1. Alvaro Gonzalez
(52) 656-422-7081 / (52) 656-6941550
alvaro.tercero@live.com
DIRECTOR MATERIALS / SUPPLY CHAIN-PLANNING-PURCHASING & INVENTORY
Director Materials leader with extensive procurement system integration, experience in the electronic,
medical and automotive industries. Well versed in MRP with more than 15 years of experience
implementing efficient work teams focus to reducing inventory cost and developing processes
regarding Supply Chain (JIT, Six Sigma, Kaizen,Lean manufacturing, Kanban and pull system,
supermarker , Honeywell operation system and other initiatives).
Professional Experience:
FLEX Ciudad Juarez,Ch., Mexico (Jun 2016-Present)
A worldwide company specializing in electronic manufacturing with revenues of $300M in 2015.
Director Materials – Supply Chain, Planning, Purchasing and Inventory
Ciudad Juarez Site in Mexico.
• High complexity site: PCBA manufacturing, Lighting system, Metal Machining & Plastic/molding
process for mechanical assemblies.
• Reduction of 7% Total inventory in 4 months (from $26.5m to $24.6M)
• Leader in America´s region to consolidate procurement process. (Brazil, Mexico and USA).
• Customers on charge: Johnson & Johnson; Alcon (Ocular surgery kit); Becton Dickinson sharp
collectors), PCBA (Hughes, Philips, Plum, Magnitude, Flex Lighting Systems) & Plastic and
Mechanicals (Zodiac, Hasbro, Hallmark, Honeywell).
JABIL Guadalajara Site, Jal., Mexico.
A worldwide company specializing in electronic manufacturing with revenues of $ 1.6B in 2015.
Site Material Director . -(Jun 2015- jun 2016)
• Reduction of 25% Total inventory . From $234M Q3/2015 to $175.8M Q3/2016 (ITOS increased
from 8.11 to 11.06 in a year).
• Creation of the RPO initiative & re-design of procurement process increasing buyers productivity
28% .
• Leader in America´s region to change & consolidate the procurement method from business unit
buyer to commodities procurement buyers.
• Creating KPI’s and KOI’s in order to define performance improvement strategies for Inventory
Control.
• Customers on charge:
• Ericsson RF, Cisco, LAM, Creston, EchoStar, Aclara, Schneider, Whirlpool, Landis & Gyr ,
Electrolux, Whirlpool, Honeywell, GE, Ulthera and Fresenius .

2. FLEXTRONICS South Campus Guadalajara, Jal., México .(Jul 2009 - Jun 2015 )
A global company specializing in electronic manufacturing with revenues of $2.4B in 2015.
Director Materials /Automotive Division.-
• Inventory Reduction from $135MM to $105MM; Turns from 4.1 to 8.7 and Past Due Dollars from $2
M to $500K.
• 45% Inventory space reduction mainly through Lean and VMI programs.
• VMI penetration increased from 35% to 59%, FSP implementation (auto procurement on ERP).from
28% to 49%.
• PPV recovery average per quarter $380k usd..
• Local Vendors Development for MRO items /amount achieved: $ 680k on last accounting year.
• Excess and obsolete inventory reduced from 36% to 8%.
• Achieved Freight saving of $ 130k usd last accounting year .
• RMA/RTV reduction from 117 to 23 days average.
SOLECTRON Guadalajara , Jal.,Mexico. (Nov 2006 to Jul 2009) .
A worldwide company specializing in electronic manufacturing with revenues of $1B in 2009.
Business Unit Material Manager .
• IMC Data & HPQ End of life projects were closed over with a minimum inventory liability (Mc
Data less than $30k and HPQ less than $45k usd) where the inventory level was$7.5M and the
monthly sales average was $4.5M each.
• Inventory cost reduction from $29M to $16M regarding automotive accounts transferred. Nortel
Raleigh inventory reduction from $ 19M to 8M. Motorola Inventory reduction from $14.7M to $
8.5M. & Thomson inventory reduction from $29M to $6M.
• Leader teams for a successful Kaizen implementation. (35% productivity improvements, through
cost reductions projects associated to the kaizen blitz).
• MRB total level less than 60k usd.
• Customers on charge:Motorola and Alcatel.
CELESTICA Monterrey , México (Mar 2005 – Nov 2006)
A worldwide company specializing in electronic manufacturing with revenues of $ 800M in 2006.
Material Program Manager
• Improvements through reduction of Excess and obsolete material inventory (from $3M to $780k
usd.)
• Reduction on “Premium freight cost of $220k usd and recovering $280k usd from vendors
inventory reduction levels from $60M in October 2005 to $39M in August 2006.
• Leader in Baan implementation as Planning Key user.
• Inventory turns of 6.3
• Customer on charge: Motorola

3. SOLECTRON Guadalajara,Jal., México (Jul 2003 to February 2005)
Material Project Manager
• Excess material inventory decreased from $14M to $8M usd.
• Forecasted revenue was improved from $18M to $23M usd.
• Inventory turns from 5 to 7.2.
• Customers on charge: Nortel Telset and FWA.
Other positions held at Solectron and SCI systems:
• Production Control Superintendent (Sep 2002 - Jun 2003). Solectron Guadalajara, JAL
• Master Production Scheduler (Aug 2000 - Sep 2002) Solectron Guadalajara, JAL
• Planning Supervisor (Aug 1999 – 2000) SCI Monterrey, NL
• Planner (Apr 1998 - Jul 1999 SCI Monterrey, NL)
• Production Control (Jun 1997 - Mar1998 SCI Guadalajara, JAL)
Education/Training:
Monterrey Institute of Technology, Mexico
Master of Business Administration- MBA (75% COMPLETED, graduation year 2018).
University of Guadalajara, -Mexico.
Bachelor degree in Architecture, 1995.
Certifications:
Lean Green Belt, Lean Basics of Shigeo Shingo and Kaizen.
Courses:
SAP Planning, Baan Planning, Customs,Leadership and Effective Decision Making.