OPERATIONS / PLANT MANAGER

Production and Technical Manager, with more than 11 years of international manufacturing experience in the United States and Spain. Fluent in English, Spanish and can converse in French.

Proven track record driving to results, building Budgets and leading strategies that achieve objectives. Recognized ability to define and implement process and quality improvements. Demonstrated success working in a Lean and Continuous Improvement organization. Strong background in performance management and team development. Known for coaching, delegating and motivating teams.

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

Louis Vuitton 2000 – Dec 2011

Luxury leather goods manufacturer with over 360 people/plant and 100 references in production. Introduces 30% new products per year. Experience at facilities in USA and Spain include the opening of a 2nd plant in each location, hiring 100 people /year. Moved the USA facility to Lean Manufacturing and doubled the annual number of new products.

LOUIS VUITTON U.S. Manufacturing, Inc. – San Dimas and Irwindale, California 2010 – Dec 2011

TECHNICAL MANAGER

Senior Executive reporting directly to the General Manager in the USA and the Technical Director of the Headquarters in Paris. Charged with introducing and developing new products, equipment, and processes. Oversee the Technical Department as well as the Maintenance team. Lead team of 27 people.

• Applied new development organization and introduced training to the team in a new informatics tool. Doubled the number of new products in one year (44).

• Reduced development time and achieved 100% milestones.

• Supported the growth of the company.

o Hired and coached (6) new members on the team.

o Organized the opening of a second facility, defining lay-outs, flows and teams.

o Defined and scheduled needs of assets and participated in the organization of the movement.

• Managed $20M Budget with YTD results of 8 % below Budget.

LOUIS VUITTON U.S. Manufacturing, Inc. – San Dimas, California 2008 – 2010

PRODUCTION MANAGER

Senior Executive reporting directly to the facility General Manager. Oversaw overall factory production. Led team of 400 employees.

• Hired 100 artisans and 5 new supervisors without impact in productivity.

• Introduced a production trainer role, defining a job description, tasks and organization with HR Director

• Implemented Lean manufacturing system. (WIP follow-up, Kaizen…)

• Achieved a 50% reduction in replacement rate. Decreased consumption of raw material by 30%.

• Built a new quality organization, defining training and new production organization, based on the concept “Good at the first time”. Reduced rejects by 30%.

S.C.T.A. LOUIS VUITTON, S.A. – Barbera del Valles, Barcelona, Spain 2002 – 2007

PRODUCTION MANAGER

Promoted to Production Manager when the company opened a second manufacturing plant in Barcelona, Spain, becoming the largest by staff size in the company. Directly oversaw safety, production rates, quality of product, repairs, labor efficiency, supplies and procurement and use of raw materials, and team and staff performance. Managed staff of 400.

• Supported the opening of a second facility. Defined, trained and organized production teams. Defined flows between facilities.

• Teamed with Lean manager to implement Lean organization.

• Improved productivity and quality. Achieved the goal to be benchmark between the rest of the plants of Louis Vuitton in less than 3 years.

• Managed more than 100 different SKU’s in regular production. Worked with Logistic to adapt the production to the Supply Chain & Customer needs.

• Defined and organized training with HR department for production teams and new hires.

S.C.T.A. LOUIS VUITTON, S.A. – Barbera del Valles, Barcelona, Spain 2000 – 2001

PRODUCTION SUPERVISOR

Reported to the Production Manager. , Led a team of 40 artisans.

J.M. Miralles, S.A. – Sant Boi de Llobregat, Barcelona, Spain 1997 – 2000

Production Manager

Managed the production and preparation of industrial equipment. Oversaw multiple (4) lines of painting process (dust/liquid and cataphoresis). Scheduled loads to minimize time lost changing paint color. Developed a cross training plan. Followed-up on team performance. Achieved a decrease in quality rejects. Supervised a staff of 65.

I.T.E.U.V.E., S.A. – Barcelona, Spain 1993 – 1997

Station Director for Technical Vehicles Inspection

Managed station in downtown Barcelona, Spain. This was the first station in urban Barcelona. Validated any modifications done to privately owned vehicles. Station provided quality service in accordance with the norms of government administration. Directly oversaw the work of 20 mechanics, 2 supervisors, and 5 administrative personnel.

Damer Iberca, S.A. – Sant Boi de Llobregat (Barcelona), Spain 1991 – 1993

Technical Engineer, Innovation & Development Department

Designed and developed dampers for diesel engines for ships and for other industrial purposes. Damer Iberca is part of the Cummins Group.

Master Ingenieria y Arquitectura, S.A. – Barcelona, Spain 1991

Technical Engineer, AC and Fire Suppression System

Designed air conditioning and fire prevention systems for a telephone company building.

EDUCATION

Instituto Catalan de Tecnologia, Barcelona, Spain

Masters Degree in Production Management

Escuela Universitaria de Ingeniería Técnica Industrial de Barcelona, Spain (E.U.I.T.I.B.)

Bachelor Degree in Mechanical Industrial Engineering

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