Luz Tejada Email & Phone Number

Canada

Calgary, Alberta, Canada

-Own the allocation and demand execution processes including Sales Mix Plan process in Eastern Canada, customer allocations in Western Canada, and managing fair split of seed size.-Demonstrate effective leadership of a "matrix" team and provide analysis and review of demand plans, delivering specific recommendations to leadership. -Uncover opportunities and risks, including providing recommendations and actions for achieving financial goals, when necessary.-Upload and maintain… Show more -Own the allocation and demand execution processes including Sales Mix Plan process in Eastern Canada, customer allocations in Western Canada, and managing fair split of seed size.-Demonstrate effective leadership of a "matrix" team and provide analysis and review of demand plans, delivering specific recommendations to leadership. -Uncover opportunities and risks, including providing recommendations and actions for achieving financial goals, when necessary.-Upload and maintain territory/customer allocations in SAP-Facilitate the change between allocations and ATP in SAP-Collaborate with sales and supply planning on narrowing an in-season product list-Manage the in-season forecasting process and direction to DRP Planning for product movements and preparation for frost events-Align with product management and regional finance on updates to the Long-Range Plan.- Facilitate the monthly RC S&OP demand review processes with key stakeholders to develop an output of monthly crop forecast, shipment curves by customer/territory, treatment and package predictions, and a final shipment forecast.-Manage the Future Year Crop Planning processes in alignment with finance, supply planning, sales, and product management, including representing Supply Chain in the NA IBP approval stages.-Represent supply chain in the product advancement meetings.-Collaborate and align with supply planning on changes to the shipment forecast.-Own and update the monthly shipping targets that feed into the control tower process based on S&OP consensus.-Measure forecast accuracy and bias for each stage of the crop planning process and current year demand forecasts. Show less

Calgary, Alberta, Canada

ACHIEVEMENTS- Managed to save the company 800K+ on costs of goods by effectively managing the Production Plan while supplying products for an increased demand. - Broke the record of shipping the most soybeans in Q4.- Increased production output by 34%.RESPONSIBILITIES -Review, scrub and analyze the forecast through scrutiny of variances, historical sales trends including rolling averages, year over year data, research of demand drivers, and other customer and market… Show more ACHIEVEMENTS- Managed to save the company 800K+ on costs of goods by effectively managing the Production Plan while supplying products for an increased demand. - Broke the record of shipping the most soybeans in Q4.- Increased production output by 34%.RESPONSIBILITIES -Review, scrub and analyze the forecast through scrutiny of variances, historical sales trends including rolling averages, year over year data, research of demand drivers, and other customer and market related changes.-Forecast returns throughout the season-Lead continues improvement in forecast accuracy. Identify process and systems gaps. Identify leading causes of forecast error with the corresponding deployment of improvement initiatives to prevent future occurrence-Manages all issues between Production, Supply Chain and other stakeholders regarding Finished Goods production planning-Demand execution including allocation, cuts, subs, ownership of available to promise (ATP).-Align with Product Management and Tech Development to determine obsolete and new product additions-Leads supply and demand alignment meeting with Sales Forecasting, Customer Service, Distribution and Demand Planning-Manage raw material inventory through-out the season.-Create and accurately maintain master data designated fields for assigned portfolio.-Manage the Master Production Schedule and MRP Plan across 11 different tolling locations for commercial and bean parent production for 50+ varieties-Lead regular calls with tolling partners to ensure timely production and support any issue resolution management-Key contributor in Country S&OP Supply Review and weekly Control Tower process.-Manage the cost of Goods (Cog's) for Soybeans Production-Lead and execute improvement ideas to streamline the business and improve processes enabling the best possible demand forecast challenging existing processes and partner with others to develop solutions that improve supply/demand alignment Show less

