Bienvenido Barrios

I am currently working as Plant Manager and I have worked for over 20 years in food industry 

EXPERIENCE

PLANT MANAGER

HOLLY POULTRY

12/2022- Present

Oversee activities across two processing (chickens)plants and  over $105 million of produce, food ingredients, packaging, and operational supplies.

· Balanced experience in P&L ownership, transformational leadership, value creation, and operational-excellence.

· High strategic acumen, senior leadership alignment, and engagement, while demanding a culture of accountability.

· Results oriented with progressive experience in business growth, productivity, profitability, and-manufacturing efficiency, with a proven track record in problem solving and decision making.

· Goal driven performer who has achieved organizational success by building and developingmultifunctional teams to drive new business, new products, new customers.

· Completed (2) plant Turnarounds on underperforming facilities impacting positive monthly EBIT, improvement from ranging from $800K to $1.2MM.

· Added responsibilities to include Business Growth/Expansion/Marketing to develop and execute business plans and strategies to increase revenue, productivity, profitability, and cash flow.

· Successfully increased yields in 5% in the first two quarters of the current year.

· Assumed responsibilities for Procurement which represents $100MM in total spend covering commercial-commodities, ingredients, packaging, utilities and facilities materials.

· Maintain senior level key account relationship for strategic direction and dispute resolution with command of structuring and negotiating major account contracts. Direct customer negotiations include.

· Responsible for P&L, budgets, forecasts, and strategic operations plan for two manufacturing facilities with a team of 469 members and 6direct reports representing 105.5MM of production.

· Conducted Operations due diligence for a new M&A acquisition and implemented the Holly Poultry Culture

· Measured, tracked, and improved KPI’s related to Operations including: OT, PPMH,Yields,QA, Drove best practices, cost reduction, lean and continuous improvement across the plants.

PLANT MANAGER                                                              HAZELHURST, MS

DG FOODS

01/2021– 12/2022

          Leadership – a demonstrated ability to lead people and get results.

• Planning – an ability to think ahead and plan over a 1 to 3-year time span.

• Management – the ability to organize multiple protocols / projects and complete on schedule.

• Process Development – ability to develop protocols and processes and deploy.

• Problem Solving – ability to analyze and resolve problems at both a strategic and functional level.

• Associate development – ability to supervise and recognize training needs for the operation as well as the associates and the willingness to support those needs and develop associates.

• Customer Satisfaction – knowledge of and ability to provide strong customer orientation.

• Communication – ability to communicate to all levels of the organization and a commitment to excellent interpersonal and communication skills.

• Team Building- knowledge of and a commitment to Team performance, effective coaching and demonstrated skills of a strong team player.

• Commitment – dedication and commitment to company values.

• Safety – ability, knowledge, and commitment to put safety of associates above everything else while achieving goals.                                                      

OPERATIONS MANAGER                                            CUMMING, GA

KOCH FOODS OF CUMMING

10/2019 – 01/2021

• Provide leadership and direction in the production and maintenance operations to ensure timely and cost-efficient production and distribution of plant produces products.

• Develop and manage the team, including talent development, performance management, and labor management (Organization)

• Develop the plant staff and workforce through the performance management process, including training and development plans for each direct report

• Focus on talent and organizational development, develop an effective succession planning process, and creates a culture focused on continuous improvement

• Develop collaborative interdepartmental working relationships with sales management to maximize customer service

• Develops plant goals and works with and through subordinate associates to achieve results. Works with Plant Supervisors and Plant Manager to achieve goals

• Improve performance and assure management succession by training, developing and motivating department personnel

PRODUCTION SHIFT MANAGER           PINE MOUNTAIN VALLEY, GA

KOCH FOODS OF PINE MOUNTAIN VALLEY

4/2018– 10/2019

• Create a workplace that fosters a stellar safety work record and encourages constant improvement in our safety metrics

• Improve and develop organization capabilities through effective performance management and planning/utilization of human and capital resources

• Provides direction, ensures resources and manages programs to ensure the plant's safety and environmental performance meets established goals

• Develop and manage plant productivity and process improvement plans utilizing continuous improvement techniques

• Develop and manage direct and indirect reports through performance management

• Improve and develop organizational capabilities through effective performance management and planning/utilization of human and capital resources

Law school graduate; Bachelor’s degree (1992-1998) Cuba

• Bachelor’s Degree in Business and Administration (2000-2002) Cuba

• Management Resource Institute, Florida Teacher Certification (FTCE)

Math Teacher 2013