Aldo Soto, Mba, Cltd Email & Phone Number

Irvine, Ca

Full implementation of an International Distribution Hub and operation of a Foreign Trade Zone.Key Achievements:- Seamlessly relocated Irvine Distribution Center to Moreno Valley, CA and the Irvine HQ offices to a new location on weekends.- Developed new team to support a new operation at a new site.

Orange County, California Area

Managed operations of three distribution centers, trade compliance, inventory management, supply chain security, facilities, safety and demand forecasting for the U.S. and Canada. Directed contract negotiations for carriers and managed them. Opened operations of new distribution centers in Canada and the US. Redefined Quality Management System to meet FDA Quality System Regulations. Defined and implemented a trade compliance program to meet U.S. and Canada Customs regulations. Revamped and managed C-TPAT program. Setup Vendor Managed Inventory operations. Implemented procedures to meet all states boards of pharmacy requirements. Implemented industry standard KPIs. Created and carried out safety programs. Assisted and followed-through customers’ service requests.Key Achievements:• Reduced shipping costs by half a million dollars per year through pricing agreement negotiations.• Relocated Louisville Distribution Center twice on week-ends with no impacts to customers and no inventory variances.• Successfully started operations of direct distribution for Respiratory and Acute Care business to customers such as Cardinal Health, Owens & Minor and Medline in 7 months from building search to go-live.• Passed a for-cause FDA audit with no observations bringing closure to a previous warning letter.• Closed gaps between C-TPAT program and U.S. Homeland Security Minimum Security Criteria achieving zero recommendations after revalidation process.• Brought business into compliance with States Board of Pharmacy regulations.• Implemented full sets of Key Performance Indicators and consistently exceeded them as well as Quality Management System metrics while implementing cost-reduction practices to manage operation always well within the budget and reducing costs by more than 5% per year.

Greater San Diego Area

Assisted contract negotiations for freight forwarding and carriers and managed them. Review and update related QMS controlled documents and train personnel. Assisted and followed-through customers’ service requests. Oversaw receiving, reverse logistics, QC inspections, re-boxing, inventory management, TIB, material handling, and small package/LTL/FTL/international shipping departments. Created and carried out safety programs. Implemented C-TPAT program. Designed and implemented KPIs. Improved facilities and equipment maintenance programs. Improved TIB control. Reduced distribution time cycles. Minimized damages. Improved on-time delivery rate. Managed the implementation of the bar-coding system in the largest manufacturing site.Key Achievements:• 40% overtime reduction, 40% increase small package shipping capacity, and 30% increased receiving capacity.• 20% improvement on all carrier’s on-time deliveries and 99% damage minimization.• Tens of thousands of dollars saved annually through various operation improvements and within the budget.• Named Site Coordinator and Project Manager for Barcoding Implementation.• Selected to participate in Emerging Leaders program at Ashridge Management School in the UK.

Guadalajara Area, Mexico

Assisted contract negotiations for freight forwarding and carriers and managed them. Assisted and followed-through customers’ service requests and implemented support ticket system. Oversaw the flow of raw materials from country of origin to warehouse stock. Reduced airport to stock cycle time. Implemented C-TPAT and BASC program. Implemented VMI business model including production. Directed two separate sites with multi-shift operations. Supervised imports, warehouse receiving, reverse logistics, inventory management, material handling, disbursement, shipping and export departments. Reduced dock-to-stock time. Transferred inventory from IBM to SANMINA-SCI. Supported imports, warehouse, distribution and exports department with IT solutions. Acted as liaison between the logistics, SAP and IT departments. Follow up on IT and SAP timely fixes and patches implementations. Managed project to implement EDI system between shipping and customs brokers. Designed, implemented and supported automatic freight cost calculator and logistics business case simulator.Key Achievements:• Cut costs by 10% and reduced distribution time cycles 20% implementing SAP fixes and improvements.• Reduced billing errors 60% and freight costs 5% through implementation of a freight cost calculator tool.• 100% customer satisfaction improvement through the implementation of a CRM for the Logistics department.• Implemented a worldwide routing tool reducing 80% the delivery time of business cases to customers.• Successfully tracked and imported a monthly average of 300 tons of raw material worth an average of $50M USD always in time.• 20% reduction on airport-to-stock time.• Saved hundreds of thousands of dollars by introducing new recycled pallet.• Reduced distribution cycles 85% and operation costs 10%.• Surpassed 100% of all VMI KPI commitments and increased inventory accuracy to nearly 100%.• Promoted to Warehouse Manager, then to Distribution Center Manager and to Imports Manager.

Supported imports, warehouse, distribution & exports department with IT solutions. Acted as liaison between the logistics, SAP & IT departments. Follow up on IT & SAP timely fixes & patches implementations. Managed project to implement EDI system between shipping & customs brokers. Designed, implemented & supported automatic freight cost calculator & logistics business case simulator.Key Accomplishments:- Cut costs by 10% & reduced distribution time cycles 20% implementing SAP fixes & improvements.- Reduced billing errors 60% & freight costs 5% through implementation of automatic freight cost calculator.- 100% customer satisfaction improvement through implementation of help-desk to track claims.- 200% reduction on time to return with best cost-benefit worldwide freight routes for potential customers.

Supported the SAP implementation as a liaison between the SAP implementation team & the IT department. Improved communication between SAP implementation team & end-users. Formalized & organized SAP post-implementation support. Helped resolve various SAP implementation issues.Key Accomplishments:- Reduced 20% post-implementation learning curve through end-user support plan.- Saved tens of thousands of dollars in post-implementation fixes through pre-implementation assessments.- Practically eliminated local SAP/IT related issues through proper pre-implementation coordination.

Participated in the SAP implementation team for the Asgrow, Dekalb, Monsanto & Searle divisions. Part of the purchasing & finance teams. Coordinated unit & integration tests. Configured accounts payable modules. Trained end users. Provided post implementation support to the finance & accounting end users.Key Accomplishments:- 100% of SAP accounts payables & purchasing modules were implemented in time through four implementations.- Coordinated & delivered unit, integration & compatibility testing in every implementation requiring no post-implementations fixes.- More than 95% of end-user satisfaction achieved.- Invited to train & support end-users in other implementations for central american countries.

Implemented supply chain proprietary software providing training & post-implementation support. Provided training &support to all IT end users & customers. Network administrator. Coordinated IT purchases. Developed end users training material. Installed & supported VPN for sales reps & customers. Executed preventive & corrective maintenance to hardware.Key Accomplishments:- 20% reduction in distribution cycle times & 10% inventory traceability improvement.- 100% improvement in end-user IT support.- 20% department cost reductions through implementation of nation wide IT purchasing procedures & negotiations.- 50% reduction in security threats through network security & new standard operating procedures implementation.

Mba, International Business Administration

Activities and Societies: Student CouncilComputer Science and Business Adminstration MBA International Business

Post-Graduate, E-Commerce

MS e-Commerce

B.S., Business Administration & Computer Science

Activities and Societies: Classroom representative, Class representative at school council.Computer Science and Business Administration.

Education record

High School