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Jorge Gonzalez

Mechanical Engineer
Orlando, FL

Summary

JORGE GONZALEZ , MBA/MSCM WITH EXPERIENCE LEADING MANUFACTURING AND SUPPLY CHAIN TEAMS ACROSS MULTIPLES SITES IN LATIN AMERICA, WITH A FOCUS ON DEVELOPING TALENT TO ACHIEVE THEIR MAXIMUM POTENTIAL. MORE THAN 20 YEARS OF PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE IN SEVERAL POSITION ALONG THE SUPPLY CHAIN INCLUDING PLANT OPERATIONS, ENGINEERING, PLANNING (S&OP), RAW MATERIAL PROCUREMENT AMONG OTHERS. STRONG CAPABILITIES TO IDENTIFY AND IMPLEMENT PROCESS IMPROVEMENTS OPPORTUNITIES.

Self-starting Operations Manager offering high-level experience in supervision of workover and completion operations. Adept at directing work of completion consultants and completion supervisors. Successful introducing lean manufacturing to increase productivity and cut costs of completion. Well organized, attentive to detail and vigilant in achieving safety and environmental impact reduction objectives.

Exceptional Operations Manager focused on successful team building, cost-cutting and operational improvements. Determined to cut costs without impacting quality of products and services. Reliable team player committed to building high-performing teams.

Seasoned Operations Manager and talented leader with [Number] years of experience applying exceptional planning and problem-solving abilities toward enhancing business plans and day-to-day activities. Results-driven and resilient in developing teams while improving processes and increasing productivity. Bringing solid understanding of industry trends, excellent communication skills, talent for spotting areas in need of improvement and implementing changes with strategic approach.

Overview

26
26
years of professional experience
2011
2011
years of post-secondary education
2
2
Languages

Work History

Operations Manager

PVC GERFOR
03.2015 - 06.2023
  • Lead and design operations strategy and manufacturing footprint for five facilities located in Colombia (Bogota 3), Peru (Lima), Guatemala (Guatemala) ranging from 80 to 600 employees
  • Responsible for meet and exceed KPI’s with a heavy emphasis on HSE, quality, productivity and profitability
  • Mentor and supports production, and plant managers across five facilities in all facets of the operational duties
  • Delivers effective change leadership by driving business changes while minimizing people impact
  • Communicate and participates with regulatory affairs
  • Active participation in regulatory and industrial associations
  • Lead the execution and control of group investment projects (CAPEX, infrastructure, new products) with investments of US $ 18 MM for 2019-2021 including a new facility located in Bogota
  • Implement and consolidate the Gerfor Production Model through the use of TPM / LEAN continuous improvement tools initially associated with the group's manufacturing plants to deliver better efficiencies year on year
  • Delivered +USD 500K saving for the first year of implementation of through continuous increase of OEE, energy consumption and raw material procurement savings
  • Vertical startup of three state of art PVC pipe extrusion lines +75% OEE in the first 30 days of operation
  • Assess and maintain strategic relationship with the key suppliers to drive efficiency and cost saving program
  • Successfully implementation of S&OP model during the implementation of SAP Hana ERP acting as a sponsor.

Manufacturing Manager

Clorox Colombia
12.2012 - 03.2015
  • Responsible for the performance of all Manufacturing Operations in two facilities (Bogotá and Cali) including Safety & Environmental, Manufacturing, Raw Material planning and procurement, Engineering, Industrial Engineering, Plant & Facilities Engineering, and Maintenance
  • Responsible for overall plant profit and loss (P&L) for production, maintenance, quality control, Engineering and warehouse
  • Responsible for implementation for the Clorox World Class Operations program based on TPM/LEAN tools
  • Contribute offering incentives for cost reduction in packaging and maintaining higher (OEE) Overall Equipment Effectiveness than the previous annual average, the key KPI’s in this Lean measurement process are availability, performance and quality
  • Responsible for Capital investment (CAPEX) with a 5 million dollars budget for 2012 including a brand new high speed packaging line for Bogota operations.

Manufacturing Manager

Industrias HACEB S.A
01.2008 - 12.2012
  • Division
  • Plans, organizes, directs, and controls the activities of the Operations function for a facility, ranging from 700-800 employees and over 350.000 refrigeration units per year
  • Responsible for the coordination and performance of all Manufacturing Operations, HSE, Manufacturing Engineering, Industrial Engineering, Plant & Facilities Engineering, and Maintenance
  • Develops manpower requirements based on product forecasts, sets priorities for production schedules based on new product introduction, equipment efficiency and materials supply
  • Establishes production and costs statistics, cost improvement projects, annual inventory values, commercial information and various reports
  • Participate in the execution of a green field facility for producing refrigerators, that started up at the end of 2012
  • Managing over 50 million dollar budget
  • Sets, monitors, evaluates, and improves standards of production performance and measurements
  • Uses Lean Manufacturing techniques for waste reduction (i.e
  • JIT, Continuous Flow, Demand Flow, Cycle Time Reduction, SMED to reduce/minimize any non-value added activity cost on the assembly lines
  • Uses tool and resources available to meet customer production needs based upon sales forecast with a high flexibility operation.

