MANUEL VEGA
Pembroke Pines,FL
Summary
I am a chemical engineer graduated from Universidad Nacional de Ingeniería UNI Managua, Nicaragua in 2007.
I have fifteen years of wide experience in different application fields such as food manufacturing, supervising, quality control, ISO standard assessments (internal assessments) external certification), customer services, field services and sales.
I am a former process chief supervisor used to manage whole operation of a food processing plant, people and key performance indicators. Furthermore, I have solid knowledge about quality control, analysis and problem solve tools, people empowerment and training others. I developed good leadership skills and also I am a proactive and motivated team player.
I also have costumer services experience, sales, consulting and service working as a Field service Engineer and food retail services manager.
Throughout the years I have also given technical assistance, training people and performing food safety environment and occupational health assessments.
Overview
15
15
years of professional experience
Work History
PROJECT MANAGER
SOLUCIONES H&M
NICARAGUA
12.2020 - 06.2022
- Devise growth strategies focused on business profitability and customer satisfaction.
- Organize and coordinate operations in a way that ensures maximum productivity and profitability.
- Prospect and identify customer´s needs.
- Plan, coordinate, execute and control the different operational or administrative tasks of the approved projects until their completion, ensuring compliance with delivery dates, quality of results and acquired
commitments. - Preparation of budgets for projects.
- Execution and supervision of manufacturing and installation projects of
stainless-steel equipment. - Carry out visits and support to customers in matters of design consulting, selection of materials and preparation of stainless-steel equipment.
- Assure that the company has adequate and suitable resources to carry out its activities (raw materials, consumables, labor, equipment, investment and renewal).
- Guarantee compliance with legal guidelines and standards applicable to the business.
FOOD RETAIL SERVICES MANAGER I
Ecolab
NICARAGUA
10.2019 - 12.2019
- Carry out quality, food safety, environment, occupational health system assessment in customer´s facilities.
- Implement action plans for quality, food safety, occupational health, environment and integrated pest control compliance assessments related to found non conformities during assessments.
- Determine improvement opportunities and give feedback to staff through training in place.
- Run good manufacturing practices assessments in costumer´s facilities.
FIELD SERVICE III
Ecolab
NICARAGUA
06.2016 - 09.2019
- Ensure bussines´s increasing sales budget by attracting new customers
or billing increases of existing customers. - Develop weekly distribution route planification.
- Provide effective solutions to customers service complaints.
- Give technical assistance on call or in place.
- Do inventory control and internal supply planning based on future
demand. - Run cleaning in place systems assessment in customer´s facilities focused on effectiveness validation in order to achieve food safety.
- Perform Sanitation Standard Operating Procedures assessment in customer´s facilities focused on effectiveness validation in order to achieve food safety.
- Determine improvement opportunities and give feedback to staff trough training in place.
- Do inventory control in customer facilities.
Production Supervisor
PROLACASA, NESTLE
NICARAGUA
10.2007 - 07.2015
- Take out control of weekly manufacturing program of dry milk process
elaboration. - Control of weekly packing and repacking dry milk process (filling machinery´s performance, cost variation, work labor, material lost, planned stoppages and non-planning stoppages).
- Control of dry coffee repacking process (filling machinery´s performance, cost variation, work labor, material lost, planned stoppages and non-planning stoppages).
- Ensure compliance to process control parameters established in the quality monitoring system for all performed processes.
- Supporting and being part of developing continuous improvement initiatives (root cause analysis and problem solve tools).
- Monitoring and control of key performance indicators of the organization
Take part of ISO Standard assessments for ISO 22000, ISO 14001, ISO 9001 and OHSAS 18000 (internal auditor and external certification assessment). - People management (assure all activities in charge respecting to all control variables established in the environment, health and quality system).
- Staff encourage, motivation and developing assessment to maintain and improve worker's skills.
Education
BBA - Chemical Engineering
UNIVERSIDAD NACIONAL DE INGENIERIA
NICARAGUA04-2007
Skills
- Systems implementation
- Project development
- Project Planning
- Project tracking
- Workforce training
- Cost Control
- Compliance Monitoring
- Inventory Control
- Procedure Development
- Financial Administration
- Project Management
- Vendor Sourcing
- Performance Evaluations
- Expense Reports
- Staff Management
- Staff training and mentoring
- Cost reduction and containment
- Quality assurance and control
- Purchasing and procurement
- Performance Improvements
- Safety protocol
Languages
Spanish
Professional
English
Professional
Timeline
PROJECT MANAGER
SOLUCIONES H&M
12.2020 - 06.2022
FOOD RETAIL SERVICES MANAGER I
Ecolab
10.2019 - 12.2019
FIELD SERVICE III
Ecolab
06.2016 - 09.2019
Production Supervisor
PROLACASA, NESTLE
10.2007 - 07.2015
BBA - Chemical Engineering
UNIVERSIDAD NACIONAL DE INGENIERIA