Operations, Logistics, Supply Chain Professional

GUSTAVO ADOLFO ALVARENGA ALVARENGA

Pasaje Montaña de los Halcones #4, Home: 503-****-****

Sierra de Santa Elena, Cell: 503-****-**** Office: 503-****-****

Antiguo Cuscatlan, La Libertad El Salvador, C.A. (e-mail / SKYPE) ************@*****.***

GLOBAL CUSTOMER-FOCUSED OPERATIONS, LOGISTICS & SUPPLY CHAIN MANAGEMENT EXECUTIVE

Strategic Planning  Organizational Development  ERP  Processes & Procedures  Finance

Cost Containment  New Product Development  Lean Manufacturing  Six Sigma  Procurement • Customer Satisfaction  Productivity Improvement  Quality Assurance  Inventory Control • Project Management  Distribution  Warehousing  Regulatory Compliance • P&L • Performance Measurement  Process Automation  Export / Import

• Bilingual in English and Spanish, a US citizen born in El Salvador, with international, multicultural, multi-disciplinary, and diverse industry experience. Willing to learn, travel and relocate.

• Costumed to work closely from the bottom to the highest levels of the organizations worked for, including hired consultants, vendors, clients, and outside institutions such as banks and government agencies.

• An astute, detailed and entrepreneurial operations and logistics manager generating major warehouse operations cost savings for CONFECCIONES DEL VALLE, turning inventory management into a profit center by maximizing inventory utilization, selling irregulars, overruns and other surplus merchandize to subsidize operating costs by 50-60%.

• Played a major role in transitioning CONFECCIONES DEL VALLE from a maquila operation into a full package manufacturing service operation. Centralizing warehouses, procurement and personnel, and established process and procedures introducing lean manufacturing and six sigma principles.

• Lead the structuring process for the Post Production operations for TEXTILES LA PAZ. Centralizing Screen Print, Packing, Distribution Center, Outsourced operations, Import and Export. Linking Production and Post Production planning.

• Helped strategize the outsourcing for CEMENTO DE EL SALVADOR of everything not strategically required to keep in house. Coordinated and negotiated consignment and maintenance contract allocations for manufacturing plants. Generating important savings by implementing consignment contracts on non-strategic inventories. Assisted ex union and non union employees establishing legal companies to become corporate contractors.

• Project Management and Procurement experience from managing $20 million capital expense budget with AMERICAN AIRLINES at its maintenance base in Tulsa Oklahoma, $100 million expansion project for a new automated cement plant with CEMENTO DE EL SALVADOR, and between $12 and $15 million worth of annual procurements of raw materials, machine parts supplies, and capital expense purchases for CONFECCIONES DEL VALLE.

• Experience with different ERP platforms as well as implementation of ERP projects including designs of parallel systems to optimize operations. Leading implementation projects in relation with supply chain modules with CONFECCIONES DEL VALLE, and CEMENTO DE EL SALVADOR. Also, for production and payroll processing for TEXTILES LA PAZ.

CAREER HISTORY

CONFECCIONES DEL VALLE, S.A de C.V., El Salvador 2003 – Present

Apparel maquiladora and full package manufacturers serving clients such as SARA LEE, CHAMPION, HOST, POLO, Jacklyn, PUMA, LEVI'S, JC PENNY and others.

Operations & Logistics Manager

Supervise a 27 employee department. Procure and track deliveries of fabrics and trims based on planning for various programs. Oversee $12 to $15 million worth of annual procurements,

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inventory management and distribution of parts and supplies among four plants and their departments. Manage capital expenditures and the importing logistics. Maintain quality control on fabrics and trims. Planned, prepared and oversaw distribution of fabrics and trims according to shipping dates, availability, and production plant capabilities. Administer warehouses by locations and performance indicators, as well as storage of machines and others equipment not in use. Maintain an auto and fork lift fleet. Analyze and track inventories for maximum utilization. Report to accounting and commercial managers responsible for the different programs.

• Reduced costs; centralized all warehouses, optimized administration and consumption of materials and resources, designed and set up a warehouse with 3,345 meters3 of racks in a 2,170 meter2 building.

• Played a key role in building the full package operation from six production lines in 2003 to 35 production lines today.

• Implemented an ERP platform covering warehouses, purchases and logistics; designed and implemented a parallel system for administration by location and performance indicators and the structure, processes and procedures required for the supply chain needed for a full package operation.

• Implemented consignment contracts with vendors to reduce costs of machine parts and raw material supplies by $200,000, improve raw material turnaround times and space efficiencies.

• For eight moths managed the close-down of a production plant concurrent with other duties.

• Coordinated logistics, storage and shipping of finished blanks for a “Quick Response” program involving screen print and packing coordination to the client’s specs.

TEXTILES LA PAZ, LLC De El Salvador, 2001 – 2003

Offshore subsidiary of FUN TEES, INC. of North Carolina, manufacturing T-shirts under full package concept for clients such as TOMMY HILFIGER, TOMMY BAHAMA, WAL-MART, NAUTICA, REEBOK, NIKE.

