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Skills:Business Analysis, Planning, Change Management, Software Implementations, Strategy Consultant, Procurement, Logistics, Re Engineering, Supply Chain

Supply Chain Director 10/2011 - current
Casablanca, CABA, Buenos Aires Argentina
Industry: Wholesales
Leading South Cone Latin America home apparel wholesaler with over 8000 customers worldwide. The company recorded ~$200M Revenues and ~$17M Net Income for 2014. Oversee a department of 85 people including 5 section managers. Actively involved in the recruitment, management and development of staff for the area. Responsible for an inventory valued at ~$125M and a department approved budget of $25M. Engaged with sales and supply chain managers of exclusive world brands such as Disney Latin America, Boca Juniors and Agatha Ruiz de la Prada.
Key Achievements: ? Developed the strategy, planned and implemented the centralization of 3 different distribution centers which resulted into a ~17% costs reduction. ? Renegotiated the 3PL contracts for the downstream section gaining a 4% logistic overall cost saving. ? Directed the supply chain optimization processes by implementing and training staff on WMS in our Logistics facility and a local imports software for the Foreign Trade department and Customs agent. ? Reduced the annual department employee turnover from 12% to 5%. ? Designed a streamlined purchasing-to-delivery lead time process by activating push needs from suppliers resulting in a reduction of ~1 day over the in-house inventory rotation ratio. ? Optimized and increased the production levels by 6% through analyzing and re-establishing the processes in the production line and by setting key performance indicators through a standard operating procedure--
Operations Manager 03/2011 - 10/2011
Amalfi-Casablanca, CABA, Buenos Aires Argentina
Industry: Retail
Mother company Casablanca spin-off as Home Apparel Retailers. With 5 branches in the Buenos Aires Metropolitan Area. The company informed ~$48M Revenues and ~$6M Net Income for 2011. Managing an area of 25 people including 2 section supervisors I was responsible for the general operative performance. Had daily interaction with the Sales Manager designing, developing and implementing the S&OP and the bonus system of compensation. Involved in the recruitment and development of the employees with close interaction with the HR manager.
Key Achievements: ? Designed and implemented the company’s operative KPIs and tied efficiency goals in each sector to the bonus policy. The company gained a ~1% in the EBIT. ? Funded the Quality Control sector, applying a filter not only on the goods received or commercialized but also on the operative processes towards a constant enhancement approach.--
Operations Manager 03/2006 - 03/2011
Bharat Goods SA, Lat Am - New Delhi, Argentina
Industry: Merchant Brokerage
As a start-up in 2005, it became the main goods’ brokerage agent for the 3 largest big-surface retailers in Latin America. Managed a section with 8 employees coordinating operations of goods imports and exports between Asian suppliers and Latin-American customers. Travelled frequently to both continents.
Key Achievements: ? Improved the operational processes of purchasing and foreign trade by implementing a web based EDI system between our international customers and our platform in India. That action reduced the information transactions reducing the costs by a 10%. ? Acquired and retained major accounts such as Walmart, Coto and Cencosud-Jumbo, by traveling to Asia and showing in-place samples and later door-to-door service assurance, resulting in a volume sales increase of over 300%. ? Significantly decreased the delivery time of goods by monitoring and controlling the scheduling of shipments in Asia and ensuring timely Custom clearances upon arrival in the Latin American territory resulting in a costs reduction of 18%.--
Project Manager 03/2004 - 03/2006
Coto CICSA, CABA, Buenos Aires Argentina
Industry: Big Surface Retailer
Leading national big surface retailer with 107 branches and 20,000 employees. Reporting $15B Revenue and $700M Net Income for the 2013 period. Conducted a broad review of new software to replace legacy systems and negotiated the acquisition of hardware, software and professional services. Implemented the new merchandise preparation and distribution software over 107 branches.
Key Achievements • Successfully implemented a new routing software across 100+ branches within a period of 14 months that leveraged pricing strategy, legal compliance, transport routing, warehousing capabilities and customer order management functionality. ? Reduced the total number of monthly trips to branches by 10% (from over 9,600 to less than 8700) through the software automation process of trucks and trailer assignation. ? Increased by 8% the volume of goods distributed to each branch by coordinating the re-configuration of the software restrictions input on its algorithm program. ? Instructed the whole organization on each system stage. From the reception of the goods to the warehouse clerk, to the traffic assigner till the branch manager, placing the organization into a systematic retro feeding process to enhance the system distribution plan accuracy.--
Project Executive 04/2003 - 07/2003
Pirocolor Ltda, Lagoa da Prata, Minas Gerais Brazil
Industry: Fireworks
Brazil’s largest fireworks producer and distributor. Analyzed the different products’ production processes and implemented 3 different reengineering projects: gunpowder production, carton containers production and sphere bombs production.
Key achievements ? Reduced the gunpowder production lead time by a 20%. • Increased spheres container production by a 10%, enhancing its quality by a 20% (going from a 7% to a 4% scrap level). • Upgraded the general carton containers section rearranging them for the Kanban method of production to be used in all areas.--
Operations Administrative 03/2000 - 08/2002
UPS, Ezeiza, Buenos Aires Argentina
Industry: Supply Chain Solutions
A multinational Cargo and Supply Chain solutions provider
Responsible for receiving, processing/handling imports documents, conducting inspections and providing overall customer service and support. Acted as a liaison between UPS and airport authorities, insurance companies’ representatives, customs agents and other freight agents in coordinating and administration of the cargo received or to be exported.--

Oak Park High School 08/1993 - 05/1994
Kansas City, Missouri, United States
Degree: High School Or Below
Major:High School
I had the honor to spend my senior year in USA, having been able to earn a Science Olympiad State Championship title during 1994.

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