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Jorge Vargas is listed as VP Supply Chain | Director Sales, Operations and Inventory Planning | Operations Leader | New Product & Engineering | Harvard Alumni | MIT Affiliate Alumni at Azelis, a with 509 employees, based in Sheboygan Falls, Wisconsin, United States. AeroLeads shows a matched LinkedIn profile for Jorge Vargas.
Jorge Vargas previously worked as Vice President Supply Chain and Operational Excellence at Azelis and Director Sales, Operations and Inventory Planning / K&B North America at Kohler Co.. Jorge Vargas holds General Management Program, Business Administration And Management, General, Executive Education / Harvard Alumn from Harvard Business School.
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Supply Chain runs in my veins. My family goes back to a fourth-generation supply chain professionals, way back in the 1930’s when my maternal great grandfather got patent number 53 as a customs agent and started a brokerage firm in Piedras Negras, Mexico. I am originally from Monterrey, Mexico the third largest city of the country where the biggest industrial region is located. In my background you can see the “Cerro de la Silla” (Saddle Mountain), that represents the city. This large metropolitan area, houses the best engineering school in the country, The Monterrey Institute of Technology (my alma mater) and also provided me with a lot of exposure to a manufacturing environment that I fell in love with since I was 16 when I got my first summer job in a line at a maquiladora factory. This is how I became a Supply Chain professional with expertise in S&OP implementations, supply management, forecasting systems, inventory optimization, transportation, and warehouse management that helps the business align their objectives with the factories and plants. During my early years, I developed a hands-on approach that generated a deep understanding of Purchasing, Inventory & Production planning. Plus, experience in ERP implementations in an SAP environment. Thanks to my bilingual and bicultural executive background had the ability to manage Operations that includes 4 plants in Mexico with over 4,000 people in total. Where organizational structures and KPI’s were standardized and deployed. With more than 20+ years of experience in a manufacturing driven setting in the construction and plumbing industry on multinational companies in an Omni-channel environment that includes retail customers like The Home Depot, Lowes, Wholesale customers like Fergusson and e-commerce customers like Amazon. I have worked under different business environments like privately held companies, equity firms and public trading global companies, including the transition between them. Since moving to the US and becoming a citizen of this great country, I have taken advantage of this land of opportunity that has given me so much. Due to my desire for continuous learning and education, this has driven me to develop a high level of general management acumen with the help of formal education from the top universities in the country.
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Sheboygan Falls, Wisconsin, United States
Azelis, a publicly traded company, is a leading global innovation service provider in the specialty chemical and food industry that offers a lateral value chain of complementary products with a global revenue of € 4.1 billion. The clear focus on innovation through formulation is widely embraced across the organization.
Kohler, Wi
Manage the Demand and Supply planning process for Kitchen & Bath Americas and total inventory across finished goods and raw materials. Strategic and tactical responsibility for the Sales, Inventory and Operational Planning (SOIP) processes. Responsible for leading and directing the execution of the “end to end” supply chain planning efforts across all businesses with operational responsibility for demand planning, supply planning and materials management functions across multiple products and plants. Develops strategic and operational plans to ensure appropriate resources (capacity and inventory) are available in the short, mid, and long term horizons to support current demand and projected growth. This position researches business issues to identify potential problems that need to be raised in the S&OP community. Reviews and aligns product lead time, segmentation strategies and inventory stocking levels with sales, marketing, logistics and manufacturing. Drives consistency and improvement in Supply Chain throughout the Americas.
Piscataway, New Jersey
American Standard Brands is now part of the Lixil group corporation, which is the biggest global plumbing company in existence with over 27,000 employees globally. The Americas HQ for the Lixil Water Technologies division is located in Piscataway N.J. As “Vice President of Sales, Operations and Inventory Planning” In addition to all the responsibilities listed as the SOIP director, acquired the role of managing and additional business (Grohe Faucets - Americas) which includes USD $150M in sales plus $10M in inventory, another DC, plus an additional plant. On top of this, was named the regional Americas lead for the SOIP process. This role includes supporting the Global SOIP team of the Lixil Water Technology division by leading the implementation of best practices, maturing and implementing the process across the other regions jointly with the Global SOIP team.
