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My name is German Carpenter. I am a bilingual professional with more than 15 years of experience in the development of people and processes, leading high-performance work teams and improving processes through the use of Lean methodologies and the implementation of ISO standards. Among my main skills are: ☑️ Team leadership ☑️ Business Development ☑️ Design and development of product lines and / or processes. ☑️ Strategic planning ☑️ Quality management ☑️ Implementation of improvements based on Lean / TPM (5S, Kanban, Visual Management, Performance Management, etc.) ☑️ Problem solving based on 5 Whys, A3, Ishikawa, and Drilldown Tree. ☑️ Interpretation and implementation of norms and legal requirements. My main achievements in my professional career are: ✅ Savings of USD 200,000 in Q2 of 2022 through an A3 project of cost reduction. ✅ 270% increase in laboratory analysis capacity and 60% reduction in quality control cycle times for products manufactured at the production plant. ✅ Reduction of variability in the production process, managing to go from 90% to 98% of Batch approved at the first attempt. ✅ Leadership in the successful implementation of Lean Manufacturing tools (5S, DMAIC, VSM, A3, Drill Down Tree, 5 Whys, Ishikawa, etc.) to reduce waste in operations (>600 hours saved in production of 2 products), and to find and eliminate root causes of operational problems (>30,000 Gallons of product successfully recovered, avoiding 100% of possible losses). ✅ Local development of more than 1,200 versions of paint component formulations, and more than 100 SKUs of finished products in store. ✅ Local implementation of analysis methodologies based on international standards (mainly ASTM and NTC) to expand the marketing of paints based on components manufactured in the Santiago plant to 4 new markets (Brazil, Colombia, France and Mexico), in addition to the start-up of the quality control laboratory in a new component production plant in Sao Paulo, Brazil (2017-2018). ✅ Stand out as a leader at the LA level in the Supply Chain area, giving support to the operation in Argentina and giving training to improve the knowledge of my peers in Costa Rica. ✅ Develop the area of ​​Water Treatment Projects for large industry, mining and aquaculture. ✅ Implementation of the ISO 9001 standard in the operations area of the headquarters in Santiago. If you are interested in knowing more about me, do not hesitate to contact me!