Plant Manager

JUAN R. ORTEGA

**** ******** **. # *** ******: 915-***-****

Pasadena, Texas 77505 **********@*******.***

Dear Professional Recruiter:

In the interest of exploring and identifying career opportunities with your organization, I have enclosed my résumé for your review and consideration; it provides valuable details regarding my diverse qualifications, experience, and achievements.

As my résumé reveals, I have over 30 years diverse assembly and manufacturing management experience in both the United States and Mexico, and I am seeking an opportunity to transition into an operation in need of an energetic, innovative, and strategic leader. Throughout this time, I have proactively organized complex operations into manageable pieces and contributed to the detailed execution of plans to support organizational goals, while providing building blocks for long-range initiatives. My expertise is broad and comprehensive and includes all aspects of plant startups, multi-site management, financing, logistics functions, and production control. All of my focus has been on building and maintaining operational efficiencies and I am the type of professional that would bring a solid balance of skills to help you achieve business objectives.

My career experience has been as a “change agent,” implementing forward-thinking ideas, concepts, and programs that motivate highly successful teams. This includes consistent and measurable contributions in the strategic planning and detailed execution of plans to support business growth and organizational goals, and identifying and capitalizing on growth opportunities. I attribute my consistent success in large part to the ability to build and maintain a principle-centered environment that preserves the company’s core values with stimulating growth and progress. Equally important has been my ability to develop productive relationships and partnerships with individuals at all levels to build consensus and focus diverse participants on organizational goals. In the past, this combination of skills has allowed me to make significant contributions to bottom-line profitability. With a solid track record behind me, I am confident I can do the same for you.

Confident that the strength of my experience, will add measurable value to your organization, I would appreciate an opportunity to meet with you to discuss your needs and my potential to contribute. In the interim, thank you for your attention, consideration, and forthcoming response.

Sincerely,

Juan R. Ortega

Enclosure

JUAN R. ORTEGA

5045 Crenshaw Rd. Apt. 216 Mobile: 915-***-****

Pasadena, Texas 77505 **********@*******.***

PROFESSIONAL SUMMARY

Solutions-focused professional with over 30 years of senior management experience in diverse assembly and manufacturing operations combining strong operating and financial management expertise, with multi-site management and new process integration talents. A strategic hands-on professional with the ability to analyze performance of business operations to create and implement internal control systems, and apply principles to streamline business processes; an expert in infrastructure design and process development with the strategic vision to expertly manage the execution of diverse operations. A leader that responds to challenges with confidence, determination, and focus; driven by challenge and the opportunity for growth and growth opportunities.

CORE COMPETENCIES:

P&L Management Financial Management New Plant Start-ups

Logistics/Distribution Management Manufacturing Resource Planning Plant/Product Line Transfers

Staff Leadership Preventive Maintenance Strategies Labor Cost Control

Quality Control/Assurance Materials Management Inventory Control

Microsoft Office (Word, Excel, Power Point, & Related Software)

Bilingual with Articulate Fluency in English and Spanish

EDUCATION / CERTIFICATION

Bachelor of Science in Industrial Engineering

University of Texas at El Paso, El Paso, Texas

MTM-2B Certification

Newport Beach, California

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

CONTINENTAL SILVERLINE, Houston, Texas 2010 – Present

Manufacturing Manager

Serve as the Production Manager overseeing all aspects of manufacturing processes for the production of high quality sleep products for worldwide customers; develop and implement effective and viable solutions and courses of action regarding operational, budgetary, safety, quality, and customer support issues in all functional areas.

Manage the implementation of lean processes and concepts to improve overall quality, reduce labor costs, and improve overall plant efficiency.

Directly supervise and oversee the work efforts of a cross-functional staff of 6 staff members and indirectly supervise 50 production members working directly in manufacturing.

Allocate all labor hours, anticipate hours required to maintain an efficient and streamlined operation, and, estimate worker-hour requirements for completion of customer orders.

