Experience

TABACALERA USA Inc.
• United States
• Tobacco Manufacturing
• 1 - 100 Employee
• Vice President of Supply Chain

  • Jan 2022 - Present


FreshDirect

• United States
• Food and Beverage Services
• 700 & Above Employee

• Vice President - Supply Chain Operations

  • Dec 2016 - Dec 2022

  - Leading transition to greenfield facility from the supply chain planning to the inbound operations to set up equipment and inventories across all categories- Leading change management project including setting up system and business processes as well as training strategies for the deployment of new WMS- Oversee the commissioning of the new facility and well as the decommissioning of the old one- Manage parallel supply planning and labor budgets for transition period and level setting the Supply Chain organization for post-transition period - Continue to lead Inbound Operations Show less

• Sr. Director Inbound Supply Chain (continued)

  • Apr 2013 - Dec 2016

  • Implementation of multi-facility management project based on SAP ECC6 platform, creating visibility and process control in terms of operations and inventory management across various facilities in the east coast• Lead the project for system driven processes along the inbound operation, optimizing the utilization of current ERP-WM functionality eliminating manual processing and creating full transaction traceability• Developed a promotional and peak season process and flexible layout in various facilities to overcome events due to seasonal demand changes and weather related events that drastically change the operational flow as well as demand processing for both inbound and outbound operations• Developed and implemented “reset” projects in all buildings which includes retraining on all inbound process, creating SOP’s, job aids, checklists, and periodic observations documents to increase throughput, and inventory accuracy• Designed and implement Inbound logistics process and controls to manage incoming freight, optimizing dock utilization and performance, managing the shuttling process within our current facilities and local back-haul process with key vendors to support JIT inventory management• Redesigned layouts and process for manufacturing, fresh product areas and raw materials warehouse, including creation of outside storage locations, pick faces, quality checkpoints.• Designed and implemented a brand new organizational structure to support the current business needs and the next three year’s inbound supply chain operations• Created and executed an assessment process to define the needs for all product categories and all buildings within the supply chain network to identify the business needs Show less

• Sr. Director Inbound Supply Chain

  • Apr 2013 - Dec 2016

  • Leading a transformation project for the company’s Inbound Supply Chain by developing a high performance team driven by KPI’s, process standardization, inventory management, optimizing current foot print, opening new distribution centers, activating cross dock operations, actively leading the charge on culture change and the company’s ambitious expansion projects. Major achievements include inventory accuracy improvement from 60% to 95%, increasing warehouse capacity by 31%, reducing DOH by 25%, improving the operations throughput by 10% with the implementation of task management, improvement of the cost of inbound operation by 23% as a cost per case moved, helped increase the company sales by 18% per year during the past 2 years• Supply Chain Management & WMS implementation Value Stream Leader for the development of the company’s new facility. Active member of the New Facility Project Steering Committee responsible of all the key building and systems designs as well as budget decisions for the entire project• Actively working on developing a VSM for Inbound Supply Chain, including SOP’s for NPI, purchasing, order creation, inbound freight scheduling, receiving, QA, inventory control and replenishment function optimizations, ROP/ROQ strategies, VMI processes• Member of the Supply Chain & Operations Steering Committee responsible for driving our day to day operations, developing strategies for new business developments, budget management and strategic planning• Leading Career Development project, designing road map, evaluation processes, role criteria, advancement steps, training programs, requirements by position/level• Developed metrics for inbound operations focusing primarily on scrap management, productivity rates, IDL utilization, inbound product flow, capacity matrix, vendor compliance and transaction based costing Show less



Crocs, Inc

• United States
• Wholesale
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Senior Operations Manager

