Ariel Plaza

Manager of the Portfolio Management Office (PMO) – Spain. Manager of Project Managers and Technicians of Tech Transfer. Technology Transfers R&D+Plant / Customers+Plant / Plant+Plant. Process Development and Optimization. Program Manager for the management of highly complex programs/projects (multi-site projects, new lines and production plants).

Cut the Lost Time Accident (LTA) frequency rate by 60% across multiple sites by designing and rolling out a corporate "Safety Blitz" program. • Reduced compliance risk across Europe, the Americas and India by building a new EHS&S corporate governance structure, standards and 2024–2026 Master Plan • Certified pharmaceutical and pharmochemical plants against ISO14001, ISO45001, Ecovadis and PSCI • Enabled data-driven decision-making by developing EHS&S KPIs and a corporate dashboard

Increased production volume by 63% versus only 11% headcount growth (2017–2022) • Grew annual EBITDA from $7.8M to $9.2M and sales from $32.8M to $43M (2018–2023) • Eliminated $5M in net bank debt (from -$3M to +$2M) by restructuring financial operations • Passed cGMP pharma inspections from FDA, EDQM, Russia's MINDZDRAV, Mexico's COFEPRIS and ANMAT. • Delivered the company's first-ever synthetic oncology API and 10 new APIs

Held budget deviation to 0.08% on a $10M annual budget by tightening cost controls across production, maintenance, quality and EHS&S for a 61-person site. • Cut out-of-spec inventory from 0.82% to 0.06% (-92%) and reduced customer complaints by 36% by driving quality improvement projects. • Achieved 96% On-Time Service and set the site record for industrial tests performed in a single year by optimizing production planning.

Scaled the production team from 28 to 57 FTEs (2012–2015) while passing FDA and INAME regulatory inspections, by building and leading a new API manufacturing unit from the ground up. • Delivered $175K/year in savings by deploying Lean Six Sigma (5S, DMAIC) across production performance and asset management. • Achieved ISO14001 and OHSAS18001 certification by serving as Management Representative for external audits (DNV).

Increased sulfation plant capacity by 36% (from 12,500 to 17,000 MT/year) by leading a plant modernization and automation project. Improved safety performance from 1 LTI every 30 days to 1 every 200 days (2009–2012) by embedding a 5S and Kaizen Blitz safety culture. Delivered $25K/year in savings through a Unilever business case and improved the annual inventory adjustment from $3.5M to -$50K by implementing SAP.

Ingeniero de Procesos - Planta Caucho. Producción de cauchos sintéticos estireno-butadieno (SBR) y acrilonitrilo-butadieno (NBR). Polimerización en emulsión y coagulación sal-ácido. Planta Puerto Gral. San Martín-Santa Fe-Argentina de butadieno, para cumplimiento de API RP 520/521, GE N° 1-112 y NFPA 59 (2005) -Reducción de generación de scrap en proceso de producción de caucho sintético - Análisis de condiciones de coagulación y estudio de reducción de pérdidas de material sólido en sistemas de separación

Blue-Collar Operator - Planta Industrial de Agua Pesada (PIAP) ENSI S.E. - Arroyito - Neuquén - Argentina

GPA - Mejor Promedio Promoción 2004: 9,56

GPA - Mejor Promedio Promoción 1997: 9,00