I am proud to lead Suntory Global Spirits global operations, including 19 distilleries and bottling plants, as well as the company's supply chain, procurement, environmental sustainability and quality function. Together with my teams, we not only produce the highest quality liquids, but we do it in a way that delivers on our values and Growing for Good.Skilled in:MANUFACTURING OPERATIONS: I have over 30 years of manufacturing management experience across multiple industries and geographies, including Food, Beauty Care, Oral Care and Beverage. My experience includes restructuring of distilling, bottling/packaging, processing, and agricultural operations. I have led workforce reductions across multiple sites/roles totaling over 1000 employees. These reductions were delivered through significant efficiency improvements, loss elimination and streamlining of operations.SUPPLY CHAIN MANGEMENT AND TRANSFORMATION: I led the Brown-Forman (B-F) global supply chain. I led the transformation of our supply chain systems, through the implementation of S&OP processes resulting in rightsizing our inventory, improving customer service results, and improving our long term planning processes for B-F's whiskey business. MERGER AND ACQUISITION: I led with excellence the integration of B-F’s largest foreign acquisition in the past 30 years (Casa Herradura Tequilas) - improving operating efficiency, customer service results and creating additional value to the acquisition. I successfully led the integration of 3 new distilleries and a bottling operation in Scotland. I led the divestiture process of Southern Comfort and Tuaca liqueurs from B-Fs portfolio, as well as Early Times and Canadian Mist whiskeys, including the transition to new ownership of a Canadian whiskey distillery. INNOVATION: I led the Research and Innovation of products and packages for B-F. I oversaw the upgrading of the corporation’s innovation processes and the execution of large innovations across B-F's portfolio and geographies.LANGUAGE AND MULTICULTURAL COMPETENCY: A native of Panama, I have worked across the US, Puerto Rico and Mexico. I am a bi-cultural leader that has extensive experience in working in both Latin America and the United States.
Listed skills include Sustainability, Supply Chain Management, Engineering Management, Cross Functional Team Leadership, and 3 others.
