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 2021; +48% 2023 vs 2022.Responsibilities:• 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.• Annual and quarterly COGS, deltas, loans, and Working Capital projections.• Relationship management with strategic peers at distillery (5 direct, 650 indirect).• Relationship management with key shareholders and suppliers, focusing on the teams’ strategic alignment to ensure the correct inventories supply and efficient management of the working capital.• Development of the Supply Chain, Operations and Operations Finance scorecard.• Development and execution of the 6-year agave availability and process forecast model.• Implementation of the materials supply strategy based on the 1-year, 3-year and 5-year plan.

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.• Inventory planning based on commercial plan.• Development of expansion and exports processes.• Relationship management with strategic logistic and product suppliers.• Automation of the cable cutting process.Achievements:• Opened two regional distribution centers in North and South Mexico. (Chihuahua & Mérida).• Increased the warehousing capacity in GDL and MTY in 70% through a warehouse redesign project.• Implementation of safe and comfortable workspaces for the warehousing teams.• Reduction of USD$1.5M in slow-moving and obsolete inventory.• Physical inventory accuracy in 98% in pieces and 99% in value.• Increased the cable cutting output in +800% shifting from manual cutting to semi-automatic.

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.• Implementation of monthly scorecard for the Operations department.• Cyclical inventories, visual management, layout redesign and 5S implementation in warehouse.Achievements:• Reduction of USD $2.8M in obsolete and slow-moving inventory.• Purchasing methodology change from push to pull.

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.• New products development project management leader with USA Marketing and Operations.• Development of the documentation for ISO, HAACP and OHSAS of the planning, purchasing and warehouse departments.• Development and implementation of an annual statistical model to forecast the next 6 years agave availability and prices.• William Grant and Sons representative at the Young Tequila Industrials Committee in the National Tequila Industrials Chamber (CNIT). Achievements:• Annual net savings of USD$500,000 in materials’ purchasing.• Net Productivity improvement of 30% in the bottling lines with an annual saving of USD$200,000 keeping an annual OTIF of 99.98%• Physical inventory accuracy in materials and finished goods of 99.8% reducing 2 days in the annual physical inventory take.• Winner of the international Standfast award in 2014 y and nominated for the same award in 2015 for the improvements in my areas.• Led the operational development of Milagro UNICO II.

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