are situations of arrears on bills. Lighting Components & Design.

Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic

Plant Manager

Responsible for all the operational and administrative tasks (Production, Quality, Supply Chain, Purchasing, Transportation, Maintenance, etc.) for the Lighting Components and Design DR Facility located in the San Isidro Free Zone. This plant was producing electrical harnesses and plastics parts (thru Injection Molding) for Automotive American Industry. We had over 12 injection molding machines and we adopted LEAN Manufacturing to reduce change time of mold's decreasing injection molding downtimes. This LEAN Manufacturing implementation improved molding machines' production outputs, complying with the “on-time” delivery goal with our internal/external customers. Also, we had developed a maintenance strategy to reduce the downtime of all injection molding machines and testing fixtures. Tyco Safety Products.

San Isidro, Dominican Republic

Manufacturing Manager

I led manufacturing supervisors and maintenance technicians, achieving Production and Engineering goal at Tyco Safety Products (Dominican Republic Manufacturing Plant). Also I was in charge of manufacturing department, establishing appropriate priorities to provide operating result reports. My team was the responsible for completion of jobs scheduled and on time delivery to customers in Atlanta, GA and Puerto Rico. We implemented the MP2 (maintenance software) in DR facility to setup a formal preventive maintenance program, reducing the downtime in the rotaries assembly and in the high-speed wiring processing machines. This software implementation allowed DR facility achieve delivery goal. Also, I led the process of optimizing all assembly areas and worked on the validation of new equipment and processes. We used the Lean tools in the manufacturing areas to improve efficiency in all areas.

April 2011 to July 2019

December 2006 to March 2011

December 2004 to November 2006

Tyco Safety Products.

San Isidro, Dominican Republic

Quality Manager

I was the head of quality department of Tyco Safety Products (Dominican Republic Facility). We gave to manufacturing lines strategic supports by periodic audits in process, to controlling and guiding them to a continuous process improvement. Our team recommended the implementation of alternatives to improve production methods by using "POKA-YOKES" assembly fixtures, new equipment, better operating procedures and better working conditions. Also I led the implementation of controls charts and ISO standards procedures to comply with internationals standardization norms. Our quality team reduced the DPMO (Defects per Millions) from 100K PPM s to 3.5K PPM s in less than six months.

BAXTER Fenwal Division.

Haina, Dominican Republic.

Manufacturing Engineer

I was the responsible for the optimization of the surgical tube's extrusion production lines through continuous improvement projects. We achieved the productivity goal by implementation of automated processes and operations. We improve all indicators related to the Manufacturing Processes (Yield, Scrap). Also, I assisted to manufacturing department to determine resources needed to achieve certain production requirements on monthly basis. I developed and implemented costs reduction projects thru a continuous interaction with the development / automation groups which provided, manufacturing insights and product performance feedback. Our engineering team had to develop processes improvements to achieve the desired performance of lines of products

Power-One

Las Americas Free Zone, Dominican Republic

Production Supervisor

Responsible for all production matters (human resources, material, and equipment) related to manufacturing of electrical power supplies. We reduce the high levels of scrapped parts in this line.

Eaton, Cutler-Hammer

Haina, Dominican Republic

Production Supervisor

Responsible for management of human resources, materials and equipment, in order to achieve well defined production objectives. We performed and achieved daily production schedule completion, complying with good manufacturing practices that were stated at process documentations. I maintained the Departmental Team's initiatives and I led to all members team to improve the metrics of Quality and Customer Services.

June 2002 to December 2004

July 2001 to June 2002

August. 2000 to July 2001

September 1998 to August. 2000

E D U C A T I O N

Pontificia Universidad Católica Madre y Maestra.

B.S. Industrial Engineering

(August 1993 – June 1998)

Pontificia Universidad Católica Madre y Maestra.

Master in Operations Administration

(January 2000 –March 2002)

O T H E R C O U R S E S & T R A I N I N G

Managerial/Manufacturing

Lean Enterprise Systems, Finance For Non-Financial Manager, Value Stream Mapping, 5S, TPM, Error Proofing, Setup Reduction, Kanban, Standard Work, Continuous Flow, Capital Appropriations, Project and Information Management, Accelerating Implementation Change, Performance and Management System, Effective Administration of Time and Re-engineering, Management Basic Training (MBT) at Costa Rica, Etc.

Quality/Technical

Six Sigma -Green Belt- (trained in Puerto Rico), Quality System Auditor of ISO 9000, TS-16949, Statistical Techniques (SPC), ITIL Certified. S O F T W A R E S

Microsoft Office (Excel, Power Point, Word, Access), AutoCAD, Visio, Microsoft Project, MP2, SAP, Etc.

S K I L L S

Spanish (Native) English (Fluent).

T E A C H I N G E X P E R I E N C E

Head of Industrial Engineering Department and Professor at Pedro Henriquez Ureña National, teaching at present the following university subjects: Introduction to Industrial Engineering, Supervisory Techniques, Operations Management and Professional Ethics. C O N S U L T A N T S E R V I C E S

Consultant in SME (PYMES) Center at Universidad Nacional Pedro Henriquez Ureña, working on Small and Medium Size Companies to improve their processes. R E F E R E N C E S

Excellent personal and professional references will be furnished upon request.

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