Senior Materials/Logistics Manager

ISMAEL MONTALVO

PMB *** PO Box **** Aguadilla, P.R. 00605

Home: 787-***-****

Mobile: 787-***-****

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Senior Manager with proven record to improve and develop businesses, asset management, planning and distribution. Proven experience with multicultural / international organizations in a Lean Manufacturing / Six Sigma environment. Outstanding management skills in developing, implementing and tracking company business success and strategies that foster continuous improvement and value in Purchasing, Planning, New Products, Order Management and Logistics. An energetic, innovative professional, who has a sense of team, is people oriented, cares about people, and produces results. Backgrounds include:

• 27% inventory reduction ($5.5 million)

• Implementation of the BaaN (ERP) MRP/MPS modules

• 18% in-bound freight cost savings ($804K)

• Purchase price reduction of $1.4 million

• Transferred the Master Production Scheduling function from Boca Raton to Puerto Rico Manufacturing.

• Implementation of BTR (build to replenishment) and S&OP (Sales and Operations Planning) processes.

• Worked with various ERP systems (BaaN, Oracle and SAP)

CAREER EXPERIENCE

Checkpoint Caribbean Ltd.

Ponce, Puerto Rico Nov, 2009 – Jun, 2011

Senior Materials/Logistics Manager

Responsible for all Materials and Logistics activities for the Dominican Republic operations. Responsibilities include, but not limited to: Customer Service, Inventory metrics, Purchase Price Variance, Inbound freight and Contract Manufacturing Transfer.

Purchasing Manager

Responsible for all Purchasing activities for the Puerto Rico and Dominican Republic operations. Responsibilities include, but not limited to: material availability, Purchase Price Variance, Inventory metrics and In-bound freight.

Tyco Safety Products

Aguadilla, Puerto Rico Aug, 1993 – Jul, 2009

DIRECTOR, MATERIALS / LOGISTICS

Responsible for all the Materials and Logistics activities for the Puerto Rico and Dominican Republic operations. Responsibilities include, but not limited to: Customer Service, Inventory metrics, Purchase Price Variance, In-bound freight budget and Trade Compliance.

ISMAEL MONTALVO

MATERIALS MANAGER

Responsible for all the Supply Planning/Master Production Scheduling activities for the Puerto Rico operations. Responsibilities include: monthly supply planning meeting with PR Operations, Pre-S&OP with Corp. Demand Planning/Corp. Supply Chain and Executive S&OP. Inventory management for Finished Goods ($18 million). Global planning for a product technology.

PRODUCTION CONTROL MANAGER

Responsible for all the Production Control activities for eight different manufacturing technologies. Responsibilities include the development of the build schedule in conjunction with the Corp. Master Scheduling group. In addition, the management of the New Products/Transfers Purchasing group. Direct reports of fourteen exempts and four non-exempts.

DIGITAL EQUIPMENT CORP.

Aguadilla, Puerto Rico Apr, 1977 – Mar, 1993

BUSINESS PLANNING MANAGER

Responsible for all the Production Planning/Master Scheduling activities for the Puerto Rico (Aguadilla/San German) operations. Responsibilities included: Customer Order Administration, Master Scheduling in accordance to rough cut capacity model and business planning.

NEW PRODUCTS LOGISTICS MANAGER

Overall functional responsibility for the administration of the planning and procurement of the New Products Logistics Group. This involved working with the Design Engineering group on developing and implementing a time table for the new product introduction. In addition, the procurement of assets and inventory.

MATERIALS MANAGER – Salem, NH

Responsible for the development, implementation and transfer of the materials operations (production planning, order fulfillment and production control) for a complex (new product) high volume line from Salem, NH to Puerto Rico.

DIGITAL EQUIPMENT CORP.

MATERIALS SUPERVISOR – Springfield, MA

Responsible to manage purchasing and material inventory control functions in the Springfield Plant. Major responsibility on controlling annual inventory budget of $45 million.

DIGITAL EQUIPMENT CORP.

SENIOR PLANNER – Aguadilla, PR

MATERIALS CONTROL PLANNER

EDUCATION

SPRINGFIELD TECHNICAL COMMUNITY COLLEGE Springfield, Mass. 1984 -1986

SETON HALL UNIVERSITY South Orange, NJ 1974 -1976

Six Sigma Yellow Belt April 2005

PROFESSIONAL AFFILIATION

APICS PUERTO RICO CHAPTER

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