William Herrera

Responsible for all fabric consumptions for Knit and Woven for fabric purchase (multi-style)

• Responsible for the consumptions and calculations of interlinings for costing and purchases.

• Management of GSD and everything related to Sam's for both the costing area and the production floor.

• Follow-up on thread consumption calculations.

• Control of the Blue Cherry system for income from all consumptions of fabrics, interlinings, Accessories, etc.

• Leadtec system administration (SAM control, efficiencies, WIP and calculation of incentives)

• Administration of incentive tables according to efficiencies and classification of operations (analysis, preparation and restructuring).

• Responsible for cost sheets this includes (fabrics, freight, taxes, cut costs, garment and packaging accessories, utility margins)

• Incentive tables

• Variances in everything related to planned costs versus final costs

• Development of new tools for the cost area and thus provide fast and accurate costs.

• Automation of cost calculations for the sales area.

• Definition of standard processes, waste percentages and guidelines to follow for the correct and accurate calculation of profit percentages for the company.

• All of the above for El Salvador and Nicaragua.

• Administration of 10 people

• Reviewed and approved invoices and payments, verifying accuracy of expenses.
• Developed and maintained database of cost information to use most up-to-date and relevant data in estimates.
• Assisted in pricing strategy development to ensure competitiveness while maintaining profit margins.
• Conducted site visits to gather information and data on project locations, infrastructures and conditions.
• Mentored junior team members to enhance their understanding of cost accounting principles and best practices.
• Prepared estimates used by management for purposes such as planning, organizing, and scheduling work.
• Evaluated subcontractor bids to obtain best value for projects.
• Supported inventory management initiatives with accurate product costing information, reducing carrying costs and waste.
• Collaborated with various departments to manage sales and territory data to collect accurate pricing and costing information.
• Developed cost reduction strategies for increased profitability by analyzing product costs and identifying inefficiencies.
• Improved costing accuracy by implementing more efficient data collection and analysis methods.

• Enter to database, all the information of stoppages of machines

• Management of cost details per machine (Cost of spare parts)

• Statistical analysis of failures by type of machine

• Asset inventory management

• Statistical analysis of the area of

mechanics (mechanics, time invested etc.)

• Maintenance of inventories in the warehouse area of spare parts for machinery and industrial equipment (frog and flat sewing machines, cutting machines such as lectra, tables, spreader, Eastman, Bias, Bierrebi.)

• Inventory analysis (reduction, improvement)

• Require new parts in the search for better price and quality and reduction of problems with them such as: delivery times, stock

• Maintained filing system and organized customer documents for easy retrieval of information.

• Initial analysis, feasibility, structure, costs and implementation of GOH (Garment on Hanger) shipments (2021 At BWA Nicaragua)
• Cost reduction, analysis and proposals for improvements in fabric match, printing, checks to improve appearance and reduce fabric costs, eliminating waste. (2022 At BWA Nicaragua)
• Development of profiles according to client and brand for standardization of quality levels (2023 at BWA)
• Optimization in calculation of washing prices, for internal formulas. (2020 at BWA)