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Aldo Martínez

Tijuana, B.C.

Summary

Seasoned Senior Operations Manager with a background in overseeing business operations, optimizing efficiency, and driving productivity. Proven ability to manage teams, develop operational strategies, and implement processes that increase overall company performance. Strengths include strong leadership abilities, keen problem-solving skills and strategic thinking. Demonstrated impact on previous roles by streamlining operations and improving team performance. Enjoy coaching and mentoring. 100% fluent in Spanish and English

Overview

12
12
years of professional experience

Work History

Sr. Operations Manager

Thermo Fisher Scientific
Logan
01.2021 - Current
  • Responsible for high mix /low volume assembly of Bioprocess containers with a total headcount of up to 600+ employees across 3 manufacturing sites and $650M+ in revenue.
  • Delivered on Business metrics, such as safety, quality, productivity, production hours, revenue goals, continuous improvement goals and EIS (employee involvement survey) goals
  • Created reports on key performance indicators to track progress against objectives.
  • Analyzed data to identify trends in production output, customer satisfaction levels and labor costs.
  • Ensured compliance with safety regulations and company policies and procedures.
  • Provided guidance, support, and mentorship to junior team members.

Achievements:

  • Developed X-Matrix as a method to follow a strategic roadmap to meet short- and long-term goals.
  • Achieved $13.5M USD in productivity PPI savings
  • Improved EIS participation from 74% (2022) to 88% in 2023, to get meaningful data to improve our colleagues and culture environment
  • Implemented monthly town halls to ensure proper communication to our colleagues on all shifts and tier levels on the business results and outlook.
  • Achieved $13.5M USD in productivity PPI savings
  • Implemented AQL and in-process inspection.

(as opposed to 100% QC inspection)

  • Help reduced training timelines by 33% (went from 9 months to 6 months)
  • Achieved our site safety LTIR at 0.16.

Value Stream Manager (Operations Mgr)

Thermo Fisher Scientific
Tijuana
01.2016 - 01.2021
  • Responsible for high volume Assembly and Blow Molding of pipettes with a total headcount of up to 1,250 employees and $250M in yearly revenue
  • Directly supervise Blow Molding Production Manager, Production Assembly production supervisors (9), and Process Engineering (5)
  • Indirectly supervise planning, quality, and maintenance.
  • Deliver on business metrics, such as DL cost, productivity, scrap, continuous improvement goals, number of kaizen events, and production output.
  • Identified opportunities for process optimization by analyzing data from various sources.
  • Developed reports detailing performance metrics such as cycle time, throughput rate, scrap rate.
  • Implemented Lean Manufacturing principles to improve efficiency, reduce costs, and increase quality across the entire value stream.
  • Develop my team to make sound business decisions and embrace change.

Achievements:

  • Responded to fluctuating and growing customer demand; 2019 was hit with 18% growth (as opposed to 5% in AOP)
  • Implemented four (4) new manufacturing cells in 4 weeks to comply with our aggressive business growth and goals.
  • Implemented cell by cell goals/milestones and have daily-tier meetings for review, helping our personnel DL and IDL understand the importance of their work, increasing productivity by 7%.
  • Trained over 100 people in DMAIC and lean tools for daily problem-solving.
  • Reduced turnover and attrition rate by 2.5%.
  • Improved employee engagement by 8% year over year (Annual survey)
  • Reduced weekly scrap from $8,000 to $3,500.

Lean Black Belt Engineering Coordinator

Medtronic
Tijuana
01.2015 - 01.2016
  • Use coaching as a method to develop personnel and reach the company’s goal to have everybody, every day improving
  • Coordinate lean manufacturing initiatives across the company
  • Train employees in DMAIC and PDCA (Problem-solving tool)
  • Facilitate management meetings to generate strategic, operational plans for lean manufacturing conversions
  • Achievements: Integrated Manufacturing Cell Operating System in Catheter Manufacturing through coaching, reducing 30% headcount while maintaining product output
  • Trained over 100 people in DMAIC and Lean tools for daily problem-solving.

General Supervisor, Production & Design - Custom Perfusion Systems

Medtronic
01.2013 - 01.2015
  • Establish and maintain a productive relationship with customers and sales representatives
  • Coordinated sales and production orders between customers and manufacturing plants worldwide
  • Directly supervise 4 production Supervisors and 1 Design (Coordinator) Supervisor
  • Facilitate staff meetings and one-on-one interactions to communicate operational, organizational, and service delivery changes
  • Plan production rates while working with the supply chain to maintain healthy stock in inventory
  • Achievements: Implemented a new Manufacturing Cell Operating System in Perfusion Packs, reducing headcount by 15% and improving output by 10%
  • Successfully introduced “Biomedicus” production in our Perfusion Custom Pack Line.

Education

Skills

  • Black Belt Lean Manufacturing
  • Process Improvement
  • Financial Reporting and P&L
  • Kaizen and 5S
  • Production & Equipment Transfers
  • Planning & MRP
  • Budget & Forecasting
  • Project Management
  • Sales & Trend analysis
  • PDCA
  • Advanced Excel
  • SAP
  • Workforce Planning
  • Strategic Planning
  • KPI Tracking
  • Productivity Improvement

Personal Information

Sr. Operations Manager / Experienced People Leader / Passionate Problem Solver / Strategic Mindset

Languages

Spanish
First Language
English
Proficient (C2)
C2

Timeline

Sr. Operations Manager

Thermo Fisher Scientific
01.2021 - Current

Value Stream Manager (Operations Mgr)

Thermo Fisher Scientific
01.2016 - 01.2021

Lean Black Belt Engineering Coordinator

Medtronic
01.2015 - 01.2016

General Supervisor, Production & Design - Custom Perfusion Systems

Medtronic
01.2013 - 01.2015

Aldo Martínez