Production and Maintenance Manager

Givaudan de Mexico

January 2005 to June 2008

Achievements: *Implementation of productivity tools: Autonomous Maintenance (TPM), 5 Ss, Total cycle time. * Set up and start up of production lines (Powder blending, natural dairy paste flavors). *Productivity increase in compounding liquid flavors (30%).

Quality Manager

Givaudan de Mexico

June 2000 to June 2005

Achievements: * ISO Certification 9001, AIB Certification, HACCP. *Vendors Qualification and developing program. Set up and start up of state of the art analytical technics: GC/MS, Particle size analyzer. Activities / Responsibilities: Manager of Quality Services, including Quality Management, Quality Control, Sensory analysis, Instrumental analysis. Responsible of the Quality System.

Analytical Control Laboratory Head

Syntex, S. A de C.V.

July 1997 to July 2000

Responsible of the analytical resources in the Research division of Syntex, including NMR, GC-MS, IR, Vis-UV, Elemental analysis, and others. Also responsible of the TLC workshop, Maintenance area, and pilot plant.

Operations Head

Givaudan de Mexico, S. A. de C.V.

June 1997 to April 2013

Achievements: *Led the successful implementation of SAP ® plant in Cuernavaca *Integrated the production of two production plants, moving the operation of a plant in Querétaro to Cuernavaca. I rationalized costs and increased production capacity 100% in the active plant. *Kept the Service Level of the plant above 97%. *Reduced the days of inventory (DSI) in 20% (75 to 60 days). *Maintened the obsolete reserves below than 6% of the total value of the inventory. *Implementation of lean manufacturing model (TPM, 5S, Kaizen Events). *ISO9001 certification in eight months. Maintenance of certification system up to date for over 12 years. *Establishment of a program of evaluation and recognition of external business partners (suppliers) *Reduction and maintaining the level of customer complaints below 0.5% Responsibilities / Activities: Responsible of the value chain: From logistics-purchasing to logistics-distribution. Including Production, Maintenance, Quality, Industrialization, EH&S, Engineering (projects), Planning (Raw materials and production), Customer service and warehouse.

Master of Science (M.Sc.)

January 1996 to January 1998

Bachelor's degree

January 1983 to January 1987

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