Enrique Lopez Suazo
Industrial Engineer
San Pedro Sula ,Cortes
Summary
Seeking an upper management position with a multi-national manufacturing company that will enable me to use my strengths, experience and abilities, while continuing to foster my professional career development.
Experienced with managing plant operations and ensuring optimal production efficiency. Utilizes strategic planning and resource allocation to streamline processes and improve productivity. Track record of fostering collaborative work environment and driving continuous improvement initiatives.
Overview
32
32
years of professional experience
Work History
PLANT MANAGER
GARAN INCORPORATED
San Salvador, El Salvador
01.2022 - 08.2025
- Successfully manage all plant departments: accounting, human resources, import/export, payroll, quality control, production control, finishing and shipping, including cutting department.
- Prepare executive managerial reports such as: variance reports, budgets, build-ups, layouts, production planning and inventory packages every quarter.
- Strong experience in preparing plants for customer inspections and compliance with standards (e.g., Wal-Mart, JCPenney, Kmart, amongst others).
- Control and managed contractors, screen-print and sewing for Wal-Mart programs, children’s wear and infant & toddlers.
- Plant with 567 operators plus management
- Follow up the implementation and maintenance of Smeta and wrap certification for Walmart customer.
PLANT MANAGER
GARAN INCORPORATED
San Pedro Sula, Honduras
08.2018 - 12.2022
- Successfully manage all plant departments: accounting, human resources, import/export, payroll, quality control, production control, finishing and shipping, including cutting department.
- Prepare executive managerial reports such as: variance reports, budgets, build-ups, layouts, production planning and inventory packages every quarter.
- Strong experience in preparing plants for customer inspections and compliance with standards (e.g., Wal-Mart, JCPenney, Kmart, amongst others).
- Control and managed contractors, screen-print and sewing for Wal-Mart programs, children’s wear and infant & toddlers.
- Plant with 544 operators plus management.
- Follow up the implementation and maintenance of Smeta and wrap certification for Walmart customer.
PLANT MANAGER
GARAN INCORPORATED
El Salvador
01.2006 - 08.2018
- Successfully manage all plant departments: accounting, human resources, import/export, payroll, quality control, production control, finishing and shipping.
- Prepare executive managerial reports such as: variance reports, budgets, build-ups, layouts, production planning and inventory packages every quarter.
- Strong experience in preparing plants for customer inspections and compliance with standards (e.g., Wal-Mart, JCPenney, Kmart, amongst others).
- Control and managed contractors, screen-print and sewing for Wal-Mart programs, children’s wear and infant & toddlers.
PLANT MANAGER
GARAN INCORPORATED
Costa Rica
01.2002 - 11.2005
- Converted a low performance plant with 435% overhead, shipping production of 8K dozens/week and 70% efficiency to a plant with over 90% efficiency, reduced overhead to under 330% (within Garan standards) and increased shipping production to over 12k dozens/week.
- Responsible for budgeting, planning, production, safety and administration of operations in the plant. At peak managed 310 people.
- Successfully managed all plant departments: accounting, human resources, import/export, payroll, quality control, production control, finishing and shipping.
- Prepare executive managerial reports such as: variance reports, budgets, build-ups, layouts, production planning and inventory packages every quarter.
- Prepared plant for customer inspections and compliance with respective standards.
PLANT MANAGER
GARAN INCORPORATED
Honduras
01.2001 - 12.2001
- Responsible for multi-style cutting and sewing facility with over 400 employees.
- Prepare build-ups and production schedules covering deliveries and projected efficiencies.
- Successfully implemented and continually managed quality procedures.
PRODUCTION MANAGER
GARAN INCORPORATED
Honduras
05.1998 - 12.2000
- Received extensive training in Starkville, Mississippi over Garan internally developed systems.
- Was appointed as the key individual to start-up 3 plants in Honduras. This entailed: hiring supervisors, trainers, production control personnel, cutting managers and accountants; also, developed production floor layouts, hiring plan and operating procedures.
- Responsible for production schedules.
- Setup manufacturing lines based on time studies and product specifications.
- Coordinated raw materials and trims for efficient inventory rotation.
- Conducted daily plant operations with the purpose of assuring quality, efficiency and cost reductions.
PRODUCTION MANAGER
FRUIT OF THE LOOM
Honduras
01.1996 - 05.1998
- Responsible to meet and deliver on production schedules, with a high quality level and the expected efficiencies.
- Directly supervised 2 line managers, 8 trainers, 8 mechanics, 8 inspectors and 1,200 operators.
- Responsible for 4 production lines of basic T-shirts and 9 lines of underwear.
- Improved T-shirt lines OQL to 1.6% from 4%, which was recognized as the best OQL T-Shirt for the entire Company.
LINE MANAGER
FIVARO GENERAL SPORTSWEAR
Honduras
01.1994 - 01.1996
- Responsible for meeting specs with quality control engineers.
- Organized and ran samples for future production.
- Supervised mechanics, reducing downtime to a minimum.
- Conduct audits and maintained inventory control.
Education
Masters - Decision Engineering
UNIVERSIDAD FRANCISCO GAVIDIA
El Salvador01-2008
Bachelor's - Industrial Engineering
UNIVERSIDAD DE SAN PEDRO SULA
Honduras01-1991
Skills
- Bilingual – Spanish (written and oral)
- Proficient in Microsoft Office (Word, Excel, PowerPoint, Access) and other internally developed software (ie, Inventory, Distribution & Payroll)
- Self-motivated, possessing a high degree of professional integrity
- Able to take the initiative, improve processes and meet time-sensitive deadlines
- Communicate effectively when dealing individually with people of diverse interests and levels of authority
- Budgeting and cost control
- Team building and development
- Operations management
- Scheduling
Interests
Exercising, Motorcycle riding
Timeline
PLANT MANAGER
GARAN INCORPORATED
01.2022 - 08.2025
PLANT MANAGER
GARAN INCORPORATED
08.2018 - 12.2022
PLANT MANAGER
GARAN INCORPORATED
01.2006 - 08.2018
PLANT MANAGER
GARAN INCORPORATED
01.2002 - 11.2005
PLANT MANAGER
GARAN INCORPORATED
01.2001 - 12.2001
PRODUCTION MANAGER
GARAN INCORPORATED
05.1998 - 12.2000
PRODUCTION MANAGER
FRUIT OF THE LOOM
01.1996 - 05.1998
LINE MANAGER
FIVARO GENERAL SPORTSWEAR
01.1994 - 01.1996
Bachelor's - Industrial Engineering
UNIVERSIDAD DE SAN PEDRO SULA
Masters - Decision Engineering
UNIVERSIDAD FRANCISCO GAVIDIA