Rodolfo Sebastián Aguirre Gonzalez

• Supply planning
  • Replenishment and Shipment forecasts done in accordance with (1) demand forecasts, (2) sales budgets and (3) Stock Policies to ensure optimal stock levels.
  • Initiates and leads the development of short and long-term supply plans to balance the demand forecast with cost, efficiency, and capacity constraints.
  • Draft and communicate the import/production plan from which replenishment is to be executed.
  • Manage inventory levels and targets (by set parameters such as ABC, DFC, and safety stock), to ensure balance supply and demand plan is achieved.
  • Proactively report SKU availability issues – at both warehouse and market company level
  • Lead cross-functional monthly meetings with Brand Companies.
  • Ensure that shipment forecasts, and orders are in place and up to date and replenishment plans are updated as per business requirement frequency.
  • Constant identification, analysis, reporting and management of slow selling and obsolete stock (SSOS)
  • Lead and manage the simplify-for-growth discipline routines to ensure constant focus and depletion on SSOS products.
  • Ensure Replenishment are planned in relation to budgeted inventory closing stock position at year end. Track and report any big variances to Head of Operations and Head of Finance to manage cash-flow at year end.
  • Replenishment files completed on time and in full without errors.
  • 18-month supply plan maintaining targeted stock covers
  • Plans emails and shared with Supply team and Brand Companies.
  • Optimal stock covers linked to targets on DFC [Days Forecast Cover] and CFR [Case Fill Rate]
  • Weekly and Monthly communication on service delivery and supply shortages
  • Attendance and insights given during monthly/quarterly supply reviews.
  • Provide required Market Company information with Brand Companies 2 days prior to the monthly Supply Review meetings.
  • Adhere to monthly usage of CONNECT planning system with monthly submissions of rolling 18-month shipment forecasts
  • SSOS % targeted reduction achievement
  • SSOS % targeted reduction achievement
  • Monthly review on current projected inventory close on volume and value compared to targets. Proactively managing and communication any deviation from the targets.
  • Clean iTrack and Product Cloud register
  
  Continuous Improvement
  • Monthly, Quarterly, and ad hoc reporting on Operations KPI’s internally and to HQ.
  • Propose improvement initiatives based KPI’s reports and trends.
  • Lead and manage the end-to-end Prelaunch New product introduction process.
  • Lead and manage ad hoc projects from start to end
  • Successful completion of agreed to projects.
  • OPUS reporting done on time and in full without errors
  • Pre-Launch tracker updated on time in full without errors and communicated bi-monthly to the business.

Customer Service for Brand Company (6 months)

. During my time as CS Administrator for the Brand Company, I have been a key point of contact for my markets, ensuring accurate and timely processing of orders as well as planning and arranging shipments.

• I have worked closely with other departments within the business, including planning, in order to satisfy market demands.
• I have dealt with queries around new products and product restages, as well as working with my markets to ensure orders have been placed to satisfy demand when stock builds are required. With the help of my analyst I track gifting and specific bottle numbered products closely to ensure we do not ship above allocation.
• I attend the monthly supply review calls with my markets where I participate as well as take minutes and publish these after the call with any specific actions that have been allocated.

Customer Service for Market Company

- I was in charge of develop Outbund logistics projects in order to improve logistics KPI's with our local clients.

• In charge of planning and coordinating the distribution logistics in collaboration with the most important courier services in the country (UPS, DHL, Estafeta, FedEx, and Redpack) for the distribution of all advertising materials, marketing campaigns (banners, flyers, various advertising items), and various projects for Litoprocess's different clients (Starbucks, Pizza Hut, Michelin, Nissan, etc.).

- Responsible for planning and coordinating the national distribution logistics of all products within the group
- Ensuring on-time delivery tracking for all orders destined for both mass consumer chains and regional wholesalers.
-Validating the completeness of monthly invoicing delivery in the shortest possible time, while optimizing all distribution costs.
-Coordinating and ensuring the implementation of all safety protocols for transport units.
- Engaging with transport providers, as well as internal and external customers to monitor their orders.
- Presenting Key Performance Indicators (KPIs). Implementing improvement projects to enhance the efficiency of the department.