  • Aug 2012 - Feb 2013

  • Implementation of WMS system functionality (Manhattan Associates), re-introduction of SOP’s and designed management structure to manage distribution operations for North America's market including wholesale, retail and e-commerce in a 420,000 sq. ft. 24/7 operation, $95 million in inventory, with 286 associates, sales over $600 million (N.A.), operational budget of $18.5 million and annual 15 million units shipped to 7 countries• Developed metrics for all areas within the distribution network, achieving an increase of 35 % in overall service level agreements for on-time shipping stabilizing OTIF to 95% of all customer orders• Developed metrics for all areas within the distribution network, achieving an increase of 35 % in overall service level agreements for on-time shipping stabilizing OTIF to 95% of all customer orders• Reduced labor cost by 20% through process and resource optimization. Designed flexible labor force to absorb sudden demand spikes and promotional events• Launched cross dock operation for the retail stores across the United States, Canada and Puerto Rico• Collaborated on the planning and execution of a project that eliminated the local storage locations for company owned retail stores in the United States by achieving a 48hr order turn from the DC and developing a logistics strategy allowing the reduction of transit times by region, generating annual savings of $2.1 million• Implemented Value Added layout and SOP for product customization by customer with a daily capacity of 40k units without compromising the goal in increasing total building throughput by 15% Show less

• Senior Distribution Manager

  • Apr 2008 - Aug 2012

  • Assumed responsibility transform a 186,000 sq. ft. bulk inventory facility in to a full scale distribution center for the Americas with annual sales of $230 million, operational budget of $4.5 million and an annual 8 million units shipped to 5 countries by designing warehouse racking layouts, pick & pack flows, value added areas, FTZ processes and guidelines• Leader of WMS implementation project (Manhattan Associates) Including the complete redesign of the warehouse footprint increasing overall capacity from 1.2 million units up to 4.5 million units• Customer service excellence culture program was implemented. The distribution center went from shipping 30,000 units per week, to a maximum capacity of 300,000 units per week• Service level reached 95% OTIF for 2 years in a row on average• Data management and KPI structure was initiated at this facility, spreading as the role model for other America's DC's• Managed the procurement and inbound strategies for raw materials from China, to include developing processes from PO creation, logistics, lead-time management, logistics and inventory management including replenishment process to MFG floor• Improved service and quality of local suppliers of raw materials by introducing QA teams on-site at their facilities reducing non-compliant product to <0.1%• Collaborated with the implementation of MRP system (JDE) including the transformation project of the manufacturing scheduling SOP aligning the injection SOP and the assembly SOP’s to optimize DL and equipment utilization• Established quality programs within the assembly lines for both product and process compliance, developed a team responsible for ensuring that all goods were compliant and that all process were follow with a fail rate of <0.3%• Created all SOP's based on ISO 9000 platform an requirements• Involved in the committee responsible to implement Lean Manufacturing methodologies Show less



Panasonic

• Japan
• Appliances, Electrical, and Electronics Manufacturing
• 700 & Above Employee

• Distribution Manager

  • Apr 2005 - Jan 2008

  • Redesigned process-deficient operations for the domestic market by implementing processes and best in class methodology, driven by metrics and KPI’s, based on the Matsushita Philosophy • Managed a 210,000 sq. ft. Distribution center with 300 associates • Responsible for distribution to all customers in the country, the facility was part of the manufacturing plant • Managed routing and dedicated transportation services with over 200 units • Shipped 150 containers daily with a 24/7-operation model • Managed and created budget for the year • Managed the purchasing department and inbound logistics • Implemented ISO 9000 and principles of lean manufacturing • Participated on supply chain strategies, and was part of the sales planning committee Show less



Ravisa México SC

• Wholesale Import and Export
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Operations Supervisor

  • Aug 2000 - Apr 2005

  • Managed the Volkswagen account with a team of 35 associates including warehouse and administrative/customs compliance team • Main responsibilities were to oversee the shipments of raw materials for the automotive manufacturing plant in Puebla Mexico • Managed the operations at the Mexican customs platform at the port of entry • Managed the Volkswagen account with a team of 35 associates including warehouse and administrative/customs compliance team • Main responsibilities were to oversee the shipments of raw materials for the automotive manufacturing plant in Puebla Mexico • Managed the operations at the Mexican customs platform at the port of entry