Hester Torio

Heavyweight Plant Operations Director and Process Engineer with a Chemical Engineering degree and a profound 35+ year record of technical execution across high-volume FMCG processing, automated engineering technology, and global agribusiness supply chain networks. Recognized industry authority with 18+ years of specialized technical expertise in biomass upcycling, commercial feed compounding, and waste-to-profit engineering. Fully optimized for elite feedmill leadership mandates, possessing deep expertise in process optimization, asset longevity management, and root-cause analysis.

Backed by 5 years of authentic automated manufacturing floor immersion in Japan mastering Lean, TPM, and Kaizen frameworks. A disciplined, agile change-management executive fully willing to travel or relocate immediately across Central Luzon to ensure zero-downtime production targets, zero-waste optimization, and export-grade regulatory audit readiness.

OPERATIONS & INDUSTRIAL MANAGEMENT CONSULTANT at Z.C. Victory Fishing Corp. (2019 – 2026-06)

• Strategic Technical Advisory: Evaluated industrial plant capacities, continuous-process flows, and structural layout configurations to optimize regional raw material flows and inbound agribusiness supply lines.
• Global Supply Chain Benchmarking: Coordinated volatile agribusiness commodity logistics with prominent Japanese and Thai buyers to secure high-value Purchase Orders (POs) and align strict structural quality standards.
• Advanced Data-Driven Forecasting: Audited complex multi-market supply chain data using advanced spreadsheet architectures and introduced AI forecasting tools to manage safety stock levels.
• Workforce Training Cascades: Evaluated floor skill gaps, introduced modern machinery options to reduce manual labor overheads, and established a self-sustaining train-the-trainer model to cascade Lean knowledge plant-wide.

PLANT OPERATIONS & RENDERING MANAGER / TECHNICAL MANAGER at Century Pacific Food Inc. (2006 – 2019)

• Autonomous Feed Compounding Leadership: Directed the heavy rendering facility as an independent profit center. Managed the end-to-end cycle of buying outside raw fish scrap, balancing it against internal lines, and processing it from start to finish under full operational autonomy.
• Massive-Scale Production Command: Handled a massive daily throughput of 224,000 Kgs (224 Metric Tons) of raw materials daily while driving material variance to absolute zero through real-time capacity monitoring and rigorous process auditing.
• B2B Quality Monetization & Market Integration: Graded, priced, and successfully sold high-purity crude fish oil and premium fishmeal components directly to multi-billion-peso feed market leaders, including CP, Feedmix, Santeh, Hoc Po, Pilmico, and Cargill. Directly hosted corporate QA Managers during intensive on-site facility audits.
• Asset Longevity Command (ASTW Thailand): Commanded the operational output and preventative maintenance lifecycle of legacy steam cookers, twin-screw presses, thermal rotary dryers, separators, and hammermill suites from ASTW Works Thailand, keeping a 20+ year-old industrial plant operating at peak OEE.
• International Technical Commissioning: Travelled globally to evaluate, configure, and install cutting-edge direct-process automation lines across Germany (Flottweg) and Norway. Conducted international supply chain quality auditing at the Port of Karnataka, India.
• Planned Maintenance Turnaround Mastery: Exploited government-mandated seasonal Fish Ban windows to orchestrate comprehensive 3-month plant-wide turnaround maintenance operations, systematically rebuilding heavy machinery networks to guarantee continuous-process readiness.

LABORATORY ANALYST / R&D SPECIALIST at San Miguel Corporation (Brewery Division) (1998 – 2006)

• Biochemical Quality Certification: Executed complex biochemical product stability matrices and production loop quality certifications to guarantee total brand compliance across premier high-volume processing operations.

LABORATORY ANALYST / R&D SPECIALIST at Edward Keller (Griffith Laboratory Division) (1994 – 1998)

• Enterprise Scaling & Brand Gatekeeping: Supervised microbiological evaluations and custom compounding for flagship consumer formulations, directly guaranteeing compliance loops for top-tier multinational clients including Monde Nissin’s proprietary Lucky Me! noodle portfolio, Jollibee, McDonald's, and KFC.

ENGINEERING DEPARTMENT SPECIALIST at Ueni Denki (Panasonic) (1989 – 1994)

• Lean Excellence Command: Immersed for 5 years directly at the source on automated manufacturing floors in Japan, mastering original Just-in-Time (JIT) models, Kaizen loops, 5S/6S workforce discipline, and automated defect data analysis to drive continuous optimization.

Bachelor of Science in Chemical Engineering – Technological Institute of the Philippines (TIP) (1989)

Post-Graduate Coursework in Thermo Science for Chemical Engineering – University of the Philippines Diliman