ALEJANDRO CHARLES COLL
Cd. Matamoros,PA
Summary
Materials Manager coordinating inventory flow, production readiness, and supplier performance across international manufacturing operations. Aligns MRP/Oracle EBS, forecasting, and safety stock controls to prevent shortages, reduce carrying cost, and protect on-time delivery. Partners with production, purchasing, and quality teams to resolve variances, manage FIFO rotation, and keep material movement stable.
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Work History
Materials Manager
Mexican International Industries
Matamoros, Tamps.
- Spearheaded end-to-end materials strategy, aligning material availability with manufacturing schedules, capacity parameters, and sales forecasts to prevent production shortages.
- Optimized inventory rotation metrics (FIFO) and designed facility layouts to establish safe material handling protocols, successfully reducing scrap, damage, and waste.
- Conducted comprehensive vendor research and contract negotiations to secure cost-saving bulk purchasing and alternate sourcing strategies, significantly minimizing carrying costs.
- Established rigid safety stock reorder points, executing routine cycle counts and structural audits to eliminate inventory variances.
- Evaluated international vendor performance criteria (delivery lead times, quality standards) and proactively initiated corrective actions to prevent supply chain disruptions.
- Managed cross-functional communication channels to resolve high-tier customer concerns, gather product feedback, and integrate customer insights into inventory planning.
- Aligned material availability with production schedules to reduce shortages and keep work orders moving.
- Maintained inventory rotation practices to limit scrap, damage, and waste across storage areas.
- Coordinated vendor research to identify reliable supply options and support continuity in material flow.
- Tracked safety stock levels and reorder points to support steady operations and reduce stockouts.
- Supported demand planning by comparing sales forecasts with material requirements and capacity limits.
- Resolved material discrepancies by investigating counts, receipts, and transfer records with production staff.
- Assisted with contract reviews to confirm pricing terms, delivery expectations, and sourcing requirements.
- Documented inventory issues and follow-up actions to support smoother communication across departments.
Production Planner
Componentes Universales de Matamoros, S.A. de C.V.
Matamoros, Tamps.
- Maximize manufacturing operation efficiencies by executing precise workflow analysis, scheduling customer orders based on capacity constraints, and evaluating daily MRP demands.
- Partnered with production engineers to troubleshoot process bottlenecks, directly reducing customer complaints and improving overall on-time delivery rates.
- Managed critical inventory accuracy by implementing routine cycle counts and auditing physical stock vs. system data.
- Streamlined New Product Introduction (NPI) workflows through the design and deployment of standardized release-to-production checklists.
- Coordinated the structural execution of Engineering Change Notices (ECN’s), expediting key component arrivals alongside purchasing and receiving teams.
- Coordinated production schedules with engineering and purchasing teams to address bottlenecks and material delays.
- Reviewed capacity constraints before releasing schedules to match customer demand with available resources.
- Tracked inventory levels and production priorities to support uninterrupted material flow across work orders.
- Supported daily schedule adjustments when demand changes or material shortages affected planned output.
- Analyzed daily production requirements to identify shortages, reschedule priorities, and keep orders moving.
- Updated master schedules based on forecast changes, capacity limits, and material availability.
- Coordinated engineering change notices with receiving and purchasing teams to support timely component availability.
Warehouse Coordinator
- Managed end-to-end warehouse logistics, improving material flow from central storage to active assembly lines.
- Directed Kanban replenishment and material procurement workflows, supporting lean inventory levels and vendor negotiation.
- Supervised receiving, dock operations, freight retrieval, and shipping documentation while enforcing forklift safety procedures.
Quality Engineer
- Conducted root cause analysis on customer complaints and product warranties, then coordinated corrective actions with design teams.
- Led reliability validation testing and sample development verifications to confirm product readiness before PPAP submissions.
- Aligned launch reviews with engineering changes, turning validation findings into clearer production requirements.
ECN / ECO Coordinator & CAD Operator
Productos Eléctricos Universales de Matamoros, S.A. de C.V.
Matamoros, Tamps.
- Maintained BOM accuracy and master documentation lists to support materials management and release control.
- Designed custom label specifications in BarTender to meet production floor requirements and improve labeling consistency.
- Supported production scheduling and capacity & constraints planning through timely CAD and ECN/ECO updates.
Production Supervisor
CELESTICA DE REYNOSA, S.A. DE C.V.
Reynosa, Tamps.
- Optimized process flow designs for new products to improve pilot stability and reduce operational variation.
- Maintained tight scrap control through internal corrective and preventive actions across production activity.
- Trained operators on revised work methods to support consistent execution and faster issue correction.
Production Supervisor
POWER COMPONENTS DE MÉXICO, S.A. DE C.V.
Reynosa, Tamps.
- Led 180 unionized workers and 3 line supervisors across second shifts while coordinating daily floor execution.
- Built master production schedules for 8 simultaneous assembly lines, balancing capacity, constraints, and shift coverage.
- Leveraged ASK system configurations to tighten material control, incoming inspections, and time-and-motion tracking.
- Coordinated materials management and inventory rotation (FIFO) practices to support uninterrupted second-shift output.
- Tracked cycle counts & audits and KPI reporting to strengthen visibility into production performance and material accuracy.
- Aligned sales forecasting alignment with demand forecasting and MRP demand planning to support line readiness.
Education
Bachelor of Science - Business Administration
Instituto Tecnológico de Matamoros
01-2000
Skills
- Materials management
- Production scheduling
- Capacity & constraints planning
- Sales forecasting alignment
- MRP demand planning
- Strategic sourcing
- Vendor negotiation
- Inventory rotation (FIFO)
- Cycle counts & audits
- Supplier performance management
- Logistics coordination
- Demand forecasting
- Master production scheduling
- KPI reporting
- Lean manufacturing
Certification
Oracle EBS / Production Control & ASK Inventory Systems
ADDITIONAL INFORMATION
Spanish (Native) | English (90% - Professional/Technical)
Personal Information
Title: Materials Manager | Materials & Production Planner
Timeline
Bachelor of Science - Business Administration
Instituto Tecnológico de Matamoros
Production Supervisor
POWER COMPONENTS DE MÉXICO, S.A. DE C.V.
Production Supervisor
CELESTICA DE REYNOSA, S.A. DE C.V.
ECN / ECO Coordinator & CAD Operator
Productos Eléctricos Universales de Matamoros, S.A. de C.V.
Quality Engineer
Warehouse Coordinator
Production Planner
Componentes Universales de Matamoros, S.A. de C.V.
Materials Manager
Mexican International Industries