Supply Chain Manager

• Mar 2023 - Present

Responsible for Purchasing, Planning and Scheduling, Shipping and Receiving, Logistics, Inventory, Warehousing and Customer Service areas for two value streams (Framing and Glass). Oversee the transition and implementation of a new ERP (Plex). Responsible for Purchasing, Planning and Scheduling, Shipping and Receiving, Logistics, Inventory, Warehousing and Customer Service areas for two value streams (Framing and Glass). Oversee the transition and implementation of a new ERP (Plex).

Supply Chain Manager

• Jan 2021 - Oct 2022

Oversee all Supply Chain activities for two manufacturing plants, (procurement, planning, warehousing, distribution, logistics, and scheduling operations). Created and provide a monthly Supply Chain Pack where there are a number of KPI’s to help management run the operation. • Divide the Supply Chain structure for 4 BU into two teams (Planner, buyer and production supervisor) for each one of them. Went from 45% to 85 OTIF (On Time In Full) in 6 months. • Coordinate 4 procurement professionals and 2 Planning analyst to get all the RM (4,300 SKU’s) and PACK materials (2,500 SKU’s) to avoid manufacturing shutdowns. In progress. • Created forecast analysis to run MPS and PRP properly. Went from 0% to 35% forecast accuracy in 5 months. • Contribute to increase production volumes from 400 metric tons (MT) to 500 MT in 6 months, lowering CPU in 23%. • Coordinate ABC, and cycle counting to assure 99% of inventory accuracy. In progress. Show less

Director Of Operations

• Nov 2014 - Mar 2020

Led all international Operations and supply chain activities including oversight of planning, sales, procurement, warehousing, distribution, logistics, and scheduling operations. Directed the coordination of manufacturing operations and shipment activities for sites in China and the United Kingdom, and customers in Colombia, Mexico and Bolivia. Partnered with the Demand Manager Team to align operations activities with company’s needs. Provided key analysis of the supply chain’s impact on P&L results. • Decreased lead times to 15 days and improved operational costs by 5.6% while simultaneously decreasing inventory levels by $1M, all supporting improved cash flow results. • Developed and implemented a KPI system to monitor supply chain impact on financial results (P&L) and Service Level Agreements (SLA’s) with both internal and external stakeholders. Show less

Supply Chain Controller Americas

• Dec 2012 - Oct 2014

Oversaw procurement, sourcing and financial activity, particularly budgeting and forecasting related to the Supply Chain Sourcing Americas Team covering Canada, U.S., Mexico and Latam. Guided the adoption of revised cost drivers aimed at improving financial analysis efforts by isolating market and rate of exchange effects from supply chain and sourcing operations. • Developed and managed a $1.4BEuro Procurement and Sourcing budget that served 16 manufacturing plants from Canada to Chile. Oversaw procurement, sourcing and financial activity, particularly budgeting and forecasting related to the Supply Chain Sourcing Americas Team covering Canada, U.S., Mexico and Latam. Guided the adoption of revised cost drivers aimed at improving financial analysis efforts by isolating market and rate of exchange effects from supply chain and sourcing operations. • Developed and managed a $1.4BEuro Procurement and Sourcing budget that served 16 manufacturing plants from Canada to Chile.

Logistics Director - Supply Chain

• Sep 2008 - Apr 2010

Directed the consolidation of the supply chain division, which resulted in vastly improved operations in the planning, procurement, distribution, 3PL, and imports functions. Created planning that governed the shipment activities from a variety of manufacturing locations in Germany and Switzerland, including 14 warehouses owned by the company and an additional 48 through 3TP contracts. • Aligned inventory levels leading to savings of $1.2M (23%) in a single year through the implementation of ABC, cycle counting and EOQ inventory models. Show less

Supply Chain and Financial Manager

• 2007 - 2008

Supply Chain and Financial Manager

• 2005 - 2006

Financial Director

• 2003 - 2005

Supply Coordinator

• 2001 - 2003

Planning Analyst (Logistics)

• 1999 - 2001