Manage a comprehensive quality control program to ensure that production is compliant with all requirements; supervise continuous improvement activities for the operation implementing corrective actions to ensure that industry and governmental standards are met.

AG Corp, La Porte, Texas 2008 – 2009

Assembly Center Manager

Managed the strategic planning, development, and operations management of the assembly center, which included production control, warehouse, kitting, inventory control, and shipping and receiving activities; led and transitioned this new full-scale assembly center through feasibility analysis, research, strategic planning, layout, and development to a full scale operation.

Directed the scheduling of all assembly center activities; process control, procedural development, quality assurance, staffing, safety, resource utilization, short and long-range planning, and all continuous improvement activities for the center; served as the prime interface for the facility communicating production output commitments and schedule/production issues.

Supervised, trained, and mentored 3 staff members; allocated all labor hours, anticipated hours required to maintain an efficient and streamlined operation, and scheduled the staff accordingly.

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PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE (Continued…)

Managed the budget administration and funding activities for a yearly budget in excess of $1.5M including the acceptance, disbursement, and accounting of monies for labor, inventory, supplies, resources, maintenance, and equipment.

Provide assessments of the workplace, warehouse, and all equipment to review safety hazards and develop, create, and execute all comprehensive strategies to minimize accidents and injuries.

Key Achievements:

- Developed and implemented various business strategies that led to a plant efficiency of 90%, which resulted in saving of over $96K in a 48-week period, an average of 93% RFT (Right First Time) units being assembled, and maintenance of plant expenses 10% under the fixed budget.

- Awarded a Business Retention Award in 2008 from the City Managers Office and the Economic Development Coordinator of the Houston Port Region.

SAMPCO of Texas/SAMPCO of Georgia, Cedar Hill, Texas/Savannah, Georgia 2002 – 2008

Plant Manager

Serve as the Senior Operating Manager with full P&L responsibility for this plant accountable for the assembly of sample boards for seasonal construction materials for worldwide customers; supervised, managed, and executed key processes and business initiatives for the plant including all quality, human resource initiatives, finances, materials management, inventory control, staff scheduling to support all activities, and all customer support functions.

Directly supervised, evaluate, and oversee the work efforts of over 200 employees including cohesive teams of the production managers, engineers, technicians, and operators overseeing yield of all production.

Supervised continuous improvement activities for the operation implementing corrective actions to ensure that all quality standards were met.

Key Achievement:

- Managed the implementation of continuous improvement activities that led to a reduction in warehouse space and a savings of $102K annually, reduction of backorders in the plant in a period of 90 days, and improvement of labor percentage from 41% to 18%.

TAFI SA de CV, El Paso, Texas/Cd. Juarez, Chih. 1999 – 2002

Plant Manager

Managed the overall administration of this plant involved in the production of fashion jeans; managed all production schedules, cutting facility activities, cost reduction initiatives, raw material inventory control, safety, quality control, and the scheduling of a 11-member staff to meet all production requirements.

Oversaw all aspects of market and business development initiatives and the outsourcing of garment cutting at various contractor facilities; negotiated all pricing for sewing, washing, and sewing of product.

Key Achievement:

- Successfully improved efficiency to over 90% and maintained a rejection rate of less than 2.3%.

- Reduced the overall costs for manufacturing by 23% utilizing outsourcing programs.

- Double production within a 3-year period; units produced increased from 675K annually to over 1.3M in 2002.

TECMA/Stackhouse Inc., El Paso, Texas/Cd. Juarez, Chih. 1997 – 1999

Program Manager

Served as the Program Manager with full accountability for the strategic planning, development, and management for this facility involved in the assembly of medical devices, medical protective wear, and smoke and fluid filtration systems.

Plant Manager, Industrial HASE/Cactus Apparel, Inc., El Paso, Texas 1993 – 1997

Operations Manager, Birtcher Medical Systems, Cd. Juarez, Mexico/El Paso, Texas 1987 – 1993

Group Manager, Mexican Operations, AUTO-ASSEMBLIES, Inc., El Paso, Texas 1979 – 1986

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