Cesar Ivan Barba Aguilera Email & Phone Number

Guadalajara, Jalisco, México

Responsible for the end-to-end supply chain and operations for Tequila Mijenta and Mezcal Tres Tribus, providing leadership to all domestic and international facilities and teams.

Guadalajara, Jalisco, Mexico

• I led the operations and supply chain teams to deliver the most successful launch and year-to-year growth in the spirits industry, growing from in +79% vs initial budget in 2020; +78% in 2021 vs 2020; +48% in 2022 vs.
• Creation, design and implementation of the Supply Chain and Operations Finance departments.
• Creation, design and implementation of the Supply Chain and Operations Finance processes.
• Materials Inventory, Production and Bottling planning.
• Strategic relationship management with strategic international logistic suppliers.
• Inventory management in warehouse and 3PL.

Guadalajara Y Alrededores, México

• Responsibilities:
• Lead the warehousing, purchasing, distribution and logistics teams. (7 direct reports and 8 indirect).
• Implementation of the Operations scorecard and KPIs.
• Implementation of the warehouse safety plan.
• Implementation of cyclical inventories.
• Implementation of inventory strategies focused on improving turnover and reducing slow-moving and obsolete inventories.

Guadalajara Y Alrededores, México

• Responsibilities:
• Leader of the warehousing, production, planning, purchasing and logistics departments. (4 direct reports, 10 indirect).
• S&OP processes implementation to align business plan.
• Warehousing and 3PL inventory management.
• Statistical planning model implementation to replenish inventory in warehouse and physical stores and improve inventory turnover.
• Implementation of logistics and distribution processes based on SODIMAC requirements.

Guadalajara Area, Mexico

• Responsibilities:
• Leader of the planning, procurement, purchasing, new products development and warehouse departments. (3 direct reports and 3 indirect)
• S&OP and IBP regional leader with the North America supply chain team.
• Implementation of a materials procurement strategy aiming to deliver USD$500,000 in net savings and supply chain risk management and mitigation.
• Green belt project implementation focused on improving and optimizing the bottling lines’ net productivity.
• Design, Project management and execution of the warehouse layout redesign project to implement visual management and 5S methodology.

Zapopan Area, Mexico

• Responsibilities:
• Management of the imports process for the agricultural business.
• Management of the Customer Service process for Central and Western Mexico, for HEB in Texas and Wal Mart in the Caribbean.Achievements:
• Increased the OTIF from 95% to 99.9% for Wal Mart in the Caribbean and HEB USA.

El Arenal, Jalisco

• Responsibilities:
• Development of an exports business plan for the Russian Federation.
• Development of the national sales and marketing plan to relaunch the Cascahuin brand.
• Management and coordination of BTL activities in sales points and sponsorship.
• Creation and development of the products catalogue for national and international distributors.Achievements:
• Relaunch of the brand Cascahuin in the off-trade channel (retailers) through product presentation, expositions, and marketing plan execution.

Master Of Business Administration (M.B.A.), Business Administration And Management, General

M.B.A specialized in Global Companies' Management and Administration. Thesis Subject: "Brand Equity Improvement for Tequila Leyenda del.

Bachelor'S Degree, International Business/Trade/Commerce

Activities and Societies: Vocal for the International Business Students' Society Thesis Subject:"Business Plan to Export Tequila Cascahuin.

Diplomate, International Business/Trade/Commerce

Tequila Distribution in Global Markets.

Seminar, Detailed Scheduling And Planning

Inventory Policies, Inventory Planning, Information Used in the Material Planning, MRP Mechanics, Using MRP Outputs and Managing Projects.

Diplomate, Project Management