Fashion

Plant Manager

Top Management

• In charge of the 1000 employees producing 190,000 garments per week for the follow costumer: Nike, Patagonia, Converse
• In charge for Lean implementation, process improvement project, improve the Quality Indicators
• On time performance and reduce the lead time.
• In charge of all operative area in the plant: Production, Quality, Engineering, HR, Mechanics, training, planning.

• In charge of all operative areas in the plant, this include Sewing Production, Cutting Room, Engineering, Quality, Maintenance, Human Resource, Fabric Warehouse, Purchasing, Laundry, Safety & Hygiene
• In charge of the production and shipping of 4,000,000 uniforms per year, this include products like Flame resistant work shirt, hi-visibility work shirt, Jeans regulars and flame resistant, jackets, coveralls.
• Balance the sewing lines, monitoring the production every hour, work with the bottle necks to get the daily goal
• In charge of 16 production supervisor, 1 Cutting Supervisor, 3 Plant engineers, 12 mechanics, 17 Quality Auditors, 12 trainers, 1 Safety & Hygiene engineer, 1 ISO9001-2015 coordinator
• In charge to cut 200,000 pieces per week to 3 factories of the company, this include, pants, cargo pant, short, coats, coverall, work shirt, jackets
• In charge of 700 employees, 620 directs and 80 indirect, giving to the employees the best conditions of security and Hygiene
• In charge to administrate and the correct inventory control of 2,000,000 yards of fabric.
• In charge to make the annual budget and present this budget to the corporate office of Unifirst, the annual revenues in the plant is of USD 64,000,000 and the contribution of USD 27,000,000, achieved these objectives for two consecutive years
• I am responsible to maintain the ISO9001-2015 certification
• I am charge with the Engineering department of the Product Development department, create pattern using Gerber software, In charge approval the SAM and cost sheet for new products.
• Assign Projects to the staff to reduce cost and improve the quality using Lean-six sigma Methodology
• In Charge to have a negotiation and have a good relationship with the Union, assurance to give to the employee's good benefits, like perfect bonus attendance, salary increase and good collective negotiation of benefits.

General Manager

• In charge of the application of the system of quality management through the creation, application, verification and maintenance procedures to ensure product quality and processes applying: FDA-21 CFR part 820, ISO9001: 2008.ISO13485 medical devices.
• Analysis and improvement of quality indicators in the three factories in Group Karims in Mexico, (2,000 employees), plans corrective and preventive.
• Provide accurate data to corporate offices in all areas affecting the quality of garments and to provide statistical measurements of the facilities.
• Work with Plant Managers on the in-line auditors in measuring, controlling or improving the process steps in assuring that Quality Standards are followed.
• In charge of 3 quality Mangers & 60 QC auditors, 2 ISO9001-2015 coordinators, 2 Safety & Hygiene coordinators

Director of Quality Assurance-Mexico

• In charge of the Quality Assurance Department: Quality chief, fabric inspection auditor, cutting auditor, sewing auditors, screens printing auditors, final auditors.
• Create, update and audit the Quality Assurance Manual, certification of the auditors.
• Training to the QA staff, supervisors and managers in Six Sigma Philosophy, and assign projects to improvement the Quality Assurance Indicators
• Reduce the Quality defects using statistical tools like Histograms, Trends, Control Charts, Paretos charts to improvement the Quality Assurance indicators.
Engineering Manager
• In charge of the Engineering and Training Department: Training chief, Trainers. Methods Engineers
• Calculation of production standards using GSD, line balancing, set build for new styles; design works aid for new methods, design new layouts, change styles using SMED.
• Training to the personnel for new methods, training using learning curves, calculation of training curves
• In charge of 1 Quality Supervisor, 1 Training Chief, 35 Quality Auditors, 5 Methods Engineer, 12 Trainers

Quality Assurance Manager

Feb 2007 - May 2012, Honduras-Fort Worth, www.dickies.com
Regional Quality Assurance Manager (Mexico & Central America)
• In charge of the Quality Assurance Department in Mexico & Central America, in 6 countries: Mexico, Guatemala, El Salvador, Belize, Nicaragua, Honduras. Working with own factories and contractors' factories. In charge of 4 Quality Assurance Engineer & 25 corporate auditors in the six countries,
• Apply and utilize the Six Sigma Management philosophy in all areas of responsibility and to provide education of Six Sigma methodologies.
• Provide accurate data to corporate offices in all areas affecting the quality of garments and to provide statistical measurements of the facilities.
• Ensure proper communication is given to Plant Managers concerning any and all reports or measurements under their management as related to QA Engineer projects, irregulars, QA factory reporting, fabric inspection, re-cuts, and cloth utilization.
• Recommended and suggest any and all possibilities for correcting defects found in the irregulars, fabric, re-cuts, cloth utilization.
• Work with Plant Managers on the in-line auditors in measuring, controlling or improving the process steps in assuring that Quality Standards are followed
• Perform all COC (Code of Conduct-Compliances audits) & CTPAT audits in the Western Hemisphere, (Mexico & Central America)
• Lean & Six Sigma Projects.

Regional Quality Assurance Manager (Mexico & Central America)

• In charge of the calculation of the Standard Operation (SAM) using GSD and validation with studies of times and movements.
• In charge of setting the sequence of the operations for new styles, layouts of the plant, reduction of cost, balance of units, standardizations and improvements of methods, build up for new styles, selections and trainings of Industrial Engineers (Methods Engineers), diminution of % of make up in the lines,
• In charge of 10 Methods Engineers, I was in Charge of the project to change the Traditional system to Lean system.
• In Charge of the Training Department, learning curves, test of selection for the personnel, graduations, re-trainings, selection and training to the trainers.
Security and Industrial Hygiene, Process of Certification WRAP.
• In charge to review the inventories and approval the purchases of machinery and equipment, spare parts, attachments, folders, special press foot, etc.
• In charge of the Process Improvement Department: (4) Process Engineers, we were in charge to create, audit and improvement all the SOP in the Factory, projects of cost reductions using Six-Sigma methodology application and trainings.
• In charge of the Mechanics Chief and Department, helping in support of the TPM and logistics in the Mechanical Department

Engineering & Process Improvement Manager

• In charge of the efficiency of the lines, CAP to raise the efficiency of the productions lines, implementation of new styles, changes of rates of productions, balance and layout of the lines.
• Analysis of cost reductions, standardizations of sewing methods, training of operators at the time of having changes in the operations, specifications of quality, attachments, folders, press foots for new styles, inventory of machine
Knowledges & Certifications
1. Lean-Six Sigma Green Belt Certified -University of Texas in Arlington & George Group.

Methods Engineer

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Ramon Andino: Plant Manager in Merida, YUC

Ramon Andino

Universidad Nacional Autónoma de Honduras