Supply Chain Planner

Industrias HACEB S.A
03.2005 - 12.2007
  • S&OP)
  • Maintains 30 million dollar inventory level and accuracy, including finished products, raw materials, and semi finished products
  • Reviewing and analyzing daily capacity constraints and adjust master schedules accordingly to optimize the supply chain
  • Reviewing forecast and inventory within the network to create weekly master distribution schedules for multiple facilities while assuring adequate end customer service, level outbound shipments by day of week and meeting inventory goals
  • Analyze and evaluate production and inventory requirements to forecast and demand, place orders and expedite or de-expedite them as necessary, and work with suppliers to resolve issues and take other necessary steps to support the plants requirements
  • Manage safety stock of raw materials to allow flexibility in production scheduling while considering supplier long term agreements, lead time, and obsolescence
  • Monitor production activity to insure a smooth and controlled flow of materials in a timely manner to meet production requirements
  • Identify and analyze opportunities to reduce costs across the supply chain
  • Forecast review with Sales Dept
  • Across business segments
  • Continuous improvement of the replenishment process as well as all the planning parameters in the ERP-system in order to optimize the KPI’s.

S&OP Controller

Colombiana Kimberly Colpapel S.A
08.2002 - 03.2005
  • Responsible for elaborating and executing the master production schedule (MPS) of a two paper mills 1000 tons/month each one through timely material planning, production, scheduling, coordination, and effective utilization of available resources
  • Runs the MRP/DRP once a week using FTS (forecast to stock) model implemented in SAP, assuring that DC´s (Distributor Centers) maintains an available stock level
  • Defines safety stock level for all finished products as TDS (Target Days Supply), monitoring and controlling them in each DC
  • Ensures timely and accurate planning of material requirements to support MPS
  • Plans, schedules, and monitors movement of materials through production cycle
  • Coordinates efficient movement of materials with purchasing, production, and engineering
  • Maintains accuracy of assigned data fields in material planning system
  • Develops MPS for all products, including fine papers, notebooks, tissue products
  • Works with marketing department to understand forecast demands and needs of market place
  • Analyzes sales forecasts and works with production to develop recommendations
  • Analyze requested changes to MPS and provides timely feedback regarding feasibility
  • Maintains 4,5 million dollar inventory level and accuracy, including finished products, raw materials, and semi finished products
  • Generates a diversity SAP reports including inventories, BOM, rate routing.

Maintenance and Production Planner Engineer

Colombiana Kimberly Colpapel S.A. Barbosa´s Mill
08.2000 - 08.2002
  • Coordinated the production and maintenance of 12 machines including table napkins, hand towel, and kitchen towels machines
  • Modified and redesigned machines to produce new tissue products
  • Reduced delay by 6% in the first year
  • Reduced the actual maintenance cost in 10% during the first year
  • Reduced waste by 2% in the first year, resulting in a cost saving of US 80.000
  • Managed a group of 40 people
  • Trained the team in areas including TPM, lubrication, SMED
  • Developed more efficient and secure grade change procedures which help to decrease major injuries.

Design Engineer

Acme León Plásticos Ltda
09.1997 - 04.1998
  • Designed, constructed and improved plastics dies for an extrusion line, resulting in a 40% decrease in die weight
  • Analyzed and reduced the overheating by 50%
  • Managed a design department of 8 people.

Education

Master of Science - Supply Chain Management

Universidad De Los Andes
Bogota, Colombia
06.2020 - 08.2023

MBA - international business

Universidad Eafit

Master - Mechanical Design

Universidad Eafit

BS - Mechanical Engineering

Universidad Tecnológica de Pereira

Society of Plastic Engineers - undefined

Leadership Program, Clorox Diamond Leadership Institute. - undefined

Oliver Wight - undefined

01.2011 - 05.2012

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Improving Negotiation Skills, HACEB - undefined

1 1 - 05.2006

Logistic Diploma - undefined

EAN University

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University of Delaware ELI (English Language Institute)
Newark, Delaware
08.2004 - 05.2004

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08.1999 - 05.1999

Skills

Hands-on knowledge of word, Excel and Power Pointundefined

Affiliations


  • APICS – Association for Supply Chain Management
  • Society of Plastics Engineer

Volunterig

 DHL GoTrade GBSN Fellowship Program 

 This Fellowship Program is designed to partner selected postgraduate business students with small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) in the developing world with the aim of fostering greater cross-border trade. This directly addresses our collective mission at GBSN –– to improve access to quality, locally relevant management and entrepreneurial education for the developing world. GoTrade is education and access. 

Timeline

Master of Science - Supply Chain Management

Universidad De Los Andes
06.2020 - 08.2023

Operations Manager

PVC GERFOR
03.2015 - 06.2023

Manufacturing Manager

Clorox Colombia
12.2012 - 03.2015

Oliver Wight - undefined

01.2011 - 05.2012

Manufacturing Manager

Industrias HACEB S.A
01.2008 - 12.2012

Supply Chain Planner

Industrias HACEB S.A
03.2005 - 12.2007

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University of Delaware ELI (English Language Institute)
08.2004 - 05.2004

S&OP Controller

Colombiana Kimberly Colpapel S.A
08.2002 - 03.2005

Maintenance and Production Planner Engineer

Colombiana Kimberly Colpapel S.A. Barbosa´s Mill
08.2000 - 08.2002

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08.1999 - 05.1999

Design Engineer

Acme León Plásticos Ltda
09.1997 - 04.1998

MBA - international business

Universidad Eafit

Master - Mechanical Design

Universidad Eafit

BS - Mechanical Engineering

Universidad Tecnológica de Pereira

Society of Plastic Engineers - undefined

Leadership Program, Clorox Diamond Leadership Institute. - undefined

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Logistic Diploma - undefined

EAN University

Improving Negotiation Skills, HACEB - undefined

1 1 - 05.2006

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