Jordy Rivera

Production Planning, Process Control and Improvement, Inventory Control, Procurement, and Safety Assistant in a plastic manufacturing company.

Key Responsibilities:

• Managed, planned and allocated resources for manufacturing activities.
• Developed and documented operating instructions and equipment specifications for production activities.
• Developed process improvements to effectively utilize equipment and materials to maximize production.
• Reviewed existing systems and developed best practices to improve production capacity, quality and reliability.
• Assisted in planning, directing and coordinating the maintenance of equipment and machines in the manufacturing plant.
• Provided training and guidance to production team members to accomplish production goals.
• Monitored production process and identified and eliminated unsafe operations and practices.
• Assisted in troubleshooting production planning and schedule issues to minimize downtime.
• Supported quality control efforts by maintain the traceability of production records.
• Analyzed data to identify trends in production and maintenance to ensure efficient processes.
• Developed strategies to reduce expenses and wastage.
• Collaborated with cross-functional teams to develop and implement process changes.
• Streamlined supply chain logistics to minimize production delays, coordinating with vendors and suppliers.
• Collaborated with sales to align production capabilities with market demands.

Achievements:

• Successfully merged the planning, production and supply chain operations of a company acquired by A&J Australia.
• Facilitated the transition to ERP NetSuite for planning, purchasing and production areas.
• Facilitated the implementation of Aspect Productivity Technology.
• Reduced 10% of the production wastage by elaborating OPL and training process workers and technicians.
• Reduced 60% of input shortages annual occurrences by improving the inventory accuracy rate to >90%.
• Increased 30% of the finished goods turnover by aligning the production planning to historical sales.
• Increased 40% of the inputs turnover by calculating the safety stock and reorder point.

Planning, managing and administrative tasks in steel manufacturing factories.

Key responsibilities:

• Collaborated with safety, quality, maintenance, logistic, engineering and production teams to streamline communication and enhance operational efficiency.
• Maintained inventory accuracy, monitoring supplies, controlling consumptions and reporting discrepancies promptly.
• Documented production processes, procedures and improvements with practical methods to improve consistency and compliance.
• Assisted in data entry, notification and reporting using SAP ERP.
• Provided reliable administrative support for the production team, enabling efficient task completion.
• Oversaw calendar to coordinate daily production schedule, managing shifts and adequate coverage.
• Prepared weekly and monthly reports of production efficiency (OEE), wastage rate and inventory turnover.
• Prepared monthly budget forecast of indirect production expenses.

Achievements:

• Implementation of a linear model optimizer which reduced the wastage by 13% and the time spent on programming the Production Schedule by 50%.
• Implementation of consumptions sheets which increased the reliability of consumptions control and notification from 85% to 95%.
• Implementation of machine´s micro stops sheet which allowed us to measure the loss of performance and take actions that decreased the micro stops loss by 40%.

Proposal and execution of improvements in explosives manufacturing factories.

Key responsibilities:

• Collaborated with team members to streamline operational workflows and improve productivity through 5Ss method.
• Assisted in implementing safety protocols, reducing incidents in the workplace.
• Assisted in data entry and reporting of production efficiency (OEE).
• Analyzed operational data to identify areas for process improvements and cost reductions.

Achievements:

• Implementation of Overall Equipment Effectiveness (OEE) indicator in 3 different production lines. From standardize the processes workflow and losses, to elaborate online dashboards using Power BI.

• Upper 20% graduation rank.
• Two years recognized as Outstanding Student for leading the CSCMP UPC Student Roundtable.
• Coffee Supply Chain research presented in IHSED 2019 - Munich and indexed in Springer (Link)
• Professional Certificates:

- Lean Manufacturing

- Supply Chain and Logistics

- Leadership and Management