Post Production Manager, 2002 - 2003

Managed 127 employees. Oversaw import & export, including the airlines and shipping line services. Supervised the warehousing, storage and distribution of imported raw materials and supplies, including administration and distribution of cut fabric, as well as packing and production accessories based on planning. Headed the Distribution Center, receiving and distribution to and from laundry and embroidery. Administered and distributed finished goods to and from Packing and Screen Print, storage, loading and shipping of all finished goods including packing finished goods under customer specifications.

• Planned all post-production operations in conjunction with production planning. Including administration of packing instructions, tech backs, packing lists, and all advance shipping notices (ASN).

• Restructured the Post Production Department; unified all post-production operations such as Import and Export, Screen Print, Packing, Distribution Center, Raw Material Warehouse, and coordination of subcontracted operations, such as embroidery and washing.

• Worked closely with IT to develop and implement an efficient operations system; from an initial 3,000 dozens packed finished goods [pfg] shipped/week, ramped up to 24,000 dozens pfg/week.

Administrative & Financial Manager, 2001 - 2002

Headed a 35-employee department. Directed accounting, fiscal, and financial activities including financial reports to the US main office, contact with external auditors, administration of cash flow, and personnel payroll. Scrutinized Production Control and Payroll, processed daily production data for production reports and for payroll of direct and indirect personnel. Supervised procurement of and warehousing of machine parts and supplies for maintenance, production, and offices. Supported systems programming requirements as well as programming and hardware maintenance. Managed transportation services for all departments except transportation for the

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labor force within the nearby towns. Ran the employee store, offering basic goods such as grains, packed foods, personal and school supplies. Supervise a coffee shop offering breakfast, lunch and dinner 7 days a week. Monitored customer-factory compliance of clients’ requirements; including environmental certification for the screen print operation.

CEMENTO DE EL SALVADOR, S.A. de C.V., El Salvador 1997 - 2001

Cement manufacturers, including the service of concrete aggregates for roads and construction.

Corporate Service Contract Administrator, 2000 - 2001

Coordinated contract allocations with manufacturing plants. Maintained a current activities and contractors catalog. Worked closely with plants’ technical support. Administered all services documentation. Coordinated payment datelines and conditions with Finance. Followed up on contracts/contractors as well as contractors' duties, policies and procedures.

• Result of an automated new plant, retro-fit of an old cement plant, implementation of a SAP platform, and decertification of the union; helped strategize the outsourcing of everything not strategically required to keep in-house.

• Assisted ex-union employees establish companies that, in turn, became new corporate contractors.

• Participated in the module development and implementation of a SAP platform and implemented procedures to outsource contracts under the SAP platform.

• Negotiated consignment programs on non-strategically inventories; eliminated stockpiling of supplies inventories as well as maintenance inventories, except for strategic spare parts.

• Contributed to the company’s culture change campaign; reduced the workforce 70% and boosted productivity.

Corporate Project Division Administrative Manager, 1997 - 2000

Oversaw an $85 million turnkey expansion contract, and $15 million in complementary projects. Reported to upper management, Board of Directors, and the World Bank. Managed investment and expense budget control. Negotiated and closed contracts. Monitored contractor payments.

Coordinated projects and supervised shipping, import and receiving of machinery and equipment, including all customs import requirements. Administered documentation and technical archives.

AMERICAN AIRLINES, Tulsa, OK 1989 – 1994

World's largest airline in passenger miles transported and passenger fleet size.

Industrial Engineer (Project Engineer) 1991 - 1994

Managed approximately $20 million worth of capital expense projects as part of the company’s expansion. Coordinated projects for the overhaul support shops for the Power Plant Maintenance department maintenance of landing gear and GE and Pratt & Whitney engines. Performed make or buy and ROI analysis, as well as equipment utilization studies. Developed and coordinated onsite service contracts for construction projects, as well as maintenance and installation of equipment. Justified and managed capital expense budget for the procurement and maintenance of tooling, industrial facilities and equipment that ranged from manual to fully automated. Actively involved in the day to day shops' operations and decision making. Worked closely with shop personnel, planners, Production, Safety, Quality Assurance, Production Managers, and with all the different technical and administrative departments.

• Developed and implemented production process studies to control costs and achieve productivity improvements.

Suggestion Department Analyst (IDEAAS IN ACTION), 1989 – 1991

Analyzed suggestions pertaining to aircraft maintenance and engine overhaul. Including extensive research, return on investment and budget impact, as well as to secure the implementation of the suggestion when technically and financially feasible. Communicating decisions to the affected parties

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EDUCATION / CERTIFICATION

B.S., Industrial & Systems Engineering, Florida International University, Miami, FL, 1988

A.A., Miami Dade Community College, Miami, FL, 1984

MBA., Universidad Tecnológica - El Salvador. Master in Business Administration. Studies interrupted at 70%.

Certification, Logistics, Operations & Supply Chain Management, Latin American Logistic Center & Georgetown University, 2008

Specialized courses, in Logistics, Operations, and Supply Chain (Demand and Planning, Reverse Logistics).

High School Diploma, Physics & Mathematics, Externado de San José, San Salvador, El Salvador, 1980.

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