Jorge Diaz Castro Email & Phone Number

East Perth, Wa, Au

Perth, Western Australia, Australia

Sydney, New South Wales, Australia

• Generate product-level demand forecasts by considering historical sales trends, demand drivers, promotional plans, and assess forecast results.• Prepare Channel Review presentation and chair meeting every month, to communicate highlights and evaluate performance by channel and account.• Analyze and adjust forecasts against week-to-week variability in customer demand, driven by Scan & Ex-factory sales, through effective collaboration with key stakeholders.• Ensure latest forecast… Show more • Generate product-level demand forecasts by considering historical sales trends, demand drivers, promotional plans, and assess forecast results.• Prepare Channel Review presentation and chair meeting every month, to communicate highlights and evaluate performance by channel and account.• Analyze and adjust forecasts against week-to-week variability in customer demand, driven by Scan & Ex-factory sales, through effective collaboration with key stakeholders.• Ensure latest forecast is corrected continually delivering upon accuracy and bias targets.• Monitor the performance of NPD sales during launch phase versus forecast assumptions.• Provide support to all products throughout their life cycle, including deletion planning. Show less

Lima, Peru

• Led weekly client meetings to follow up and discuss Logistics KPIs (Dispatch Rate, On-hand availability, Days of stock and Rate of Sales), inform supply risks and analyze potential commercial opportunities. • Coordinated with Supply and Demand Planning, Sales and Customer Development to ensure supplies for commercial activities, overseeing the flow of information and identifying and communicating potential risks to achieve OTIF execution. • Updated follow-up parameters for our 2nd… Show more • Led weekly client meetings to follow up and discuss Logistics KPIs (Dispatch Rate, On-hand availability, Days of stock and Rate of Sales), inform supply risks and analyze potential commercial opportunities. • Coordinated with Supply and Demand Planning, Sales and Customer Development to ensure supplies for commercial activities, overseeing the flow of information and identifying and communicating potential risks to achieve OTIF execution. • Updated follow-up parameters for our 2nd largest modern trade seller to understand their priorities and focus actions towards them, contributing to heightened service level. Show less

Lima, Peru

• Responsible for reviewing and validating tasks, assignments ownership and information and logistical routes within the regional Supply Chain, for the new standalone company. • Provided advisory and support to the global team with local suppliers, identifying opportunities to achieve cost efficiencies and minimize lead times for the new local production plant. We achieved efficiencies by reducing packaging lead time from 3 to 1 month and leveraged drawback provisions to generate a 4%… Show more • Responsible for reviewing and validating tasks, assignments ownership and information and logistical routes within the regional Supply Chain, for the new standalone company. • Provided advisory and support to the global team with local suppliers, identifying opportunities to achieve cost efficiencies and minimize lead times for the new local production plant. We achieved efficiencies by reducing packaging lead time from 3 to 1 month and leveraged drawback provisions to generate a 4% earnings increase. Show less

Lima, Peru

• Responsible for master plan production (materials, bulk and packaging) and follow up of inventory and logistic costs. Sustained open communication with both production plant and suppliers, ensuring inventory efficiencies and maximizing production runs.• Identification and implementation of cost-saving initiatives in collaboration with local suppliers, production facilities, and R&D teams. We achieved an annual saving of $450K.• Drived and delivered product innovations alongside local… Show more • Responsible for master plan production (materials, bulk and packaging) and follow up of inventory and logistic costs. Sustained open communication with both production plant and suppliers, ensuring inventory efficiencies and maximizing production runs.• Identification and implementation of cost-saving initiatives in collaboration with local suppliers, production facilities, and R&D teams. We achieved an annual saving of $450K.• Drived and delivered product innovations alongside local teams and R&D by weekly meetings, tracking tasks execution milestones until product launch into the market. Show less

Lima, Peru

• Analyzed information and processes to quantify Service Centres rates of Productivity, Occupancy rate, Efficiency and profit.• Analyzed and proposed new service price rates and present it to management.• Participation in the automation of report and validation of information and results.

Lima, Peru

• Provided forecasts regarding costs, capacities and resources for the operation and stablish budget monthly.• Managed the spare parts inventory for the yard.• Implemented a FIFO analysis to identify critical units and costs impacts.• Implemented a Yard Dashboard with main KPIs. Drived weekly meetings to communicate and emphasize key points to be improved.

Lima, Peru

• Responsible for planning, ordering and follow up for units to be imported from all sources.• Implemented a new report to overview all units received, in transit and forecasted, their details and updated times.• Worked closely with finance team to deliver a new report for transit units every End of Month for global reports. • Proposal, deliver and follow up for new timelines with Wuling – China source to reduce Lead Time in 1 month.

Logistics Specialization Diploma, Logistics, Materials, And Supply Chain Management

Industrial Engineer, Industrial Engineering

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