Lean Supply Chain Executive

LUIS GABALDON

Plano, TX Ph. 682-***-**** ********@*******.*** www.linkedin.com/in/luis-gabaldon/

LEAN OPERATIONS SUPPLY CHAIN MANAGEMENT

Multi-cultural and Bilingual Manufacturing Operations and Lean leader. Extensive industry experience in developing and leading Lean Business Systems and transformative change. Fluent in Spanish and English. Demonstrated success in Operations, Lean supply chain management, Six Sigma, and Organization Development. Strategic planning and deployment, inventory optimization, and profit margin expansion.

KEY SKILLS

TPS - Toyota Production System

Theory of Constraints TOC/DBR

Strategic Planning/Hoshin Kanri/X Matrix

Cultural Transformations (OD)

P&L

Supply Chain Management S&OP MPS MRP

Pull Systems Kanban PFEP

TPM

Coaching and Mentoring

Cost Reduction & Growth

Leadership Development

Project Management

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

DIRECTOR NA OPERATIONS Luminator Technology Group - Plano, TX - 01/2024 – 04/2025

Manage NA Operations including Aerospace and Mass Transit divisions.

Reporting to President and Accountable for NA Operations including two plants, managed Operations, Supply Chain, Quality, and Manufacturing Engineering functions with a staff of 12 direct reports.

Developed and deployed Lean Pull System that reduced Inventory levels by 25% and reduced past due of $6.5M to $1.5M in 6 months and eliminated stock outs.

Deployed a SIOP Process that improved customer satisfaction by reducing lead times from avg 14 weeks to 4 weeks and Improved On-Time Delivery from 49% to 95% in 6 months.

Migrated from MRP to APS planning that enabled better demand planning and OTD delivery improvement.

Deployed Strategic Planning for next cycle based on Hoshin Kanri, with strategies, initiatives and measurable goals that are aligned with Corporate global strategy.

DIVISIONAL DIRECTOR OF LEAN AND CI Weir Minerals Fort Worth, TX - 05/2022 – 09/2023

Developed and launched Lean/CI Operating system divisionally across 16 plants worldwide, to include roadmap development, Principles, Processes and tools as well as training, coaching and Governance.

Led end-to-end VSM and analysis events in three main sites with executive teams as starting point of their Lean Transformation, reducing inventory by $20 million and improving OTD from 66% to 87% in four months.

Improved productivity in LATAM sites, achieving $1.2 million in OT savings and improved throughput.

Launched Strategic Planning Process (Hoshin Kanri) Globally across the enterprise to drive significant impact in Safety, Quality, Delivery, Cost, and People.

Designed, deployed and Led Tiered Lean Daily Management System implantation to drive daily performance improvement, reducing Lead time by 37% and improving On-time delivery from 83% to 91%.

Established a team-oriented structured problem-solving approach at all levels of the organization based on Lean A3 Methodology.

SR. OPERATIONS & OPEX MANAGER Stoneridge Juarez, Mexico - 02/2019 – 04/2022

Responsible for Operations Management and Operational Excellence of Automotive Control Devices Plant.

Deployed Lean system to reduce past due from $2.5 million to $350k and improved On-Time delivery from 50% to 95% in 6 months in 2019.

Eliminated past due and achieved 99.9% OTD in 2020.

Productivity increased by $1.5 million in 2019 and $1.1 million in 2020.

Reduced scrap by 50% YoY from 3.6 million to 1.6 million.

Led Strategic Planning Process for FY 2019 (Hoshin Kanri) for entire Juarez Operations including the Lean System Deployment roadmap tied to P&L impact.

SR. OPERATIONAL EXCELLENCE MANAGER OF NA TPI Composites El Paso, TX - 08/2017 – 03/2018

Responsible for Operational Excellence System Deployment in NA sites (3 in MX, 2 in US)

Defined the Lean System Deployment roadmap through Strategic Planning Process for FY 2018 for NA.

Developed training material for Lean systems and tools to include 5S, std. work, PFEP, Heijunka, Kanban, continuous flow (one-piece flow), Poka yoke, rapid response system, Tier Daily Management system.

Developed productivity deck for 10% cost reduction goal and balanced scorecard for each site to track progress and accountability.

Developed the kaizen schedule and Lean projects for each site to attain productivity savings goals.

Full implementation of 5S, standard work, Kanban system and Visual Management system in all sites.

SR. OPERATIONS AND LEAN MANAGER Brown Jordan International Juarez, México - 10/2014 – 08/2017

Responsible for Operations and Lean Deployment

Led Fabrication Plant Operations and achieved 20% improvement of labor productivity, OTC from 55% to 100%, lead time reduction from 12 to 3 days and OT reduction of $250k YoY.

Defined and delivered the Lean Deployment roadmap through Strategic Planning (Hoshin Kanri).

Converted plant form Push to Pull system through cellular manufacturing.

Developed an integrated Pull & Lean Scheduling system including Capacity Management model and level-load production (Heijunka), reducing inventory levels from 10.5 MM to 7.5 MM in 6 months.

Full implementation of 5S, standard work, Kanban system and Visual Management system in both plants.

SR. LEAN SUPPLY CHAIN MANAGER NA Electrical Components International Juarez, México – 06/2010 – 04/2014

Responsible to manage all Lean & Procurement activities to support 4 Mexican plants and 1 Canada plant.

Championed design and implementation of Lean Supply chain strategy that improved fill rate from 75% to 90% and decreased RM inventory by 12%.

Reengineered Planning processes (MPS & MRP), improving OTD from 85% to 94%.

Deployed a PFEP (Plan-For-Every-Part) and Kanban system to improve inventory turns from 6.5 to 7.7.

Implemented CPFR (Collaborative Planning, Forecasting and Replenishment) Model with one of main customers to increase demand visibility, reduced inventory levels by 50% and eliminated chronic shortages.

Led a cross-functional project to deal with excess and obsolete inventory, reducing it by 1.2 million USD.

Led creation of VSM’s that served as basis for Lean Manufacturing deployment in MX plants.

CERTIFICATIONS

Lean Master Kauffman Global Group

C.S.C.P. (Certified Supply Chain Professional) APICS

CPIM (Certified in Production and Inventory Management) APICS

CS&OP (Certified in Sales and Operations Planning) Ohio University

SCOR-P (Supply Chain Operations Reference Model Professional) Supply Chain Council

C.P.M. (Certified Purchasing Manager) ISM

EDUCATION

Bachelor of Science (B.S.) in Industrial and Electronics Engineering

Chihuahua Technological Institute (ITCH) Chihuahua, Mexico

ADDITIONAL RELEVANT EXPERIENCE

Supply Chain Manager ASO Corporation El Paso, TX 2006-2007

Sr. Supply Chain Manager/Lean leader Kimball International Juarez, Mex 2002-2006

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