TONY GONZALEZ
Nogales, Arizona 85621
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OBJECTIVE:
Interactive Operations Manager with 26 years of manufacturing & Sales background and a passion for new ideas and strategies; pursuing a career with an Industry in manufacturing, health care, Insurance, marketing & sales. Skilled at building strong team environments and fostering open communications.
EXPERIENCE:
11/2007 – 01/2008 Southwest Windpower Inc. Flagstaff, Arizona
Industry: Manufacturing, Distribution & Sales
US Mid-West Account’s Dealers Sales Manager
Manage the Mid-West Dealer accounts, including Maine & Hawaii; oversee the sales production and liaison with companies and/or owners of same. Troubleshoot manufacturing issues, accounting & shipping on a daily basis. Build & maintain a close relationship with dealers and generate new accounts on an daily basis.
06/2002 – Current L&G Mortgage Bank Flagstaff, Arizona
Industry: Mortgage
Loan Officer/Public Notary/Marketing & Financial Consultant
Marketing of commercial, home and land loans; contract generation and liaison with title and realty corporations. Fulfill customer needs and expectations.
11/2002 - 10/2004 Exit Properties Flagstaff, AZ
Industry: Real Estate
Realtor/ Loan Officer/Marketing & Sales Specialist
Market and Finance commercial, home & land properties, for customers in Arizona. Create Loan contracts and Buy/Sell Contracts for commercial, home and Land properties.
Satisfy customer needs and expectations per their respective goals and needs. Advertise and market customer properties per establish goals and needs.
5/2000 - 11/2002 Tooh Dineh Industries, Inc. Flagstaff, Arizona
Industry: Manufacturing
Operations & Customer Service Manager
Overseeing the day-to-day production of SMT & Thru-hole operations of 3 facilities, 8 direct reports with 150 associates. L&P reporting; Overseeing the implementation & compliance of all operating policies, procedures and company goals.
Develop & acquire marketing, sales, quality and financial strategies to fulfill customer needs and expectations. Coordinate daily production meetings to meet on time delivery for customers in Mexico, Canada and the US market.
1/1998 - 5/2000 CM International, Inc./Distribution Center Nogales, Arizona
Industry: Consumer Goods
Plant Manager
Overseeing the day-to-day compliance of all regional operating personnel with company and corporate operating policies and procedures; translating the corporate vision and strategy into a regional operations strategy and implementation plan; providing specialized operating focused consultative services to all regional operations; monitoring the quality assurance system within field operations.
Building and maintaining a network and liaison function with customer and the field operations organization; providing a high level of technical engineering support to local plan operations; prepare the capital budget for the region; overseeing continuous improvement efforts required to expand core processing systems; ensuring that all plant support staff are properly trained (especially maintenance staff); and for analyzing plant operating efficiencies and making appropriate recommendations to improve those operations.
2/1996 - 1/1998 Alpha Protech, Inc. Nogales, Arizona
Industry: Biotechnology/Pharmaceutical
Corp. Q.A. & R.A. Manager
Working as Corporate Quality Assurance and Regulatory affairs for (6) Divisions in Mexico Canada and the United States. Manage ISO 9001 Program from inception to implementation on 4 Divisions.
Manage and supervise 8 direct reports and 88 indirect reports, audit all divisions on a quarterly basis. Manage and coordinate corporate document control, quality budget and personnel for all divisions.
Manage and supervise compliance with FDA, EPA, OSHA, CE Mark & NIOSH regulations, and 510K reporting. Major Accomplishments ISO 9001 Implementation, Quality Assurance manual in conjunction with standard operating procedures. Increase the quality level of 55% rejection to a 98.7 acceptance with Good Manufacturing Practices and ISO 9000,1,2,3 implementation.
7/1990 - 2/1996 DeRoyal Manufacturing, Inc. Nogales, Arizona & Mexico
Industry: Biotechnology/Pharmaceutical
Plant Manager
Recruited in 1989 as a technical Consultant and promoted to Plant Manager in 1990 by privately held $ 125 million Company. Directed operations of three facilities with twelve direct reports and 350 production associates. Directed all plant operations and managed groups responsible for production and factory management, quality, materials, sourcing, inventory, health and safety, distribution, shipping, plant maintenance, accounting, and cost reduction programs.
Manage the administrative start-up of two new facilities, including staffing, training, and initiating the procedures to perform the daily operation of a new facility.
Directed the transfer of management of a medical manufacturing operation from a competitor with a 20 percent reduction of staffing within six months.
Supervise design and manufacturing of specialized machinery and implementation of it. Resolve scheduling of materials and distribution problems, to achieve a JIT goal, with a cost reduction program.
Execution and supervision of a Total Quality Management program.
12/1989 - 7/1990 DeRoyal Manufacturing, Inc. Nogales, Arizona & Mexico
Industry: Biotechnology/Pharmaceutical
Engineering & Q.A. Manager
6/1985 - 12/1989 General Instrument, Jerrold Division Nogales, Sonora, Mexico
Industry: Manufacturing
Special Projects Manager
7/1983 - 6/1985 The Chamberlain Group/Duchossois Division Nogales, Sonora, Mexico
Industry: Manufacturing
Project Engineering Manager
EDUCATION:
8/1980-83 Arizona State University Industrial Design/Mechanical Eng
8/1978-80 University of Arizona Architecture/Marketing
9/1976-78 University of Guadalajara Industrial Design/Finance
01/2005 Life & Health License Arizona Insurance
AFFILIATIONS:
1/2000 - Present Project Management
2/1998 - Present Business Management & Marketing
8/1990 - Present American Management Association
7/1987 - Present SME
2/1985 - Present Total Quality Management
5/1981 - Present Mechanical Engineering
LANGUAGES: Proficiency Level
English Fluent - Full Knowledge
Spanish Fluent - Full Knowledge