Plant Manager / Industrial Engineer

Industrial Engineer

Phone: 786-***-**** E-MAIL: ******@*******.*** Miami, Florida

Profile

Managed and coordinated production teams and responsible for planning, execution and control of products lines including quality control, raw material procurement and preventive and corrective maintenance coordination. Experience following Safety and Health regulations.

Experience in Manufacturing and Production. Emphasis on production management and production scheduling, process improvements increasing efficiency and decreasing waste (Lean Manufacturing & Six Sigma Black Belt).

Expertise in Warehousing, Material Management, Inventory Control, Receiving and Storage.

Work Experience

Plant Manager

Miami Beef Miami USA 07/2023 to Present Meat Processor

Responsible for accomplishing the production schedule according to the quality standards and labor cost.

Responsible for maintaining and upgrading the equipment and the facility. Spare parts inventory.

Elaboration of annual budget for Capex and regular expenses.

Guarantee adherence to USDA and food safety standards.

Coordinate with planning, supply chain and shipping to ensure deliveries on time.

Responsible for safety.

Participate in in the installation and startup of the new freezer and cooler (32K SQF)

oLabor cost reduction from $0.24 per pound to $0.18 per pound (22%) controlling the OT and optimizing the number of employees per line.

oImplementation of a preventive maintenance plan.

oImplementation of database to record and eliminate downtime. (OEE).

oSOP elaboration to train the employees and audit procedures.

oChange of Culture,

Personnel under supervision: 55. (Direct: 02 Managers)

Director of Production and Manufacturing

Sunsof Miami USA 12/2018 to 07/2023 Food Industry

Responsible for the installation and startup of the new plant.

Learn the operation of equipment and machines and train new staff.

Accomplish the production schedule under the quality parameters and the assigned budget working with other departments such as: QC, R&D, Planning and Purchasing.

Create standard operating procedures (Operations Manuals) for all the processes (Dough elaboration, thawing, prepping, cooking, lamination, filling and packaging)

Guarantee adherence to USDA (Sanitation Standard Procedures, SSOPs), Operational and Daily Pre-Operational Verifications, (HACCP) coordination and verification.

Analize data and improve procedures to eliminate inefficiencies such as: waste of time, raw material, labor, etc.

oReduction of dough waste by 9%.

oReduction in labor cost by 25%.

Coordinate corrective and preventive maintenance, stock of parts and relationships with equipment and machinery suppliers.

Prepare the annual budget with the finance department.

Support Sales and R&D departments in the development and launching of new products.

Responsible for safety.

Personnel under supervision: 35. (Direct: 02 Managers)

Production Operations Manager

CPS Products Miami USA 04/2017 to 09/2018

Responsible for directing overall production, safety, quality, maintenance, housekeeping and manufacturing engineering.

Control and report KPI’s such OTD (On Time Delivery), Productivity, WO’s & SO’s past due, CAR’s (Corrective Action Request), Inventory adjustments (two bin system & NI) and headcount. Generate and analyze data SQDC (Safety, Quality, Delivery and Cost).

Coordinate process improvements with the manufacturing engineers utilizing lean manufacturing tools.

oIncrease plant productivity in 26% from 54.4% to 69%, using the work force efficiently and training the employees in specific areas.

oReduce WO’s past due, improving the two bin system and no inventory items control procedure to reduce shortages of materials.

oIncrease in 5,000 SQF the space available in the production area for new production lines.

Make work stations more efficient, change the layout of the production lines and reallocate efficiently. 5S.

Define areas in the factory for: (raw materials finish good, packing, etc). Improve material handling process.

Reduction of CAR’s from 62 to 18 (29%). Changing the culture of the employees, investigating the root cause of the problems and acquiring better tools and equipment. Control chart implementation.

Production procedures standardization, documentation, training and implementation of ISO 9001.

New production lines star up (lay out, WI, BOM, training, quality)

Create the safety committee, safety manual elaboration accidents investigation and monthly safety training, Fire Department inspections.