Calgary, Canada Area

ACHIEVEMENTS:Developed a sales report that pulled in various sources of data on sales targets, sales orders, invoicing, and inventory on our crop protection products. Providing insight and transparency to Sales, Marketing, Customer Service, Planning, and Distribution teams to help them reach the company's financial targets.RESPONSIBILITIES:-Create new orders.-Execute and monitor transactions to enable delivery of product and billing.-Monitor backorders.-Check… Show more ACHIEVEMENTS:Developed a sales report that pulled in various sources of data on sales targets, sales orders, invoicing, and inventory on our crop protection products. Providing insight and transparency to Sales, Marketing, Customer Service, Planning, and Distribution teams to help them reach the company's financial targets.RESPONSIBILITIES:-Create new orders.-Execute and monitor transactions to enable delivery of product and billing.-Monitor backorders.-Check availability and execute allocation requests, including product substitutions and cuts.-Execute transactional reconciliation for dealer-to-dealer transfer.-Initiate country stock transfers and local deliveries.-Provide transactional support with account reconciliation.-Ensure completion of all necessary forms.-Initiate approval requests to overcome various blocks (pricing, credit set up in system to check orders).-Stimulate efficiency of order management, promote regional standardization for SAP transactional and support processes Show less

Santo Domingo

ACHIEVEMENTS:Reduced the inventory shortages by 30% by decreasing the uncertainty of the forecast and developing a more efficient material requirement plan.RESPONSIBILITIES:• Establish topline forecast with different periods rolling forecast on an item, category, and brand level. Data mining and analysis based on changes to assumptions, risks, opportunities, and uncertainties.• Responsible for preparing, adjusting and publishing the monthly demand plan.• Supervise the… Show more ACHIEVEMENTS:Reduced the inventory shortages by 30% by decreasing the uncertainty of the forecast and developing a more efficient material requirement plan.RESPONSIBILITIES:• Establish topline forecast with different periods rolling forecast on an item, category, and brand level. Data mining and analysis based on changes to assumptions, risks, opportunities, and uncertainties.• Responsible for preparing, adjusting and publishing the monthly demand plan.• Supervise the procurement process to ensure OTIF, identify shortages, delivery of shipments according to commit date and expedite materials.• Lead the S&OP process with marketing, sales, and finance teams to review promotions, forecasting for phase-out products, and new products being phased in. Show less

Santo Domingo

ACHIEVEMENTS:Reduced the profit loss due to production constraints by 40% through the rearrangement of the master production schedule (MPS).Implemented the company’s material requirement planning process.RESPONSIBILITIES:• General management of the distribution center and warehouses. • Demand and Material planning, create, monitor and adjust all necessary forecast fluctuations to improve accuracy. Forecast monthly material requirements in alignment with materials… Show more ACHIEVEMENTS:Reduced the profit loss due to production constraints by 40% through the rearrangement of the master production schedule (MPS).Implemented the company’s material requirement planning process.RESPONSIBILITIES:• General management of the distribution center and warehouses. • Demand and Material planning, create, monitor and adjust all necessary forecast fluctuations to improve accuracy. Forecast monthly material requirements in alignment with materials budget, analyze monthly service level fill rates to generate the material requirement plan (MRP). • Production planning, develop, monitor, and adjust the master production schedule (MPS). Oversee the update of the bill of materials (BOM).• Procurement, oversee the placement of purchase orders, materials expedite, returns processing, delivery schedules, and managing supplier performance.• Inventory management, maintain an adequate supply of materials that guarantee optimum stock levels and meets production goals by controlling and overseeing ordering inventory, storage of inventory, and the amount of product for sale. Monitor all aspects of inventory management, including the accuracy of transfers, adjustments, variances, and physical cycle counts ensuring accuracy, and reporting results. Develop processes and tools to improve inventory controls, accuracy and accountability. • Distribution management, provide direction and guidance to shipping supervisors regarding distribution scheduling, equipment, and third-party carriers. Monitors key indicators such as fuel consumption, idling, maintenance costs, and payload to improve efficiency.• Liaising with sales and operations leading the Sales and Operations Planning (S&OP) process with marketing, sales, and finance teams.• Lead medium to large-sized projects inclusive of building construction, development of work breakdown structure, project budgets and resource management. Show less

Master'S Degree, Project Management

Master'S Degree, Executive Project Management

Master Ejecutivo en Dirección de Proyectos, método PMI

Bachelor'S Degree, Civil Engineering