rolando ferrera

continuous improvement and engineering manager

About

Professional with 23+ years of world class experience (Plant Manager, Project & Product Commercialization Management, Engineering, Quality, Product Supply), working and leading high performance teams on multinationals such as Kimberly Clark, Amcor PET Packaging & Unilever. Used to work under pressure and goal oriented. Effectively working on both, strategic and operative levels of the management layer. Subject matter expert for the design for six sigma, developing, prototyping and manufacturing conversion processes of medical apparel (disposable surgical gowns), most recently Engineering & Project Manager (R&E/New Product Development) for the last nine+ years @ Kimberly Clark - Health Care division (Medical Devices). Working in the certification, not only of ISO 13485 but also, on the FDA. Lean Six Sigma Process improvement leader.

Country

honduras

City

honduras

Industry

textiles

Skill

six sigma, manufacturing, lean manufacturing, project management, cross functional team leadership, product development, continuous improvement, engineering, leadership, purchasing, process engineering, management, 5s, process improvement, quality management, business process improvement, team leadership, factory, six sigma black belt certification, medical devices, business strategy

Experience

central america purchasing manager for foods and personal cleaning sectors

unilever

2000-6 - 2002-4 · 1 yr 11 mos

Leader of Sourcing & Procurement activities, overseeing all the converting sites installed in Central America, Guatemala, Honduras, El Salvador & Nicaragua.

maintenance manager

unilever

1998-12 - 2000-5 · 1 yr 6 mos

Running a five plants facility vertically integrated to convert palm oil into Soap, Detergents, Food Oil

production and maintenance supervisor

united technologies automotive

1996-3 - 1998-12 · 2 yrs 10 mos

Running production & maintenance activities related to an electrical harness manufacturing facility to supply Ford Motor Company vehicles

operations coordinator

novatec

1994-8 - 1996-3 · 1 yr 8 mos

Running manufacturing operations related to PVC Extrusion-Molding piping

engineering and project manager

kimberly-clark

2009-1 - 2014-11 · 5 yrs 11 mos

Engineering, Project Management, Product Development & Commercialization of Medical Apparel/Devices. SME on design, prototyping and manufacturing conversion process of disposable surgical gowns. Quality engineering. Capital Project Engineering leading multi million U.S. Dollars investment on the biggest medical apparel conversion site for Kimberly Clark worldwide.

technical team leader

kimberly-clark

2005-7 - 2009-1 · 3 yrs 7 mos

* Leading technical Operations on the largest Medical Device manufacturing facility from Kimberly Clark worldwide, the following functional areas was under my direct report: * Electrical & Mechanical Maintenance department * Industrial Engineering department in charge of time study methods (MTM), balance operations on cell manufacturing design * Information & Technology Support department * Capital Engineering in charge of capital expenditure, budget, financial & internal control management of assets * Process Engineering in charge of design and validation of manufacturing processes using statistical techniques to qualify existing or new products to be commercialized according to FDA guidelines

country plant manager

amcor

2002-5 - 2005-7 · 3 yrs 3 mos

* Leader of a blow molding operation facility to convert PET preforms into recyclable bottles (several sizes, from 0.5 to 3.0 liters) for Pepsi. * o Responsible for organizing the general structure of the plant, hiring the entire staff of supervisor & technicians for the operations of the machines * o Coordinate the launch & test of new products, including the quality certifications by our client (PepsiCo Intl.) * o Responsible for the proper acquisition of the raw materials, financial, & sales * o Structure an adequate training program for all the people working in the operation * o Coordinate the proper relations with our suppliers as Krones (Germany) & Sidel (France), in order to obtain the adequate level of spare parts inventory & technical service

continuous improvement and engineering manager

elcatex

2015-4 - Present · 11 yrs 6 mos

Leading Engineering, Projects & Lean Six Sigma strategic plan deployment on a multisite vertically integrated operation, converting Yarn (textile facility) into finished goods (sewing mills) for several world class customers. Leading corporate projects portfolio, such as, development of a new synthetic yarn facility (POY/DTY); two different housing low cost project (5,000 houses), etc.