Nicolas Caraquel Resume PDF

NICOLAS
M. CARAQUEL
2350 Route 10W B38, Morris Plains, NJ 07950

Cell: 859-398-8999 e-mail: [email protected]
Date of Birth: September 07
WORK EXPERIENCES
LAW OFFICE OF NICOLAS CARAQUEL, MORRIS PLAINS, NJ Jun 2012 Present
Immigration Attorney, Private Practitioner
100% Approval Rate on US Fiancee, Spouse, Family and Immigrant visas to-date serving clients all over
the world for people wanting to live, work and visit the United States
Average Approval Period:

o
Fiancee visas: 1 mo. vs. 5 mo. Normal processing time, earliest was 11 days
Spouse Visas: 3 mo vs. 9 mo normal processing time, earliest was 27 days
Owned www.idream-america.com
Established Facebook account with 3,700+ international members in four months from launched date
NESTL NUTRITION USA, FLORHAM PARK, NJ Jul 2015 Present

Head, Nestl Continuous Excellence for Operations, Mar 2010 - present
Leads the Operations group of Nestle Nutrition USA journey towards Goal Alignment, Total
Productive Maintenance (TPM) across the four Nutrition factories in the United States and
the head office
Reduced $5Mio Fixed Factory Overhead over three years

NESTL NUTRITION USA, FLORHAM PARK, NJ Mar 2010 Jun 2014

Supply Chain Continuous Improvement and Nestl Continuous Excellence Manager, Mar
2010 Jun 2014
Led the US market implementation of Supply Chain Goal Alignment by driving on-site
implementation, delivering training, coaching functions in Goal Alignment components and
best practices (e.g. Operational Master Plan, A3, Visual Management, Operations Review,
Standard Routines, Problem Solving, Leadership Development, etc.), continuously track
implementation and assess gate opening readiness
Trained, assessed and tracked effectiveness of Problem solving initiatives within the supply
chain organization (e.g. Go-See-Think-Do, 5S, Fishbone Diagrams, Pareto, Is/Is Not, 5 Whys,
Basic DMAIC, Coaching Tools, etc.)
Reduced Expired and Damaged products by $32 Mio (47% reduction) over two years by the
introduction of Adjustable Rate programs, tighter controls on claims, review teams (e.g.
Sales, Finance, Customer logistics, Customer Service), use of reason codes and collaboration
with top loss contributor-retailers

NESTL USA, MOUNT STERLING, KY 2007 MAR 2010
Industrial Performance Engineer / Leader, Oct 2007 Mar 2010
Delivered $5M labor cost savings through the implementation of various projects including
but not limited to automation, line efficiency and performance improvement, process
improvement, workload simplification, electronic systems development in coordination
with various engineering professionals, workers and line managers
Led and delivered at least 99% master data accuracy (e.g. BOM, Production versions) for
SAP implementation in the factory resulting to zero downtime on SAP-related issues.
Served as the main resource person in the factory in resolving production planning and
inventory-related issues in relation to SAP implementation
Trained and coached work teams to deliver key performance measures (e.g. One Point
Lesson, Data management, Activity-based Costing, etc.)

NESTL PHILIPPINES INC (NPI) 1997 2007
Distribution Center (DC) Network Head, January 2006 July 2007
Effectively managed Nestl Philippines largest distribution center start-up operations with
eight direct reports and 600+ 3rd Party Logistics employees with no interruption in sales
operations
Delivered key performance targets (e.g. 100% Inventory and Warehouse Accuracy, 91% Picking
efficiency) within the first nine (9) months of operation to support an average of 120% monthly
sales attainment
Led the productivity improvements through the establishment and implementation of

warehousing operations standards, resource optimization, capacity planning

Human Resource Executive Corporate Labor Relations, December 2004 December 2005
Reduced Contract Bargaining Agreement negotiation timelines from nine months to three
months using verified facts (e.g. survey results, industry practices) and close collaboration
with the local representatives from the Department of Labor
No new labor cases filed. Proactively identified and addressed potential labor-related cases
by conducting the first legal audit across all Nestl operations and leading a team of six
young lawyers

Industrial Performance (IP) Manager, January 1997 November 2004
Led Nestl Philippines second largest factory to its High Performing Factory status and as
a reliable and cost-effective producer of spray-dried milk powders in the AOA region
Consistently delivered an average of 4% annual manufacturing cost reduction by delivering

improvement in energy usage, labor and material losses, line efficiencies and performance
Considered as one of the most reliable IP managers in Nestl Philippines:
Heavily involved in the implementation of Corporate initiatives across the five factories in
the country (e.g. MH97, Target2004, Downtime monitoring systems, etc.)
Interpretation and implementation of G.I. 23.010 Managing Manufacturing Performance

and other GIs and non-GI documents pertaining to Industrial Performance
As directed by the Technical Division Head, implemented some of the locally-initiated

major cost-saving projects across the other factories (e.g. Spare parts reduction and
inventory management, Reverse osmosis, etc.)
Co-led the successful implementation of Target Setting commitments, Best-In-Class

practices, Internal and External benchmarking initiatives

SAN MIGUEL CORPORATION, PHILIPPINES 1995 - 1996
Regional Production Planner
Improved Forecast reliability Index from 75% to 97% by introducing a modified
forecasting model for the supply of poultry products for the Mindanao region. Improvement
attained after five (5) months of implementation.

EDUCATION, CERTIFICATION, AND WORK STATUS
Admitted to the New York State Bar in June 2012

Admitted to the Philippine Bar in May 2004
Six Sigma Black Belt Certified (Basic) USA
Bachelor of Laws (LLB), Xavier University, Philippines May 2013
Bachelors Degree Industrial Engineering, Ateneo de Davao University, Philippines
March 1995
o Deans list
o State Scholarship Awardee (1990-95) Sole Awardee for Region IX

Maryknoll High School of Lupon
o 2nd Honorable Mention

San Roque Elementary School
o Class Salutatorian
o Primary: Bato-bato SPED Class (Grades 1-3)
AFFILIATIONS
Member, American Bar Association

Member, American Immigration Lawyers Association
Lifetime Member, Integrated Bar of the Philippines
Founding President, Philippine Institute of Industrial Engineers (PIIE) Mindanao
Chapter
o Established the 1st regional chapter of PIIE
o Led and Sponsored 5 Mindanao IE Conventions and 3 Student IE Congresses

NATIONALITY
Dual citizen: Filipino and American

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NICOLAS

2350 Route 10W B38, Morris Plains, NJ 07950

Average Approval Period:

Spouse Visas: 3 mo vs. 9 mo normal processing time, earliest was 27 days

NESTL NUTRITION USA, FLORHAM PARK, NJ Jul 2015 Present

Reduced $5Mio Fixed Factory Overhead over three years

NESTL NUTRITION USA, FLORHAM PARK, NJ Mar 2010 Jun 2014

Led the productivity improvements through the establishment and implementation of

Consistently delivered an average of 4% annual manufacturing cost reduction by delivering

Considered as one of the most reliable IP managers in Nestl Philippines:

Interpretation and implementation of G.I. 23.010 Managing Manufacturing Performance

As directed by the Technical Division Head, implemented some of the locally-initiated

Co-led the successful implementation of Target Setting commitments, Best-In-Class

Admitted to the New York State Bar in June 2012

Member, American Bar Association

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