Operations Manager

Industrial (Manufacturing)
•	Responsible for operations in Mexico including Engineering, Production, Quality, Procurement and Logistics for HVAC, Heating
and buffer tanks, HVAC kit installations.


Duties
•	Manage quality strategies to achieve short and long term objectives.
•	Provide leadership in execution through a structured approach.
•	Translates customer requirements into manufacturing strategies and processes.
•	Cost-effective processing and profitable manufacturing of company products.
•	Manage day to day manufacturing operations including activities with material management and production scheduling
to ensure the total manufacturing objectives are accomplished in a timely and cost effective manner
•	Manage resources to meet organizational objectives
•	Manage and motivate individuals and teams to achieve breakthrough improvements at all levels in the organization
•	Provide a safe and conducive working environment.
•	Accountable for quality and delivery of products
•	Implement cost effective systems of control
•	Support organizational environmental, health and safety goals.


Achievements

•	Plan and develop procurement strategy enabling the company to have a solid source of purchase and suppliers
•	Design company structure and processes for future manufacturing operations
•	Develop logistics and supply chain solutions to outsource components to assemble final product in Mexico

Industrial (Manufacturing)
•	Responsible of shipping and receiving operations and administration ensuring the delivery and receiving of the goods on a
timely manner based on customer expectations.


Duties

•	Provide leadership and orientation to shipping and receiving personnel.
•	Lead daily activities with the team to make sure the timely and precise execution.
•	Plans, organize, and implement improvements on the processes and changes to the SOP's.
•	Analyze all transactions that affects shipping and receiving records.
•	Investigate, conciliate, and provides information daily of all material discrepancies shipped and/or received.
•	Develop and maintain performance of the department and the personnel to achieve real results focused on plan objectives.
•	Audits shipping and receiving operations to make sure products are placed in the correct locations ensuring the integrity of the products.
•	Provide training to the assigned personnel and participates on the performance advice.
•	Shows a customer service attitude by associating with different departments to make sure goals are achieved (planning, warehouse, molding, production, engineering and customer care).
•	Asist on the evaluation and identification of current and future improvement opp ortunities for the spaces available.


Achievements

•	Successful migration of shipping processes and operations from COI to TJ plant
•	Parcel shipments shipped directly from TJ to destination instead of San Marcos DC, improving response and delivery time.
•	Deplete backlog orders on material ready to be shipped from $2,000,000 USD

Supervisor SR Shipping & Receiving

Industrial (Automotive)
•   Responsible for Tijuana plant logistics, material supply chain (supplier procurement, warehousing, distribution, Shipping and Receiving, customer service, strategic planning operations). Part of the production planning core team
•   In charge of assuring each stage of the distribution process is progressing on time and with the right quality standards within
the company and customer.


Duties

•   Ensuring delivery of goods to customers.
•   Ensuring supply chain delivery of raw materials for production.
•   Custom compliance activities. Import / Export
•   Price negotiation
•   Negotiation, forecasting and supplier analysis skills.
•   Management of the Logistics Quality Systems. Quality Assurance, Quality Control. (8D's, Corrective actions, PFMA, Customer quality systems)
•   Customer service management advanced skills.
•   Direct relation customer-supplier with multiple a utomotive manufacturers (BMW, Daimler, Ford, FCA, Nissan, TESLA).
•   Direct contact with SQE's, LQE's, STA's.
•   Responding to all customer logistics complaints or queries in an efficient manner.
•   Ensuring the efficient running of administration and quality procedures for the activities in the department
•   Planification and administration of internal and external logistics audits.
•   Engineering projects and new product introduction for all new parts. ERP, BOM and SOP set up.
•   Coordination and following of goods from shipping until destination.
•   Onboarding process for new clients and new models. Stablish logistics and planning contacts, managing client online system,
Training, Logistics audits, EDI connectivity, Carrier and trans portation set up, integrate part on ERP, ASN test.
•   Conducting disciplinary and capability investigations to take appropriate action to address any improvement opportunities.
•   Visiting key clients to build relationships and identify their key needs.
•   Ensuring packaging flows according to production needs. Control internal, external and customer logistics loops.
•   Securing and alarming premises and monitoring security procedures based on C -TPAT, OEA certification
•   Actively managing subcontractors (Carriers, Customs Agencies, Suppliers) to ensure that they perform in line with their contract
agreements.
•   Supervising and monitoring international shipments. Logistics established with customers all over the globe; USA, Germany,
China, Brazil, Argentina, Canada, India.
•   Supervising the completion of all checks and documentation required by law and customs. Including E RP documentation
control.
•   Monitoring and tracking the flow of goods into the warehouses and within global company with an average of 16,000 pcs per
day.
•   Controlling the order cycle and inventory management based on FIFO. Monthly, quarterly and yearly inventory schedules
•   Responsible for the packaging department and activities plant wide.
•   Manage a total workforce of 250 employees between Planning, Shipping and Receiving, Warehousing, Packaging and customer
service.


Achievements

•   Increase production and shipping capacity efficiency by 26% reorganizing logistic flows according to production actual flows
and needs.
•   Overall planning system improved in accordance to high automotive standards. VDA, IATF
•   Overseas packaging improvement reducing transportation damages to zero. From 1050 wheels damaged to zero.
•   Achieve 100% score on 6MWA (6 -month weight average) as a supplier efficiency on delivery rating and customer s ervice

Logistics Manager

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Patricio Lechon: Operations Manager

Patricio Lechon

Zamna Solutions

Hunter Industries

Prime Wheel Mexico

Universidad Tecnológica de Tijuana