German Mendez
Vice President of Operations
- Role
- Vice President of Manufacturing at Vistance Networks
- Location
- Chula Vista, CA, US
- LinkedIn followers
- 500 followers
About German Mendez
A seasoned Senior Director with a proven ability to aggressively and profitably grow technology driven manufacturing businesses and leading successful transformational initiatives. Proven track record at shaping strategy, building a high performance management team and organizational culture, while driving disciplined and agile execution with full P&L responsibility for a $1.3 B business. Unquestionable ethics coupled with outstanding communications and interpersonal skills ensure confidence and effective dealings with customers, employees and directors. Multi-cultural and fluent in 3 languages: Spanish, English and Portuguese.
Experience
Vice President of Manufacturing
Jan 2026 — Present · San Diego, CA, US
Education
Universidad Autonoma de Baja California
Bachelor's degree, Economics
1989 — 2003
UC San Diego
Certification, Logistics, Materials, and Supply Chain Management
2002 — 2003
University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee
Strategic Leadership Series
Skills
- 5s
- Manufacturing
- Kanban
- Lean Manufacturing
- Operational Excellence
- Six Sigma
- Business Process Improvement
- Cross-Functional Team Leadership
- Supply Chain Management
- Engineering
- Value Stream Mapping
- Process Improvement
- Kaizen
- Manufacturing Operations Management
- Root Cause Analysis
- Continuous Improvement
- Management
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