Summary
Work History
Education
Skills
Languages
Timeline
Generic

Jim Rico

Irapuato

Summary

Customer-oriented General Manager with 10+ years of experience focused on increasing revenues and expanding margin. Adaptive and deadline-oriented consistently executes and completes multiple projects in high-stress environments. Experienced with strategic planning, team leadership, and operational excellence. Utilizes forward-thinking approach to drive business growth and streamline processes. Track record of fostering collaborative environments and achieving measurable results. Professional managerial candidate with deep understanding of operational excellence and team leadership. Proven ability to drive growth and enhance productivity through strategic planning and effective resource management.

Work History

General Manager Supply Chain

Metso
  • Responsible for providing products globally from the manufacturing hub on time by lead times required in the market, contribute to business profitability.

Delivery Manager Consumables

Metso
  • Responsible for process steps linked to Principal Company Model, Customer Order bookings, Order planning, Manufacturing Unit production planning and Product costing.

Strategic Procurement Manager North America

Metso
  • Managing Special Steel Spend Category Globally to ensure pricing, availability and quality of this raw material for the 11 manufacturing plants in the globe for Rubber and Polymet Business Line within Metso
  • Focusing on the strategic sourcing, (direct and indirect spend), contracting and supplier development for the factories in North Bay (Canada), Irapuato (Mexico), Warrenton (USA).

Strategic Procurement Manager Americas

Metso
  • Focused on the strategic sourcing, contracting and supplier development for our factories in North Bay (Canada), Irapuato (México), Lima (Perú), Sorocaba (Brazil) and Concon (Chile).

Regional Procurement Manager

Metso México
  • Drive the right supply chain for the business to enable successful, profitable growth through innovative and industry-leading products
  • Work with the R&D and CTO teams to identify future product roadmap and technology needs, then will work with the broader commodity organization to match technology need to supply chain partner(s).

Information Technology Manager

Metso
  • Supervise and coordinate the activities of the Department of Informatics of Mexico (Infrastructure, Information Systems), the implementation of policies and standards of Metso IT Global
  • Implement all global policies, procedures in the local organization
  • To analyze procedures and workflow in the business to optimize results and implement new technologies.

Systems Analyst

Metso México
  • Implements computer system requirements by defining and analyzing system problems; designing and testing standards and solutions

Education

Diplomado en Inovacion MIT -

Maestría en Cadena de suministro -

ITESM
Irapuato, Gto.
02.2019

MBA - Innovation

ITESM
Irapuato, Gto.
01.2019

Skills

  • Leadership
  • Lean manufacturing
  • SAP
  • Change Management
  • ISO
  • Great place To Work
  • HSE/Quality

Languages

English
Bilingual or Proficient (C2)
Spanish
Bilingual or Proficient (C2)

Timeline

Maestría en Cadena de suministro -

ITESM

General Manager Supply Chain

Metso

Delivery Manager Consumables

Metso

Strategic Procurement Manager North America

Metso

Strategic Procurement Manager Americas

Metso

Regional Procurement Manager

Metso México

Information Technology Manager

Metso

Systems Analyst

Metso México

Diplomado en Inovacion MIT -

MBA - Innovation

ITESM
Jim Rico