RIOMA

A strong and successful executive leader who possess vast experience in a top worldwide multinational company in the areas of Supply Chain such as Procurement, Operations, E2E Planning, Stamp; OP, Distribution centers and transportation, including strategic sourcing site analysis and several divestitures/acquisitions in his career. Displays highly motivated inner drive, energy, passion, discipline, and vitality who develops the organization mainly in transition periods while delivering best in class results. Natural leader, coach, mentor, and trainer. Ability to work effectively with multifunctional and multicultural teams.

Experience:
Consultant/General Manager in Aba company Feb 2019- Nov 2019
Aba is a Mexican company with annual sales between $450-500 MM ps. This company which is under the flexographic industry, has different type of flexible packages such as printed shrink films, coex and laminated rolls, high barrier films, shopping bags, pet food bags, stand up pouch, etc. The site is run by 250 employees under a 22,000 sq meter extension located in Lerma, Toluca.

I started working in Aba as an independent consultant and after the quick and immediate results in the operations, the owners offered me the role of General Manager 2 months after. Key results: OEE (Overall Equipment Effectiveness) of the lines were not measured before but jumped from the early 25s to the 50%. Scrap reduction in 30% vs Base line (Feb 2019). Site Inventories went down by 35%. ISO 9001 certificate renewal, New Org design which ended up in productivity improvement of 18% and set up new written roles and responsibilities. Customer service results (Quantity, On time, Quality compliance), not measured before, went up from 27% to 57%, HS&E program on track with 320 days with no recordable accidents after 4 recordable in 2018, 8% of cost site savings, Returns and Refusals were reduced by 15% vs YA, Cost accountable and Accounts receivables with process control improvements, and last not least, build up new and restructured sales force with new planning and execution tools which mitigated the adverse market conditions.

Procter & Gamble.

1.-Role: Latin America External Supply Solutions (ESS) Operations Leader. Panama June 2015-Dec2018

ESS team represents a very strategic operation for P&G Latin America as this sector is gradually expanding the growth in across all categories. Led the Operations of all regional Contractors for P&G located in Argentina, Brazil, Ecuador, Colombia and Mexico. Key Results: Productivity improved in 35% since June 15 by creating synergies and simplifying work processes across all categories. TPM (Total Productive Maintenance) and Value Stream Mapping tools were implemented to drive 10% cost savings average per year while reducing inventories results by 25%. Stewardship/QA corporate programs were effectively implemented with all Contractors and with zero incidents. New Operations models were designed and implemented to increase agility and responsiveness to our customers. Best in class Customer Service results were delivered in 18/19 with Case Fill Rate (CFR) results above 95%. Organizational health assessment survey delivered a record high result in this past timeframe with 82% rating being among the top 5 organizations in all LA teams.
 

2.-Role: Latin America Business Planner & Transition Leader Fabric Care Category. Panama. Jan 2012-June 2015 LA Fabric Care category includes all the detergent powder, detergent liquid, and softeners. This category has the largest volume contribution in LA. Back in Jan 2012, this category used to have 7 manufacturing plants in LA located in Guatemala, Mexico, Venezuela, Colombia, Argentina, Peru and Brazil, and it ended up with 4 as part of a strategic sourcing analysis with the objective to drive losses out of the supply chain, renewing the speed & cost to launch new initiatives in the market, and investing in new planning techniques to increase responsiveness while reducing cost and inventories. This role consisted to develop the supply chain vision of the category for the next 5 years and being the corporate pioneer leader in LA to move all the planning work processes of the 7 P&G plants to San Jose, Costa Rica.

This transition included the relocation of key people from each country while training new employees in the local site.