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ENRIQUE RIVERAQuintas de Pontezuela #1, Carretera Licey

Santiago, Dominican Republic

Home (809) 582-5289 E-mail: enrique.rivera00 gmail.com Cell: (829-890-3750

PROFILE

33 years experience as a target-oriented, operations management leader, trained in manufacturing processes & financial management with experience in multinational companies in both the textile & electrical manufacturing sectors; skilled at meeting bottom-line objectives, quality management, developing leadership, maximizing plant capacity, budget elaboration & expense control, meeting global business standards, improving production efficiency, managing multiple production systems, delegating & coordinating large production teams, planning, logistics, engineering & human resources with knowledge and expertise in ISO 9001-2000, WRAP & CTPAT certification, Occupational Health & Safety, Lean Manufacturing, 100% Spanish/English fluency, Certified ISO 9001-2000, GSD Certified.

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

Feb 2013 - Actual VP of Manufacturing Wacoal Corporation

April 2011 – Jan 2013 Assistant VP Of Manufacturing

WACOAL CORPORATION

Santo Domingo

Assistant of VP Manufacturing

A vertical integrated Manufacturing of Bras and Pants, with a yearly operating budget of US$10mm

Estimated production Volume of 5mm and worforce of 1300 employees

October 2010 – June 2011(Shared with Wacoal) MFI products, Inc Santo Domingo

Plant Manager

A Vertical integrated athletic wear manufacturer operation, with a yearly operating budget of US$6mm.

Estimated production volume of 2mm and worforce of 750 employees.

TRANSAGRICOLA, S. A, Navarrete, Santiago, Rep. Dom.

Sales Manager for the North Region of the Country : Jan 2010 to Sep

2010

PTX (D. R.) Inc. a Hanesbrands Inc. Company Santiago Rep. Dom.




A world class Textile manufacturer of international brands such as: Bali, Playtex, Just My Size, Hanes Her way, Hanes, Champion-Jogbra, & Barely there with approximately 50,000 employees worldwide (10,000 employees in Honduras).

Plant Manager (2001 to 2010)

Directly responsible for Plant leadership of 1,400 employees, controlling a USD$9 million dollar budget with a yearly production of 11 million units ( cutting,molding and sewing)

Reduced cost performance from FY01 to FY07 by +10% through effective control on plant spending and productivity improvement.

Improved Plant Efficiency by 10% using a dynamic follow up & feedback program with Teams, Supervisors and middle management to make things happen.

Increased plant capacity to +50% by reducing work in process, Lay-out changes and redesigning work stations. Sped up Customer Service by implementing Customer Ready Packaging at the plant. Reduced quality defects from 10,000 DPM in FY02 to 4,000 DPM in FY07 by empowering employees through

development of Quality @ Source System. Reduced product repair % through Quality @ Source System implementation Reduced WIP from 5 days to less than 1 by converting Production System from Progressive Bundle with individual

pay to Continuous Flow with Group pay. Improved work culture through successful implementation of Lean tools and methology such as, Kaizen Culture,

Pull System, 5S’s, Standardized Work, Visual Aids etc. Achieved WRAP compliance seven years consecutively from certification to YTD Achieved ISO 9001:2000 seven years consecutively from certification to YTD Improved Teamwork & Leadership skills of staff.

Choloma facility……a Sara Lee Company, Choloma, Honduras

Choloma is an underwear facility with a production capacity of 8,000,000 units per year & 1,000 employees.

Plant Manager (1998 to 2001)

Overall responsible for managing all activities for a sewing Brass plant with an annual production volume of approximately 6.0 millions units.

Responsible for the plant start up. From 0 employees up to 1,000. Achieved 100% Compliance on production plans through an effective empowerment and coaching process. Responsible of planning, developing & implementing cost reduction and efficiency projects for the sewing & cutting

facility.BALI Dominicana... a Sara Lee Company San Pedro de Macorís, Dominican Republic.

Production Manager (1994-1998)

Directly responsible for a production Department operations, Final Packaging & Shipping; Team Sewing Trainer in a facility with 1,000 employees.

Achieve 100% compliance on production plans. Training of 16 Supervisors in leadership skills. Working process reduction from 8 days to 5 days. Improve quality results from 7DPU to 5 DPU.

Villa Nueva Corte…a Sara Lee Company, San Pedro Sula, Honduras

A manufacturing facility for the leading brands of Hanesbrands Inc. (former Sara Lee Branded Apparel) with a plant capacity of




6,000,000 units per year.

Production Manager (1992- 1994)

Achievements almost the same as above.

BALI Dominicana... a Sara Lee Company San Pedro de Macorís, Dominican Republic.

Quality Manager (1991 - 1992)

Directly responsible for Quality Department operations, Final Packaging & Shipping; Team Sewing Trainer in a facility with 1000 employees.

Achieved 98% Reduction in Returned Garments for repairs Facilitated Operator learning acquisition by producing In-house Quality Training Videos. Effectively developed and Implemented an Operator Certification Process resulting in the following: 20% Improvement in Quality Results for Finished Garments 10% reduction in second garments

CARIBE GENERAL ELECTRIC PRODUCTS. (ED&C), San Isidro Free Zone, Santo Domingo, DR


Directly responsible for coordinating all activities related to production of devices such as: Breakers, contactors, Wires Harnesses, Push bottoms etc.. 1000 employees.

Transfer all products from Puerto Rico to DR. Achieved 100% Compliance on production plans. Improve plant efficiency up to the same in PR. 10% scrap reduction.

American Can Company Santiago, Dominican Republic


Directly responsible for coordinating all activities related to production of Cans

EDUCATION

Pontificia Universidad Católica Madre y Maestra Bachelor of Science in Electrical Engineer




ADDITIONAL TRAINING EXPERIENCE

General sewing Data

ISO 9000

Lean Manufacturing

Leadership and Coaching

Finance for Non-Financial Managers

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