Greater New York City Area
On top of leading the Americas SOIP process, This role includes leading the Global SOIP team of the Lixil Water Technology division, defining and implementing best practices across all regions and bringing the SOIP process to the same level of maturity globally using an end to end value chain approach.
Piscataway, Nj
In addition to all the responsibilities in the VP of SOIP for the Americas listed above, during this time frame acquired the responsibility of managing the four largest plants in the group. The manning at the plants was around 4,000 people and the range of product manufactured was wide (3 plants produced Chinaware and the other one was for faucets and bathtubs). During this tenure, the plants increased 3 points of yield in average, the production output was increased by 20% and the capability of manufacturing bathtubs was added to the Faucets plant in Monterrey. The additional effort for taking this role in addition to current responsibilities was rewarded with the CEO Award, which is the highest level of recognition in the organization.
United States
American Standard Brands has over 5,000 employees globally and is located in Piscataway N.J. As “Sales, Operations and Inventory Planning (SOIP) Director” have the responsibility of planning the demand for over USD $1 Billion dollars in sales in North America and releasing the supply plan to support the correct level of sales. Additional responsibilities include the planning and scheduling of more than ten plants of which four have over 1,000 employees. Owner of the purchasing process of all the finish goods across a broad global supplier base and managing over USD$120M in inventory across four distribution centers in the US, Canada and Mexico. Key point person in charge of communicating the overall state of the business, through the executive S&OP meeting, to the leadership team which includes the Americas CEO and his direct reports.
Monterrey Area, Mexico
Professional Luminaires Mexico is a Philips subsidiary that produces and distributes lightning fixtures for the North American market. As “Supply Chain Sr. Manager” Had the responsibility of Managing the Supply Chain department throughout the plant startup including the Planning and Scheduling process, Shipping Area, Import / Export process, Laredo cross dock operation & transportation process to the RDC & end customer. Developed the key performance indicators and was able to turn a very low fill rate performance into the best service level of the division in less than six months.
American Standard B&K S. de R. L. has over 1300 employees at the Monterrey Faucets plant and is a subsidiary company of American Standard Inc. located in Piscataway N.J. As “Sr. Manager Sales, Operations and Inventory Planning (SOIP)” had the responsibility of planning the demand for over USD $240 Million dollars in sales in North America and releasing the supply plan to support the correct level of sales. Also in charge of designing and managing the operations Key Performance Indicators (KPI’s) plus all communication related to the supply chain between the corporate headquarters and the plant.
As a “Supply Manager” had the responsibility of managing over USD $ 10 Million of finish goods inventory and planning the supply of over USD $ 6 Million of raw material purchases per month. Additionally was in charge of designing the right stocking strategy to provide the required service level. Also managed the supply chain metrics and the plant warehouse.
As a “Material Management Supervisor” was responsible for planning the raw material supply of USD $ 6 Million of raw material purchases per month and of managing the plant warehouse.
Monterrey
As a “Product Engineer” was responsible of managing the engineering changes process, the new product implementation at the plant and providing technical support to the assembly line.
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Jorge Vargas works for Azelis.
Jorge Vargas is listed as VP Supply Chain | Director Sales, Operations and Inventory Planning | Operations Leader | New Product & Engineering | Harvard Alumni | MIT Affiliate Alumni at Azelis.
Jorge Vargas is based in Sheboygan Falls, Wisconsin, United States while working with Azelis.
Jorge Vargas has worked for Azelis, Kohler Co., Lixil Water Technology Americas, Lixil, and Philips.
Jorge Vargas's colleagues at Azelis include Isabelle Meyer, Onur Atılgan, Angelina Bielstein, Melis Malaz Demirci, and Chris Ellen.
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Jorge Vargas holds General Management Program, Business Administration And Management, General, Executive Education / Harvard Alumn from Harvard Business School.
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