Review annual salaries. Personnel under supervision: 115. (Direct: 05 Supervisors)

Manufacturing Manager

Arctic Industries Miami USA 03/2015 to 03/2017.

Responsible for plant production goals and maintaining the production schedule. On Time Delivery improvement from 60% to 80%.

Develop efficient labor strategies to ensure the factory meets forecasted labor costs and production goals. Control KPI such as: Efficiency and Over Time. Improvement of 10% in the efficiency.

Develop and implement a review quality control procedures throughout all stages of the manufacturing process.

Prepare and implement quarterly inventory WIP counts. Inventory discrepancy reduction from $50,000.00 to $300.00.

Upholding a safe work environment by continually improve safety.

Ensure accurate drawings form the engineering department to the customers and the factory.

Personnel under supervision 35.

Plant Operations Manager

Green Gallon Solutions. Biodiesel Elaboration Miami USA. 11/2011 to 12/2014

Directs and monitors Plant Operator's daily work assignments in a used cooking oil recycling plant.

Monitoring of all process operating parameters and utility infrastructure operations (i.e. boiler/heat transfer, chiller, chemical batching, stocking, pumping/valving/ etc.)

Control KPI such as: Efficiency, Yield, Over Time.

Insure compliance with company policies (GMP), (OSHA) and all government regulations.

Maintains reporting for accounting and production and communicates with corporate office.

Coordinate the execution of the corrective maintenance and preventive maintenance.

Personnel under supervision: 13. (24/7).

Manufacturing Plant Manager

DOSAL TOBACCO CORP Miami, USA. 10/2007 to 10/2011

Insure effective scheduling of machines, equipment, material and personnel to meet Production Goals. Obtaining an improvement of 15% in the efficiency.

Implement, review and maintain company manufacturing procedures, and production control programs such as: OEE (Efficiency) and KANBAN (Material identification, verification and utilization) achieving a 35% reduction of the customer complaints.

Insure compliance with company policies (GMP), (ISO) and all government regulations (FDA). Insuring full compliance with safety policies and procedures.

Insure full compliance with all quality assurance standards.

Coordinate the execution of the corrective maintenance on the floor and support preventive maintenance scheduling, achieving a reduction of 15% material wasted.

Interact routinely with other departments (Planning, Warehouse, Purchasing, and Engineering) to insure company objectives are met.

Personnel under supervision: 45.

Awarded “Employee of the year 2009”.

Receiving Warehouse Supervisor

BRIGHTSTAR Miami, USA. 01/2007 to 10/2007

Production Supervisor

BRIGHTSTAR Miami, USA. 02/2006 to 12/2006

Warehouse/Inventory Manager

IMECA Miami, USA. 01/2004 to 01/2006

Production & Maintenance Manager

PEPSICO Caracas, Venezuela 01/1999 to 12/2003 Food Industry

Management of the Concentrate and Beverages PEPSICO main production facility in Caracas-Venezuela.

In charge of production plan development, key performance indicators, productivity follow-up and quality control.

Preventive and Corrective maintenance coordination.

Responsible for the execution of plant projects such as: Waste Water Treatment Plant $500,000.00. New explosion proof room for 7up $150.000,00.

Implementation of Safety for operation improvement and production excellence performance.

Guarantee the quality of preparation, filling and packing of concentrated (GMP).

Increase the capacity of the plant (05 new flavors) starting up new production lines $250,000.00.

Annual budget preparation and control. Personnel under supervision: 15.

Recognized by headquarter COO due to the installation of new lines.

Production Manager

Grapho-Formas Caracas, Venezuela 07/1992 to 12/1998

EDUCATION

B.Sc. Industrial Engineering- 1992

Universidad Católica Andrés Bello Caracas, Venezuela

-FSPCA Preventive Controls for Human Food, July 2019

-HACCP Basics for Processors and Manufacturers, January 2019

-Lean Management Certification, Feb 2012.

-Six Sigma Black Belt Certification, Nov 2012.

LANGUAGES

Fully bilingual English- Spanish

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