JOAQUIN GONZALEZ

EXECUTIVE SUMMARY

Bilingual Engineer with managing experience in the manufacturing, scrapping and Retail industry. Experience with a wide variety of products: Plastic and Rubber, Fabricated Metal, Electrical Equipment, Outdoor Power Equipment, Scrapping metal, recycling commodities and Electronic Components. Extensive experience in the McAllen, Texas Industrial Area as well as the Reynosa, Mexico Industrial area. My goal is to help a company grow, as well as my own professional growth.

CORE QUALIFICATIONS

Computer skills: Microsoft office, E-mails.

100% bilingual English/Spanish.

Experience in Sales.

Experience in Managing teams and Manufacturing processes: work flow, line balancing, time and cost estimates, quality managing, continuous improving.

Experience in Managing teams in Retail: Sales Goals, Feedback from customers, Inventory, Cash handling, Deposits, Retail reports.

Knowledge of Administrative areas: Client Acquisition, Billing, Import/Export, Transportation, Logistics, Payroll.

Team player.

Willing to travel to Mexico.

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

PULL-A-PART April 2014 – PresentPlant Manager of the McAllen location. Pull A Part is a nationwide recycling company

and also sells Auto parts. I have the primary responsibility of administration, employment, financial and operational duties at the McAllen plant.

ADMINISTRATIVE RESPONSABLITIES: Open facilities, Open Safe and pull cash for employees, check updates on email, Update Paycom payroll entries, check Carbuy tickets, verify exceptions, Cash Drops on safe, Authorize Form 66 (expenses), sign Carbuy checks, prepare deposits, surrender Car titles to the state, Review Purchase Orders, Schedule Employees, Bonus Calculation, Review monthly P& L reports.

PRODUCTION RESPONSABILITIES: Follow up to ensure production goals are met based on SOP (Processing, Setting and Scrapping procedures), Continuous

1808 Alex dv Mission, Texas 78572

Contact: 956-929-2689

Email: juaco28@hotmail.com

improvement meetings with Production chief and crew, Update inventory, Update scrapping inventory, inspect bulk tanks, Conduct Safety meetings, Facility Inspections, Complete Scrapping production reports, check rainfall samples for contamination, Schedule employees, Follow up on Plant Housekeeping.

RETAIL RESPONSABILITIES: Managing and motivating the team to increase sales and ensure efficiency, customer Service, Meeting Sales goals, training in product knowledge as well as people skills, customer Feedback, finding new ways to maximize profits while minimizing costs, analyzing sales figures and forecasting future sales, record sales figures for data analysis and forward planning

RESTAURANT FRANCHISE June 2012- March 2014Managed my families grilled chicken Restaurant Franchise. Developing my leadership

skills, managing skills and learning about the restaurant business. We have raise sales by 30% and lower costs by 13%. Wanted to experience a new type of business and learn as much as I can.

JGP INDUSTRIAL SERVICES April 2006- May 2012Position: PROJECT MANAGER

I was in charge of acquiring new clients as well as Supervising the operation of the ones we had. My job was to ensure that the manufacturing process operated as smoothly as possible, reducing costly inefficiencies to a minimum. Ensure the quality of the parts produced and meet all customer expectations; quickly and effectively take action when non-conformances are found. 

CLIENTS:

CROWN RISDON: Started with a production line of 4 people, 1 model, 1 shift. After 18 months my Team and I increased profit to 650%, with an operation of 65 workers distributed in 3 shifts. Handled 23 models. (Assembly lines, packaging, transportation).

LANDIS AND GYR: Transportation and logistics of raw materials for new warehouse: Transportation, Inventory, Distribution of Areas.

REGAL BELOIT: Quality Inspections to motor end shields, housing. Based on the company’s Quality standards: sorting, reworked and cleaning.

BRUNSWICK: Assembly of Motor boats (seats, accessories, frames, windshield, navigational lights, ladder). Assembly line and Quality inspection.

MERCORP INC June2004- February 2006Position: PRODUCTION/QUALITY ENGINEER

The company provided outsourcing services to other manufacturing companies in the RGV and the Reynosa Industrial area. First month of training shadowed the Sr. Engineer to learn all aspects of the business: Customer Acquisition, production process, quality inspection, payroll, import/export, billing.

CLIENTS:

BLACK AND DECKER: Started with a simple manufacturing operation of one line of 5 workers, 1 model, 1 shift. After 8 months, my Team and I increased profit by 250%, to a operation of 16 lines of 80 workers distributed in 2 shifts. Handled 37 models ( Manufacturing process, Import/export, billing).

TRW: Sorting and sub-assemble of Metal Latch plate.

EDUCATION August 1997- May 2004Monterrey TEC 1997-2004

Bachelor of Science: Engineering.

Mayor: Electronics.

Minor: Telecommunications.

APICS Certification: Module 1

Reference upon request