Miami, Florida, United States
Supply chain executive with in-depth experience in CPG Top Global Companies, Procurement and Supply chain transformations, End-to-End supply chain strategy for Direct material & Indirect spend (Marketing & Trade Marketing, On & Off Media Investment and Media Agencies, Product Supply categories, Capital and Corporate Services), Manufacturing Outsourcing & In-house strategies leadership, overall Product Supply Integration with Business Strategies and Innovation Sourcing all for International business . Instrumental when handling complex situations, this includes diverse Multicultural, Geopolitical, and Socioeconomic Environments. Also wide experience leading and managing Top Companies Corporate Institutional & External Relations(PR). Managing , Shaping and Leveraging a positive external environment to build and protect the business and reputation of the company and its brands. (Overall Business Management /key business, Corporate External Relations and Internal/External Communications, Sustainable Social Responsibility, Government and Regulatory Affairs, Strategic Negotiations with Key External Stakeholders, Company’s Spokesman)
Identify new business opportunities/ potential new clients. Represent the company and its products & existing new products development capabilities for third parties to generate sales.
Client-relationship management, tracks new markets and emerging trends, recommends new products and services, proposes and develops new strategic partnerships, writes proposals and plans, and guides long-term objectives to meet business needs and requirements.
- Overall accountability for leading sourcing strategies development and execution for Indirect ( including Marketing, Media Investment and Agencies), Co-packing and Sourcing Innovation for International to ensure the best quality service level, supply assurance, and optimization of cost structures and leverage of regional/global company volume size to find synergy and business opportunities. Lead negotiating teams for all assigned categories. -Also Led Regional/ Global Initiative Process Development from Opportunity Assessment to Implementation .Wide latitude in discretionary decision - managed daily activities and personnel actions of the cross-functional teams.Prioritized on team’s project activities, progress, overall finances -7 direct reports reports and from 21 total organization .
- Represented Product Supply on Andean Cluster to Manage/Execute country operations and business planning projects as well as capacity plans. - Supported operations, co-pack execution. - Accountable for countries PS results. - Key areas: • Ops. Planning, co-packing planning, capacity short and long term planning, S&OP • Business Planning, project execution coordination (Cluster & LATAM), resource allocation within cluster, LRP, selective customization, production Services, local CCEM Program Management. • Responsible for cluster key Product Supply Initiatives (Formula / packages / PDM changes). • Coordinated with Global Strategic Sourcing for new supplier qualification. • Overall details on project schedules, budgets and deliverables. - 10 indirect reports
- Lead Venezuela Business Continuity Plan into a hardly regulated/political environment ensuring process productivity and a healthy business. - Strategic approaches developed and implemented to deal and comply with government and regulatory authorities, and jointly work with key industry chambers on sector issues. - Continued as Institutional Representative & participated in different Chambers, Associations, Conferences & Forums: • Social Alliance Committee of Venamcham (Venezuelan/American Chamber), Jul 2005 – Aug 2011 • Member of Board of Directors of Junior Achievement, Jul 2007 – Sep 2008; Executive Director, Sep 2008 – Aug 2011 • Member of Board of Directors of Asoquim (Chemical Association of Venezuela), Jan 2009 – Sep 2011 • Member of Board of Directors of United Way Venezuela, Mar 2007 – Sep 2008; Executive Director Sep 2008 – Aug 2011 • Vice President of ANDA (Advertisers National Association of Venezuela), Apr 2007 - Apr 2008; Vice President April 2008 – Apr 2010 • Speaker in different Corporate Social Responsibility, Ethics, Principles and Values forums, as well as interviews for magazines, newspapers and TV. - 10 indirect reports
- Managed, Shaped and Leveraged a positive external environment to build and protect the business and reputation of P&G and its brands. - Drove incremental sales and maximized success of product and marketplace initiatives by shaping and leveraging the positions, policies and actions of key organizations and individuals that could influence success with consumers, customers and shareholders: • Overall Business Management (key business and organizational projects), Overall Corporative External Relations and Internal/External Communications, Corporate Sustainable Social Responsibility, Government and Regulatory Affairs, Strategic Negotiations with Key External Entities, Company’s Spokesman. - External Representative & participated in different Chambers, Associations, Conferences & Forums: • Social Alliance Committee of Venamcham (Venezuelan/American Chamber), Jul 2005 – Aug 2011 • Caveinca (Venezuelan Cosmetic Chamber), Jul 2005 – Sep 2008 • Advisory Committee Director of Venezuela Competitiva, Mar 2007 - Jul 2008 • Member of Board of Directors of Junior Achievement, Jul 2007 – Sep 2008; Executive Director, Sep 2008 – Aug 2011 • Member of Board of Directors of Asoquim (Chemical Association of Venezuela), May 2007 – Sep 2007 • Member of Board of Directors of United Way Venezuela, Mar 2007 – Sep 2008; Executive Director Sep 2008 – Aug 2011 • Vice President of ANDA (Advertisers National Association of Venezuela), Apr 2007 - Apr 2008; Vice President April 2008 – Apr 2010 • Speaker in different Corporate Social Responsibility, Ethics, Principles and Values forums, as well as interviews for magazines, newspapers and TV. • Corporate speaker at Universidad Metropolitana de Venezuela, Universidad Católica Andrés Bello and Universidad Simón Bolivar on corporate business, social responsibility and ethic & policy matters.
- Contributed to LATAM Region's Marketing Value Creation objective. - Optimized marketing support activities and developed a capable base of Best in Class Suppliers to bring innovation and execute Marketing Programs with excellence. - Over 18 direct reports and 36 indirect.
- Global raw and packaging materials sourcing for four regions; North America, Latin America, Europe & Asia. - Management of central organization located in the USA as well as people over the regions. - Size of investment over $1 Billion - Over 30 direct reports and 50-90 indirect reports.