Samuel Valenzuela

Materials and Logistic Manager at Kongsberg Automotive

Wallis, Texas, United States

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Experience

  • Materials And Logistics Manager at Kongsberg Automotive
    May 2014 - Present · 12 yrs 2 mos

    Directly manage purchasing planning, logistics, shipping and warehouse with over 2600 components from various vendors around the globe, Sap master user Facilitator for customs compliance in our facility

  • Materials Assistant Manager at TS Tech Americas, Inc.
    Mar 2011 - May 2014 · 3 yrs 3 mos

    Managed several areas in the materials department: NPI, Purchasing, Production Planning, warehouse, receiving, logistics and Import/Export. Reduced by 45% the inventory days on raw material going from 21 days to 13 days DOH, (5M inventory over 11M COGS per month)  Established goals of DOH by suppliers by implementing pull sheet controls and alternate logistics routes based on ABC  Help and facilitate the C-Tpat implementation in our facility based on the US and Mexican customs compliance  Implement the Sales and Operation Planning review with the staff to build the desired level of FG inventory to satisfy customer demand on time  Implement the ABC Cycle count system in the warehouse to help reduce raw material inventory and to have a better control on low runner material  Maintain good relationship with suppliers and customers for the best interest of the company.  Master user on new ERP system (QAD) implementation in the plant, creating controls and metrics for system accuracy  Reduce the freight budget by 20% by negotiate prices with carriers, establish metrics with suppliers and create and combine new alternate logistics routes to reduce price  Maintain the premium freight at 3% according to the company´s budget.  Provide excel tools to my team as well as training on the new ERP System to take the best benefit out of them and make sure that it works in the correct and desired way.  Increase suppliers on time delivery performance from 70% to 92%  Reduced obsolesce by 90% by stablish a set of new goals and procedures for phase out programs  Coordinate new customer launches and new products implementations  Create and implement the business plan for the department  Manage directly 45 associates between Salary and hourly personnel  Report quarterly the business plan for the department directly to the president of the company  Coordinate shipments from and to Canada and Mexico including customs regulations

  • Production Planner supervisor at Kongsberg Automotive
    Sep 2008 - Mar 2011 · 2 yrs 7 mos

    Increased and maintain delivery performance to 100% Improved production scheduling to help achieve the plant efficiency from 85% to 95%. Setup the correct buffer on FG’s with statistical tools to increase the desired level of Customer Service. Implement the ABC standard on production planning to reduce by 30% the carrying cost on FG´s. Maintain good relationship with customers for the best interest of the company. Help and Coordinate the reduction of obsolete material 100% on FG and 95% on components during phase out programs. Maintain the premium freight at 25% or lower out of the company´s PF budget. Improve and provide the right tools to my team as well as training in PRMS and F3 system Train and support the personal within my department with advance tools for Excel to achieve the desired analysis on each area,(purchasing, Production control, customer service and NPI) Reduce the daily reports creation time 80 % (backlogs, Load sheets, release comparison, production planning, open orders) by customizing different excel macros for each report. Coordinate new customer launches and new products implementations Implement reports to compare back orders against sales to monitor our customer fluctuation closely. $25000 of yearly cost savings to the company by coordinating Kaizens and continues improvements on the resin for our customer MAGNA (Dortec) and INTEVA, also reworking raw material and FGs to help deplete obsolete material Implement the MIN-MAX standard on resin supply chain for our mold plant. Help the department to achieve our KPI 100%