PROFILE
Business Manager with 20 years of successful project management and business improvement record in a variety of multi-cultural and multi-language environments, with emphasis on Logistics and Supply Chain Management functions. Strong planning, project control, and analytical skills, and above average problem solving ability.
Professional experience
July 2002 – Present Noland Company Florida, USA
Operations Manager
Miami/International Branch/ Delray: Warehousing, transportation, inventory
control, regulatory compliance (OSHA, DOT), customer service, dispatching,
billing, and all finished goods outbound-logistics related functions.
n Consolidated International and Domestic (Miami) operations in order to achieve resource optimization (inventory, warehouse, transportation and personnel).
n Improved internal controls in order to regain manageability and achieve internal corporate operational standards.
n Improved customer service as part of an overall effort to improve financial branch performance (Miami Branch awarded 2003 Legacy Award)
June 1998 – April 2001 Nestle Venezuela, S.A. Caracas, Venezuela
National Distribution
Manager: Warehousing, transportation, billing, and accounts receivables, and
all finished goods outbound-logistics related functions, managing US$ 2.5M
annual budget.
n Restructured operations to downsize from 21 stock points and 254 people, to 7 stock points and 165 people, while keeping Distribution Costs and Service Levels as budgeted.
n Established ground for continuos improvement in controls and operations, which will lead to additional cost reductions in subsequent years.
Aug. 1996 – April 1998 FUNDES
Venezuela Caracas, Venezuela
Country General
Manager of a Swiss-Venezuelan US$1.6M funded private foundation aiming to promote
development of small and medium size businesses.
n Developed and executed Business Plan for two years, restructuring Venezuelan operations to newer lines of business where profitability could be achieved, including development of both the Consulting Practice and the Small Business Training Practice.
Aug. 1995 – Aug. 1996 Proyectos Vanazpur, C.A. Valencia, Venezuela
Founder and Director
of own industrial and material management supplies company.
n Successfully started own company, obtaining above expected sales and margins while operating the company.
June 1991 – March 1995 Andersen Consulting (now Accenture) Caracas, Venezuela
Products Division
Consulting Manager.
n Successfully conducted consulting projects at several manufacturing and service companies, delivering final products on time and in budget. Industries/companies attended included textiles, discrete/repetitive metalwork, food processing, utilities, and construction, among others. Projects dealt with reengineering core business processes and other profit improvement initiatives.
March 1988 – Dec. 1990 Madosa (Former G.E./Admiral Venture) Caracas, Venezuela
Corporate Planning
Manager / Production Control Manager of largest home appliance manufacturer in
Venezuela at that time.
n As Corporate Planning Manager, devised and implemented new strategies for planning and controlling all manufacturing sites nationwide. Developed, disseminated and controlled corporate policy aiming to optimize manufacturing resources.
n As Production Control Manager, acted as lead user in the implementation of new MRP-II manufacturing system.
Professional experience (Cont.)
March 1984 – March 1988 Arthur Andersen So. Co. Caracas, Venezuela/Sao Paulo, Brazil,
Senior Business and IT
Consultant
Acted first as Staff, and then as Lead Senior Consultant, in a variety of profit improvement and IT projects, including custom made system design, development, and implementation, as well as Information Plan and IT Audits.
Education and LANGUAGES
1978 - 1983 Louisiana State University Baton Rouge, La
B.Sc., Industrial Engineering, 1983
Fluent in English, Spanish, and Portuguese
Successfully completed all Arthur Andersen & Co Main Line Training (1984-1987).
Also completed the following schools in the Arthur Andersen & Co. Professional Education Center in St. Charles, IL (USA):
Design for Assembly (June 1992)
Quality Function Deployment (June 1992)
New Managers School (February 1992)
Other Professional seminars and schools in Arthur Andersen & Co.:
Advanced Manufacturing and Cost Accounting School (Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, 1987)
Advanced Manufacturing Strategies School (Buenos Aires, Argentina, 1987)
Basic Manufacturing School (Caracas, 1985)
Attended Nestle's Latin America Distribution Seminar at Sao Paulo, Brazil, 1998
