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United States

Panama City, Panamá, Panama

Deliver strategic advice and solutions to clients across Supply planning, Data Management as a freelance consultant. Responsibilities include:• Developed an inventory system aimed at enhancing client engagement and order visibility, facilitating closer interactions with clients while streamlining order management processes.• Contributed to a project focused on expanding the client base by gaining insights into the diverse ways clients utilize products, thereby amplifying the scope of potential clients and optimizing marketing strategies.• Assisted the finance team in identifying data integrity issues and simplifying Excel tools, resulting in improved accuracy and efficiency in financial analysis and reporting.

Panamá

Responsible for ensuring manufacturing planning to meet the business needs of Peru, Ecuador, Venezuela and Colombia. Work with sites to ensure the original demand plan (time and quantity) or create mitigations plans and communication. A key link between production plants and business teams, including marketing, sales, commercial, finance, warehousing, and customer service.Achievements: • Stability of Inventory levels during the effective change of the transition from the JDE system to SAP • System creation and implementation for the management and control of planning parameters for over +1000 SKU in the Planning Center (HUB), during the change from the JDE system to SAP.• 10% reduction out of stock (OOS) in Peru by parameters analysis.

Panamá

Demand forecast models analysis and KPI’s for Brazil, Argentina, Colombia, Ecuador, Uruguay, Peru, and Venezuela, including the fastest-growing categories of the company.Launch coordination of new products or line extensions, and manage the ABC’s codes. Leader of the DRM meetings (Demand Review Meeting) of 10 people including the General Manager, Finance, Marketing for Peru, Brazil and Venezuela. S&OP meeting participant.Co-Supervised: 6Achievements:• 6% reduction in inventory costs. Plan Development, with the commercial team (5 people) to sell short shelf life inventory.• 80% of +400 products within the target SFA and BIAS (Sales Forecast accuracy). Statistical forecast analysis and trends• 8% reduction in working time of 9 Demand Managers and 6 planners. Developed and implemented an improvement project with a new way of working.• Train and supervise the new team of planners (6) and Demand Managers (6) in the implementation of the Demand and Supply HUB for Latin America.• Leader of the Pre-Demand and DRM (Demand Review Meeting) meetings for 10 people including the General Manager, Finance, Marketing for Peru, Brazil and Venezuela. Communicate risks and opportunities within plans, budgets, and forecasts. Ensuring new product launches and extensions.

Caracas, Venezuela

Demand and supply indicators calculation and analysis. Statistical models management for all SKUs. Mitigation of possible losses due to short expiration. Inventory analysis. Supply chain control and management. Manage impact for Currency exchange (CADIVI). Manage the change from MGX to ModCF (SAP) system for the Demand module. Planning systems management (ModCF, JDE, MGX, SOLS, BABEL, COGNOS). An active participant in the DRM (Demand Review Meeting) and SCIM (Supply Chain Issue Management) meetings. Summer Intern recruitment and training.Supervised: 1Achievements: • 30% reduction in losses for short shelf life expires and improvements in Working Capital indicators• Time reduction in demand planning and indicators calculation, thanks to the constant improvement in processes.• No planning breakdown (OOS). Successful implementation of the ModCf (SAP) system in the new “Core Commercial Cycle”.• Selection and implementation of statistical methods for +300 SKU in all categories of the company.• Recognition for working without borders, change management and problem solving ($ 1,000 in prize)• Promoted as a manager thanks to technical, analytical and personnel management skills.

Caracas, Venezuela

Manuals and procedures creation. Procedures integration with customers. Quality analysis of raw potatoes. Coordinate and monitor shipments. Supervise 6 Caleta personnel and a warehouse technician. Department's budget management.Achievements: • Procedures standardizing.• Formation of the Quality Management unit Creation, development, and implementation of an inventory control system in popup warehouses.

Cumaná, Venezuela

Integration project between departments, identification with the company's mission, teamwork, and leadership. Background and associated risks identification and analysis. Identify the empathy of employees, causes, and effects of problems. Make strategic solutions plan, and develop an awareness program for senior management. Conducting lectures and dynamic to all employees of the company.Achievements: • + 60% fulfillment of goals in half of the stipulated time.

Caracas, Venezuela

Main administrator of the Software that calculates the Margin of Serving (MS). Analysis of the MS by regions, channels, products, and customers nationwide. Coordinate and guide projects with the sales force. Training the sales force on issues of Return of Investment (ROI), Margin of Serving, Promotional Catalog, and Events. Project leader of sales force initiatives.General coordinator of the emergency brigade of the Cargill office module.Achievements: • $ 2.8 million profit, 35% above the budget during the first quarter of the implementation of the “sales force initiatives” project.

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