Luis Andrade

528 Eugene Street

Fair Lawn, NJ 07410
201 794 4789 (Home)
201 993 8830 (Cell.)
la1015816@westpost.net

Manufacturing / Operations Professional

Experienced Management Executive, industries include Promotional Products, Food

Manufacturing, and Composite engineering.
Facilitate process changes and cost savings through Lean Six Sigma continuous im
provement techniques.
Accountable for site achieving certification of ISO-9001, OHSAS-18001 and OSHA 1
4001
Implement key performance indicators through systemic tracking and reporting sys
tems.
Schedule, forecast and purchase raw material requirements to production of finis
h goods. Evaluating make buy strategy to meet customers immediate needs.
Develop and monitor departmental budgets and Capital Expenses for:
> Manufacturing
> EHS
> Quality
> Purchasing
> Logistics
> Facilities
> Maintenance
> Supply Chain

Develop and implemented SOP's consistent with established goals and repeatable p
rocesses.
International experiences include South America and Europe, fluent in English an
d Spanish languages. Extensive experience dealing with racially/ethnic and cult
urally diverse workforce in Union and Non Union environments both in United Stat
es and Ecuador.
Safety, Quality, Cost and Delivery - the philosophy used in a customer service d
riven milieu

EXPERIENCE:
2004 to Alcan / Baltek
Present
Director of Operations
> Management of procurement, scheduling, logistics, facilities, production and i
nventory control activities to support $125 MM global annual sales.
> Management of related aspects of total operation within established guidelines
.
> Accountable for Integrated management system (Quality / EHS)
> Designed and implemented key performance indicators (KPI) for site.
> Site representative to division head quarters in Switzerland
Accomplishments:
> Facilitated several Lean Six Sigma Black Belt projects in regards to:
* Process flows (VSM)
* Transportation
* Automation
* Raw material yield
> Reduced customer complaints by 85% over 3 year period.
> Reduced cost $2,000,000 by utilizing lean techniques.
> Represented the company in company-union negotiations.(2007 & 2010)
> Established intra- department communication processes that reviewed KPI trends
.

1998 to Arthur Schuman, Imperia Foods

2004
Director Plant Operations
> Management of planning, procurement, scheduling, production and inventory cont
rol activities to support $100 MM nationwide annual sales.
> Design and implementation of production infrastructure and systems (i.e. headc
ount, positions, salary structure, shifts, job descriptions, forms, reports,) an
d the interrelationship/communication with other departments.
> Management of related aspects of the operation within budgeted guidelines.
> Designed and implemented key performance indicators (KPI)
Accomplishments:
> Directed the implementation of changes for the optimization of the operations
thru re-organization, Materials Management and Production Scheduling.
> Project leader of relocation of a manufacturing facility as a cost saving meas
ure resulting in $1.9MM in transportation costs
> Reduced cost per pound by 11%
> Represented the company in company-union negotiations.
> Designed and implemented production infrastructure and systems and the interre
lationship/communication with other departments.

1996 - UNION PEN CO.

1998
Director of Operations
> Management of the production operations, maintenance, environmental and safety
of 2 plants to support $90MM nationwide annual sales.
> Supervision of plant manager, operations manager, occupational and safety coor
dinator, and Plant Human Resources.
Accomplishments:
> Managed transfer of manufacturing facilities to new site after sale of company
.
> Represented the company in company-union negotiations.

1987 - MYRON MANUFACTURING INC.

1996
Plant Supervisor
> Management of the production operations to support 200MM concentrated units wo
rldwide with $500MM annual sales.
> Supervised 70 non-union employees, technicians and line mechanics.
Accomplishments:
> Increased productivity by 30%
> Lead the Design and implementation projects to address environmental issues an
d EPA compliance plan
> Implemented KPI
> Increased Time Utilization by 15%
> Implemented Just in Time Material System reducing inventory levels by 45%.
> Conducted trainings in SPC, safety, and TQM.
> Reduced cost per unit by 18%

EDUCATION: B.S. Environmental Science

Rutgers University, Cook College
COURSES/SEMINARS:
> Hicks Associates Production Management Development
> Air Academy Associates Lean Six Sigma Black Belt
> Institute Industrial Engineers (Lean Manufacturing)
> Tap root, Root cause investigation
> Alcan Leadership Advancement Program
> OSHA 30
> Cornelius Group Facilitator Training
REFERENCES: Available upon request