Guillermo Rodriguez

Strategic advisor in omnichannel sales of household goods and office supplies products

TÜV Rheinland is a global provider of quality and certification services. TÜV Rheinland’s Retail Management Group offers laboratory test, inspection, safety and regulatory certification and consulting programs specifically designed for the retail supply chains serving North American markets. Led the development, management and expansion of services to support the North American retail market. Focus areas included test, inspection and certification services for a broad assortment of consumer product goods including home improvement, apparel/textiles, furniture, electrical and toys/promotional

Led the highest level of brand integrity and standards of quality and regulatory compliance for Office Depot branded products representing $1.9B in yearly sales. Organizational scope included product & quality engineering, product compliance, social compliance, customer service and environmental/green product and industrial engineering/warehousing optimization

Recruited to implement a world-class quality program to ensure all Office Depot Private Brand products meet or exceed safety, performance and durability requirements.

Transformed global product quality and safety procedures into effective risk mitigation strategies. Led the creation of global product engineering organization across all departments involved in private label and direct import

· Responsible for IQC/QC/QA, ISO/TL 9001 quality system, yield improvement and cycle time KPI analytics/web posting · Managed US manufacturing facility quality operations and supplier quality auditing of Latin American vendors.